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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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Friday Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
How to Be a Feminist in History
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 125 with Heather Rose Jones
So you want your historic character to be a feminist. What does that mean? How early can we find women expressing opinions about gender equality and what did they think it looked like? What would your historic feminist’s blind spots be? What arguments and evidence would she bring to the table?
In this episode we talk about:
- Christine de Pisan
- Excerpts from: Christine de Pizan (trans by Earl Jeffrey Richards). 1982. The Book of the City of Ladies. Persea Books, New York.
- Moderata Fonte (Modesta di Pozzo)
- Excerpts from: Fonte, Moderata (trans by Virginia Cox). 2018. The Merits of Women (Wherein is Revealed Their Nobility and Their Superiority to Men). The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
- Marie de Gournay
- Excerpt from: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Olympe de Gouges
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- Excerpts from: A Vindication of the Rights of Women (Project Gutenberg)
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)
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Book Appreciation with Olivia Waite
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 124 with Heather Rose Jones
In the Book Appreciation segments, our featured author will talk about one or more favorite books with queer female characters in a historic setting.
In this episode we talk about:
- 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 Olivia Waite Online
- Website: oliviawaite.com
- Twitter: @O_Waite
- Instagram: o_wow_waite
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Interview with Olivia Waite
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 123 with Heather Rose Jones
A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women.
In this episode we talk about:
- What attracted her to writing historical stories
- How the Ladies’ Guide started as a straight romance and the contrast in social dynamics
- Exerience versus imagination in writing romance
- Bi representation in romance
- Figuring out how your characters understand their sexuality
- What it’s like to publish f/f romance with a mainstream publisher
- The experience of being a bisexual woman reading lesfic
- Classical erotic literature and the range of sexual experiences
- Trying to get into the heads (or other organs) of people in history
- The next two books in the “Feminine Pursuits” series
- 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 Olivia Waite Online
- Website: oliviawaite.com
- Twitter: @O_Waite
- Instagram: o_wow_waite
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
On the Shelf for September 2019
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 122 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing.
In this episode we talk about:
- My trip to Ireland and Worldcon
- Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
- Articles from The Single Woman in Medieval and Early Modern England: Her Life and Representation
- Classics in the field of the history of gender and sexuality (specific titles TBD)
- Announcing this month’s author guest, Olivia Waite
- New and forthcoming fiction
- Under the Microscope by Kim Finney (Cygneture Books)
- Worlds Apart by Stein Willard
- Beggar’s Flip by Benny Lawrence (Bedazzled Ink)
- Les révolutions d'Olympe by Le Jardin de Sappho
- Outlaw: A Lesbian Retelling of Robyn Hood by Niamh Murphy
- Prairie Hearts by JB Marsden (Sapphire Books)
- Bloomsbury’s Late Rose: A Novel by Pen Pearson (Chickadee Prince Books)
- Stage Dreams by Melanie Gilman (Graphic Universe)
- Somewhere Along the Way by Kathleen Knowles (Bold Strokes Books)
- Cantoras by Carolina de Robertis (Knopf)
- Sappho’s Soapbox: Mainstream historic fantasy featuring queer women
- Call for submissions for the 2020 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
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)
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
The Black Handkerchief by Gwen C. Katz
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 121 with Heather Rose Jones
The third story in our 2019 fiction series.
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 Gwen C. Katz Online
- Website: gwenckatz.com
- Twitter: @gwenckatz
Links to Lara Zielinsky Online
- Twitter: @lczielinsky
- Facebook: AuthorLaraZielinsky
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Postcards from Worldcon
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 120 with Heather Rose Jones
A collection of micro-interviews recorded live at Worldcon in Dublin, Ireland.
Recommendations and shout-outs from:
- Adri Joy
- Freya Marske
- Everina Maxwell
- Liz Bourke
- Jennifer Mace
- Sara Uckelman
- Katri
- @fromankyra
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)
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Bosom Sex
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 119 with Heather Rose Jones
The lives and loves of two African-American women in the post Civil War era, as discovered in their correspondence.
In this episode we talk about:
- Who were Addie Brown ad Rebecca Primus?
- What did their families and communities think about their relationship?
- The ways in which individual histories can surprise us.
- This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: Addie Brown & Rebecca Primus
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)
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Interview with Penny Mickelbury
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 118 with Heather Rose Jones
A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women.
In this episode we talk about:
- The difference between writing contemporary mysteries and historic romance
- Getting inside the heads of an interracial couple in the 19th century
- Hints of a coming sequel
- The joy of being able to write the books that thrill you
- Books mentioned
- Two Wings to Fly Away - a historical mystery of the 1850s with a f/f romance
- Belle City - a family saga set across the 20th century with an interracial couple (m/f)
- The Mimi and Gianna series (4 books) - contemporary mystery/thriller with a f/f romance
- The Carole Ann Gibson series (4 books) - contemporary mystery/thriller
- Gods Will and Other Lies - a story collection about women of a certain age
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 Penny Mickelbury Online
- Website: https://www.pennymickelbury.com
- Email: mysteries@pennymickelbury.com
- Twitter: @PennyMickelbury
- Facebook: Penny Mickelbury
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
On the Shelf for August 2019
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 117 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing.
In this episode we talk about:
- Your podcast host at Worldcon in Ireland
- Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
- Staples, Kate Kelsey. 2011. Daughters of London: Inheriting Opportunity in the Late Middle Ages. Brill, Leiden. ISBN 978-9004203112
- Amtower, Laurel and Dorothea Kehler (eds). 2003. The Single Woman in Medieval and Early Modern England: Her Life and Representation. Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Tempe. ISBN 0-06698-306-6
- Clark, Anna (ed). 2011. The History of Sexuality in Europe: A Sourcebook and Reader. New York: Routledge.
- Announcing this month’s author guest, Penny Mickelbury
- Announcing this month's fiction episode: "The Black Handkerchief" by Gwen C. Katz
- New and forthcoming fiction
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- The Pages of Adeena by C. M. Castillo
- Jobyna's Blues by Jane Alden
- Paris for Two: Til Death Do We Part by Dolores Maggiore
- The Snow Queen by Amy Selvidge
- The Moss House by Clara Barley
- Valerie: or, the Faculty of Dreams by Sara Stridsberg (translated by Deborah Bragan-Turner)
- A Summer of Fever and Freedom by Chelsey Engel
- A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian
- The Ventriloquists by E.R. Ramzipoor
- Heroine of Her Own Life by Constance Emmett
- Call for submissions for the 2020 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
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)
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Swinging Singles and Lesbian Opportunities
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 116 with Heather Rose Jones
A consideration of how the study of single women's lives is relevant to the writing of lesbian historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
- Some of the myths about women's lives in the past
- How geography, class, and circumstance affected women's likelihood of remaining single
- Some specific strategies for keeping your fictional characters single without the need for special pleading
- Useful books on singlewomen studies
- Bennett, Judith M. & Amy M. Froide eds. 1999. Singlewomen in the European Past 1250-1800. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia. ISBN 0-8122-1668-7
- Beattie, Cordelia. 2007. Medieval Single Women: The Politics of Social Classification in Late Medieval England. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-928341-5
- Froide, Amy. 2005. Never Married: Singlewomen in Early Modern England. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Amtower, Laurel and Dorothea Kehler (eds). 2003. The Single Woman in Medieval and Early Modern England: Her Life and Representation. Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Tempe. ISBN 0-06698-306-6
- Staples, Kate Kelsey. 2011. Daughters of London: Inheriting Opportunity in the Late Middle Ages. Brill, Leiden. ISBN 978-9004203112
- This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: Singlewomen
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)