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This U.K. Artist Turns Found Objects Into Haute Art: BUST Interview
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(Arts)
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... the 19th-century British craze for ferns that gave women a means for creative expression and social freedom because “fern hunting” was often allowed sans chaperone. Other influences are equally significant. ...
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Created on 30 October 2020
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Writer Rachel Syme Has A Perfume For Every Situation, Mood, Or Style — Here Are Just A Few
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(Style)
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If you’ve ever wanted to smell like a 19th-century Russian countess, Rosamund Pike’s Gone Girl character, or even something as amorphous as the bridge of a Fleetwood Mac song, Rachel Syme has a scent ...
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Created on 17 September 2020
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Ida B. Wells To Be Honored In Art Installation At D.C. Union Station Next Week
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(Feminism)
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... movement.
A huge new Ida B. Wells mosaic in Union Station will honor the 19th Amendmenthttps://t.co/zt5GQTd9Jx pic.twitter.com/d7jj9rYb8G
— DCist (@DCist) August 19, 2020
Union Station was chosen ...
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Created on 21 August 2020
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#SaveTheUSPS And Mail Your Feminist Friends Stationery From These 10 Women-Owned Shops
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(Living)
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... is exactly as described, “funny, irreverent, sarcastic, and slightly twisted.” This cards and magnets are perfect for any lover of all things Jane Austen and 19th Century.
7. JustFollowYourAr ...
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Created on 18 August 2020
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The 100th Anniversary of (Some) Women's Suffrage: Did YOUR state support women's right to vote? Check this state-by-state history of the fight for suffrage in America
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(Feminism)
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100 years ago, the 19th amendment, allowing women the right to vote, was passed. But although the amendment was written to give women of all races the right to vote, in practice, it was mostly white ...
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Created on 18 August 2020
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The “Reclaim Her Name” Project is Republishing 25 Books You Didn’t Know Were Written by Women
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(Books)
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... industry’s patriarchal doors. As more women tried to get their work published in the 19th century, they faced criticism from publishers who considered them unfit for the literary realm and refused their ...
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Created on 13 August 2020
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Hey 19: The Wild True Story Of America's First Women-Led Terrorist Group
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(General)
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... for the May 19th Communist Organization and named after the birthday shared by Nation of Islam leader Malcolm X and Vietnamese revolutionary Ho Chi Minh—hoped to start an insurrection that would destroy ...
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Created on 30 July 2020
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A Black Woman Voted, Now She's Going to Prison
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(Living)
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... back to the late 19th century. The motives behind such a statute could not be more clearly outlined as they were in a North Carolina Democratic handbook in 1898, which states: “the special mission of th ...
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Created on 21 July 2020
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8 Incredible People to Replace Racist Statues With
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(Living)
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... at North Texas State College. She played a big role in Civil Rights Movement in Texas and has been praised by many.
Sacramento, California A work crew lifted the statue of John Sutter, a 19th century ...
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Created on 24 June 2020
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The Surprising History of Women and Pockets
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(Style)
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... when the clingy fabric of newly fashionable neo-classical dresses made lumps and bumps all too obvious. As the 19th century progressed, hoopskirts and crinolines allowed vastly more real estate for pockets, ...
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Created on 13 May 2020
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Why Some Women Choose To Pay For Sex
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(Sex)
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... to Leave Town
Let Them Sit On Cake: Professional Cake Sitter Lindsay Dye On Art, Camming, And The Decriminalization of Sex Work
How 19th Century Sex Workers Were Blamed For Ruining Lives By Trying ...
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Created on 17 April 2020
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In Honor Of Hulu's “The Great,” Here Are Some Other Women In History We'd Love To See Onscreen
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(TV)
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... a Lovelace lived in the 19th century and was a pioneer in STEM. She’s considered to be the first ever computer programmer in history. She’s also the perfect candidate for one of these bizarre, moderniz ...
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Created on 25 March 2020
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Need A Break From Reality? Escape With These 11 YA Fantasy Books
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(Books)
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... crew. Set in the lush world of 19th century Paris where magic abounds, you'll be hard pressed not to find yourself transported. Book two, The Silvered Serpents, releases in September of this year.
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Created on 20 March 2020
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Why Local Sex Worker Advocates In D.C. Wanted A National Decriminalization Group to Leave Town
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(Feminism)
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... se Women Fought For Sex Workers' and Womens' Rights In The 19th Century
AOC and Yalitza Aparicio Are Fighting For The Rights Of Domestic Workers ...
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Created on 10 March 2020
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Decriminalizing Sex Work is Dividing America's Largest Feminist Group, NOW
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(Sex)
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... y Dye On Art, Camming, And The Decriminalization Of Sex Work
How 19th Century Sex Workers Were Blamed For Ruining Lives By Trying To Survive ...
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Created on 11 February 2020
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This Vagina Goddess Is The Best Ancient Symbol You've Never Heard Of
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(Arts)
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... bits, appears to have been mass produced. In the late 19th century, antiquities hunters in the markets of Cairo or Alexandria in Egypt could buy bronze or terracotta figurines of this sort that had bee ...
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Created on 30 January 2020
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This Nude Model Raised $1M for Australian Fire Relief, But Not Before IG Deleted Her Account
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(Feminism)
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... acts of Ward and her altruistic squad of sex workers are truly inspiring. Queens! Every single one of them.
header photo courtesy of Kaylen Ward
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How 19th Century Sex Workers ...
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Created on 08 January 2020
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Let Them Sit On Cake: Professional Cake Sitter Lindsay Dye On Art, Camming, And The Decriminalization of Sex Work
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(Arts)
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... ing To Be Men On Instagram
How 19th Century Sex Workers Were Blamed For Ruining Lives By Trying To Survive
These Women Fought For Sex Workers' And Women's Rights In The 19th Century
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Created on 06 December 2019
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Shadow Banning: Why Women Are Pretending To Be Men On Instagram
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(Feminism)
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... many women are understandably reluctant to make the switch. After all, the experiment feels like a digitized variation of the 19th century literary boom, in which women were producing critically acclaimed ...
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Created on 20 November 2019
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How American Women Fell In Love With Halloween
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(Living)
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... America from Scotland and Ireland that gained wider acceptance during the “Celtic revival” of the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Thus, according to the article, the girl whose slice of cake held the ...
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Created on 31 October 2019
