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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.
Ghanaian Queen Mothers taking back power
Traditionally villages and towns in Ghana had a Queen Mother who were partners of the chiefs and looked after cultural traditions, women, and children. As Europeans ignored women to deal only with men, their position waned. Now, thousands of women are restoring it.
Nog Prize #1
In which I start the tradition of heralding people smarter than I am -- this time for catching something about Fredegund's entry!
Sarah Parcak
Parcak uses satellite imaging to identify potential archaeological sites. Now she wants to crowdsource that.
Parinya Charoenphol
This transgender kickboxer helped revolutionize the image of LGBT people in her native country of Thailand in the best way she knew how - winning bouts.
More Than Twice As Many Women Are Running For Congress In 2018 Compared With 2016
Good god, these graphs.
RP on Entertainment Weekly!
The RP book got covered by EW!
Hanan Al Hroub
On March 13 Al Hroub won the second Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize for her work with children that have been exposed to violence.
Armenian Women in Arms
Club Jacobin (Armenian women, 1895. (To the right, Eghisapet...) Armenian women, 1895. (To the right, Eghisapet Sultanian, great grandmother of…
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?
Ann Gregory
“It was better for me to remember that the flaw was in the racist, not in myself.”
Random Princesses
A'isha bint abi Bakr
Independent, bold wife of the Prophet Muhammad, she led armies in the Battle of the Camel and was one of…
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.
Susan la Flesche Picotte
The first Native American medical doctor endured back-breaking labor, years spent alone, and institutional racism to better the lives of her people.
"Stagecoach" Mary Fields
Pistol-packing, liquor-swigging, 6'2" black postal carrier/babysitter of the Wild West.
Corn Maiden
This mythical Native American woman saved her loved ones from starvation with delicious magical leprosy - a fact that led to, shall we say, complications.
Sermerssuaq
An Inuit woman so strong nobody could even beat her lice in arm-wrestling, her story just gets stranger the closer you look.
Rebecca Lukens
First her father died. Then her sons. Then her husband. Pregnant, saddled with debt, a failing company, and an overbearing mother, Rebecca Lukens rolled up her sleeves and showed the world what she was made of: iron.
Nancy Wake
This most-wanted WW2 spy rescued Jews and POWs, blew up Nazi trains, and used an X-rated radio rhyme to identify herself to Britain.
Cornelia Sorabji
One of the first Indian women to practice law, she fought against -- and inside of -- a system that held no room for her.
Rani Lakshmibai
Widowed young queen who led a fearsome rebellion against the British with her child tied to her back.