Nevertheless She Existed

Nevertheless She Existed

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Nevertheless She Existed episodes

  • Ladies On The Trail: Tabitha Moffat Brown
    Saddle Up folks! In this bonus episode Kylie celebrates one of the toughest bitches on the Oregon Trail. There will be rivers to ford, horses to ride, and a healthy dose of feminism so gird yer loins. For more stories of women of the Wild West check out our live show Sept 19th at Caveat
    6 min
  • Modern Witch: Mary Steichen Calderon with Natalia Petrzela
    Natalia Petrzela tells us about Mary Steichen Calderon, called witch, mistress of the Devil, prostitute of hell, and more for her pioneering work on sex education.
    Natalia Petrzela is a scholar, writer, teacher, and activist. As Associate Professor of History at The New School, she studies the politics and culture of the modern USA. Her first book, Classroom Wars: Language, Sex, and the Making of Modern Political Culture (Oxford, 2015), explores the roots of the culture wars in American public schools.
    20 min
  • Are Black Women Magic? Marie Laveau with Keisha Zollar
    Keisha Zollar tell us about Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans! Spoiler alert! She doesn’t die at the end! Well, she does, of course, but this is the first witch in our series who enjoys a nice long happy life, and who is still revered to this day.
    Keisha Zollar is an actress-comedienne who is currently a Writing Supervisor on Busy Tonight. Previously, she was a staff writer on The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, and her comedy group Astronomy Club has a digital series with Comedy Central.
    23 min
  • Big Gay Portal to Hell: Benedetta Carlini with Catherine Clune Taylor
    On this episode, Catherine Clune-Taylor tells us about Benedetta Carlini - a Catholic mystic and lesbian nun. We know, we know, the movie’s already being made, RELAX. Benedetta’s story is a reminder though that the history of witches...is gay as hell, and that women who demonstrate any appetite for success are denigrated and attacked.
    Catherine Clune-Taylor is a writer, activist and feminist academic and is Assistant Professor of Feminist Science and Technology Studies at San Diego State University
    27 min
  • Original Witch: Matteuccia de Francesco with Anna Cain Bianco
    Kicking off the Witches Get Stuff Done Series, Anna Cain Bianco tells us about Matteuccia de Francesco, the subject of one of the earliest witch trials in Europe.
    Anna Cain Bianco is a NYC based comedian and museum consultant. You can catch her at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, doing standup around the city, or on Twitter @annacainbainco.
    26 min

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This is the radical feminist history party you've been waiting for. Recorded at Caveat in NYC, each episode of Nevertheless She Existed brings the story of an erased woman from history from our LES…