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China’s ‘Kingdom of Women’
This is a great introduction to the remote matrilineal society of the Mosuo people.
More Than Twice As Many Women Are Running For Congress In 2018 Compared With 2016
Good god, these graphs.
Happy 80th Birthday to the First Woman in Space
Valentina Tereshkova orbited the earth 48 times in 1963, only to be reprimanded almost immediately after landing - the reason why is pretty funny though.
Junior heavyweight Kenny Omega wrestles a 9 year-old girl
Haruka vs. Kenny Omega, the fight of 2011.
Organization of nuns who infiltrate brothels to save girls aims to expand
Talitha Kum, a group of hundreds of religious sisters who pose as prostitutes to infiltrate brothels and rescue girls from sex trafficking, plans to expand its operations to 140 countries.
Michelle Yeoh cast in Star Trek Discovery
Yeoh is reportedly playing captain Han Bo of the Shenzhou.
Caramel Curves
They dye the rubber in their tires to burn out bright pink smoke. (SO. COOL.)
US Women's Soccer Team Meets the President
After the US women's soccer team won the World Cup, President Obama said "This team taught all of America's children that 'playing like a girl' means you're a badass."
Stephanie St. Clair to get her own HBO movie!
Harlem mob boss (and previous RP) Stephanie St Clair is set to get her own HBO movie! Ahh, exciting!
New "Suffragette" trailer
A new trailer for the film "Suffragette," starring Meryl Streep as Emmeline Pankhurst, just came out - and it looks great.
Random Princesses
Rosalind Franklin
The three men who accepted the Nobel Prize for "the most important scientific discovery of the 20th century" neglected to mention one thing: they owed much of their success to one brash, brilliant, and overlooked female scientist.
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.
Catalina de Erauso
After escaping from a convent, this swashbuckler had the strength to chase her dreams: which were apparently to drink, fight, and womanize.
Hatshepsut
One of the greatest pharaohs to ever live, she built up Egypt so much that a generations-long sustained effort to erase her from history couldn't do the trick.
Tsuruhime Ohori
When invaders threatened her island home, she declared herself a living god, raised an army, and fought them tooth, nail, and occasional grenade.
Virginia Hall
This "most dangerous of all spies" staged daring mountaintop escapes, prison breaks, and railway bombings -- all on her trusty wooden leg, codenamed "Cuthbert."
Sayyida al-Hurra
Indomitable pirate queen who ran Morocco and ruined Portuguese trade.
Onorata Rodiani
When an unrequited admirer began threatening her, this early fresco painter became one of history's first warrior artists.
Riina
When flying cannibal ghosts kidnapped two women, there was no man that could save them. But there was a woman.
Nafanua
When an oppressive regime threatened her home, this Samoan war goddess took matters into her own hands.