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Get your own deck of Woman Cards
A new crowdfunded project illustrates women in American history on a deck of playing cards.
The Cursed Girl
This is an utterly stunning piece of work. Set aside 10-15 minutes and enjoy one of the most cinematic experiences I've found in some time.
Women in late medieval fencing manuals
What it says on the tin.
Announcing the full Table of Contents - and the contest winner!
At long last, the remainder of the table of contents are revealed!
Miss Peru contestants turn pageant into gender violence protest
“My measurements are: 2,202 cases of femicide reported in the last nine years in my country.”
Poll: how often would you like new RP entries, and in what format?
The new "comic" format is taking a toll. Could you take a second and let me know what you think of it?
Female action stars of the 1910s
In the 1910s, women dominated movie serials as action stars, with around 60 serials comprising around 800 episodes. So where did all the female action stars go?
"Her Eyes Were Murderous."
Sometimes I look at a biography's table of contents and just can't wait to start reading it.
Monopoly's forgotten inventor
Elizabeth Magie created the game that would become Monopoly over thirty years before the man credited with its invention.
Random Princesses
Anacaona
When Columbus and his crew ravaged her land, this native Haitian poet gave all to keep the peace.
Tomyris
When the most powerful man in the world made plans on her country, she: turned down his marriage proposal, destroyed his armies, and defiled his head so famously that she became legend for centuries thereafter.
La Llorona
Mexico's infamous "weeping ghost" has many incarnations: a jilted widow, a slave princess, a milk addict, a coffee bag, and a pair of panties.
Tamar of Georgia
Saint, sovereign, and fiercely independent woman, she quashed two rebellions from her ex-husband, expanded her nation's borders, and ushered in a golden age.
Ida B. Wells
One of the first anti-lynching advocates, she risked her life for decades to report on the truth when nobody would believe her.
Takeko Nakano
When the end of an era was at hand, this samurai woman refused to go gently.
Sita
After being saved from demonic forces, this legendary Indian princess is then subjected to endless purity tests by her own husband. She eventually puts an end to his questions in a manner that surprised everyone.
Andamana
Indigenous lawmaker who united warring tribes under a unified code of laws that she made herself.
Hester Stanhope
100 years before Lawrence of Arabia, this British woman traveled the Middle East by herself, surviving shipwrecks, plagues, and Bedouin attacks in the process.
Moll Cutpurse
Cross-dressing Queen of Thieves who flouted social norms and had plays written about her.