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The Romans of the Classical period had no specific word for female gladiators as a type or class. [1] The earliest reference to a woman gladiator as gladiatrix is by a scholiast in the 4th–5th century, who mockingly wonders whether a woman undergoing training for a performance at the ludi for the Floralia, a festival known for racy performances by seminude dancers, wants to be a gladiatrix ...
The word valkyrie derives from Old Norse valkyrja (plural valkyrjur), which is composed of two words; the noun valr (referring to the slain on the battlefield) and the verb kjósa (meaning "to choose"). Together, they mean "chooser of the slain". [10] The Greek word "Ker" etymologically means destruction, death. [11]
While creating Raze, Waller tried to treat the film "as seriously as if it were men that were abducted and forced to fight each other." [3] For him this meant avoiding stereotypes typically seen within the "largely exploitative subgenre of women-in-prison" such as nudity, as he felt that viewers would not see this in an all-male exploitation ...
The Swedish heroine Blenda advises the women of Värend to fight off the Danish army in a painting by August Malström (1860). The female warrior samurai Hangaku Gozen in a woodblock print by Yoshitoshi (c. 1885). The peasant Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) led the French army to important victories in the Hundred Years' War. The only direct ...
4/5 There are ‘Heathers’ parallels to filmmaker Emma Seligman’s casually subversive high school movie, starring buzzy up-and-comers Rachel Sennott (of ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’) and Ayo ...
Onna-musha (女武者) is a term referring to female warriors in pre-modern Japan, [1] [2] who were members of the bushi class. They were trained in the use of weapons to protect their household, family, and honour in times of war; [ 3 ] [ 4 ] many of them fought in battle alongside samurai men.
"Dear Teann, I'm so sorry about today. I love you more than anything!!! xo Love, Dad. We cool?" the note reads
They also released audio of Sue’s call to Owasso police after she took Nex to the hospital following the fight and audio of Sue’s 911 call on Feb. 8 just prior to Nex’s death.