Violent Femme

About Violent Femme

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.

Publisher

Rahaleh Nassri

Category

arts · history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Sept 2021

Latest episode

15 Jul 2022

Latest episodes

6 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Jul 2022

   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.

2. 

   9 Apr 2022

   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.

3. 

   20 Oct 2021

   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.

4. 

   13 Oct 2021

   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.

5. 

   6 Oct 2021

   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.

6. 

   29 Sept 2021

   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.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

110 ratings

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