#these women are badass

[crapet-illu]

« Before, I was archidruid, now I’m just a dumbbell for the strongest faerûn women. »

[washingtonmarvel]

Trapeze artist, strongwoman, and all around badass Laverie Vallee, stage name Charmion, flexes for the camera in this (colorized) picture from around 1905. Born in 1875 in Sacramento, Charmion was a pioneer. She shocked conservative Victorian/Edwardian men with her daring "Trapeze Disrobing Act" (which was the subject of one of Thomas Edison's first films) and her insanely jacked body. But the ladies loved her, and her performances, which were viewed as practically pornographic by the extreme standards of the time period, were mostly attended by women. Throughout her career, she inspired women to exercise and to free themselves of the restrictions society placed on them. Charmion criticized the prudish attitudes of the time and told women they could be just as strong as men (this was a radical claim for that era, but her own body was the proof). A brilliant woman, she was fluent in six languages and regularly lectured and wrote newspaper articles about fitness. She was the highest-earning performer on the vaudeville circuit for much of her career, sometimes earning as much as $500 per week (equivalent to almost $20,000 today). Charmion was known to curl 70-pound dumbbells as part of her workout regimen and she could walk 12 miles without feeling fatigued. Charmion's biceps reportedly were almost exactly the same size as those of Eugen Sandow, who was widely considered the world's strongest man, and in a friendly sparring match she fought on an equal footing with the then-famous boxer Terry McGovern. She retired in 1912 and lived a quiet life outside the limelight until her death in 1949.

EDIT: I made a second post with some more info about Charmion if anyone's interested:

[kropotkindersurprise]

March 3, 2024 - A woman in Toulouse, France, shows off her amazing shoe-throwing skills, shattering a cop car window, allegedly "injuring" a cop, before being arrested. God forbid women have hobbies 🙄 [link]/[video]

[supersaiyandinodyke]

[lesbianlenses]

Carrie Mae Weems, “Portrait of a Woman Fallen from Grace” (1987)

[nerdyenby]

Kamala apologizing for potential copyright infringement for basing her codename off of Carol’s is way funnier when you remember it wasn’t even Carol’s to start with

[apparently-artless]

shinomiya, from now on, you're our third strongest weapon after the captain and vice-captain… it will be your job to annihilate the kaiju.

kaiju no. 8 episode 09 - shinomiya kikoru

[lucreziagiovane]

LUCREZIA BORGIA + GIULIA FARNESE (requested by @sacredkafka) "You will learn, my dear, as women, we control so little of our destiny. Men do. The outcome is, we hate each other. But we should not."

[the-woman-upstairs]

In the universe of the film, there is ABSOLUTELY a contingent of fans that fervently ship Argylle/Wyatt and have the dominant ship on AO3 and trade elaborate fan theories about their hidden relationship and are convinced they’re meant to be endgame but the publishers won’t allow it. Of course, they go totally BALLISTIC when they learn they’re based on the author and her boyfriend.

[mimi0mizu]

damn forgot abt tumblr- anyway drew rouge for ace’s bday cuz i dont like him ♥︎

[city-of-ladies]

"In the mid-1700s, a seawoman in Iceland named Björg Einarsdóttir composed a poem teasing men on her boat for their weak rowing:

Do row better my dear man, Fear not to hurt the ocean. Set your shoulders if you can Into harder motion.

Einarsdóttir was not only a talented poet but an excellent fisher. She often caught more fish than other crew members, and people believed that her ability to lure the animals was supernatural. When she was dying, she reportedly passed on this uncanny skill to a farmer by writing a poem about him catching trout.

Her work at sea may seem unusual. After all, fishing is generally considered a man’s job. But recent work by an American researcher, Margaret Willson, suggests that Einarsdóttir was one of hundreds of Icelandic women in the 18th and 19th centuries who braved towering waves and icy waters to catch fish. Willson’s team combed through historical archives and publications to gather examples ranging from a female captain who led crews made up entirely of women, to expectant mothers who rowed late into pregnancy.

The sea “wasn’t a male space,” says Willson, a cultural anthropologist at the University of Washington in Seattle and a former seawoman. “It was not a feminist act in any way for them to go to sea.” It was just part of everyday life."

[tinyslapper-4-sba]

[karihighman]

The Rookie camera roll 📸👓🎥 {via ABC IG}

[torchwood-99]

Before you complain about female characters having to act "like men" to be strong, (i.e being a badass and fighting the baddies,) please consider;

1. Why you think being a badass and fighting baddies means they're "acting like men"?

and

2. If the media these female characters are in happen to be part of the "badasses fighting baddies" genre?

If you're watching a superhero film, a "knights fighting monsters" film, or any genre of film/show where exciting action sequences and fights to the death are a staple of that genre, and you're complaining about female characters being superheroes, knights or taking part in action sequences, then there's a chance you either have a problem with women, or the genre.

[musingsofahistorymajor]

Our first teaser for the Six Triple Eight movie was included in Netflix's 2024 upcoming releases promo!!

For those who don't know, the Six Triple Eight is about the 6888th Central Postal Battalion which was the all POC regiment of the Women's Army Corps during World War II. They served in England sorting through the massive backlog of mail that had accumulated. Receiving mail from home was such an important morale boost for the men and high morale wins wars so sorting this mail was a priority. It was a nearly impossible task that the Army predicted would take them years to accomplish but they completed the task in half the time, processing 17 million pieces of mail and sending them to soldiers awaiting news from home. They worked in cold, dirty, dark rat infested aircraft hangars with broken windows. They were so good at their work that the unit was sent to several other areas to do the same thing. The unit was active from 1945 to 1946 and consisted of 855 women under the Command of Major Charity Adams, Captains Mary F. Kearney and Bernice G. Henderson. Their nickname was “Six-Triple Eight" and their motto was “No Mail, Low Morale."

I'm so excited for this film, you have no idea. An entire movie completely focused on telling the story of women. And not just women, black women! It's so exciting! And it looks fantastic just from this short teaser. I know the historical consultant of the show personally and she knows WAC history better than anyone and it definitely shows. The uniforms are pretty perfect. The only mistake I've seen so far, which is in a behind the scenes photo, is the utility bag (their purse) is on the wrong side. But that's a nit picky complaint from me I can overlook. But even the shots are so good!! They're recreating at least one original image I can think of. Which is so cool. God I'm so excited!!!!

Here are some original images of the 6888

[legobiwan]

For those of you who have found the Ciphertology files on the website...