Part III of III. See part I and part II Astronaut fetuses I recently read that in the seventies, one Robert Byrn, a forty year old professor of criminal law at Fordham University, […]
Spivak’s introduction in Wikipedia: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (born 24 February 1942) is an Indian literary theorist, philosopher and University Professor atColumbia University, where she is a founding member of the school’s Institute […]
This is part II in a series of III. Part I, gendered bombs, here. Mutual outerspace penetration In July, 1975, the first international docking in space occurred involving the American Apollo and the […]
part I of III – gendered bombs I read the other day that, in the code of the scientists who developed the atomic bomb, if the bomb was a dud, they were […]
How many have you already heard of? 1. Artimisia (source for entire post) Basic Artemisia Facts: Known for: warrior queen – she joined Xerxes in his battle against the Greeks at Salamis
Wikipedia introduces Hatshepsut as follows: Hatshepsut (/hætˈʃɛpsʊt/; also Hatchepsut; meaning Foremost of Noble Ladies; 1508–1458 BC) was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. Hatshepsut came to the throne of Egypt in 1478 […]
Of Judy Chicago, wikipedia gives the following introduction: Judy Chicago (born Judith Sylvia Cohen; July 20, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American feminist artist, art educator, and writer known for her large […]
I only just discovered one of the most fabulous feminist foremothers ever – Matilda Gage. And if I may be blunt about it, I am pretty fucking pissed off that I am […]
She is called “the female Paul Revere.” She rode twice as far as Paul Revere, yet until recently had been largely forgotten by history. Known for: If the stories we have of her […]
Althea Gibson From a poor and troubled childhood, Althea Gibson discovered tennis and her talent playing the sport. It was not until the year she was 23 that major tennis competitions were […]
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