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Where'd You Go?
I've had some pretty wild depression the past couple years. I'm finally starting to work through it - with art.
Tuira Kayapó
When the Brazilian government began building a dam on her people's land, she publicly cursed its leader - and for a time, the project fell apart.
Woman gives herself a C-section and saves her own baby
Both mother and child survived and are fine.
DeDe Phillips
She was attacked while putting up a “Women who behave rarely make history” bumper sticker on her truck. No, seriously.
Inuit Folk Tales pt 2
Okay, just one more Inuit folk tale. Probably the weirdest in the entire book.
Google Is Working on a Movie About Grace Hopper
Yay! Also: Google makes movies now?
Meet the Amazons
We kick off Amazon Week by meeting Worthy of Armor, Don’t Fail, Princess, Battle Cry, and Hot Flanks - and exploring the historical evidence for amazons!
The next Doctor Who: a woman
In case you missed it, Dr. Who fans got some awesome news over the weekend.
The life of an Ack-Ack Girl
From 1941 all unmarried [British] women between 20 and 30 years old were called up to join one of the auxiliary services. They weren't meant to see the front lines, but that didn't hold true for the anti-aircraft gunners.
Nana Asma'u
Massively educated princess who started all-female gang of itinerant teachers, who would roam the land and educate unsuspecting passersby.
The 14 Amazons (1972)
When virtually all their family's male heirs were wiped out, the 14 widows of the Yang clan did not mourn. They did not hide. They got revenge.
Random Princesses
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.
Étaín
Mythological Irish princess who was turned into a worm, butterfly, and a pool of water; who induced the strangest pregnancy since Jesus; and who may hold the key to understanding Ireland's history.
Emmeline Pankhurst
This unassuming middle-aged woman became one of Britain's most notorious terrorists in her unyielding quest to win women the right to vote.
Ranavalona I
This brutal sovereign's reign saw her outlaw clapping, pioneer death by feet-kissing, and design giant weaponized scissors - but are we only getting one side of the story...?
Wilma Rudolph
Overcame polio, poverty, measles, mumps, scarlet fever, racism, whooping cough, and teenage pregnancy to make Olympic history by winning three…
Moll Cutpurse
Cross-dressing Queen of Thieves who flouted social norms and had plays written about her.
Amaridevi
To ensnare the scheming ministers who were ruining her life, this princess used guile, cunning, and a sophisticated knowledge of civil engineering.
Marie Marvingt
Ludicrously over-accomplished athlete who invented flying ambulances and won the only gold medal ever awarded by the French Academy of Sports for "all sports" - yes, all of them.
Julie d'Aubigny
Sword-slinging, opera-singing bisexual rock star of the 17th century - who burnt down a convent to romance a nun and had to be pardoned by the king of France TWICE.
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?