Wining About Herstory

Due to illness, emotional devastation, and a 2-year-old's birthday party, the ladies were not able to record a new episode this week. But because you can't NOT have your weekly hit of herstory, we're releasing our first-ever Herstory Happenings on the Seneca Falls Convention! Learn about the first women's rights convention in the United States and see what happens when women get together to fuck some shit up! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Because spooky season is a state of mind, the ladies are bringing you the tales of some frightening femmes! Kelley tells the legend of Mae Nak, a woman who loved her husband so much that she defied the laws of nature to be with him. But did he appreciate it?? Then, Emily tells a strange tale of Lurancy Vennum, a 13-year-old girl who began exhibiting troubling symptoms, including being possessed by a dead girl named Mary Roff. What really happened in the small town of Watseka?? Grab your friend with a tight little ass, appreciate your wife, and don't do cocaine about it, because we're wining about herstory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Against all reason, Joy from Bite Sized Crime is BACK to listen to the ladies tell her a ghastly tale of war, stolen innocence, and spooky toilets. After falling victim to a WWII air raid, a young girl, Hanako, was cursed to haunt the girl's toilet, unleashing bizarre punishments on those who disturb her. Climb atop your shit pedestal and watch out for lizards, because we're wining about herstory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The ladies are kicking off a spooky season so big that it takes THREE gals to make it happen! Joined by Joy Scaglione of the Bite Sized Crime podcast, we're talking true crime, chronic anxiety, and Robert Stack's trench coat. Joy shares the story of a hometown horror- in 2006, 14-year-old Elizabeth Shoaf was kidnapped while getting off the school bus and held captive in a bunker. Determined to survive, Elizabeth worked to manipulate her captor and find a way to escape. Settle in for that Unsolved Mysteries marathon and break out the hand-drawn crime scene diagrams, because we're wining about herstory! Bite Sized Crime: http://www.bitesizedcrimepod.com/ https://www.instagram.com/bitesizedcrimepod/ https://linktr.ee/bitesizedcrimepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the most HORRIBLE TIME of the year! The ladies are dipping their toes in the dark waters of the spooky and unexplained this week with two truly terrifying tales. First, Emily shares the story of Mercy Lena Brown. When a mysterious illness ravaged the Brown family, the townsfolk of Exeter, Rhode Island, suspected a vampire was preying on the family- and the vampire was closer than anyone suspected. Then, Kelley tells the tale of Riina, a warrior woman of the Samoan Islands who, when two women were abducted by dude-bro ghosts, defied all expectations by rescuing them with her killer thighs. Question suspicious tonics and don't let weird dudes with whispering hair tell you what to do because we're wining about herstory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The ladies may not know where or when they are, but they know it's time for some herstory! First, Kelley covers Martha Bernal, a Mexican American woman who took her experiences facing discrimination along with her career in psychology to pioneer a whole new field of mental health study and care. Then, Emily tells the story of Anna Coleman Ladd. As an artist during WWI, Anna was looking for a way to support injured soldiers, leading her to begin crafting some shockingly realistic masks. Grab your favorite salty blonde and don't hide your Kamala reaction faces, because we're wining about herstory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drugged up dogs, corporate evil, and copious amounts of birthday cake! Emily tells the story of Ellie De Castro who set out on a mission to find out who Nellie E. Brown, the namesake of her father's elementary school, was. The simple question took an international team two years to answer and was far from what anyone expected. Then, Kelley tells the story of Berta Cáceres, a Lenca woman in Honduras fighting to protect the environment and her ancestral lands. But when corporate greed and government corruption come together, the results are tragic. Grab your decanter of mystery whisky and keep the hope alive, because we're wining about herstory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Same shit, different way! Kelley tells the story of Penelope Barker, a woman living in the American Colonies who capitalized on several husbands' (unintentional) deaths to raise her status, make her own money, and start the first women's led political movement! Then, Emily tells the story Phyllis Lumley, the woman behind the viral 1950s television clip who raised seven children with no arms and, most impressive, didn't need anyone to light her own cigarette. Described as 'A Mother in a Million,' was Phyllis really so different from other women of her time? Grab a bag of mini donuts and persist like the horror you are, because we're wining about herstory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ladies are BACK! AGAIN! For the 238th time! First, Emily celebrates the Olympics by covering Olympian Matilda 'Lida' Scott Howell, who found love and success through archery, making history at the first Olympic Games to be held in the U.S. Then, Kelley tells the story of Susan Ahn Cuddy, a Korean American woman who proved just what a woman could do during WWII when she was given a chance and a big, big, BIG gun. Grab your chocolate medal and strap into a flight simulator, because we're wining about herstory! (AGAIN!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are Gerbil Money Pit and we are here to rock your faces off! First, Kelley tells the story of Penta who, to avoid her pervy brother, cut off her hands, gave birth to a dog, and attended the world's worst pity party. Then, Emily covers Elizabeth 'Baby Doe' Tabor, an ambitious young woman whose meteoric rise and fall is still legendary in Colorado- but what is the truth about this alleged homewrecker/sex worker/gold digger/socialite? Plug in your sauna because we're wining about herstory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's episode is sponsored by unmitigated nonsense! Emily covers Sarah Kidder who wasn't kidding around when she became the first woman President of a (questionably named) railroad! Then, Kelley tells the story of Helen Gardener (the artist formally known as Alice Chenoweth) who was a writer, activist, and intellectual, but DEFINTELY NOT a feminist. Go out there and make your moms proud because we're wining about herstory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The ladies are here to drink and validate your beautiful self! Kelley tells the story of Laura Bridgman, a disabled woman who redefined what people thought a blind and deaf person could accomplish. Then, Emily covers Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, a far traveling Viking woman who had bad luck with husbands, but great fortune with traveling the world. Grab a pocket of Oreos and your favorite Karen because we're wining about herstory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Swarthy fireman, gaslighting cohosts, and looks that could kill! Emily shares the story of Kate the ghost, a hard working gal who got caught up in men's bullshit and now haunts the location of her greatest tragedy. Then, Kelley tells the story of Eliza Suggs who, despite suffering from brittle bone syndrome, brought short girl energy to everything in her life, including speaking, writing, and telling nosey bitches to mind their own business. Bitch when are you going to start talking because we're wining about herstory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Dairy Appreciation Month y'all so naturally, we're wining about LGBTQ ladies! First, Kelley tells the story of Mary Frith, AKA Mol Cutpurse, used her affinity for masculine clothes to further her criminal enterprises. Then, Emily talks about Kitty Tsui, a multi-hyphenate living legend who helped to establish the AAPI Lesbian community in California, wrote groundbreaking LGBTQ literature, was a champion bodybuilder, leather educator, actor, and SO MUCH MORE! Pet a rainbow cow and oil up, because we're wining about herstory! Queering the Family Farm: https://www.wpr.org/agriculture/queering-family-farm-despite-obstacles-lgbtq-farmers-find-fertile-ground-midwest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Falling uteruses! Epic gore! A vindicated grandma! Author of 'Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women,' Maggie Mertens joins the ladies to talk about these topics and more! Better Faster Farther explores the history of women in running, the myths that were designed to hold women back, and the liberation women have found in running. Get your copy of Better Faster Farther NOW wherever you get your books! Find Maggie on: https://maggiemertens.com/ Instagram: @maggiejmertens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With thanks to Li Perez, the ladies are drinking some GORG Stella Pino Grigio to wine about boobs, women, and how history hates women! First, Emily tells the story of author Nobuku Yoshiya, an open lesbian who defined the Shojo and Yuri genres and went to extreme legal lengths to be with her partner! Then, Kelley tells the story of Vasilissa Vasilyenva, a Russian woman who preferred wearing men's clothes, much to the confusion of the Tsar. When the Tsar began going to great lengths to determine Vasilissa's sex (none of which involved having a conversation) things got weird. Prep the adoption papers and bring on the girlish trash, because we're wining about herstory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you like obscure LGBTQ+ women from history that you DEF should have heard of, then BRING YA ASS to this week's episode! First, Kelley tells the story of the ultimate odd couple, Ana Lezama de Urinza and Eustaquia de Sonza, who bonded over a love of swordplay and vigilante justice. Then, Emily brings her ass back to Minnesota to tell the story of Cecelia Regina Gonzaga, who was arrested in Minneapolis for the sensational crime of wearing women's clothes and became an icon. Grab some Minnesota sushi and BRING YA ASS because we're wining about herstory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Secret double lives! Aerial jail breaks! Extreme sandwiches! This week's episode has it all. First, Emily explores the history of LGBTQ+ folks in the military through the story of Master Sergeant Helen Godvin. Throughout her 20 year career in the Air Force, Helen was forced to live a double life due to the U.S. Military's homophobic policies. At work, she was a single straight woman and at home, she was a loving mother and partner. Despite the incredible stress and paranoia of hiding her sexuality from the military, Helen never faltered and never failed. Then, Kelley tells the twisty (and a little too relatable) tale of Nadine Vaujou who fell into a toxic relationship with a chronic criminal that spiraled into an epic prison break involving fruit, secret cake notes, and a helicopter. Chow down on some Milk Duds and stay strapped with nectarines because we're wining about herstory! Sources: From Handcuffs to Rainbows: Queer in the Military by Morgan Godvin: https://daily.jstor.org/from-handcuffs-to-rainbows-queer-in-the-military/ Helen Godvin's Obituary: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/gresham-or/helen-godvin-5792331 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you tell if a toy is for a boy or a girl? What's the most magical word in the English language? Learn all of this and more in this week's episode! Kelley travels back to the Philippines to tell the incredible story of Josefa Llanes Escoda, a woman who worked to support the women and children of her country through education and scouting- and then the Fire Nation attacked. Then, Emily tells the story of Harita Kaur Deol, a girl who had a love of flying and, thanks to changes in the military, was able to fulfill her dream as an Indian Air Force pilot, flying full speed through the glass ceiling. Meet your new favorite grandpa and slide into diet summer, because we're wining about herstory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's very special episode is brought to you by pug chaos! Enjoy the melodic tones of snoring dogs rustling through Target bags! Emily tells the epic tale of Mary Fields, a woman who had one epic mission- to deliver the mail, regardless of rain, shine, or bandits! Then, Kelley tells the story of Ani Pachen, a Tibetan woman who just wanted to bring peace to her people- and then the Japanese attacked. Grab that piece of metal before your dog eats it and pray to the octopus goddess, St. Ursula, because we're wining about herstory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices