TW: Rape/Sexual Assault. Rejected Princesses is a series of illustrations of badass women from history whose stories wouldn’t make the cut for animated kids movies. They are illustrated in a contemporary animation style. And they even have a book, Rejected Princesses: Tales of History’s Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics. This is the story of Timoclea (4th century BCE), the woman who threw her rapist in a well:
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Rejected Princesses: Tales of History’s Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics book available here! “Blending the iconoclastic feminism of The Notorious RBG and the confident irreverence of Go the F**ck to Sleep. A brazen and empowering illustrated collection that celebrates inspirational badass women throughout history, based on the popular Tumblr blog.”
this is beautiful, and alexander the great has now risen ever higher in my list of awesome historical people