Spend too much money at the holiday market? Well strap in and strap on for some totally FREE feminine goodness! Kelley tells the story of mountaineering maniac Elizabeth Hawkins-Whitshed who battled steep inclines and Victorian sensibilities to not only climb every mountain, but help more women tap into their potential. Then, Emily visits the land of her birth to tell the incredible story of Annie Keller, a young teacher who did everything she could to protect her students from a terrible twister. Give your Crustacean Concierge the night off and get ready to meet God, because we're wining about herstory!

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Nothing says 'Thanksgiving' like ill-prepared colonists, Puritanical mania, and an old fashioned massacre! First, Emily tells the disastrous story of Jamestown through the eyes of one unfortunate settler. Then, Kelley tells the story of Anne Hutchinson, a woman living in the Massachusetts (bless you) colony and dared to question one man's understanding of the unknowable and omnipotent being called God. Pass the cranberry sauce, we're wining about herstory!

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This week the ladies are saluting instigators, imposters, and improbably diagnoses! First, Kelley takes us to the magical land of Haskell's Raskells Ranch where a teacher named Phyllis Patterson decided to bring history to life, inadvertently inventing everyone's favorite corset cinching, fox tail wearing, fairy wing fluttering, chain mail clinking, mead chugging festival! Then, Emily tells the curious tale of Mary Toft who stumped doctors when she began giving birth to rabbits. But the story of this bunny birther is much more complicated than it seems. Find a couch you can crash on for the end-times and get ready to salute, because we're wining about herstory!

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The ladies are PISSED and here to talk about a couple of ladies who did not SIT DOWN or SHUT UP and GOT IT DONE! First, Emily tells the story of Stephanie St. Claire, a criminal queen pin in Harlem who used her ill-gotten gains to help financially support the black community. But when the Italian Mafia set their sights on her operation, it was all out war. Then, Kelley tells the story of Zheng Yi Sao, a highly organized pirate captain, terrorizing the South China Sea with brilliant efficiency. But when the Chinese government tried to put baby in a corner, they would face the full force of her wrath. Grab your pride flags, stand up, and get ready to REBEL because we're wining about herstory!

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Due to illness, emotional devastation, and a 2-year-old's birthday party, the ladies were not able to record a new episode this week. But because you can't NOT have your weekly hit of herstory, we're releasing our first-ever Herstory Happenings on the Seneca Falls Convention! Learn about the first women's rights convention in the United States and see what happens when women get together to fuck some shit up!

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Because spooky season is a state of mind, the ladies are bringing you the tales of some frightening femmes! Kelley tells the legend of Mae Nak, a woman who loved her husband so much that she defied the laws of nature to be with him. But did he appreciate it?? Then, Emily tells a strange tale of Lurancy Vennum, a 13-year-old girl who began exhibiting troubling symptoms, including being possessed by a dead girl named Mary Roff. What really happened in the small town of Watseka?? Grab your friend with a tight little ass, appreciate your wife, and don't do cocaine about it, because we're wining about herstory!

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Against all reason, Joy from Bite Sized Crime is BACK to listen to the ladies tell her a ghastly tale of war, stolen innocence, and spooky toilets. After falling victim to a WWII air raid, a young girl, Hanako, was cursed to haunt the girl's toilet, unleashing bizarre punishments on those who disturb her. Climb atop your shit pedestal and watch out for lizards, because we're wining about herstory!

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The ladies are kicking off a spooky season so big that it takes THREE gals to make it happen! Joined by Joy Scaglione of the Bite Sized Crime podcast, we're talking true crime, chronic anxiety, and Robert Stack's trench coat. Joy shares the story of a hometown horror- in 2006, 14-year-old Elizabeth Shoaf was kidnapped while getting off the school bus and held captive in a bunker. Determined to survive, Elizabeth worked to manipulate her captor and find a way to escape. Settle in for that Unsolved Mysteries marathon and break out the hand-drawn crime scene diagrams, because we're wining about herstory!

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It's the most HORRIBLE TIME of the year! The ladies are dipping their toes in the dark waters of the spooky and unexplained this week with two truly terrifying tales. First, Emily shares the story of Mercy Lena Brown. When a mysterious illness ravaged the Brown family, the townsfolk of Exeter, Rhode Island, suspected a vampire was preying on the family- and the vampire was closer than anyone suspected. Then, Kelley tells the tale of Riina, a warrior woman of the Samoan Islands who, when two women were abducted by dude-bro ghosts, defied all expectations by rescuing them with her killer thighs. Question suspicious tonics and don't let weird dudes with whispering hair tell you what to do because we're wining about herstory!

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The ladies may not know where or when they are, but they know it's time for some herstory! First, Kelley covers Martha Bernal, a Mexican American woman who took her experiences facing discrimination along with her career in psychology to pioneer a whole new field of mental health study and care. Then, Emily tells the story of Anna Coleman Ladd. As an artist during WWI, Anna was looking for a way to support injured soldiers, leading her to begin crafting some shockingly realistic masks. Grab your favorite salty blonde and don't hide your Kamala reaction faces, because we're wining about herstory!

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