BitchStory - Stories of badass women that history "forgot"

By Kelly McClain and Smarty Pants LisaHistory

BitchStory - Stories of badass women that history "forgot" episodes

May 08, 2023 Bitchstory lesson 46 - Happy Birthday Carol Burnette!
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Happy 90th Birthday Carol Burnette! If you grew up in the late 60s or early 70s you likely know who Carol Burnette is. Regardless of your childhood, dive in with us and learn a bit more about a comic legend who made it big in the era of "women just aren't funny"...oh wait, maybe we're still in that era. Well screw them, she's hilarious!
Carol Quotes: https://parade.com/celebrities/carol-burnett-quotes
Complete episode with the "Went with the Wind" sketch - notice the Bob Mackie dress in the opening (it has pockets!!). The resolution on this particular video is awful but you'll get the idea. It's a very long skit, so if you must, skip to the 15 minute mark to see the entrance of "the drapes"... https://youtu.be/-8wVvGQ0P4Y
here's a reel with all the regulars breaking character - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zw_B0mqdp4
34 min
April 24, 2023 Bitchstory Lesson 45 - She was a Real Renaissance Woman!
Ever heard of an artist by the name of Sofonisba Anguissola? Yeah neither had we! Neither had my art-educated friends! Turns out she was a very gifted artist of the renaissance period. As a woman she wasn’t allowed to make money from her art, but it sounds like she did pretty ok for herself. And you know how the Royal portraits are often really unflattering? This gal knew how to do right by her subjects! I'd let her paint me...I need bigger eyes anyway.
Check out some of her works here:
https://bit.ly/40F9Auu
https://bit.ly/3NdR8Ge

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49 min
April 17, 2023 New Bitchstory Intro/Theme
Bitches! Look, listen, look...I'm kind of excited. I have been using the music that was created for me by a professional for BitchSplaining (one of my other podcasts). I totally love it, but it isn't quite right for THIS podcast. So I set out to make a new one. I wasn't quite sure what I was doing, but then I did it and damn if it didn't turn out pretty fucking good! What do you think?
We will use a shortened version as an Intro for episodes, but I wanted to share it. I'm kinda proud!
However.... if you hate it and think it sucks I'd like to know. am I crazy for asking for that? errrr....we will see.
2 min
April 10, 2023 Bitchstory Lesson 44 - Hypatia the math bitch
About 350 years after Jesus, Alexandria Egypt was a hot bed of philosophical and religious activity. The Jews, the Christians, the radical Christians, the Muslims, and the scientists were all going at it trying to discover the truth of human existence. Most of these philosophers and religious followers were men, because…of course. But a few women dotted the intellectual and religious landscape and one of them was Hypatia of Alexandria. She was pretty badass. And her death was pretty awful…because her teachings were deemed a threat, she was brutally murdered. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hypatia
50 min
March 27, 2023 Bitchstory Lesson 43 - The Badass Bitches of Spring Equinox
If you liked our Winter Solstice show about the goddesses of winter, you'll enjoy this one too...the goddesses of Spring Equinox, or "Those Springy Bitches" as Smarty Pants Lisa says. I'm going to start referring to her as SPL. All in favor....great. And so it is!
Anyway, enjoy this episode where I struggle with words as usual and SPL is gloriously articulate. Ugh. I'm publishing this one week after the Equinox, but enjoy it anyway, because time is just a construct!
You should read this about the goddess Baubo, which is Spring goddess adjacent because she cheered up Persephone by flashing her lady bits and telling dirty jokes...
https://bust.com/arts/196838-baubo-ancient-vagina-goddess.html
55 min
March 11, 2023 Bitchstory Lesson 42 - OG Environmentalist Badass Rachel Carson
Long before we had Greta Thunberg, we had Rachel Carson (born 1907!). She wrote several books about the ocean and ocean life. Her book "Silent Spring" became one of the most influential books in the modern environmental movement and provided the impetus for tighter control of pesticides. After WWI, she was one of the first to rally against the use of DDT, which was originally used during the war to control lice (ew), and then the DDT people or the government people were like "now what do we use it for?" and marketed it to farmers and gardners (Great idea. Agent Orange is probably great for your flowers too - eyeroll). Her influence has been far reaching and continues to this day.

https://www.rachelcarson.org/
hhttp://www.rachelcarson.org/Bio.aspx
Book list
http://www.rachelcarson.org/Books.aspx

47 min
February 28, 2023 Bitchstory Lesson 41- Geek goddess Grace Hopper
Grace Hopper was a math genius who was responsible for (arguably) the first and one of the most common computer programming languages that we still use. But she didn’t stop there. She was an active member of the military right up to almost the end of her very impressive life. She broke all kinds of barriers for women in the military and in STEM. Geek out with us as we learn about this brainiac!
43 min
February 14, 2023 Bitchstory Lesson 40 - Beautiful Badass Lady Spy in a banana costume - Josephine Baker
Josephine Baker was a gorgeous, young, black singer and dancer in the early 20's. She renounced her US citizenship because of racial injustice and became a French citizen. Things weren't perfect in Paris, but audiences were not segregated and she enjoyed significant success. During WW2, she leveraged her fame to pass secrets to the French resistance when the Nazis were trying to completely take over France. Who doesn't love a lady spy in a banana costume with a pet Cheetah named Chiquita?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Baker
https://spyscape.com/article/josephine-baker-the-secret-life-of-a-diva-spy
44 min
January 23, 2023 Bitchstory Lesson 39- Daughters of MLK- Yolanda and Bernice King
Martin Luther King Jrs children are all impressive in their own right. In this episode we are discussing the accomplishments of his two daughters, who we hope wouldn’t mind if we honor them with the title “badass bitches”. And below are our main sources for this ep. Toward the end of this episode you’ll hear me trippin over myself about the “Q” source. I didn’t pay enough attention when I was preparing and in the moment I was afraid I’d grabbed some stupid Qanon source. Good news- the Q is for queer, not qanon. Whew!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolanda_King
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernice_King
https://www.essence.com/news/money-career/bernice-king-gracefully-thwarted-co-opting-mlk/
https://www.projectq.us/bernice-kings-big-lie-not-a-homophobe/#
1 hr 3 min
January 07, 2023 Bitchstory lesson 38 - OG Funny Lady Phyllis Diller
I like to think that Phyllis would be down with reclaiming the word “bitch”, and would embrace calling herself one. I don’t know that for sure, but what I do know is that she was one of the original queens of comedy, with her wild outfits, crazy wigs, self deprecating humor, and lame husband jokes. We hope you laugh during every episode of Bitchstory, because laughter is good medicine!
33 min

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Welcome to Bitchstory! We are uncovering history's forgotten heroines and badasses. Most of the women covered on this show have been left out of the history books for reasons you can guess. Some are…