Rhiannon Ling
Giulia Tofana: The Poison Angel
I’ve a feeling many of you have attended the tale of Giulia Tofana. “The most successful serial killer whose name you’ve never heard,”...
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Fancies of Fernweh: Musings of a Multi-Hyphenate
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Rhiannon Ling
Mar 21, 20235 min read
Forugh Farrokhzad: The Iranian Iconoclast
Today’s veritable badass retains a bit of mystery about her. There are endless contradictory sources, hidden or redacted documentation,...
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Rhiannon Ling
Mar 21, 20238 min read
Jeannette Rankin: The Peoples' Representative
We begin today’s Women’s History badass with a shoutout to Lauren Gunderson and Ari Afsar: these contemporary phenomenal women are who...
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Rhiannon Ling
Mar 10, 20233 min read
The Playtex Ladies: Spacewear Protectorate
“A spacesuit is made out of a flight suit, a Goodrich tire, a bra, a girdle, a raincoat, a tomato worm.” - Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo...
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Rhiannon Ling
Mar 9, 20237 min read
Flory Jagoda: The Sephardic Guardian
“Kada nochi di Shabat/Mi rikordu di mi Nona/Kun la luz di laz kandelas/Maldandu sux birahas/Lungas nochais di l’invernu/Asentada in el...
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Rhiannon Ling
Mar 8, 20234 min read
Pope Joan: The Papal Legend
Today’s bygone gal is a little different from our regularly scheduled programming. For today’s badassery—Pope Joan—was never real. And...
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Rhiannon Ling
Mar 7, 20236 min read
Valeska Gert: The German Punk
“Does Valeska Gert dance? That she can is beyond doubt. That she can do much more besides is also beyond doubt…No, she doesn’t only...
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Rhiannon Ling
Mar 6, 20234 min read
The Midwives of Africa: C-Section Saviors
Ah, the wonders of social media. For all its drawbacks, there are always positives: connectivity, confrontation, community, learning of...
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Rhiannon Ling
Mar 3, 20235 min read
Nur Jahan: The Tiger Empress
I fell in love with Nur Jahan via Prof. Ruby Lal. The academic’s musings on the Empress’s power and ability, her clear love for Nur...
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Rhiannon Ling
Mar 2, 20235 min read
Judith Sargent Murray: The Feminist Gleaner
Everybody knows Mary Wollstonecraft, yeah? At the very least, they’ll have heard of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, her seminal...
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Rhiannon Ling
Mar 1, 20235 min read
Enheduanna: The World's First Author
I've only recently come across Enheduanna’s name. She is written of quite early in Belinda Jack’s The Woman Reader, a collection of...
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Rhiannon Ling
Jul 4, 20227 min read
The Dissent of Patriotism, Or What to Do on the 4th
Happy 4th of July, fellow Americans. Happy birthday, America (well, sort of – the Declaration wasn’t officially through with signing...
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Rhiannon Ling
Jun 24, 20225 min read
Words Do Not Suffice in Numbness
SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade today, and I feel numb. Too many emotions have found their way into my system: rage, sadness, fear,...
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Rhiannon Ling
Apr 5, 20227 min read
The Fallacy of Specialization
Growing up a creative, there was a myth that I often encountered, encouraged by the environment in which I grew. In community theatre, I...
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Rhiannon Ling
Sep 10, 202124 min read
Eight (More!) Badass Women of History
Hey there, friends! I figured we were long overdue for another one of these: believe me, I’ve a neverending list of forgotten...
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Rhiannon Ling
Jan 2, 202121 min read
8 Badass BIPOC Women of History
Hey, all! I’m back to kick off 2021 with another edition of Bygone Badassery, gushing about eight BIPOC women who have been forgotten,...
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Rhiannon Ling
Mar 9, 202014 min read
8 Badasses for the 8th of March
Happy International Women’s Day, everyone! While we should be celebrating the truly badass women that surround us every day (I’m lucky to...
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Rhiannon Ling
Sep 30, 201817 min read
10 Badass Women in History
Hey there, everyone. I hope you are having a wonderful day. :) Despite the dreary weather in Nebraska today, my morning is okay thus far:...
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