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Learn HerStory
History is told by the winners,
so it's about time we heard from the queens
“Women have been kept from contributing to History-making, that is, the
ordering and interpretation of the past of humankind. Since this process
of meaning-giving is essential to the creation and perpetuation of
civilization, we can see that at once women’s marginality in this
endeavor places us in a unique and segregate position. Women are the
majority, yet we are structured into social institutions as though we
were a minority”
(Lerner, The Creation of Patriarchy).
Learning history, her way
Cleopatra: Sex Positive as a Weapon
History says Queen Cleo was an Egyptian slut. In this course, we say, so what? Women are not Madonnas or whores. We contain multitides. And clitori.
Anne Boleyn: Temptress or Victim?
In this class we learn about how the male perspective turned Anne Boleyn into a tease who would do anything, including fuck her own brother, for a crown.
Hidden Figures: Fuck You, Math is for Boys
The real history of how white men decided math was no longer black women's work once they realized how profitable it was. And we put these idiots on the moon...
Coded by Rebecca Bellan