- 1. "Spermatorrhea" Was Once the Male Equivalent of “Hysteria” – And Its Cure Was Absolutely Shockin
- (Sex)
- ... faked his own death, leaving his family behind, and submitted himself to multiple penis cauterization operations to deaden the nerve endings (the procedures didn’t work). Following Drysdale’s realization ...
- Created on 12 December 2022
- 2. Regina Hall Shares Her Thoughts On That Infamous Oscar's Night, The Meaning of Feminism, and What She Learned From Her Beloved Bulldog : BUST Intervie
- (Movies)
- ... Backdrop @WW3RUGS After pausing for a moment of reflection, Hall confides that one of the central obstacles of her life—the death of her father—led her to acting. Her mother Ruby was a teacher, and her ...
- Created on 27 October 2022
- 3. Women's Rights are at the Center of Deadly Iranian Protests. It's About Ti
- (Feminism)
- ... horrific death has sparked outrage throughout the nation, and reportedly, following her funeral on Saturday, protests have ensued in various cities including Tehran, Orumieh, Gonbad-e Kavous, Kermanshah, ...
- Created on 23 September 2022
- 4. A modern day middle school class Exonerated The Final Salem Witch In The Ultimate Civics Lesson
- (Feminism)
- ... ruled that Elizabeth was not a witch. It's thought that her name just wasn't cleared because of administrative oversight, not because she was considered guilty after the governor spared her the death sentence. ...
- Created on 09 August 2022
- 5. Scared With Her, Not for Her: Keke Palmer Shines in "Nope
- (Movies)
- ... as she sways with a certain calm and grace to the soft sweeping music from the record player in her room, or the close-ups on Palmer’s face as she watches her brother narrowly escape death, it would be ...
- Created on 04 August 2022
- 6. LA-Novelist Ottessa Moshfegh's Latest, "Lapvona" is Out Now. Plus, A Peek At Her Fiction Practice ...
- (Books)
- ... was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her avid readership has grown exponentially since then thanks to the popularity of her subsequent books including My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Death ...
- Created on 23 June 2022
- 7. Covered In Wrinkles and Unapologetically Old, Baba Yaga Is The Bad-Ass Slavic Witch You Need To Know About
- (Feminism)
- ... might be the Waters of Life and Death, of which Baba Yaga was the guardian. If someone died, a sprinkle of the Water of Life could bring them back to the world of the living. However, if their body had ...
- Created on 07 April 2022
- 8. Ava DuVernay, Taraji P Henson, Cynthia Erivo And More: 9 Movies & Shows Featuring Black Women You Need to Stream This Black History Month
- (Entertainment)
- This Black History Month, let’s appreciate Black women’s history. This Black History Month, we should be educating ourselves— not only in reading Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, teaching ...
- Created on 16 February 2022
- 9. A Female Divorce Attorney’s Guide to Divorcing Like a Badass Boss
- (Living)
- ... that sometimes the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else. Death Becomes Her (1992): A tale of jealousy and vanity, this dark comedy stars Meryl Streep as a novelist whose fiancé ...
- Created on 20 January 2022
- 10. A New Study Finds Gender Bias in The Surgical Field Often Translates to Deadly Outcomes For Female Patients
- (Feminism)
- ... a revealing study surrounding gender biases and post-operative outcomes. The study, which originated from a control group in Ontario, defined these outcomes basesd on complications, readmissions, and death ...
- Created on 13 January 2022
- 11. Over a Century Ago, Two Young Girls Pulled a Prank That Got Way Out of Hand—And Convinced The World that Fairies Really Exist
- (Arts)
- ... nature spirits, and, yes, fairies. Along with Spiritualism, Theosophy’s emphasis on life after death especially appealed to those grieving the loss of loved ones in the aftermath of the bloody First World ...
- Created on 16 December 2021
- 12. For Centuries, Halloween Was a Day for Young Women to Predict Their Future Husbands: A Look At the Unlikely Romantic History of All Hallow's Eve ...
- (General)
- ... the beginning of winter, and a time of death and rebirth. It was believed that Samhain Eve—October 31—was the night when “the veil” dividing this world and the spirit realm was the thinnest, thus allowing ...
- Created on 21 October 2021
- 13. The recent Taliban takeover is terrifying for Afghan women and girls—here's wh
- (Feminism)
- ... removal from power but death at the hands of Taliban insurgents. In 2018, 27-year-old Zarifa Ghafari made history as Afghanistan’s first female mayor. Now, she says she is waiting for the Taliban to come ...
- Created on 18 August 2021
- 14. Black Monuments Matter: Journalist and Civil-Rights Activist Ida B. Wells Gets Statue in Downtown Memphis
- (Feminism)
- ... B. Wells came to Memphis in 1882 at the age of 20 to live with their aunt following the death of her parents. She taught at two schools in the city before joining the newspaper, The Memphis Free Speech ...
- Created on 14 July 2021
- 15. The Remarkable Story of Three Teenage Girls Who Seduced and Killed Traitors During WW II
- (Feminism)
- ... in the Social Democratic Workers Party. Her mother, Aafje, also worked in education prior to raising a family. Hannie grew up very isolated, especially after the tragic death of her older sister Annie, ...
- Created on 09 July 2021
- 16. You Can Enjoy the Kitschy Glamour of Tiki Cocktail Culture without the Gnarly Colonial Aftertaste
- (Eat Me)
- ... to experience death. The details vary, but the premise is the same: the Tiki is a sacred symbol that has been unapologetically used by white Americans as a kitschy decorative motif for over 70 years. One ...
- Created on 26 May 2021
- 17. In Honor of AAPI Heritage Month, Read These 10 New and Upcoming Works By AAPI Authors
- (Books)
- ... also the place that brings Zauner to tears ever since her mother’s death. Zauner writes of her upbringing in Oregon, her career as a musician, and how her mother’s terminal cancer diagnosis leads her to ...
- Created on 10 May 2021
- 18. Rollerskating is Back! Here 's How to Get Started, From Skate Queen Lola Sta
- (Living)
- ... in the early ’80s, many rinks closed. And many more that survived the death of disco were later shuttered due to that decade’s weak economy brought on by the 1979 oil crisis. Skaters having fun at the ...
- Created on 05 May 2021
- 19. Reclaiming The Lens: 10 Women Filmmakers Spearheading The New Wave in Black Cinema
- (Movies)
- ... up to a death-row inmate’s execution. Clemency is now streaming on Hulu. Chukwu is also set to direct an upcoming film informed by the memoir of Elaine Brown, former chairwoman of the Oakland chapter of ...
- Created on 22 April 2021
- 20. Lysol's Horrifying History Of Marketing Cleaning Products As Birth Contro
- (Living)
- ... douche became pregnant. But despite its lack of effectiveness and side effects that included burning, blistering, bleeding, and most obviously, death, the toilet bowl cleaner/contraceptive became the best-selling ...
- Created on 25 March 2021
