Re-Feminist History (aka Bitchstory)

Listen to the Podcast on  Spotify Listen on Apple Listen on the web  (NO APP NEEDED) Email me:  kelly@untamedmoon.com  (NEW EMAIL ADDRESS) LISTEN TO THE  Haitian History  EPISODE  HE RE One of the prominent figures of the Haitian revolution wasn’t a soldier, or a politician…she was a voodoo priestess! A voodoo priestess is called a “mambo”. Cecile Fatiman was one such mambo. Mambo Fatiman played a crucial role in galvanizing the enslaved population of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) against their colonial oppressors. Her contributions, often overshadowed by military leaders like Toussaint L'Ouverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines, highlight the integral role of spirituality and cultural identity in the quest for freedom. Fatiman is perhaps best known for her involvement in the Bois Caïman ceremony in August 1791, which is widely regarded as the catalyst for the uprising that led to Haiti's independence from French colonial rule. During this clandestine gathe...

Listen to the Podcast on  Spotify Listen on Apple Listen on the web  (NO APP NEEDED) Email me:  kelly@untamedmoon.com  (NEW EMAIL ADDRESS) LISTEN TO THE  Haitian History  EPISODE  HERE click the beautiful photo for a lovely story This week's Bitchstory (aka:Re-Feminist History)(aka: feminists who swear and google things while recording) is about the Haitian Revolution.  Timely. Relevant. Educational...that's what we  are! Anyway, we've been on a roll with talk about various revolutions so here we are with Haiti.   Guess who "discovered" Haiti? Yes, our favorite pillager for the crown and dude who "discovered" places where humans were already very well established...Christopher Columbus. Sigh.   "Ayiti" (as its native dwellers called her) was Spanish, then French, then the British put their elbows in it for a bit. And the US "occupied" Haiti for a minute as well.  Haiti was rich in natural resources like gold, copper, ...

We just recorded an episode of Bitchstory in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, and one of the badass ladies we discussed was Frida Kahlo .  Most people have heard of her, or are fans of her very expressive artwork from the early 20th century.  Many people would recognize her by her famous eyebrows, which have become a symbol of feminism in and of themselves.  Frida rejected accepted beauty standards for women, and her eyebrows were like a middle finger to the patriarchy.   But like all famous people, there was much more to her than her art or her eyebrows.  Frida had Polio as a child, and was left with lingering issues from that. Then when she was 18, a bus she was riding collided with an electric trolley car.  A steel handrail impaled her (yes, impaled), going in one hip, and coming out the other side of her body.  It punctured her uterus and her stomach.  Frankly it is a mighty miracle they saved her life. Moreover, they saved her uterus....