Womanica

This back to school season, we're bringing back some of our favorite Womanica episodes you might have missed. Today's Womanican is Ella Cara Deloria (1889-1971). She was a linguist and ethnographer who became one of the foremost experts on Dakota and Lakota oral history.

This month, we’re heading back to school – and we’re taking you along with us! For all of September, we’ll be bringing back some of our favorite Womanica episodes you might have missed. You’ll hear me – and some talented guest hosts – share both iconic and under-appreciated stories. But there’s a twist... each...

This back to school season, we're bringing back some of our favorite Womanica episodes you might have missed. Today's Womanican is Sappho (c. 615 BC). She was an ancient Greek poet and an architect of the very words we use to talk about queer identity today.

This month, we’re heading back to school – and we’re taking you along with us! For all of September, we’ll be bringing back some of our favorite Womanica episodes you might have missed. You’ll hear me – and some talented guest hosts – share both iconic and under-appreciated stories. But there’s a twist... eac...

This back to school season, we're bringing back some of our favorite Womanica episodes you might have missed. Today's Womanican is Gayl Jones (1949-present). She is a prolific author celebrated for her writing about Black womanhood, slavery, and the African Diaspora. She disappeared from public life by choice until very recently, when she reappeared in words with her 2021 novel, “Palmares.” 

For Further Reading:

“The Best American Novelist Whose Name You May Not Know”  “She Changed Black Literature Forever. Then She Disappeared.”  “The Best American Novelist to Disappear (And Come Back) Twice”

This month, we’re heading back to schoo...

This back to school season, we're bringing back some of our favorite Womanica episodes you might have missed. Today's Womanican is Begum Rokeya (c. 1880-1932). She spent her life fighting for women’s rights in India and Bangladesh. She opened the first school for Muslim girls in her region and advocated for women’s education. She dreamed of a world where women could reach their full potential — a world she brought to life in her revolutionary feminist utopian short story “Sultana’s Dream.”

For Further Reading:

Sultana's Dream Begum Rokeya: The Writer Who Introduced Us To Feminist Sci...

This back to school season, we're bringing back some of our favorite Womanica episodes you might have missed. Today's Womanican is Marguerite Duras (1914-1996). She was a pioneer of autofiction and one of the most widely-read French writers in the postwar era. She specialized in blurring the lines between autobiography and imagination, mining her myriad of hardships for narrative gold. Her novel “The Lover” reflected her experiences growing up in French Indochina and became an international bestseller. 

For Further Reading:

Marguerite Duras, 81, Author Who Explored Love and Sex - The New York Times  “A Man and a Woman...

Monica Seles (1973-present) and Steffi Graf (1969-present) held one of the most famous rivalries in tennis history. They battled for the No. 1 ranking for years, equally matched in prowess. 

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For further reading:

Fifty Years of the WTA: Steffi Graf and Monica Seles give us the next great sports rivalry Australian Open Flashback: Seles reaches zenith with 1993 triumph over Graf Tennis Hall of Fame: Stefanie Graf Tennis Hall of Fame: Monica Seles

This month we’re talking about adversaries. These women fou...

Roxanne Shanté (1969-present) ignited The Roxanne Wars, a series of hip hop rivalries during the mid 1980s, that created the most answered records in history. It was also one of the first “rap beefs” in history. 

For Further Reading:

How a 14-year-old started the world’s first rap beef The story of the first ever rap beef ROXANNE’S REVENGE A brief history of the diss track – from the Roxanne Wars to Megan Thee Stallion

This month we’re talking about adversaries. These women fought against systems, governments and – sometimes each other to break barriers in their respect...

Lee Radziwill (1933-2019) was an American socialite, public relations executive, and interior designer. She was the younger sister of former First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. Lee and her sister had a complicated relationship that often relegated Lee to the shadows. 

For Further Reading:

Lee Radziwill, Ex-Princess and Sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Dies at 85 The Complicated Sisterhood of Jackie Kennedy and Lee Radziwill In Her Sister’s Shadow: An Intimate Biography of Lee Radziwill

This month we’re talking about adversaries. These women fought against systems, governments and – sometimes each other to break barriers in thei...

Louella Parsons (1881-1972) was an American gossip columnist and screenwriter, whose work boasted an audience of 20 million across many newspapers. She called herself the first-ever film reviewer and was known for her influence in Hollywood and her fierce competition with rival journalist Hedda Hopper. 

For Further Reading: 

The Powerful Rivalry of Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons Forgotten Hollywood: Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper Were the Mean Queens of Hollywood Gossip for Half a Century

This month we’re talking about adversaries. These women fought against systems, governments and – sometimes each other...

Zelia Nuttall (1857-1933) was a Mexican-American archaeologist. She was a single mother who decoded a number of Mesoamerican texts and artifacts, including the Nuttall Codex and the Aztec Calendar Stone. She laid the groundwork for archaeologists to reimagine pre-Hispanic civilizations in a new light. 

For Further Reading: 

The Globe-Trotting Scholar Who Unlocked the Secrets of the AztecsThe Terracotta Heads of Teotihuacan In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl: Zelia Nuttall and the Search for Mexico’s Ancient Civilizations 

This month we’re talking about adversaries. These women fought against systems, governments and – sometimes each other to break barriers...