Fictional Women Around the World: Hera Syndul...

Today we cover the journey and works of astronomer and scientist Wanda Diaz Merced.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

As we enter Disability Pride month, we check in with some stats about the intersection of women and disability in this classic.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

One of the world’s unsung heroes – at least outside of Italy – is a brave woman who stood up to an insidious and longstanding custom and made her country a better place for it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Help keep our podcast going by contributing to our Patreon! Hera is one of the most unsympathetic goddesses in Greek mythology. Trapped in a toxic marriage with the King of the Gods, her vast power relegated only to wives and marriage, she often takes her fury at Zeus’s infidelit ...  Show more

Not all maidens are helpless.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

This pair of stories is gritty and real, like the legends they have become.Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes!: https://www.patreon.com/grimandmildSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.