BitchStory - Stories of badass women that history "forgot"

In WW2, women filled all sorts of important roles, from secretaries to spies. Many of these stories have been buried in HIStory, but in this current wave of feminism, it isn’t hard to find a good story about a badass woman in a war. “Operation Mincemeat” was a British MI5 plot devised to fool Hitler into pulling back his troops from Sicily, thereby allowing the allies to secure it and turn the war hard in their favor. There were a number of women who were essential to the success of this ruse, and in this episode we cover a few of them. Here’s a link to the photo that deceived Hitler, and my blog about her: https://kellymcclain.blogspot.com/2025/07/operation-mincemeat-women-behind-plot.html If you'd like to contribute to our work here at Bitchstory, we'd be thrilled to receive your financial support so we can keep going and maybe actually not be in the red. Our venmo is @bitchstory Thanks for listening! <3

We had an absolute blast talking to Karen Wang Diggs, author of the book “Awesome Asian Women”! Karen was a freakin’ delight! She’s the real deal-a true intersectional feminist and a gifted storyteller with a passion for lifting women up. Her book contains inspiring stories of over 120 women, from Empress Wu Zetian to Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (who was just on Stephen Colbert and we love!) It is going to be a fixture on the Bitchstory bookshelf! * You can find Karen on Instagram at @herstoryinhx * Her website is herstoryinhistory.com [https://herstoryinhistory.com/] * Buy the book here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-book-of-awesome-asian-women-becca-anderson/21690746 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-book-of-awesome-asian-women-becca-anderson/21690746] (Or on Amazon if you must) You can read about the women we discuss on the pod on my blog every week: ⁠Kellymcclain.blogspot.com⁠ If you'd like to contribute to our work here at Bitchstory, we'd be thrilled to receive your financial support so we can keep going and maybe actually not be in the red. Our venmo is @bitchstory Thanks for listening! <3

Lisa and I had the pleasure of speaking to two very cool women recently. The author and illustrator of “I’m Not Your Muse” and companion deck (so cool!) “More Than Muses”, Lori Zimmer & Maria Krasinski! We discussed at length where this vision and inspiration came from and how they brought it to life. This book feels like it was made for this podcast, and you can bet your ass we’ll be using it often! This book highlights women from all walks of life who created all kinds of art and in the process broke out of society’s boxes. This isn’t their first project together. They are lifelong friends and also collaborated in “Art Hiding in Paris” and “Art Hiding in New York”. My artsy heart really loves this! You can find all of their projects and info at “Arthiding.com” and @arthiding You can read about the women we discuss on the pod on my blog every week: ⁠Kellymcclain.blogspot.com⁠ If you'd like to contribute to our work here at Bitchstory, we'd be thrilled to receive your financial support so we can keep going and maybe actually not be in the red. Our venmo is @bitchstory Thanks for listening! <3

Ash from the true crime podcast, “f**k that” joins us to tell us about a huge scientific discovery that was made by a woman but stolen by a man! Rosalind Franklin needs to be added to the history books!! Check out the revision history on the Wikipedia article! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Franklin Google’s if-y search results: https://www.google.com/search?q=who+discovered+dna+structure&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari https://time.com/5793551/rosalind-franklin-100-women-of-the-year/ Ash’s podcast: https://www.fthatpod.com/ https://www.instagram.com/fthat_pod You can read about the women we discuss on the pod on my blog every week: ⁠Kellymcclain.blogspot.com⁠ If you'd like to contribute to our work here at Bitchstory, we'd be thrilled to receive your financial support so we can keep going and maybe actually not be in the red. Our venmo is @bitchstory Thanks for listening! <3

We are back on our DEI shit...oh wait, we were never off of it. Ok well anyway, this episode is a nod to Black History, Women's History, and WW2 Military History. Put those all together and you get a story of black women being given the impossible task of unfucking a big mess that a bunch of men thought they were too good for (probably) - We are talking about the "Central Postal Directory Battalion", better known as 6888 Battalion. The 6888 was an all black, all female unit that was handed the "impossible" task of sorting several million pieces of mail in a 6 month period in the middle of WW2 in Europe. You can watch the Netflix movie "The Six Triple Eight", but first, listen to this podcast :) SOURCES: * https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/colonel-charity-adams-6888th-commanding-officer [https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/colonel-charity-adams-6888th-commanding-officer] * https://www.uncrownedcommunitybuilders.com/person/indiana-1 [https://www.uncrownedcommunitybuilders.com/person/indiana-1] * https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2021/02/15/women-6888-central-postal-directory-battalion-doris-moore-portsmouth/4481280001/ [https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/local/2021/02/15/women-6888-central-postal-directory-battalion-doris-moore-portsmouth/4481280001/] You can read about the women we discuss on the pod on my blog every week: ⁠Kellymcclain.blogspot.com⁠ If you'd like to contribute to our work here at Bitchstory, we'd be thrilled to receive your financial support so we can keep going and maybe actually not be in the red. Our venmo is @bitchstory Thanks for listening! <3