If the first half of this series revealed how women were rewritten to be feared—this second half explores those who were simply too powerful to be touched. The Pirate Queen Who Broke Every Rule—And Won Forget Jack Sparrow. Forget Blackbeard. The most successful pirate in history was a woman. At her peak, Ching Shih commanded a… Continue reading 015 Ching Shih: The Pirate Queen
The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans After centuries of turning powerful women into monsters, villains, or vanishing acts, what happens when we find a woman who wasn’t rewritten at all? What if her legacy survived intact, not in spite of her power, but because of it? As we step outside the familiar framework of Western… Continue reading 014 Marie Laveau: The Voodoo Queen
The Blood Countess—Monster or Myth? Throughout this series, we’ve seen how women were rewritten—turned into seductresses, sorceresses, rebels, and villains. Their power was dangerous. Their defiance, unforgivable. But what happens when even that isn’t enough? What happens when the story doesn’t just punish a woman...It monstrifies her? Before we turn toward the women who managed… Continue reading 013 Erzsébet Báthory: Monster or Myth
