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A group South African women political prisoners
A group South African women political prisoners

How Nikiwe Deborah Matshoba stood for the liberation of South Africa

Lilly Quin
[Image Description: A couple getting just married kissing in front of a restored plantation house.] via Nottoway Plantation
[Image Description: A couple getting just married kissing in front of a restored plantation house.] via Nottoway Plantation

Why are couples still choosing to get married on plantations?

Danai Nesta Kupemba
An image of a stone engraved statue of Enheduanna. The image is set on a reddish, brown textured background
An image of a stone engraved statue of Enheduanna. The image is set on a reddish, brown textured background

The world’s first author was a cool priestess with an even cooler backstory

Sahar Arshad
[Image Description: Mount Rushmore, the background is a bright day] Via Unsplash
[Image Description: Mount Rushmore, the background is a bright day] Via Unsplash

This Independence Day we must remember the harrowing history behind Mount Rushmore

Aafiyah Shaikh
[Image Description: A group of men on a stage dressed as eighteenth-century soldiers.] Via Disney+
[Image Description: A group of men on a stage dressed as eighteenth-century soldiers.] Via Disney+

For better or worse, “Hamilton” is the ultimate American musical

Beatriz Valero de Urquía
[Image description: a man on the left looks at a woman on the right and touches her face while another woman in the back and across a table looks at them in shock] via Apple TV+.
[Image description: a man on the left looks at a woman on the right and touches her face while another woman in the back and across a table looks at them in shock] via Apple TV+.

Emily Dickinson is the feminist LGBTQIA+ hero we didn’t know we needed

Beatriz Valero de Urquía
[Image Description: a blonde woman with a white sweater reading a newspaper in a library] Via Masha Raymers on Pexel
[Image Description: a blonde woman with a white sweater reading a newspaper in a library] Via Masha Raymers on Pexel

Studying History made me lose all my heroes

Beatriz Valero de Urquía
[A group of people adorned in pride-related clothing are walking underneath a pride flag] Via Unsplash
[A group of people adorned in pride-related clothing are walking underneath a pride flag] Via Unsplash

50 years later, the legacy of Pride lives on

Vanessa Montalbano
Beyonce wearing a pink bandana and silver hoop earrings.
Beyonce wearing a pink bandana and silver hoop earrings.

The history of the bandana and why it remains such an iconic accessory

Maggie Mahoney
A pink-haired woman is standing amidst fog, out in the woods. She's dressed in black with a pointy hat on top her head.
A pink-haired woman is standing amidst fog, out in the woods. She's dressed in black with a pointy hat on top her head.

Halloween carries a far more darker and chilling history than you think

Ashlynn Chand
[Image description: Two women in history are featured side by side.] via Wikimedia Commons
[Image description: Two women in history are featured side by side.] via Wikimedia Commons

6 badass women you probably didn’t learn about in school

Zara Shabir
A black woman in a red dress is flipping her black, grey and white braids with her head leaned back.
A black woman in a red dress is flipping her black, grey and white braids with her head leaned back.

Here’s everything you need to know about the history of braids

Zara Shabir