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1.
The Remarkable Story of Three Teenage Girls Who Seduced and Killed Traitors During WW II
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(Feminism)
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... following their targets, and sometimes shooting at them from their bicycles. Freddie would map out the exact whereabouts of the target in advance, which could take weeks of preparation. Truus was the practical ...
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Created on 09 July 2021
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2.
“Rough Magic” Is A Fierce, Feminist Adventure
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(Books)
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... like a perfect hodgepodge of Snakes and Ladders and the Tour de France on unknown bicycles.” A year out of high school and straining for something lifelike to sink her teeth into, she’d been dreaming of ...
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Created on 16 August 2019
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3.
Female Bikers In Pakistan Are Pumping The Brakes On Misogyny
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(Feminism)
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... than an act of resistance: it’s personal. “I feel freedom when I ride bicycles,” she says. “Cycling is my first love.”
By Lydia Wang
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2019 print edition ...
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Created on 10 June 2019
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4.
These Kung Fu-Trained Buddhist Nuns Teach Nepalese Girls Self-Defense
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(Living)
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... it with the villagers they met, and taught self-defense classes to young women along the way. More practically, however, they demonstrated the value of girls and women simply by showing up on their bicycles. ...
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Created on 23 August 2018
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5.
Ireland Prepares For Historic Vote On Abortion
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(Feminism)
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... city two days before the vote, passing cars honked their support, and people waved from buses and bicycles. People rushing to work stopped to ask for a Yes badge, or to say, “Don’t worry, you have my vote!” ...
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Created on 24 May 2018
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6.
Meet The Woman Behind Your Favorite Music Photographs
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(Music)
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... City and Brooklyn. They got double-dutch dancers, breakdancers, kids on custom bicycles, and we were casting people off the street. In Jersey City, two old ladies came out. They were in their 80s, so we ...
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Created on 15 May 2018
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7.
Annie Sprinkle Is An Ecosexual. Here's What That Mean
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(Sex)
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... know, you could do photography for 10 years and maybe at some point, you suddenly become interested in riding bicycles.
Has it been difficult to be ?taken seriously as an artist and academic because ...
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Created on 03 November 2017
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8.
How To Avoid SCANDAL When Shaking A Victorian Man's Han
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(Living)
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... offer your hand unless assured that it is in a presentable state of frigidity; for the touch of a tepid hand chills the warmest feelings.”
A Man and Woman on Bicycles Shake Hands, Chromolithograph, Puck, ...
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Created on 13 September 2017
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9.
9 Bicycle Accessories To Let You Ride In Style
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(Style)
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... around town. SUNLITE BUGLE, $9.99, SWEETWATERBICYCLES.COM
Protect your melon when you’re hitting the streets. WATERMELON HELMET, $69.99, NUTCASEHELMETS.COM
Feel the wind in your hair but not ...
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Created on 25 August 2017
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10.
Talking To My Mother About Casual Sex
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(Sex)
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A little while ago, I was chatting to my mum about beginning to dating again after the end of a serious relationship. In a nutshell, I told her that I’m not ready for another relationship but am enjoying ...
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Created on 11 July 2017
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11.
Feminist documentarians with their own production company
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(Movies)
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... taking back the streets of East L.A. “Joanna and I both fell in love with the work they were doing and the way they were doing it with the bicycles,” Kate said. During the filming of the documentary both ...
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Created on 26 April 2017
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12.
Before Cars, There Were High Speed Bicycle Chases
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(Living)
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...
"The murderer then jumped on his bicycle and fled."
Advertisement for Humber & Baxter's Bicycles, 1892.
Haggett's wife was at home and, when she saw what Clossen had done to her husband, she screamed ...
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Created on 15 March 2017
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13.
This is What Unity Looks Like: Marching Against Trump In Copenhagen, Denmark
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(Feminism)
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... signs and chants along the way. Although there are way more cobblestones and bicycles, the messages are widely the same. This is what unity looks like:
Banner reads “Love and Respect”
“We ...
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Created on 31 January 2017
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14.
Iranian Women Fight For Their Right To Bike
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(Feminism)
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Iranian Women Lose Their Right to Bike
Things have been tough for Iranian women ever since the country’s 1979 revolution severely curtailed their rights. And now, even their right to ride bicycles ...
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Created on 23 January 2017
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15.
How To Be A Biking Babe
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(Books)
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WANNA BE A BIKIN’ BABE? THIS BOOK CAN HELP!
Get out your pedal pushers and get ready to say Hello, Bicycle! Whether you’re a total noob currently enrolled in adult bike lessons or have an entire ...
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Created on 01 August 2016
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16.
Esmé Patterson On Her New Album, Art, And The Stanford Rape Case: BUST Interview
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(Music)
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... of two bicycles at all of her shows, representing the two Swedish bicyclists who witnessed the rape, tackled the rapist, and called the police.
Patterson just hit the road for her summer tour, and she ...
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Created on 22 June 2016
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17.
This Candy-Colored Bike Can Fit In Your Closet
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(Living)
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These adorable, candy-colored bikes have been popping up all over Brooklyn like so many artisan chocolates. Featuring perfectly respectable 20" wheels, they fold up small enough to fit in a closet, ...
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Created on 05 May 2016
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18.
Is Cohousing Right For You?
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(Living)
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... of bicycles. It’s housed in a three-building complex (once low-income housing), which is typical for the area, but it stands out from the rest of the neighborhood in many ways. Pedestrian paths are designated ...
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Created on 05 May 2016
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19.
Voters Honor Susan B. Anthony's Grave With "I Voted" Sticke
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(Feminism)
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...
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Amber Rose On Breakups, Besties And Becoming A Feminist: ...
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Created on 21 April 2016
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20.
This Radical Female Bike Brigade Is Taking L.A. By Storm
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(Feminism)
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...
Images via Facebook/Ovarian Psycos- Documentary and Ovarian Psycos
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First The Bicycle, Next The Vote: The Story Of Bicycles And Feminism
Southern Fried Queer: Being Queer In The South ...
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Created on 25 March 2016