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Who is your favorite historical figure?

Darling,
If you’ve been reading me long enough, you already know I have a soft spot for bold women, well-placed commas, and the kind of lipstick that doesn’t flinch under pressure.

So when you ask who my favorite historical figure is, I don’t hesitate: Josephine Baker.

She wasn’t just a performer. She was a revolution in sequins. Imagine this — a Black woman born in 1906 in St. Louis who danced her way to Paris, defied every box they tried to put her in, and became an icon of resistance, elegance, and fearlessness.

Josephine wasn’t just feathers and jazz — though she did both exquisitely. She was a spy for the French Resistance, a civil rights activist, and a woman who adopted children from all over the world, raising them as her “rainbow tribe” to prove that love doesn’t care about skin tones.

And yes, she wore bananas once. But don’t ever confuse flamboyance with foolishness. That woman turned every stage into a pulpit and every costume into a battle cry.

What I love about her isn’t just her daring — it’s her duality. She could laugh loud in a room full of strangers and still carry the weight of change in her pocket. She understood that joy could be resistance. That glamour didn’t cancel out grit. That you can fight oppression with both heels and conviction.

And darling, doesn’t that feel familiar?

I look at Josephine and I see a woman who never shrank, never apologized for being too much, and never let the world decide what version of her it wanted.

She sparkled on purpose.

Now tell me — who’s your historical hero? Who showed you how to walk louder, love bolder, or live with more fire?

Stay fabulous,
Luce 💋