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Alisha Huber at Upworthy was kind enough to write a nice article about Rejected Princesses. Many thanks to her for spending the time! It’s a real treat to see RP out in the wild!
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The students at BAYCAT included RP in their video project of the portrayal of women in the media. Take a look!
RP on Refinery29!
Refinery29's piece on the RP book reveals the illustrations for several of the book-only entries, including by far the most elaborate one of all.
Muslimah Media Watch's article on Rejected (Muslim) Princesses
This is a very sweet writeup of Rejected Princesses from a Muslim perspective. The writer, Sya Taha, picked up on little bit of nuance I tried to sprinkle throughout the entries (such as Naziq al-Abid's anti-veil depiction not being a sweeping anti-veil statement), for which I am thankful.
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 in Geek & Sundry!
Geek & Sundry gave a nice plug for RP and the upcoming book.
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