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As a way of finding a light when so much of the daily news is disturbing, I am choosing to focus on inspiration from amazing women who changed the world for the better through activism, art, comedy, environmentalism, music, science, writing, and more.
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Hannah Gadsby: Douglas #FeministComedy #Douglas #WyrdWomen

Hannah Gadsby Threatened to Quit Comedy in Nanette. Her New Memoir Proves She’s Not Going Anywhere #BookSky #FeministComedy #Nanette #WyrdWomen

Hannah Gadsby is an Australian actress, comedian, writer best known for their performance of Nanette. #FeministComedy #Nanette #WyrdWomen

Three ideas. Three contradictions. Or not. | Hannah Gadsby #FeministComedy #Nanette #WyrdWomen

Renaissance Woman: The three wise men and entourage with Hannah Gadsby #ArtHistory #FeministComedy #NakedyNudes #WyrdWomen

Renaissance Woman: Nativity Marshmallows with Hannah Gadsby #ArtHistory #FeministComedy #NakedyNudes #WyrdWomen

Renaissance Woman: Venus on a Clam with Hannah Gadsby #ArtHistory #FeministComedy #NakedyNudes #WyrdWomen

This Outfit is for Attracting Women #AskALesbian #SideMullet #ThunderCat #WyrdWomen

Ask A Lesbian with Cameron Espisito #AskALesbian #SideMullet #ThunderCat #WyrdWomen

Cameron Esposito is an American actor, comedian, and podcaster who focuses on topics surrounding the LGBTQ+ community, feminism, social justice, and the challenges faced by members of marginalized communities. #AskALesbian #SideMullet #Queery #ThunderCat #WyrdWomen

Cameron Esposito is an American actor, comedian, and podcaster who focuses on topics surrounding the LGBTQ+ community, feminism, social justice, and the challenges faced by members of marginalized communities. #AskALesbian #SideMullet #Queery #ThunderCat #WyrdWomen

Don't Go: Stories of Segregation and How to Disrupt It By Tonika Lewis Johnson & Maria Krysan #BookSky #SocialJustice #WyrdWomen

Art for Change | Tonika Johnson | TEDxUofIChicago #SocialJusticeArtist #FoldedMapProject #WyrdWomen

Tonika Lewis Johnson’s Folded Map™ Project visually connects residents who live at corresponding addresses on the North and South Sides of Chicago. She investigates what urban segregation looks like and how it impacts Chicago residents. #SocialJusticeArtist #FoldedMapProject #WyrdWomen

Tonika Lewis Johnson’s Folded Map™ Project visually connects residents who live at corresponding addresses on the North and South Sides of Chicago. She investigates what urban segregation looks like and how it impacts Chicago residents. #SocialJusticeArtist #FoldedMapProject #WyrdWomen

Ebony G. Patterson: ...while the dew is still on the roses... #BlackSky #Multi-MediaArtist #WyrdWomen

Ebony G Patterson, MacArthur Fellow, creates visually dazzling works that explore themes of visibility, beauty, race, class, violence, mourning, and regeneration. #BlackSky #Multi-MediaArtist #WyrdWomen

Ebony G Patterson, MacArthur Fellow, creates visually dazzling works that explore themes of visibility, beauty, race, class, violence, mourning, and regeneration. #BlackSky #Multi-MediaArtist #WyrdWomen

Rivane Neuenschwander: Wild Seeds at the Serralves Musuem, Porto, Portugual Sept 2022 #BrazilianArt #IndigeneousRights #WyrdWomen

Meet the Artist, Rivane Neuenschwander #BrazilianArt #IndigeneousRights #WyrdWomen

Rivane Neuenschwander's Art #BrazilianArt #IndigeneousRights #WyrdWomen

Rivane Neuenschwander is a Brazilian artist. best known for work that explores language, nature, geography, the passing of time and social interactions. #IAmAMacaw #IndigeneousRights #ProtestsInAnimalCostumes #WyrdWomen

Jenny Holzer: Inflammatory Essays #FeministArt #Truisms #WyrdWomen

Jenny Holzer is famous for her conceptual art focusing on words, often in public spaces. #FeministArt #Truisms #WyrdWomen

Barbara Kruger: In Her Own Words #FeministArt #Helevtica #KnowYourSheroes #WyrdWomen

Picturing Barbara Kruger #FeministArt #Helevtica #KnowYourSheroes #WyrdWomen

Barbara Kruger is an American conceptual artist most known for her collage style that consists of black-and-white photographs, overlaid with declarative captions. #FeministArt #Helvetica #KnowYourSheroes #WyrdWomen

Cindy Sherman: Women Artists You Should Know #FeministArt #Photography #UntitledFilmStills #WyrdWomen

Cindy Sherman, 99 works of art online at MoMA #FeministArt #Photography #UntitledFilmStills #WyrdWomen

Cindy Sherman is an American photographer best known for her conceptual portraits and Untitled Film Stills series. #FeministArt #Photography #UntitledFilmStills #WyrdWomen

Finding Vivian Maier, film trailer (2013) #Photography #StreetPhotography #WyrdWomen

Vivian Maier was a street photographer whose collection captured remarkable glimpses of life in New York City and Chicago in the 1950’s and 1960’s. #Photography #StreetPhotography #WyrdWomen

Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking, Illustrated by E. Dvoskina, 1993 #BookSky #PippiLongstocking #WyrdWomen

Becoming Astrid, film trailer #BookSky #PippiLongstocking #WyrdWomen

Astrid Lindgren: A Life in Pictures #BookSky #PippiLongstocking #WyrdWomen

Astrid Lindgren was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays best known for her children’s book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking. #BookSky #PippiLongstocking #WyrdWomen

All the Roads Are Open: The Afghan Journey by Annemarie Schwarzenbach #BookSky #Travel #WyrdWomen

Annemarie Schwarzenbach's Persian driver's licence, with stamp from Belgian Congo. #Adventurers #FastCars #Travel #WyrdWomen