History Native-AmericanDreamcatcher: the real story behind white girls’ favorite bedroom decoration What are dreamcatchers really, where do they originate, and who is to blame for turning them into the mass-produced item we know today?
History SMH7 blockbuster movies you didn’t know are just as racist as Birth of a Nation You may have enjoyed these in their day, but modern reflection imparts a troubled sense of something being very, very wrong.
HistoryHow lighthouse keeper Ida Lewis pioneered early female badassery The heroine was called the “Bravest Woman in America.” President Ulysses S. Grant awarded her the Gold Lifesaving Medal.
HistoryAmelia Earhart? Try Jerrie Mock: The first woman to successfully fly around the world She wanted to see the world in her Cessna 180. That she would be the first woman to do it was just an added bonus.
HistoryMarie Antoinette’s “let them eat cake” is a misogynist lie The accusation had been thrown around to tar rulers as heartless since before Marie Antoinette was even born.
HistoryJanuary 23, 1849: Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first American woman to receive a medical degree In the late 2010s, there were more than 340,000 female doctors actively working in the U.S. They can thank Elizabeth for that.
HistoryA history of the women’s power suit We size up the power suits—from classic to cutting edge—that have advanced us through the decades.
HistoryThe horrifying truth about the life and death of Pocahontas Unfortunately, the familiar Disneyfied tales are about as true as your average tabloid headline.
History11 groundbreaking women comic book artists that prove male artists are mediocre The female names that any serious comics geek should know and celebrate.
Black History SMHStrange fruit: when white women lied and Black men died History's interjection to the notion that #MeToo accusers are incapable of lying or being motivated by malice or financial gain.
