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The animation industry's long history of sexism
BuzzFeed interviewed a number of women in animation about their experiences in the field over the past several decades, and how things have and haven't changed.
The Defiance of Turkey's First All-Female News Agency
Shut down in sweeping anti-journalistic purges, JINHA (Turkey's first all-female news agency) was a unique and fearless organization in the nation's media landscape.
Mary Kingsley
This trader published extensively about her travels into little-visited parts of the world, opening up the minds of the British public in the process.
Inuit Assassin's Creed: continued!
Ever thought that Inuit (or Mi'kmaq, or Inupiat) clothing is awesome? This is the post for you.
Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid, the first woman to earn Pritzker Prize, architecture's Nobel, passed away on March 31, 2016.
Rena Kanokogi
50 years after she won a judo championship while posing as a man, she finally got the gold medal owed to her.
How Cycling Clothing Opened Doors For Women
It may not shock you, but when women first started cycling, men thought it was improper - the thinking was, since their dresses would get caught, ban it for the whole gender instead of change the clothes.
Gitanjali Rao
The Colorado seventh-grader was unimpressed by the options her parents had to test water in their home. So she created a sensor-based device using chemically treated carbon nanotubes to do it faster.
Civil War re-enactor making documentary about women who fought
J.R. Hardman is fighting to up the profile of actual women who fought undercover in the American Civil War - so that she is accepted as a legitimate re-enactor.
Speaking at The F Word!
If you're in LA, I'll be speaking at this cool event on November 19. You can come, if you'd like!
Random Princesses
Thákane
When her deadbeat brothers demanded the impossible, this South African princess carried through, and slayed a dragon.
Andamana
Indigenous lawmaker who united warring tribes under a unified code of laws that she made herself.
Josephine Baker
Rose from dire poverty and violence to become the greatest black entertainer of all time - Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Angelina Jolie all rolled into one.
Penta
When her brother of this fairytale princess decided to marry her, she warded him off by cutting off her own hands. Then she gave birth to a dog. It got weirder after that.
Katie Sandwina
Champion weightlifter, suffragette, mom - this "Lady Hercules" did it all.
Jane Dieulafoy
A phenomenally successful archaeologist who became a fashion icon for wearing men's clothing.
Sutematsu Oyama
The first Japanese woman to go to college didn't have a choice. But the experience changed her - and she changed Japan in return.
Takeko Nakano
When the end of an era was at hand, this samurai woman refused to go gently.
Anahit
This Armenian folktale princess saved her hapless beau - by making him get a job.
Isabel Godin des Odonais
To reunite with her husband, she went on a months-long trek through the jungle -- and was the only survivor.