The Femme Files
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Did you know that women make up half the global population yet account for a mere 0.5% of recorded history? Within that tiny fraction, women of color are even more underrepresented. It’s time to change the narrative! The Femme Files is a safe space where women’s stories are told by women, for women, to read and celebrate.
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Featured Stories
Habiba Msika
Bold, brilliant, and burned alive by a jealous ex-lover. Meet Habiba Msika, the Tunisian pop icon whose tragic end still haunts history.
TW: murder, arson, death, colonialism
Phoolan Devi
Meet the woman who took justice into her own hands by tracking down and killing her rapists.
TW: sexual violence, domestic abuse, forced marriage, police brutality, imprisonment.
Julia Pastrana
Meet the "Bearded Lady" who was exploited for profit and laid to rest over 150 years after her death.
TW: ableism, exploitation, abuse, discrimination, death, objectification, medical trauma, colonialism
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