<p>During the Hollywood Reporter’s <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/martha-christopher-reeve-documentary-roundtable-1236077927/">roundtable for documentary filmmakers</a>, the woman who made a doc about Frida Kahlo said, “There’s a whole universe of people who are incredibly invested in Frida. We heard from a few, making sure that we didn’t call her a “feminist,” because that word didn’t exist when Frida was alive.”</p><p>I don’t doubt that a lot of people are invested in Frida Kahlo and I don’t doubt that her feminism is contentious – but “feminist” was absolutely a word in Frida’s lifetime. It had been for many years by the time she might claim or not claim it. It’s possible it was not yet popular in Mexico but at least here in the states it was well known enough to appear in newspapers as early as the 1910s. They dedicated a lot of space to the subject. There were debates here in New York City.</p><p>To keep reading <a href="https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2025/03/10/forgetting-feminist-history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Forgetting Feminist History</a> visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog.</p><p>This is Episode 440</p><p>Song: Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone</p><p>Image of Members of the 19th Airlift Wing & the U.S. Air Force ‘Wings of Blue’ Parachute Team, which was just deleted from the U.S. Air Force website. (I lifted this from the Mighty Girl Facebook page. No photo credit given.) </p><p>To support this podcast:</p><p>Give it 5 stars in Apple Podcasts. Write a nice review!</p><p>Rate it wherever you listen or via: <a href="https://ratethispodcast.com/strugglingartist">https://ratethispodcast.com/strugglingartist</a></p><p>Join my mailing list: <a href="http://www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/">www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/</a></p><p>Like the blog/show on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/">https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/</a></p><p>Support me on Patreon: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis">www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis</a></p><p>Or on Kofi: <a href="http://ko-fi.com/emilyrainbowdavis">http://ko-fi.com/emilyrainbowdavis</a></p><p>or PayPal me: <a href="https://www.paypal.me/strugglingartist">https://www.paypal.me/strugglingartist</a></p><p>Join my Substack: <a href="https://emilyrainbowdavis.substack.com/">https://emilyrainbowdavis.substack.com/</a></p><p>Follow me on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/erainbowd">@erainbowd</a></p><p>Me on Mastodon - @[email protected]</p><p>Me on Blue sky - @erainbowd.bsky.social</p><p>Me on Hive - @erainbowd</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/songsforthestrugglingartist/">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/SongsForTheStrugglingArtist/">Pinterest</a></p><p>Tell a friend!</p><p>Listen to The Dragoning <a href="https://anchor.fm/messenger-theatre-company/episodes/">here</a> and The Defense <a href="https://www.messengertheatreco.org/#/the-defense/">here</a>. You can support them via Ko-fi here: <a href="https://ko-fi.com/messengertheatrecompany">https://ko-fi.com/messengertheatrecompany</a></p><p>As ever, I am yours,</p><p>Emily Rainbow Davis</p>
