Helluvawoman Podcast

Frida Kahlo was the great Mexican painter whose paintings are characterized by strong colors, symbols of the Mexican and indigenous folk art. With a life full of difficulties, in particular for her health, Ms. Kahlo kept her strength and resilience to overcome every obstacle and show the world her origins, her culture through the beauty and colors of her art. Stick with us to not only discover a bit more of Frida Kahlo's life and works but also to let yourself be amazed and inspired by such a powerful woman.

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Clarice Lispector was one of the most important, if not THE MOST important Brazilian novelist. For many considered the Brazilian Virginia Woolf. Nobody could ever imagine that a little girl of a family fleeing from the horrors for the Russian pogroms in Ukraine and emigrating to Brazil in the twenties of the nineteen hundred century would become the best Brazilian novelist of all times. Join us to hear about Ms. Lispector's life and works. Let yourself be inspired by her story and be curious to discover what is behind Ms Lispector works.

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Charlotte Cooper was a tennis player and the first woman to receive a gold medal on a summer Olympic games. In 1900 Olympic games she won not one, but two golden medals in two different tennis categories. Despite being deaf since the age of 26 she had a long and successful career, competitively playing tennis till her fifties. Her record of consecutive semi-finals in Wimbledon lasted long and was only surpassed by another great tennis woman named Martina Navratilova. Let's dig into Ms. Cooper life and accomplishments to learn about her and let us be inspired by her fierceness.

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The TV series Xena: Warrior Princess re-opened doors for female heroes on TV series in the nineties,  furthermore it was one of the first series to depict, even if not openly, a relationship between two women and discussed important topics as diversity, tolerance, honour, loyalty, forgiveness and redemption through a variety of episodes  alternating comedy, musicals and drama. We'll be discussing the importance of such themes,  the series itself and its depiction of female figures.

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Marielle Franco  woman of color from the favelas, bisexual, human rights activist was the voice for the people whose voices remain unheard till today. She was one of the most important women in politics in Brazil in the last years. Her determination to fight for the right things is something to inspire others on their fight for a better life and a better world for everyone else. Let's discover together her life and what were Marielle's fights for the minorities.

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The star of today's episode is Rita Levi-Montalcini, an Italian doctor and researcher with Jewish origins whose discovery granted her a Nobel Prize and Medicine and Physiology in 1985. In this episode we will tell her story and important achievements that opened many doors for neurological researchers of all the world.

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Sappho of Lesbos was the most famous female lyric poetess of ancient Greece and together with Homer (poet from The Iliad and The Odissey) are the greatest poets of the time. In such a difficult time for women to simply be free or receive education not related with domestic life, the success of Sappho and her association with "The Poet"  shows today's women the greatness of "The Poetess"  and her works.  In this episode  we will discuss about Sappho's life, works and  writing style. 

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