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Author Jason Porath on the ideas he had for female heroes as a Dreamworks animator and his thoughts on Hillary Clinton.
Co.Create covers the RP book!
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RP AMA
I did an AMA on Reddit's /r/books.
RP on Ask Me Another!
NPR's puzzle / trivia / humor podcast Ask Me Another had me on for their Meet The Expert section. I even hosted a game of "Two Truths and a Lie, Rejected Princesses Edition"!
RP in Cosmopolitan!
Cosmopolitan included a brief shout-out to RP in this month's issue!
Seen Not Heard
The students at BAYCAT included RP in their video project of the portrayal of women in the media. Take a look!
RP on Stuff You Missed in History Class!
Yours truly guest stars on the Stuff You Missed in History Class podcast to talk about Rejected Princesses, historical women, and historicity.
Random Princesses
Olga of Kiev
Brutal princess-turned-Christian saint who burnt down enemy towns using pigeons.
Gouyen
When an enemy killed her husband, this Apache woman broke the rules of her tribe to get revenge - and in so doing, became one of her tribe's greatest heroes.
Corn Maiden
This mythical Native American woman saved her loved ones from starvation with delicious magical leprosy - a fact that led to, shall we say, complications.
Sayyida al-Hurra
Indomitable pirate queen who ran Morocco and ruined Portuguese trade.
Fredegund
Possibly the most cartoonishly evil woman to have ever existed, this Merovingian queen was an endless source of assassination attempts - including, on one memorable occasion, her own young daughter.