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FFFF: Ask a Slave
Azie Mira Dungey used to work as a “living history character” at the popular historic site, George Washington’s Mount Vernon. She’s created this webseries to hilariously call out some of the most...
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New Passport Design Leaves out Canada’s Diversity
Image from 2013 Canadian passport redesign of “The Fathers of Confederation” In July 2013, Passport Canada introduced a re-designed passport containing new security features and watermarks, which...
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FFFF: Rosalind Franklin Rap
In this Science History Rap Battle, some super skilled seventh graders use rap to tell the story of Rosalind Franklin and how she contributed to the discovery of the structure of DNA, which was then...
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Gender Focus Reads: Conversations with EVE
by Lisa Lo Paro Conversations with EVE, by Barbara Cuthbertson, attempts to isolate when and how women lost their cultural equality to men, and to describe how women can regain it in the modern age....
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Breadsticks to Rabbits: A History of the Dildo
1918 Sears Roebuck ad by Jenni Podolski It is difficult to explore the history of female sexuality even if you look for it, let alone find it represented in popular media. There’s a sense that we are...
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Gender Focus Reads: Censoring Queen Victoria
When you think “Queen Victoria” what do you think of? The first thing that pops into my mind is the quote: “We are not amused.” Even though she might not have actually said it, the line captures a lot...
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Regina Jonas: An Unknown Heroine
In the 1980s a popular Jewish legend began that, after leading Jewish feminist Susannah Heschel lectured on the bimah of a conservative Miami syngogue, the resident rabbi denounced Heschel, claiming...
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How the Mercury 13 Paved the Way for Women in Space
Seven members of the Mercury 13 attend a 1995 shuttle launch. Left to Right: Gene Nora Jessen, Wally Funk, Jerrie Cobb, Jerri Truhill, Sarah Rutley, Myrtle Cagle and Bernice Steadman More than 20...
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GF Reads: Sex Vs Survival: The Life and Ideas of Sabina Spielrein
A new biography about the infamous Sabina Spielrein has been published by The Overlook Press. In Sex Versus Survival: The Life and Ideas of Sabina Spielrein, John Launer attempts to fill in the missing...
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Beer, Masculinity and the Forgotten History of Women in Brewing
You’re watching TV, maybe you’re watching a football game, and the Budweiser ad pops up with all the guys in it hanging out and being fun. Women are either simply objects of male attention, or they’re...
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