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A black and white photo of a white women with her closed. The photo focuses on her eyelashes and her head is titled up to the left.
A black and white photo of a white women with her closed. The photo focuses on her eyelashes and her head is titled up to the left.

The history of eyelash extensions is actually so scary

Tatayana Allen
[Image description: Statue of Queen Mọ́remí] via Face2FaceAfrica
[Image description: Statue of Queen Mọ́remí] via Face2FaceAfrica

Meet Queen Mọ́remí, today’s leaders could learn a thing or two from her

Bashirat Oladele
Members of WASP (from left to right), Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn leave their ship, Pistol Packin' Mama, a B-17 Flying Fortress, at the engine school at Lockbourne AAF, Ohio.
Members of WASP (from left to right), Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn leave their ship, Pistol Packin' Mama, a B-17 Flying Fortress, at the engine school at Lockbourne AAF, Ohio.

WASPs: the women who flew ahead of their time

Helena Ong
[Image description: a figure clad in red robes and Halloween mask hides in the dark arches of a church] Via Dan Burton on Unsplash
[Image description: a figure clad in red robes and Halloween mask hides in the dark arches of a church] Via Dan Burton on Unsplash

How the Pope stole Halloween 1200 years ago

Candice Buckle
[Image Description: An image of former Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi.] via The Quint
[Image Description: An image of former Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi.] via The Quint

Let’s look at female Presidential leadership in the United States vs everywhere else in the world

Safa Shoaib
Woman in white dress with red trim next to a drawing of a pandemic doctor with a beak mask
Woman in white dress with red trim next to a drawing of a pandemic doctor with a beak mask

Historically accurate Halloween costumes to wow any Zoom party this year

Olivia McCormack
Richard Rothwell's portrait of Mary Shelley, depicting the woman facing the viewer. The woman wears an off the shoulder top and has dark hair and pale skin.
Richard Rothwell's portrait of Mary Shelley, depicting the woman facing the viewer. The woman wears an off the shoulder top and has dark hair and pale skin.

Remembering Mary Shelley, the goth icon of the Romantic era

Helena Ong
A girl in a dark room posing with a glowing jack-o-lantern.
A girl in a dark room posing with a glowing jack-o-lantern.

Do you know how pumpkins became the jack-o-lanterns we know and love?

Tatayana Allen
[Image Description: A portrait of Nur Jahan.] via Cultural India
[Image Description: A portrait of Nur Jahan.] via Cultural India

Nur Jahan, the twentieth wife: the Empress who stole her husband’s thunder

Safa Shoaib
A woman laying down with a bundle of grapes in her hands with apples and pears laying beside her.
A woman laying down with a bundle of grapes in her hands with apples and pears laying beside her.

Did women in Ancient Greece have a skincare routine?

Tatayana Allen
Patsy Mink stands at a podium to announce the creation of the Congressional Asian American Pacific Congress. Behind her, from left to right, stands Representatives Don Edwards and Norman Mineta, House Delegate Robert Underwood, Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Neil Abercrombie.
Patsy Mink stands at a podium to announce the creation of the Congressional Asian American Pacific Congress. Behind her, from left to right, stands Representatives Don Edwards and Norman Mineta, House Delegate Robert Underwood, Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Neil Abercrombie.

Remembering Patsy Mink, a trailblazer in Asian American politics

Helena Ong

The evolution of Halloween costumes: how did we go from eerie spirits to Wonder Woman?

Safa Shoaib