6 episodes
Violent Femme Rahaleh Nassri
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4.9 • 108 Ratings
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Violent Femme is a narrative podcast about women in history who were brave, bold, and ingenious, yet are mostly remembered for their brutality or villainy, if at all. Each episode will resurrect one of history’s brutally brave women whose image has been tarnished or even erased by men who fear such women but have long been entrusted with our history. Violent Femme will retell and sometimes reimagine history from the heroine’s perspective. This is herstory.
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Boudicca: Avenging Queen of Britannia
Episode 1 of Series II is about Boudicca, the first century Celtic Queen who, spurred by revenge, rose up against Roman tyranny and united the tribes of Britannia.
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Comandanta Ramona: Mexican Feminist Revolutionary
This episode is about Comandanta Ramona, a Tzotzil Mayan woman who led a revolution for women’s rights and indigenous rights in Mexico.
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Tomyris: Savage Queen
This episode is about Tomyris, the 6th century BC queen who with her small army of men and women brought down the greatest ruler of her time, Cyrus the Great.
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Ching Shih: Pirate Leader
This episode is about Ching Shih, a master strategist who took the business of piracy to a whole new level and brought three nations to their knees.
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Stephanie St. Clair: Harlem Gangster
This episode is about Stephanie St. Clair, a controversial early 20th century Harlem businesswoman and activist who fought back against bullying cops, mobsters, and politicians. Some ended up behind bars and the worst of them, ended up dead.
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Phoolan Devi: Outlaw Law Maker
This episode is about Phoolan Devi, a poor girl from India’s low Mallah caste who fought the patriarchy with every ounce of life she had from the time she was a child until her untimely death.
Customer Reviews
Waiting for more
Love this podcast. The narrator has such an alluring voice and I love the way she tells the stories. She really has a way of painting pictures with words. I wish more people would listen, because I need more!
Rahaleh and that voice!
I love the story telling technique that she has paired with her voice. She has a strong, feminine voice that carries each story about historical women well. I loved Tomyris and getting to know about a culture that did not always belittle women into being only capable breeders and not able to do anything else. Thank you for this podcast!
Powerful
The endings really pack a punch-especially Boudica’s.