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November 2016

November 9, 2016 in Modern Worthies

Sandy Robson

Woman Who Kayaked from Germany to Australia

Robson paddled from Germany to Australia, a distance of over 23,000 km (or 14,000 miles), over five and a half years.

November 7, 2016 in Press

Astrid Deserved Better

I wrote an article about How to Train Your Dragon 2 and the animation industry creative process. Some of the nuance didn't survive to the final product. Here's what got left out.

November 7, 2016

Young girls breaking stereotypes

A video has been making the rounds of young girls generally being awesome.

Janequeo (16th century)

The Rebel Spain Never Caught

When her husband was killed by conquistadors, this native Chilean showed the Spanish what "fight like a woman" really means.

November 4, 2016 in Press

RP on HiFi History Podcast!

The HiFi History podcast covered RP - and contacted the folk at Central Michigan University to interview them about the course they've been doing!

November 4, 2016

Women use Twitter to tell people that they’re not saints

Michael Moore opined that women never committed a slew of terrible things, from creating an atomic bomb to organizing a school shooting. But they have. Women have done everything.

November 3, 2016

New Wonder Woman trailer

A new trailer for the Wonder Woman movie was released. It looks pretty great.

November 2, 2016

Afghan rapper escaped forced marriage by singing about it

Sonita Alizadeh is a rapper from Afghanistan whose song "Brides for Sale" convinced her parents that she didn't have to marry.

November 1, 2016 in Modern Worthies

Tanya Smith

Historical European Martial Artist

Tanya Smith practices Historical European Martial Arts--like fencing, but instead of a lightweight rapier she uses a three-pound longsword that's almost as tall as she is. To entice more women into the sport she organized a tournament by women, for women, called Fecht Yeah.