You said you were dying for me, I think I'll please you after all with some "bang bang". No no no you shouldn't stick your nose into things that don't concern you, now that you've discovered my little secret I can't let you reveal it. You know, who would imagine that such a sweet face could have a gun and can pull the trigger? Get on your knees and make your last wish, darling.. I'll take an extra mag, I think I'm about to have some fun with you
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Undated snapshot of two girls with bows in their hair are pointing guns at three boys whose hands are raised in the air. They're all standing along the shore of a large body of water. No further information about the location or the circumstances that led to this armed conflict. / src Flickr
Girls with Guns / src Flickr
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"black women picking up firearms for self-defense"
alicia kelley poses for a portrait in decatur, ga., while checking the chamber on her handgun.
dana r. mitchell, a 47-year-old minister at destiny world church outside of atlanta, poses with a king james version of the minister's manual and a 9mm handgun.
lois woods, an investigator with a career in law enforcement, poses for a portrait in decatur, ga., holding her glock firearm.
stayce robinson poses for a portrait in decatur, ga., with her ar-15.
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"WORTH ONE BRIGAND
The Sacchetiello gang, which operated in Calabria around 1870, is not among the most famous. It is made up of only three men, each with his woman, one of whom is Rosa Reginella (in the photo). Reginella, however, is worth as much as a man because she knows how to use weapons with great ease and participates in the attacks. Three months after her arrest she gave birth to a son in the prisons of Catanzaro."
In Italian the term brigante referred not only to bandits in the pure sense of the word but also included those with social and political motivations.
Most notably, the word brigand has been employed to describe individuals and groups in Southern Italy, who combatted with troops of the new Kingdom of Italy during the Italian unification process, which was, in reality, an annexation by the House of Savoy. Not just isolated skirmishes, the revolt took on the form of a Southern Italian movement, particularly between 1861 and 1865, and is called the Grande Brigantaggio or the Great Brigandage.
History books, as we know, are written by the victors, so rest assured, most “evidence” of criminal activity in the archives will be detailed and well documented, at least from the official point of view. In Southern Italy, the vast majority of the accused never had an opportunity of defending themselves. This is not to say that every brigand was a saint; however, in the years following unification, there was a cause, and much of the activity could be characterized as falling somewhere between an uprising against an oppressive takeover and basic survival. Brigands included humble people and former soldiers. They were encouraged and aided by the Bourbons in exile as well as the Catholic Church.
The brigand business provided equal opportunity for women in a time when opportunities were non-existent. Female brigands, called brigantesse, were important figures who contributed substantially to the brigand story in Italy.
It's also important to to emphasize that the brigante and the mafioso are two different individuals entirely. Their association is a gross misconception. For southerners, the brigand is a folk hero, a Robin Hood figure in defense of his people. They were popular, locally and all the way up to an international level, with a distribution of their images on souvenir cards of photos taken at their capture, both dead and alive, as propaganda against them.
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Poppy Faire · Strangers of the Night · 1923
Enid Bennett, from the American comedy film Strangers of the Night (Fred Niblo, 1923). The J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs, University of Washington (5074)
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Enid Bennett (as Poppy Faire), from the American comedy film Strangers of the Night (Fred Niblo, 1923). [detail]
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If you are a woman and you live in the US, I would recommend that you get armed now if it's legal in your state/city. Take it to an indoor range and find an instructor who can safely teach you how to use it. Take firearm safety classes if you need to. I don't care if you're against guns or find them scary because when push comes to shove, the men breaking down your door aren't going to give a fuck about your political stance on the 2nd amendment. Get protected.
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