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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 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 on Biography.com!
Biography.com has a guest piece today by yours truly, with brief blurbs about several of the women covered on this site and in the book.
RP on Bustle!
The RP book got covered by Bustle!
Stuff You Missed in History Class covers Tough Mothers!
Recording this episode of @missedinhistory was so so much fun! I hope you all enjoy it! :D
Interview with the Society of Illustrators LA Podcast!
Did an interview with the Society of Illustrators Los Angeles about life, the universe, and everything! If you’re interested in hearing me yammer for an hour or so aboutgoing from being a gainfully-employed animator to a questionably-employed bum, this is the place to go!
Random Princesses
Pailadzo Captanian
After escaping the Armenian Genocide (by walking across the Syrian desert while pregnant), this woman went back into Armenia to rescue her sons, then made her way to America -- where she invented the recipe for Rice-a-Roni.
Shajar al-Durr
Muslim sultan who took the throne, defeated Louis IX in battle, ransomed him back to France for 30% of their GDP --- and did it all in secret.
Hypatia
The first female mathematician in recorded history, and one of the luminaries of the ancient world - but her grisly death at the hands of a mob was only the start of her troubles.
Pasiphaë
This mythical queen gave birth to the minotaur and cursed her unfaithful husband with the world's weirdest magic STD -- but was her whole story just a smear campaign?
Timoclea
When a soldier raped her, this woman tossed him in a well and threw rocks at him until he died.