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One of the few women pirates, Anne Bonny was an Irish pirate that operated in the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy. She is considered by many to be one of the most famous female pirates of all time.  Much of her life is...

Hair sculptor Laetitia Ky creates gravity-defying hair art. In the Ivory Coast of West Africa, Ky’s craft was originally inspired by photographs of women in pre-colonial Africa wearing their traditional hairstyles. Natural, afro-textured hair is often politicized — But in Ky’s work it becomes a...

Valentina Tereshkova was born on March 6, 1937 in Bolshoye Maslennikovo, a village in western Russia. As a young woman, she worked in a textile mill and parachuted as a hobby. It was her parachuting experience that led to her being chosen, in 1962, for...

Simone Biles can fly. Until it’s proven otherwise, I will remain convinced. There’s too much evidence it’s true, that Biles can really fly, or at least vault into the air and remain there, briefly, magically, like no one’s ever done. That’s just the half of...

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or years, Michelle Elman, an activist and body confidence coach in London, has waited for the mainstream fashion industry to feature Asian curve models in campaigns and on runways. Tired of waiting, she recently took matters into her own hands, creating her own damn photo shoot...