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Meet Zuzu Angel: Brazilian fashion designer, activist, and absolute icon. She built a global name mixing high fashion with Brazilian soul… but when a brutal dictatorship messed with her family, she paid the ultimate price for speaking her truth.
🧵 Born in Brazil in 1921, Zuzu made 60s and 70s fashion her own by mixing boho flair with bright Brazilian prints to celebrate a culture being silenced by an oppressive government.
🧵 Her work caught international attention (Liza Minnelli was a client, NBD), and she became a force in New York and Rio fashion scenes. And can we TALK about these looks??
🧵 Why aren`t we wearing capes like this anymore?
🧵 But behind the glamour was heartbreak. Zuzu’s son, Stuart Angel Jones, was part of the student resistance against Brazil’s military dictatorship. And in 1971, he was disappeared by the regime.
🧵 Zuzu didn’t stay quiet. She turned her grief into protest, filling her next collection with tanks, gagged angels, and other symbols of the repression her people were living under. She brought Brazil’s struggle to the runways of New York and beyond.
🧵 In 1976, Zuzu died in a very suspicious car crash. Nearly 40 years later, in 2014, the Brazilian government finally admitted what everyone already knew: it wasn’t an accident.
You can hear her full story in our latest episode which is out now!
#ZuzuAngel #BrazilianHistory #FashionHistory #WomenInHistory #1970sFashion #FeministIcon #BrazilianFashion #DictatorshipHistory
Happy birthday to civil rights icon and Scorpio queen, Daisy Bates (born November 11, 1914). When the governor of Arkansas tried to block school integration, Daisy said “like hell you are” and personally drove the Little Rock Nine to class under threat of violence.
🖤 She faced death threats. She never backed down. She changed history.
👉🏾 Tell us in the comments: had you heard of Daisy Bates before? We have an episode on her if that`s your thing (link in bio). She`s FASCINATING.
#DaisyBates #LittleRockNine #CivilRightsHistory #BlackHistory #WomensHistory #ScorpioSeason #OnThisDay #ThisDayInHistory #HistoryTok #FeministHistory #Trailblazer
To the folks that take the time to give us your negative feedback on @applepodcasts and @spotifypodcasts: We hear you. We just… won’t be changing anything. 💅
🪿Intolerably silly? Guilty.
🍸️Drunk? Sometimes.
🥸Stupid jokes? Always.
If that’s why you love us: make sure the algorithms know it.
⭐️ Rate us on Apple Podcasts
💬 Comment your favorite episode on Spotify
Let’s drown out the 1-stars with a sea of chaos queens. 👑
#BadReviewsGoodVibes #ComedyPodcast #HistoryPodcast #FeministComedy #SpotifyPodcasts #ApplePodcasts
Reginald Pole did not give a 💩 and he let Henry VIII (and everyone else) know all about it. Meanwhile, things went great for his family back home (don`t Google it) #historyhumor #thetudors #historymeme
Just a series of guys who chose “ignore it and hope for the best” as their crisis management strategy.
#HistoryMemes #HistoryHumor
Edit! We drew a winner this morning! @sew.jan.quilts we`ll be sliding into your DMs. Thanks to everyone who participated.
Alright history nerds, it’s giveaway time! 👑 To celebrate our Margaret Pole trilogy, we’ve teamed up with our Tudor Bestie, Adam at the @thetudorchest to give away a copy of his book Henry VIII and the Plantagenet Poles.
Here’s how to enter:
1️⃣ Follow @queens_podcast and @thetudorchest
2️⃣ Tag a friend who’d love some Tudor tea in the comments
💬 Every tag = one entry, so go wild.
We’ll pick a winner at random on November 11! Open internationally because history obsession knows no borders (or, wherever Amazon delivers tbh).
Good luck, babes — may your head stay firmly attached. 😉
#TudorHistory #MargaretPole #HenryVIII #Plantagenet #HistoryPodcast #WomenInHistory #TudorTalk #HistoryNerd #Giveaway #BritishHistory
Happy birthday to one of the most powerful (and divisive) women of Ancient Rome: Agrippina the Younger. Mother, sister, niece, and wife to emperors. Ambitious as hell and owner of one of the most badass last words in history. Not familiar? Here’s what you need to know 👇
💋 Born to the “it couple” of ancient Rome — Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder. She was basically Roman royalty from day one. But, because Ancient Rome gonna Ancient Rome, she was orphaned young.
💋 Teen mom moment: At maybe 15, Agrippina gave birth to her only son, Nero. Yes, that Nero — but for now, he’s just a baby, not yet the historical villain.
💋 Big sister energy: Agrippina survived the reign of her brother, Emperor Caligula. Yes, that Caligula. The one who started a war with the ocean. She got caught up in a plot to overthrow him and ended up exiled (something few came back from).
💋 But Rome loves a plot twist. Caligula got got. His guards turned on him, and the new emperor, Agrippina’s uncle Claudius, brought her back from exile… then married her. Yeah, her uncle. Everyone thought it was gross, but she became Empress of Rome, so. Worth it.
💋 With that marriage came power. Claudius adopted Nero as his heir, and when Claudius died (👀 poison feather rumors, anyone?), Agrippina became the real power behind the throne.
💋 Until Nero decided Mom had to go. He tried to sink her boat, but our girl swam to shore.
💋 When the end came, she went out legendary. As Nero’s assassins approached, Agrippina told them:
“Smite my womb.”
Translation: If you’re going to stab me, stab the womb that birthed that monster.
Agrippina the Younger: Empress. Survivor. Political mastermind. She didn’t just live through Roman chaos — she weaponized it.
#AgrippinaTheYounger #AncientRome #RomanHistory #WomenInHistory #HistoricalWomen #EmpressOfRome #HistoryFacts #RomanEmpire
Oof! Reginald Pole`s words really made things uncomfortable to say the least for his family left over in England!
#englishhistory #historylesson #historypodcast #thetudors