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1. Meet Julie d'Aubigny: The French Gender-bending Opera Diva Your History Teacher Didn't Want You To Know Abo: (Feminism); IT’S NOT EVERY day you discover a 17th-century, cross-dressing, duelling, bisexual opera singer. But it happens every few weeks on social media. Someone will post, “Wow! Has anybody heard of Julie d’Aubigny? ...; Created on 29 April 2020
2. In Honor Of Hulu's “The Great,” Here Are Some Other Women In History We'd Love To See Onscre: (TV); ... in the 100 Years War. At the end of her life, she was captured by the Duke of Burgundy, charged for heresy, cross-dressing, and witchcraft, and burned at the stake. There is so much to explore from this ...; Created on 25 March 2020
3. How Overzealous Research Landed A Cross-Dressing Victorian Writer In Jail: (Feminism); ... the cross-dressing gentleman purporting to be Limner stated that a fifth edition of his most popular book would soon be released. Was this a fifth edition of Madre Natura? And, if so, did Leighton/Limner ...; Created on 09 October 2019
4. Learn About Stonewall Hero Stormé DeLarverie: (Feminism); ... forcefully dragging patrons outside. The police molested and beat up the patrons, many of whom resisted arrest and refused to show identification (cross-dressing was illegal then). Stormé saw one of ...; Created on 13 July 2018
5. Why Won't Medieval Times Let Women Be Knights: (Living); ... Squire or Knight. In fact, dressing as a man was precisely how Joan of Arc navigated the battlefield. Although the English burned her at the stake for her cross-dressing, the French did not and still ...; Created on 09 February 2017
6. This Is What A Drag Ball Was Like In The 1880s: (Living); ... Cross-dressing in the Victorian era was an ongoing basis for arrest and prosecution. In 1870, for example, the trial of famous cross-dressers Thomas Ernest Boulton and Frederick William Park made headlines ...; Created on 31 August 2016
7. 4 Brilliant Women Whose Husbands Got All the Credit: (Feminism); ... "She prioritized subverting social constructs and taboos, writing films that treated gender conventions as a social structure and then deconstructed them. While playwrights had employed cross-dressing since ...; Created on 15 March 2016
8. When I Found Out My Ex Is Trans, It Changed Me Too: (Living); ... woman back then,” he said, pleased. Then he back-pedaled. “I mean, it was the ’80s, lots of rock stars looked like women anyway.” “True,” I said. “David Bowie. Mick Jagger.” More pictures of his cross-dressing ...; Created on 26 February 2016
9. Man Wins The Best Father Award For His Son's Queen Elsa Costum: (Living); ... mortification. What is so perfectly fabulous about Henson’s comments is that this is an area where sexism hurts men, particularly young boys; girls generally get more wiggle room in terms of “cross-dressing” ...; Created on 08 October 2015
10. Oct/Nov 2014: (Magazine); ... that’s sure to turn some heads. By Eliza C. Thompson UNDERCOVER SISTER Inside Afghanistan’s secret world of cross-dressing girls. By Jenny Nordberg GOING PLACES Fab fall fashions modeled by N.Y.C.’s ...; Created on 28 September 2015
11. The Secret World of Afghanistan's Cross-Dressing Girl: (Feminism); In Afghanistan, where having a son is vital for any respectable family, little girls are sometimes disguised and raised as boys. Here, journalist Jenny Nordberg investigates this complicated cultural game ...; Created on 30 September 2014
12. Interview With a Bad Feminist: Roxane Gay: (Feminism); ... cross-dressing—who specifically get off on the idea of women being objects of desire? ROXANE: I think that speaks to how pervasive the objectification of women is. They succumb, and they wanna know, ...; Created on 20 August 2014
13. Jenny Lewis Will Take You on a Musical Voyage: (Music); Jenny Lewis’ new album The Voyager dropped yesterday. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. We reported on the amazing moustache-filled cross-dressing wonderment that was her music video for “One of the Guys,” starring ...; Created on 30 July 2014
14. Flappers: Were They the Riot Grrrls of Their Time?: (General); ... publishing photos of its readers and their boyfriends cross-dressing and asking rhetorically “whether all the blame for extremes in behavior deserves to be centered on the flapper, or whether it can be ...; Created on 16 June 2014
15. Men and Women Switch Clothes and Make Us Confused and Happy: (Arts); In my world, wearing someone's flannels and ripped jeans is usually the before or after of getting laid. Standard fair, to be honest. I never had any of my love interests to do the same and commit to ...; Created on 09 July 2013
16. Flappers: Were They the Original Riot Grrrls?: (Feminism); ... The Flapper challenged traditional gender roles, publishing photos of its readers and their boyfriends cross-dressing and asking rhetorically “whether all the blame for extremes in behavior deserves ...; Created on 19 June 2013
17. Kurdish Men Wear Women's Clothing for Equalit: (Feminism); Here’s a Facebook page that’s worth liking: The Kurd Men for Equality campaign. Kurdish men in Iran started the campaign in response to what they believed to be misogyny in a local court case. A man ...; Created on 25 April 2013
18. Tribeca Film Festival Review: Adult World: (Movies); ... At the store, she meets manager Alex (Evan Peters), cute in the college-y way, and the cross-dressing diva Rubia (Armando Riesco). The threesome sparkle up a chemical jizz-storm with their friendship, ...; Created on 23 April 2013
19. Grandpa's Got Legs, and He Knows How to Use ': (General); China’s next supermodel may just be 72-year-old Liu Xianping. He’s got the bod for the latest in miniskirts and the legs to pull them off. His cross-dressing photos have gone viral and as a result, ...; Created on 27 November 2012
20. Sapphistries: A Global History of Love Between Women: (Books); ... and/or lust. (My favorite juicy anecdote was the true story of Mary Read and Anne Bonny, two swashbucklingly fabulous, cross-dressing 18th-century pirates who couldn't resist each other's booty.) Rupp convincingly ...; Created on 31 January 2010

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