The Suffragette Who Turned British Society Ladies Into Greek Goddesses
Before Polaroids and Kodak colour, before we could snap a selfie and pass it through…
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Her Comics were Everything Jim Crow America Never Wanted Black Women to Be
In the comic strip Torchy Brown from Dixie to Harlem, a spunky Black teenager leaves…
The Camp Culinary Adventures of TV’s First Celebrity Chef
You can’t beat a bit of Fanny, especially in the kitchen. Overshadowed by modern day…
The Woman Who Slept at the Top of the Eiffel Tower
It started out simply enough. At the age of 17, the artist Sophie Calle dropped…
Unearthing the Curious Quentin Crisp
Writer. Dandy. Philosopher. Creature of the night. Quentin Crisp was so many things, but above…
Naked in the Mountains 100 Years Ago, She Invented the Advanced Selfie
Anne Brigman was turning up her selfie prowess about 100-years before the rest of us.…
Not Your Granny’s Old China: Her Plates Tell Stories of Feminist Rebellion
How might one celebrate International Women’s Day? Why not stick it to the patriarchy while…
The Maximalist Hippies Who Brought Drag to the Mainstream
On New Year’s Eve in 1969, drag as we know it came kicking and screaming…
Literally the Best E-Cards on the Internet
Seriously, we need to stop Facebook-ing our loved ones for their birthdays or when the…
The Paris Rejects Club
Even some of the greatest names in art history- Paul Cézanne, Édouard Manet, Camille Pissarro…
Test Your Sense of Direction with Star Maps and Stick Charts of Polynesian Wayfinders
In an age where we almost entirely rely on our smartphones and satellites orbiting Earth…
She Was a Black Librarian Who Could Equal America’s Most Powerful Man
Today, we meet a heroine by the name of Belle da Costa Greene. Under the…