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Domino Harvey
Starting her young life as a model, she soon turned to bounty hunting - and eventually to drugs. She got a movie in 2005, but it couldn't hope to cover her complexity.

Inuit Assassin's Creed: continued!
Ever thought that Inuit (or Mi'kmaq, or Inupiat) clothing is awesome? This is the post for you.

Marielle Franco
When she was assassinated for her critiques of the police, protests broke out across Brazil.

Elle Fanning to Portrays Mary Shelley in New Movie!
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Nafanua
When an oppressive regime threatened her home, this Samoan war goddess took matters into her own hands.

Princess post up next week - but you get something even cooler this week
In which I unveil my master plan, two years in the making.
Mailbag: Joan of Arc, details about the RP book, and RP for kids?
Would Joan of Arc ever be an RP? When is the book out? How's it being released? Answers lie herein!

Tish and Snooky Bellomo
Manic Panic, which has become practically synonymous with extremely vivid shades of hair dye, was started in 1977 by these two punk rock sisters.

Getting the Mughals right - plus, Reddit!
Notice of an update where I give a more well-rounded portrayal of the Mughal Empire.
Random Princesses

Ilona Zrinyi
When her rebel husband was imprisoned, she continued the movement - by holding a castle under siege for three long, lonely years.

Gudit
This Jewish-Ethiopian warrior queen took the throne, ended a millennium-old biblical dynasty, and caused a break in Ethiopia's history that has not healed to this day - or did she...?

Savitribai Phule
In fighting the bias of the caste system to spread education, this woman brought knowledge to girls across India.

Sigrid the Haughty
When some scrubs hit on her, she burnt them alive. When a king slapped her across the face, she obliterated his kingdom. Sigrid the Haughty was not to be messed with.

Trung Trac and Trung Nhi
Sisters who led an army on elephant-back to overthrow oppressive Chinese rule and establish a short-lived Vietnamese kingdom.

Mandukhai Khatun
Destined to be a mere political pawn, this Mongol queen rode into battle while pregnant, united the warring tribes, and was considered to be the second coming of Genghis Khan.

Tirgatao
Abandoned and imprisoned, this real-life Amazon took back the life she had stolen away.

Thákane
When her deadbeat brothers demanded the impossible, this South African princess carried through, and slayed a dragon.

Marguerite de la Rocque
Stranded by her cruel relative on an abandoned Canadian island (literally named the Isle of Demons), she survived for two years by hunting animals and eventually made it back to France.

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.