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A show about queer women in history and historic literature, plus coverage of the field of sapphic historical fiction. Content note: May include discussions of sex within an academic context.
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Saturday Feb 20, 2021
Saturday Feb 20, 2021
Madame de Murat: Author of Fairy Tales, Lover of Women
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 195 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
- The social background of the French salons and court in late 17th century France
- Madame de Murat as author and gadfly
- De Murat’s personal and romantic entanglements
- The legal persecution of Madame de Murat by King Louis XIV
- The most useful sources for this episode were the following. Unless noted, link is to the LHMP blog post about the publication.
- Chevalier, Jim. 2010. The Old Regime Police Blotter II: Sodomites, Tribads, and “Crimes Against Nature”. Self-published. Accessed at: http://www.chezjim.com/sundries/s52.html on 2021/01/30. (link is to the author’s blog)
- Merrick, Jeffrey & Bryant T. Ragan, Jr. 2001. Homosexuality in Early Modern France: A Documentary Collection. Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 0-19-510257-6
- Ness, Mari. 2018. “Imprisonment and the Fairy Tales of Henriette Julie de Murat,” Tor.com, accessed 2021/01/30. (link is to the original article)
- Robinson, David Michael. 2001. “The Abominable Madame de Murat’” in Merrick, Jeffrey & Michael Sibalis, eds. Homosexuailty in French History and Culture. Harrington Park Press, New York. ISBN 1-56023-263-3
- Wahl, Elizabeth Susan. 1999. Invisible Relations: Representations of Female Intimacy in the Age of Enlightenment. Stanford University Press, Stanford. ISBN 0-8047-3650-2
- Wikipedia (English) – Henriette-Julie de Murat (link is to the Wikipedia entry)
- Wikipedia (French) – Henriette-Julie de Castelnau de Murat (link is to the Wikipedia entry)
- This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: Madame de Murat & Madame de Nantiat
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
- Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
- RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
- Twitter: @LesbianMotif
- Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
- The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com
- Email: Heather Rose Jones
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Saturday Feb 06, 2021
Saturday Feb 06, 2021
On the Shelf for February 2021
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 194 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
- The 2021 Fiction Series submissions.
- Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
- Hinds, Leonard. 2001. “Female Friendship as the Foundation of Love in Madeleine de Scudéry’s ‘Histoire de Sapho’” in Merrick, Jeffrey & Michael Sibalis, eds. Homosexuailty in French History and Culture. Harrington Park Press, New York. ISBN 1-56023-263-3
- Robinson, David Michael. 2001. “The Abominable Madame de Murat” in Merrick, Jeffrey & Michael Sibalis, eds. Homosexuailty in French History and Culture. Harrington Park Press, New York. ISBN 1-56023-263-3
- Blanc, Olivier. 2001. “The ‘Italian Taste’ in the Time of Louis XVI, 1774-92” in Merrick, Jeffrey & Michael Sibalis, eds. Homosexuailty in French History and Culture. Harrington Park Press, New York. ISBN 1-56023-263-3
- Lanser, Susan. 2001. “’Au sein de vos pareilles’: Sapphic Separatism in Late Eighteenth-Century France” in Merrick, Jeffrey & Michael Sibalis, eds. Homosexuailty in French History and Culture. Harrington Park Press, New York. ISBN 1-56023-263-3
- New and forthcoming fiction
- Call for submissions for the 2021 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
- This month we interview Anne Shade and talk about:
- Queer Black culture in 1920s New York
- Researching the Harlem Renaissance at the Schomburg Center
- Plans for a novel about the Underground Railroad
- Masquerade by Anne Shade
- Femme Tales by Anne Shade
A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview transcripts added when available.)
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
- Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
- RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
- Twitter: @LesbianMotif
- Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
- The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com
- Email: Heather Rose Jones
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Links to Anne Shade Online
- Website: AnneShadeRomance.com
- Twitter: @ AnneShade3
- Instagram: @AnneShadeRomance
- Facebook: AnneShadeRomance
Saturday Jan 30, 2021
Saturday Jan 30, 2021
A Soldier in the Army of Love by Diane Morrison
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 193 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents “A Soldier in the Army of Love by Diane Morrison, narrated by Laura Pinson.
Content Note: This story contains graphic descriptions of war and its aftermath, including sexual assault (though not of the protagonist).
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
- Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
- RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
- Twitter: @LesbianMotif
- Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
- The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com
- Email: Heather Rose Jones
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Links to Diane Morrison Online
- Website: https://www.dianemorrisonfiction.com
- Twitter: @SableAradia
- Facebook: SableAradia
- Tumblr: SableAradia
- Amazon: Diane Morrison
- Patreon: Sable Aradia
Saturday Jan 16, 2021
Saturday Jan 16, 2021
Anne Lister’s Courtship Scripts
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 192 with Heather Rose Jones
A guided tour through the relationships of a Regency-era lesbian.
In this episode we talk about:
- The context of Anne Lister’s life
- Flirtations, courtships, and sexual relationships
- A detailed chronology and progression of Anne’s relationship with Mrs. Barlow in Paris
- Sources mentioned
- Whitbread, Helena ed. 1992. I Know My Own Heart: The Diaries of Anne Lister 1791-1840. New York University Press, New York. ISBN 0-8147-9249-9
- Whitbread, Helena ed. 1992. No Priest But Love: The Journals of Anne Lister from 1824-1826. New York University Press, New York. ISBN 0-8147-5077-X
- This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: Anne Lister
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
- Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
- RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
- Twitter: @LesbianMotif
- Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
- The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com
- Email: Heather Rose Jones
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Saturday Jan 02, 2021
Saturday Jan 02, 2021
On the Shelf for January 2021
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 191 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
- Call for submissions for the 2021 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
- Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
- Vicinus, Martha. 2004. Intimate Friends: Women Who Loved Women, 1778-1928. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
- Merrick, Jeffery & Michael Sibalis. 2001. Homosexuality in French History and Culture. Harrington Park Press, New York.
- New and forthcoming fiction
- Promise is a Promise (Intertwined Souls Series) by Mary D. Brooks
- Her Perilous Game (No Man is Her Master 2) by Lee Swanson
- Chaos in Milan (The Night Flyer 3) by Edale Lane
- Beyond the Vine by Mariah R. Embry
- The Christmas Chevalier by Meg Mardell (note: f/trans-m, not f/f)
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
- Captive in the Underworld by Lyanyu Tan
- Wench by Maxine Kaplan
- Patience & Esther: An Edwardian Romance by S.W. Searle
- Outlawed by Anna North
- The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley
- This month we interview Malinda Lo and talk about her new book and other topics:
A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview transcripts added when available.)
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
- Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
- RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
- Twitter: @LesbianMotif
- Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
- The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com
- Email: Heather Rose Jones
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Links to Malinda Lo Online
- Website: malindalo.com
- Twitter: @malindalo
- Instagram: @malindalo
- Facebook: Malinda Lo
Saturday Dec 26, 2020
Saturday Dec 26, 2020
So You’re Writing a Sapphic Historical Romance: Questions to Consider
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 190 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about the questions to ask about sapphic relationships and how they are perceived in your story’s setting:
- How easy is it to live outside of the heterosexual marriage paradigm?
- What are the economic, legal, and religious constraints on your characters?
- What is the ordinary “background noise” of non-sexual displays of affection?
- How does the culture of the setting understand privacy and how does that affect your characters’ behavior?
- What are the realities and perceptions around sex between women in this setting?
- How does the culture of the setting understand gender and sexuality?
- How are female couples depicted in popular culture of the time?
A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts added when available.)
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
- Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
- RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
- Twitter: @LesbianMotif
- Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
- The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com
- Email: Heather Rose Jones
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Saturday Dec 19, 2020
Saturday Dec 19, 2020
Book Appreciation with Diana Pinguicha
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 189 with Heather Rose Jones
In the Book Appreciation segments, our featured authors (or your host) will talk about one or more favorite books with queer female characters in a historic setting.
- Books mentioned
A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts added when available.)
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
- Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
- RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
- Twitter: @LesbianMotif
- Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
- The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com
- Email: Heather Rose Jones
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Links to Diana Pinguicha Online
- Website: Diana Pinguicha
- Twitter: @Pinguicha
- Instagram: @Pinguicha
Saturday Dec 12, 2020
Saturday Dec 12, 2020
Interview with Diana Pinguicha
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 188 with Heather Rose Jones
A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women.
In this episode we talk about:
- The myth of the “enchanted Moura”
- Social, political, and sexual dynamics around the Reconquista
- Medieval and modern resonances around eating disorders and self-harm
- Dipping into Portuguese history for fictional inspiration
- Books mentioned
A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts added when available.)
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
- Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
- RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
- Twitter: @LesbianMotif
- Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
- The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com
- Email: Heather Rose Jones
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Links to Diana Pinguicha Online
- Website: Diana Pinguicha
- Twitter: @Pinguicha
- Instagram: @Pinguicha
Saturday Dec 05, 2020
Saturday Dec 05, 2020
On the Shelf for December 2020
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 187 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
- Lessons from history for the current times
- Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
- Vicinus, Martha. 2004. Intimate Friends: Women Who Loved Women, 1778-1928. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. ISBN 0-226-85564-3
- Announcing this month’s author guest, Diana Pinguicha
- New and forthcoming fiction
- Call for submissions for the 2021 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts added when available.)
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
- Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
- RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
- Twitter: @LesbianMotif
- Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
- The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com
- Email: Heather Rose Jones
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Saturday Nov 28, 2020
Saturday Nov 28, 2020
Poetry about Love between Women from the 18th Century
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 186 with Heather Rose Jones
A tour through various poems of the 18th century that touch of different aspects of love between women.
In this episode we talk about:
- Anne Finch “Friendship between Ephelia and Ardelia” (1713)
- Mary Chudleigh “To Lerinda” (1703)
- Elizabeth Thomas “To Clemena” (1722)
- John Hoadly “On the Friendship of Two Young Ladies” (1730)
- Anonymous “Cloe to Artimesa” (1720)
- Susanna Highmore Duncombe “To Aspasia” (1751)
- Pauline de Simiane “Madrigal” (1715, French)
- Pauline de Simiane “Letter to Madame la Marquise de S--, On Sending Her Tobacco” (1715, French)
- Mary Matilda Betham “A Valentine” (1797)
- Anna Seward “Elegy Written at the Sea-Side, and Addressed to Miss Honora Sneyd” ( c. 1780)
- Anna Seward “To Honora Sneyd” (1773)
- Faustina Bordoni (nominally) “An Epistle from Signora F—to a Lady” (1727)
- Anonymous “The Adulteress” (1773)
- William King “The Toast” (1732)
- Anonymous “The Sappho-an” (1735)
- Anonymous “Monsieur Thing’s Origin” (1722)
- Sarah Ponsonby “Song” (1789)
- Specific sources for the poems are given in the transcript. Books that have been particularly useful are:
- Castle, Terry (ed). 2003. The Literature of Lesbianism: A Historical Anthology from Ariosto to Stonewall. Columbia University Press, New York. ISBN 0-231-12510-0
- Faderman, Lillian (ed). 1994. Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the Present. New York: VIking. ISBN 0-670-84368-4 (Not yet blogged for the LHMP
- Donoghue, Emma. 1997. Poems Between Women: Four centuries of love, romantic friendship, and desire. Columbia University Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-231-10925-3 (Not yet blogged for the LHMP)
- Loughlin, Marie H. 2014. Same-Sex Desire in Early Modern England, 1550-1735: An Anthology of Literary Texts and Contexts. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-8208-5
- McCormick, Ian (ed). 1997. Secret Sexualities: A Sourcebook of 17th and 18th Century Writing. Routledge, London. ISBN 0-415-13954-6 (Not yet blogged for the LHMP)
A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts added when available.)
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
- Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
- RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
- Twitter: @LesbianMotif
- Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
- The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
- Website: http://alpennia.com
- Email: Heather Rose Jones
- Twitter: @heatherosejones
- Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)