The Great Sandwina (given name, Katie Brumbach) aka The Lady Hercules aka the Woman of Steel is one of the strongest women to have ever lived. She made a name and a legacy working in the circus in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, but was known for being a paragon of femininity as well, kind of a paradox for gender roles at the time. She loved sex, made no apologies, and beat men in the ring every time they dared challenge her. She was one seriously bad bitch.
Read MoreAudrey Munson was considered America’s first supermodel during the Gilded Age, she was world famous for her perfect proportions and gorgeous posing, and her likeness can still be found in statues all over the country. Her story is tumultuous but worthy of remembrance.
Read MoreIn the early 1900’s, the United States instituted a policy that involved dousing Mexican immigrants and day workers with toxic chemicals in order to “delouse” them. The practice continued for decades, but in 1917, maid Carmelita Torres had had enough. And so had thousands of other women.
Read MoreJosephine Baker displayed resistance in multiple movements and multiple decades – despite being American born, she fell in love with and moved to France, where she became a war hero for her work as a French spy during World War 2. Later, she was a huge part of the civil rights movement in America, despite the many challenges she faced there. In addition, she was a raging bisexual. In short, she was one bad bitch.
Read MoreIf you’ve been watching the news, you have probably seen the name Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez splashed across the headlines. But what’s so special about this 28-year-old Democratic Socialist nominee for Congress from the Bronx? Listen and find out!
Read MoreAlla Nazimova was a Russian actress turned Broadway star turned early 1900’s Hollywood screen siren, who hosted elaborate parties at her mansion and had affairs with beloved Hollywood actresses and industry people. Later, her mansion was turned into a hotel that was beloved by artists, writers, and the mob.
Read MoreJulie D’Aubigny was an openly bisexual, sword-fighting, gang dueling, opera singing badass woman who did her thing despite societal customs and restrictions in 17th century France.
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Okay, we're trying something here.
Sometimes on our show we have conversations that were not planned for an episode, but a topic leads us to an interesting, if not hard to have discussion. We swear up a storm and laugh at these things, and we want to be able share it with our audience, though it is a bit more raw than our feature podcast.
We bring you, C•nts Unpl•gged.
These are the bits that didn't make it in for whatever reason. Unplanned, Unfiltered, and I'll bet you can guess the next one... yep, Unplugged.
Read MoreAnne Lister, Aka “Gentleman Jack” was an out and proud landowning lesbian in the early 1800’s. She is known for renovating an estate called Shibden Hall and penning a 4 million diary in which she detailed not just her day to day activities, but her conquests, in graphic detail.
Read MoreStorme Delarverie was a dashing, androgynous lesbian famously photographed by Diane Arbus, a drag king in New York in the era of Stonewall who is sometimes credited with helping incite the Stonewall Riot, and a gay club bouncer until her death. She was involved in her community until her death and fiercely protective of everyone who identified as LGBTQIA+ .
Read MoreQiu Jin was a poet, a feminist, a revolutionary. She liked wine, swordplay, wearing men’s clothes, and teaching others to fight for the revolution that would ultimately bring about the downfall of China’s Imperial system. She was a seriously bad bitch.
Read MoreTammy Duckworth, a former US Army Lieutenant Colonel who lost bother her legs in battle, was the first Asian-American Woman elected to congress. She currently serves as a Senator for the state of Illinois.
Read MoreLady Anne Farquharson-Mackintosh was a Scottish Jacobite who helped the Bonnie Prince Charlie (even when he didn't always deserve it) raise an army and stay safe from the long reach of England. She is remembered fondly in Scottish history, and is a certifiable bad bitch.
Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga was a prisoner of the internment camps FDR sanctioned during WW2 to unlawfully imprison Japanese Americans. Later she did research that proved pivotal in bringing the government to justice. She was a damn good witch.
Read MoreGrace Lee Boggs was a philosopher, activist, and all around good witch who got involved with the Black Power movement in Chicago and Detroit, and helped begin Detroit's slow revitalization process through community organizing and activism.
Read MoreMillicent Patrick is a beautiful, mysterious figure from Hollywood history who may have been the mastermind behind some of the ookiest movie monsters of the 40's and 50's, most notably, the Gill Man of the film, The Creature From the Black Lagoon. She was a seriously bad artistic bitch who didn't get her due.
Read MoreWangari Maathai was a professor, a political activist, and an all around good witch who fought against political corruption and climate change like a seriously bad bitch.
Read MoreThe story of Russian sniper and bad bitch, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, and how she basically won World War II.
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