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March 2017

March 31, 2017

Joss Whedon to Direct “Batgirl” Movie

Please don't suck.

March 29, 2017 in Modern Worthies

Saglana Salchak

The Four-Year-Old Who Hiked For Hours to Save Her Family

After her grandmother died, this 4-year-old walked 8km in -34C weather to get help.

March 28, 2017 in Modern Worthies

Kyra Poh

Wind Games Champion

The video of this 14-year-old Singaporean competing in the solo freestyle event at the Wind Games 2017 – which she won! – is beautiful, hypnotic stuff.

March 28, 2017 in Ask Jason

How to Shut Down an Islamophobe in Six Tweets

For #MuslimWomensDay, I posted a collection of awesome Muslim women on Twitter - and an Islamophobe took exception to that.

Two Big Announcements (and One Smaller One)

There's going to be a second book. :) But that's not the only treat you're getting!

March 27, 2017

The boxing girls of Kenya

How a boxing academy in one of Nairobi's toughest neighbourhoods is teaching girls much more than how to throw a punch.

March 26, 2017

Spain’s female bodyguards who protect abused women

Edemm is a Basque organization that protects women from their abusive partners.

March 23, 2017

Newly Discovered Photo of Young Harriet Tubman

A new photo has been discovered of Harriet Tubman. It belongs in a museum. You can help.

March 23, 2017

The Manhattan Housewives Who Helped Smuggle Allied Soldiers Out of Occupied Paris

“Promise me that you will never think of me sadly. I am not sad. I did what I had to do. I knew the price, and I am willing to pay it. I have given England back one hundred fifty lives for the one she is losing now.”

March 22, 2017

All-Female Security for All-Female 1970s Bank in Philippines

This is a 1971 photo of an all-female security crew of an all-women bank in the Philippines. And it's awesome.