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We’re back! In the first episode of season 4, Milena & Megan cover Danish seismologist, geophysicist & ‘the master of a black art’ Inge Lehmann (1888 – 1993) & Ukrainian national treasure, painter Maria Prymachenko (1909 – 1997) Inge Lehmann Milena kicks off season 4 of the podcast with a woman who will….rock your world. Dad […] The post Ep. 55 Donut Holes & Anti Russian Goals appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

In this end of season episode Milena & Megan cover Brazilian educator, activist and ceramic artist Celeida Tostes (1929 – 1995) & Native American archaeologist Bertha Parker (1907–1978) Celeida Tostes One thing you’ll learn today about Megan that you didn’t need to know, is that as a ceramic artist there are times she wants to […] The post Ep. 54 I Like Big Sloths & I Cannot Lie appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

In this Halloween mini episode, Milena & Megan cover the woman most likely responsible for developing Spirit Photography, professional clairvoyant physician Hannah Frances Green (1833 – 1812) Hannah Frances Green In this special Halloween mini episode we get spooky with a non artist or scientist, covering instead a Mesmeric Physician aka a professional clairvoyant physician […] The post Mini Ep. Let’s Photograph the Dead appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

Today Milena & Megan cover American aerospace engineer Judith Love Cohen & 20th century Argentinian paper artist Ligia Montoya Judith Love Cohen Every now and again Milena covers a person that makes you think ‘Gee, what was I doing when I was their age?’ That’s the case on a few occasions with aerospace engineer, author and […] The post Ep. 53 Working for NASA and Paperfolding Drama Llamas appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

Milena & Megan cover African American octogenarian abstract painter Alma Thomas (1891–1978) and Spanish marine biologist María de los Ángeles Alvariño González (1916-2005) Alma Thomas Alma Thomas was an artist who didn’t subscribe to the idea that she was ‘too old’ to be making work. Born in 1891, from a young age her parents supported their […] The post Ep. 52 Plankton & Painting & Feeling for Squidward appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

Today Milena & Megan cover British aeronautical engineer & motorcycle badass Beatrice Shilling (1909-1990) & financially savvy Dutch-Belgian animal painter Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (1821-1909) Beatrice Shilling There are times that hands down, Milena covers the cooler person in an episode. Now that’s not to say that Megan’s artist isn’t pretty neat – she’s just not an engineering […] The post Ep. 51 A Lifesaving Orifice & Painting Pussycats appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

Today Milena & Megan cover Nobel prize winner radiochemist Irène Joliot-Curie (1897–1956) & Polish sculptor and Holocaust survivor Alina Szapocznikow (1926–1973) Alina Szapocznikow Every now and again Megan comes across a piece of artwork and instantly needs to know more. That was the case after seeing Alina Szapocznikow’s 1968 stone sculpture Big Bellies. Today for our […] The post Ep. 50 Growing up Curie & Crafting Curiosities appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

Today Milena and Megan cover the first professional woman astronomer, Caroline Herschel (1750-1838) & queer, communist painter, the one, the only, Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1954) Caroline Herschel Sometimes with the people we cover, everything works out in the end. They’re appreciated in their lifetime, credited with their ground breaking work and most importantly, no one […] The post Ep. 49 Humble Bragging with Comets & the Commie Frida Kahlo appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

Today Milena and Megan cover Croatian deaf watercolorist Slava Raškaj (1877 – 1906) & British paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey (1913 – 1996) who helped to publicly bolster the idea of evolution Slava Raškaj We’re gonna be honest – today is a case were our artist dies young and then gains recognition after the fact. This episode Megan covers […] The post Ep. 48 Die by Cheese, not Tuberculosis appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

Today Milena and Megan cover Japanese American painter and graphic novelist Miné Okubo (1912-2001) & Italian physicist Dr. Laura Bassi (1711 – 1778), who was the world’s first woman university professor Miné Okubo  Fact is, the racism we’re seeing today towards Asian American and Pacific Islanders is nothing new. Stemming from decades of systemic racism, today we […] The post Ep. 47 That’s Baloney appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

Today Milena and Megan cover botanist and suffragist Mary Agnes Chase & Japanese American abstract wire sculptor Ruth Asawa Mary Agnes Chase Today Milena covers our first agrostolist, Mary Agnes Chase. Just what the hell is that? You may be asking – well, a scientist who studies grass, duh. While presumingly not the most exciting […] The post Ep. 46 Botanical Super Tribes & Woven Wire Vibes appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

Today BFFs Milena and Megan get nostalgic with cartoon characters in the arts & sciences – artist Ursula from Kiki’s Delivery Service and the wonderful Ms. Frizzle of the Magic School Bus Ursula Now Megan, you might ask, how can you possibly spend half an episode talking about a fictional artist side character from an […] The post Ep. 45 Magical Rides on Broomsticks & Buses appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

Today best friends Milena and Megan cover American geographer, geologist and educator Zonia Baber & African American concert soprano and founder of the Harlem School for the Arts, Dorothy Maynor. This episode is inadvertently dedicated to our favorite High School English teacher, Mrs. Burnett Zonia Baber Some women are ahead of their time – Zonia […] The post Ep. 44 Educators Educating Educators appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

Today Milena and Megan cover Lithuanian-Canadian primatologist Birutė Galdikas & African American figurative sculptor Beulah Woodard Birutė Galdikas Feeling overwhelmed with the reality that is 2021? Spend a few minutes looking at google images of Lithuanian-Canadian primatologist, conservationist, educator & author Birutė Galdikas and her orangutans – they’ll make you feel better, we swear. Today Milena finishes […] The post Ep. 43 Orangutans & Whitewashed Historical Plans appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

Today best friends Milena & Megan cover Austrian-Swedish physicist Lise Meitner who helped discover nuclear fission & Mexican painter, poet & artist muse Nahui Olin, also known as Carmen Mondragón Nahui Olin Dying in near obscurity in 1978, Nahui Olin has seen a resurgence of interest & appreciated in the last two decades. Previously only […] The post Ep. 42 Oh the Humanity! appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

In the first episode of season 3, Milena and Megan leave the US for Canada’s first woman known to professionally carve totem poles, Ellen Neel & the Italian Nobel laureate neurobiologist Rita Levi-Montalcini Ellen Neel True to form, for the first episode of the season Megan is covering…..a sculptor. Today we’re going to the far west […] The post Ep. 41 Lets Escape America Vol. 3 appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

In season’s 2 last episode, Milena & Megan cover American artist-potter and china painter Adelaide Alsop Robineau and the world-weary surgeon Dr. James Barry Adelaide Alsop Robineau Keeping with tradition, the last episode of the season becomes Megan’s opportunity to geek out on a ceramic artist. Today’s episode features Adelaide Alsop Robineau who was a […] The post Ep. 40 Gendered Politics with the Doctor & Potter appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

In today’s Election Day themed episode, BFFs Milena and Megan cover patriotic inventor, actress, and film producer, Hedy Lamarr & examine the allegorical figure that is Lady Justice Hedy Lamarr A beautiful thing about this nation is that anyone can be American. Just as equality, anyone can be screwed by America. Today we cover actress, […] The post Ep. 39 Just-us on Election Day (& anxiety & stress eating & is this over yet?!?) appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

In our Halloween episode Milena and Megan get spooky with 1950s monster movie special effects artist Milicent Patrick & prolific serial killer/chemist Giulia Tofana Milicent Patrick Happy Halloween everyone! Sure, here in America the scariest holiday is right around the corner – Election Day – instead of facing that nightmare of a reality we’re getting […] The post Ep. 38 The Gillman Monster & Murder by Cosmetics appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

Today best friends Milena and Megan cover Nobel prize winning American geneticist Barbara McClintock & French-American painter, sculptor, and performance artist Niki de Saint Phalle Barbara McClintock Barbara’s mother worried about her daughter. Natural to any parent, she fretted over the choices her child wanted to make. And natural to any parent she felt her child […] The post Ep. 37 Jumping Genes & Dancing Figurines appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.