- 1. Women Have Been Aiding And Abetting Abortion For Centuries. So How And When Did The Witchcraft Narrative Begin?
- (Feminism)
- ... punishments these colonists would inflict upon indigenous people who were caught secretly providing abortions would eventually be adopted by European witch hunters—including whipping, stockades, and public ...
- Created on 19 September 2022
- 2. 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)
- ... He and Gardner simply couldn’t accept that a pair of “country” girls could or would perpetrate such a fraud, let alone keep it secret in the face of scrutiny from a pair of educated men such as themselves. ...
- Created on 16 December 2021
- 3. Happy 87th Birthday, Jane Goodall! 5 Inspiring Life Lessons from The Trailblazing Primatologist and Anthropologist
- (Living)
- ... as a secretary in Kenya in 1957, Goodall called paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey in the hopes of meeting up to talk about animals. “Somebody said, ‘If you’re interested in animals, you must meet Louis ...
- Created on 31 March 2021
- 4. Saints and Sinners: The Madonna-Whore Complex in "Yes, God, Yes
- (Movies)
- ... a rebellion against religion, but rather a rebellion against the repression of human nature. When Alice becomes ultimately disillusioned by those who preach perfection and practice humanity in secret, ...
- Created on 04 September 2020
- 5. Week Of Women: April 10-16, 2020
- (Entertainment)
- Another week and we’re still stuck inside—but thankfully, if you’ve already run through everything on Netflix, you have several new offerings. From the returns of Insecure and Killing Eve to a new feminist ...
- Created on 09 April 2020
- 6. The Founder of Veggie Mijas is on a Mission to Decolonize the Way We Eat
- (Eat Me)
- IN 2017, AMY QUICHIZ was a recent college grad from Queens, NY, who wanted to eat healthier after too much student-style sustenance. So she began collecting plant-based recipes from other Latinx people ...
- Created on 25 March 2020
- 7. The Racist Origins Of Fatphobia
- (Feminism)
- ... willowy girls are afraid of nothing so much as growing stout,” adding that if a young lady does put on a few extra pounds, “she is distressed beyond measure and begins to make secret enquiries into a reducing ...
- Created on 10 October 2019
- 8. A Brief History Of Flappers, Some Of The Original Rule-Breakers
- (Style)
- ... a gang devoted to shaking victims down for cash and silk stockings. They had a secret handshake and insignia that signaled an openness to “intimacies that self-respecting girls would ordinarily resent.” ...
- Created on 24 July 2019
- 9. Not So Proud or Prejudice: The Emotionally Vulnerable Hero
- (Books)
- ... of the Kern Secretarial Agency, less than a fortnight, Slater has already fallen desperately in love with her, drawn, as he says, “Like a damned moth to her flame.” When Ursula departs Slater’s house early ...
- Created on 06 March 2019
- 10. The Girls' Guide To Budapest, Hungary
- (Living)
- An imperial city with a seedy communist past, Budapest sits directly at the intersection of glamour and grit. By night, the “Capital of Freedom” is an illuminated fairytale split in half by the black ...
- Created on 15 January 2019
- 11. 19th Century Journalist Nellie Bly Broke Barriers And Became A Legend In Her Field
- (Living)
- ... cared for. A reporter who recognized her in the yard at the Island agreed to keep her secret. After 10 days, The World sent an attorney to release her “to the care of friends.” “I had looked forward ...
- Created on 30 November 2018
- 12. Embrace '90s Nostalgia This Halloween With These TV Character Costumes
- (Style)
- ... and disinterested smirk complete her look. Large Round Secretary Preppy Schoolboy Clear Lens Eyeglasses, SunglassMuseum, $25, via Etsy Black Pleated Skirt, skydancepl, $27.33, via Etsy Millitary ...
- Created on 15 October 2018
- 13. Aphrodisiacs, Elixirs, And More Dubious Medicines Of The Victorian Era
- (Living)
- ... of twenty-five years, are rendered miserable to themselves, and useless to the great chain of society, which they have either brought on themselves, or, by the force of bad example, are given up to a SECRET ...
- Created on 29 August 2018
- 14. 21 New Albums To Take You From Summer To Fall
- (Music)
- ... soil (Secretly Canadian) Serpentwithfeet’s soil is a liturgy on authenticity, free identity, and the universal joys and sorrows of love. A choirboy during his? Baltimore? childhood, singer Josiah ...
- Created on 16 August 2018
- 15. What To Do In Yogyakarta, Indonesia
- (Living)
- ... secret garden hideaway—I highly recommend the battered and fried tempeh mendoan. Vegan restaurant Simple Plant (Jl. Prawirotaman No.24-30, Brontokusuman, Mergangsan, Kota Yogyakarta, Daerah Istimewa) doubles ...
- Created on 07 May 2018
- 16. When Mermaid Sightings Were Treated As Fact
- (Living)
- ... this sort—while certainly disappointing—did little to dim the nineteenth century public’s fascination with mermaids. In her book Strange and Secret Peoples: Fairies and Victorian Consciousness, Carole ...
- Created on 04 April 2018
- 17. Japan's First Feminist Magazine Was A 1910s Phenomeno
- (Feminism)
- ... a wide range of literary work—poetry and plays; essays about class, marrying for love, and giving birth; short stories that dramatized secret love affairs and argued for the right to abortion; and commentary ...
- Created on 02 March 2018
- 18. Victorians Partied Hard On Halloween
- (Living)
- ... and placed in the oven again, after baking, for the icing to brown. When served it is cut into as many pieces as there are guests (unmarried of course). Every branch of the work — secreting the tokens, ...
- Created on 24 October 2017
- 19. 17 Places To Go In Lisbon, Portugal: Travel Guide
- (General)
- ... wander the narrow mosaic sidewalks and hilly streets to discover secret cafes, green spaces, and truly unique boutiques. Narrow city street Eat & Drink Pastelaria Alcoa A non-flashy, super ...
- Created on 23 August 2017
- 20. 18 Artworks That Highlight The Female Gaze In Erotica
- (Arts)
- The Untitled Space Gallery in Tribeca, New York will be housing a show called “SECRET GARDEN” from June 27th until July 30th, and it really isn’t something to miss. “SECRET GARDEN: The Female Gaze ...
- Created on 26 June 2017
