Sometimes in our research, we come across stories that have us saying, "What The Actual F*ck?!" Episode 20 features two such stories. Tabitha tells us about "Queen of the Universe," Mandukhai Sechen Khatun, and Stacie shares the extremely WTF? story of Lady Grange.

 Mandukhai Sechen Khatun (c. 1449 – 1510)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandukhai

http://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/diu/2017/03/16/the-stories-and-afterlife-of-lady-grange/

https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/the-harrowing-story-of-the-prisoner-of-st-kilda-1-4033032

https://www.scorrybreac.org/lady-grange.html

 

Lady Grange. 

Lady Grange's "home" on the shitty island.

A Scottish cleit. 

The church ruins where Lady Grange is buried.

Lady Grange's headstone.

Lady Grange's grave.

 

Also, check out another great podcast, The Pretty Gross Podcast at www.prettygross.libsyn.com and give them some social media love at @PrettyGrossGals on Twitter. They are a bi-weekly podcast delving into the disgusting topics that tickle them - from the downright revolting to the adorably gross.

Join us for Episode 19, a celebration of Black History! In this episode, Stacie tells who you can thank for being able to actually find Black History in your local libraries and Tabitha tells us about a badass Queen.

 

Dorothy B. Porter (1905 - 1995)

https://daily.jstor.org/what-dorothy-porters-life-meant-for-black-studies/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_B._Porter

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/remembering-howard-university-librarian-who-decolonized-way-books-were-catalogued-180970890/

 

Queen Nzinga Angola (1583 - 1663) 

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/queen-nzinga-ruler-who-set-her-people-free-006235

http://www.africanfeministforum.com/queen-nzinga-angola/

https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/queen-nzinga-40948.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nzinga_of_Ndongo_and_Matamba

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pwmn_2/hd_pwmn_2.htm

https://allthatsinteresting.com/queen-nzinga-mbande

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandukhai

 

 

 

 

 

Also, check out another great history podcast, The Nerdy Bitches Podcast at www.nerdybitches.com and give them some social media love at @NerdyBitchesPod on Twitter and @NerdyBitches on Instagram.

Join us for Episode 18, an Episode of Exploration and Explanation. In today's episode,Tabitha and Stacie ask each other questions from the game, "You Don't Know My Life!"

We had a great time playing this game.You can play too! Find out more about this fun game and order one for yourself by visiting their website at:

www.youdontknowmylifegame.com

 on Instagram at @ydkmlgame

 

Also, check out The Lady Dicks Podcast at www.theladydicks.com and give them some social media love at @theladydicks on Twitter/FB/IG.

Join us for a celebration of two important allies. Stacie tells us about her hero, Bea Arthur. Tabitha shares with us the trials and tribulations of social entrepreneur, Arunachalam Muruganantham.

 

Bea Arthur (1922 - 2009)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bea_Arthur

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/bea-arthur-us-marine

https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/Arthur-Bea

Bea Arthur in the Star Wars Holiday Special

Bea Arthur on the Perry Como Show

Bea Arthur on Gaytime TV

Bea Arthur Special 1980

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.aliforneycenter.org/

 

http://myfriendsplace.org/

 

 Arunachalam Muruganantham (1962 - )

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arunachalam_Muruganantham

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26260978

https://ohfact.com/interesting-facts-about-arunachalam-muruganantham-padman/

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/meet-arunachalam-muruganantham-the-man-who-wore-a-sanitary-pad-to-break-a-taboo/padman-is-here/slideshow/58340285.cms

 

 

 

 

 

What do hostile indigenous tribal people and a Tupperware party have in common?  Find out on Episode 15 of the Unsung Sluts Podcast. Tabitha tells us about the passion of Madhumala Chattopadhyay, the anthropologist who first contacted the Sentinelese and Jarawas tribes. Stacie tells us about the life of Brownie Wise, a woman who forever changed the business world in the1950's. And go see Dixie Longate's Tupperware Party when it comes to your town. You can catch her at the Kirk Douglas Theater in Culver City, CA through December 30th.

 

Madhumala Chattopadhyay

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2018/12/first-woman-chattopadhyay-contact-sentinelese-andaman/

https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/general-news/madhumala-chattopadhyay-indian-woman-who-established-first-friendly-contact-with-sentinelese-tribe

https://theprint.in/opinion/madhumala-chattopadhyay-the-woman-who-made-the-sentinelese-put-their-arrows-down/156330/

https://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/sentinelese

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhumala_Chattopadhyay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andamanese

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andamanese

-- About the Tribes

http://www.organicthejarawa.com/sign-the-petition

http://www.organicthejarawa.com/wearehumanitydocumentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnb4rB21u_c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brownie Wise (1913 - 1992)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_Wise

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/tupperware-wise/

http://history.tupperware.com/brownie/

1958 Tupperware Commercial

1969 CLIO Winning Tupperware Commercial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dixie Longate's Tupperware Party

www.dixiestupperwareparty.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSVfANvD4ZM

 

 

 

 

Are you in the mood for a little "strange?" Join us for Episode 14 - A Couple of Randos. It's just like the old days when Tabitha and Stacie used to discuss random people they had just learned about over a cup of coffee. Tabitha tells us about Chinese Big Brain and Eloquent AF Physicist Chien-Shiung Wu and Stacie gets a chance to gush about the multi-talented and trailblazing comedienne Phyllis Diller.

 

Chien-Shiung Wu (1912 - 1997)

https://www.beyondcurie.com/chenshiungwu/

https://thenewinquiry.com/blog/where-state-politics-meets-gender-politics-chien-shiung-wu-and-the-manhattan-project/

https://cosmosmagazine.com/physics/forgotten-women-in-science-chien-shiung-wu

https://www.atomicheritage.org/profile/chien-shiung-wu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chien-Shiung_Wu#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWang1970%E2%80%9380364-6

 

 

 

 

 

Phyllis Diller (1917 - 2012)

http://www.wic.org/bio/pdiller.htm

http://mentalfloss.com/article/502001/her-other-forte-comedian-phyllis-diller-was-also-concert-pianist

http://americanhistory.si.edu/documentsgallery/exhibitions/diller/3.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Diller

Phyllis Diller and Liberace

Phyllis Diller Stand Up Routine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Join us if you dare! It's the Unsung Sluts Podcast Lucky 13th Episode. In today's episode, Tabitha and Stacie discuss Triskaidekaphobia (the fear of the Number 13), some reasons why this number is considered unlucky, and several stories about unlucky women. 

 

Triskaidekaphobia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triskaidekaphobia

http://www.triskaidekaphobia.info/

 

Stacie's story from uTheFlyingPigSquadron

 

Melanie Martinez - The Victim of 5 Hurricanes

 

Accidentally Hilarious News Story of a Lightning Strike Victim

 

The 13 Club of 1880

 

Violet Jessup

Jeanne Rogers

More on Jeanne Rogers

 

 The Buddhist philosophy book mentioned by Stacie in this episode (the one with the Panda Dad) is called Zen Shorts by John J. Muth.

 

The life of Robert Todd Lincoln

 

BOO!!! Listen if you dare to this very spooky Unsung Sluts Podcast Halloween Episode! Join our two Ghost Hosts, Stacie and Tabitha, as they tell you the historical origins of Witches and Banshees.

Banshees and Keeners

https://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/1981-proinsias-o-conluain/615507-rainn/

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsfilmtv/mourning-the-loss-of-the-keening-tradition-in-ireland-415997.html

https://www.libraryireland.com/articles/IrishFuneralCryDPJ1-31/index.php

 The Bean Nighe 

 From https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/wailing-out-lament-filled-legends-and-origins-irish-banshees-007244

 

Witches, Brewers, and Midwives 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Douglas,_Lady_Glamis

https://historywitch.com/tag/lady-glamis/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141364883/janet-douglas

http://shakespearesolved.blogspot.com/2013/07/shakespeare-macbeth-and-ghost-of-lady.html

http://www.alltheswirl.com/blog/5ayax6j7b7nje35lr4lk48fj3cwlz3-- 

 

Hear ye! Hear ye! It's an Unsung Sluts Podcast Royalty Episode. In today's episode, Tabitha tells us the bloody good tale of Countess Bathory and Stacie tells you the romantic and true story of Jadwiga of Poland.

 

Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed (1560 - 1614)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/blood-countess-slovakia/index.html

https://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/the-blood-countess-historys-most-prolific-female-serial-killer

 

 

 

Jadwiga of Poland (1383 - 1399)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jadwiga_of_Poland

https://crazypolishguy.com/2015/10/25/jadwiga-the-woman-who-became-polands-king/

https://www.inyourpocket.com/krakow/st-jadwiga_74306f

Jadwiga with her axe!

William the Courteous, Duke of Austria.