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,”...

Today’s veritable badass retains a bit of mystery about her. There are endless contradictory sources, hidden or redacted documentation,...

We begin today’s Women’s History badass with a shoutout to Lauren Gunderson and Ari Afsar: these contemporary phenomenal women are who...

“A spacesuit is made out of a flight suit, a Goodrich tire, a bra, a girdle, a raincoat, a tomato worm.” - Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo...

“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...

Today’s bygone gal is a little different from our regularly scheduled programming. For today’s badassery—Pope Joan—was never real. And...

“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...

Ah, the wonders of social media. For all its drawbacks, there are always positives: connectivity, confrontation, community, learning of...

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...

Everybody knows Mary Wollstonecraft, yeah? At the very least, they’ll have heard of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, her seminal...

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...

Happy 4th of July, fellow Americans. Happy birthday, America (well, sort of – the Declaration wasn’t officially through with signing...

SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade today, and I feel numb. Too many emotions have found their way into my system: rage, sadness, fear,...

Growing up a creative, there was a myth that I often encountered, encouraged by the environment in which I grew. In community theatre, I...

Hey there, friends! I figured we were long overdue for another one of these: believe me, I’ve a neverending list of forgotten...

Hey, all! I’m back to kick off 2021 with another edition of Bygone Badassery, gushing about eight BIPOC women who have been forgotten,...

Happy International Women’s Day, everyone! While we should be celebrating the truly badass women that surround us every day (I’m lucky to...

Hey there, everyone. I hope you are having a wonderful day. :) Despite the dreary weather in Nebraska today, my morning is okay thus far:...