Fourteenth Century Nun Faked Her Death to Escape Her Convent
Today we bring you the tale of a medieval shero: Sister Joan of Leeds, who faked her death to escape a convent for a…
We Drank Wine From Pringles Cans In Solidarity With The Woman Banned From Walmart
Last Friday, a woman was banned from Walmart in Wichita Falls, Texas after she was accused of spending several hours…
The Most Inspiring Women of 2018, According to Us
Jezebel’s annual list of Best Women is always invigorating for us to put together. But 2018 had a special tenor to it,…
Mannequin 'Betty Go-Slow' Asks Locals to Please Drive Carefully
There’s a new advocate for road safety. Her name is “Betty Go-slow” and she’s a mannequin.
The Overall Best Women of 2016, According to Us
A lot of men got away with it this year, and plenty of women didn’t do much to help. We’d like to take a moment to…
Extremely Relatable Woman Accused of Fraudulently Using County Credit Card to Buy a Tuxedo for Her Dog
A former Arkansas county employee is being (unfairly in the opinion of this blog) prosecuted for her alleged use of a…
Michelle Obama Delivers a Scalding Attack on Trump: 'This is Disgraceful. It Is Intolerable.'
Michelle Obama campaigned for Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire on Thursday, where she delivered a blistering,…
Meet Sue Taylor, the Black Grandmother Leading the Charge to Bring Marijuana to the Elderly
Sue Taylor is an African-American grandmother who runs three miles a day and describes her late 60s as the time of her…
Jane Little, the World's Longest-Serving Orchestra Musician, Dies Slapping the Bass on Stage
The record-breaking career of 87-year-old Jane Little, the world’s longest-serving orchestra musician, came to an end…
Geek Love Author Katherine Dunn Has Died At 70
Katherine Dunn, the author of the darkly beautiful, disturbing, surreal carnival novel Geek Love, died on May 11 at age…
The Woman Who Broke the Rules and Made History by Running the First International Marathon in Iran
On the second Saturday of April, 44-year-old Mahsa Torabi put on a pair of black running pants and a blue sweater with…
Woman Double-Fisting Pizza on Arena Kiss Cam Is a True American Hero
Viewers of Tuesday night’s Celtics vs. Hawks game were given a solid lesson in what it takes to be a true athletic…
Entrepreneurial Woman Will Only Read Jonathan Franzen if You Pay Her
There are plenty of us who’ve donated our own precious free time to read the works of Jonathan Franzen—though whether…
Hero Waiter, a 'Modern-Day Robin Hood,' Gives Away $3K of Soda at Brooklyn IHOP
These days, what with all the Wall Street bankers and Washington fat cats breathing down our necks, it’s hard for the…
Long Island Woman With Excellent Business Acumen Offers Hot Dogs and Free Lap Dances
Catherine Scalia of East Rockaway has a calling, which is to sell hot dogs out of a camper van in her driveway and give…
Did This 'Tiara-Wearing Lunatic' Bite a Fellow Plane Passenger or Is It Just a Case of Class Envy?
New York art curator Stacy Engman (who has a very colorful Instagram, for what it’s worth) was issued a summons for…
Broad City's Season 3 Premiere Brings on the Potty Humor, and it's Perfect
As the opening scene of the third season opener hinted at when it was leaked a day before Broad City’s February 17…
Shake Up a Dull Meeting by Spraying Your Breast Milk Everywhere
A business woman in Ukraine ended a laborious and dull meeting by doing what any sane person would do: Spraying her…
Woman Accurately Represents America's General Feeling About the 2016 Election
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Woman Crashes Own Funeral After Husband Thinks He's Had Her Successfully Killed by Hit Men
Noela Rukundo is a ghost. Or at least that’s what her husband Balenga Kalala thought when she arrived at her own…