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  • The History of Female Hunters

    Although hot pink pistols and Katniss Everdeen are relatively recent phenomena, women have been hunting since the days the Neanderthals roamed the earth.

  • The History of Haunted Campuses

    Something far more sinister than an R.A. is haunting these schools' halls.

  • The History of the Crystal Ball

    From the Druids' early days of divination to (sometimes) eerily accurate political consulting, the backstory of the crystal ball is as cloudy and roundabout as the divine orb itself.

  • The History of Bodily Fluids in Feminist Art

    From the Virgin Mary's free-flowing breast milk to Instagram's period-censoring policies, we charted the history of artists who use blood, pus, spit, and semen in their work.

  • The History of the Clit Piercing

    From Borneo tribeswomen to trendy Victorians, clit piercings have been around for much longer than Christina Aguilera's bejeweled privates would have you believe.

  • The History of Female Anger

    From Virginia Woolf's refined rage to the rise of uber-positive "girl squad" culture, women's anger has been a powerful, destabilizing, and often misunderstood force.

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  • The History of Glitter

    We traced the substance from cave paintings to glitter bombs to Mariah Carey's blockbuster flop. Is sparkle tacky, a force for political change, or somewhere in the middle?

  • The History of Franzia

    What your Sunset Blush lacks in tannins, it makes up for in a century of family feuds, mob ties, and murder.

  • The History of Toplessness

    How toplessness became a bottomless controversy.

  • The History of Lesbian Bars

    As lesbian bars around the country are closing for reasons both financial and cultural, we traced the history of the "no boys allowed" bar scene, from Prohibition and police raids to 90s "lesbian chic."

  • The History of Black Lipstick

    From Maori tattoos to the golden age of Hollywood, from David Bowie to being considered a "disruptive force" in schools, black lipstick has been around much longer than Hot Topic and the Kardashian Krew.

  • The History of the Fedora

    How the humble hat went from being a symbol of first-wave feminism to one of the douchiest things you can put on your body.