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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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Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Policing Sexuality and Gender in Early Modern Europe
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 103 with Heather Rose Jones
A continuing look at the structure of categories for gender and sexuality in history, focusing on how specific individuals challenged category definitions.
Previous podcast in this series: Unpacking Gender and Sexuality Categories.
In this episode we talk about:
Anne Grandjean
- Primary Souce: Memoire pour Anne Grandjean, Connu sous le Nom de Jean-Baptiste Granjean, Accusé & Appellant. 1765. Imprimerie de Louis Cellot, Paris. Available for free download from Google Books.
- LHMP Links: Anne Grandjean
Jehanne and Laurence
- Podcast
- Primary Article: Benkov 2001
- LHMP Links: Jehanne & Laurence
Elen@ de Céspedes
- Primary Article: Burshatin 1996
- LHMP Links: Elena/Eleno de Céspedes
Catalina de Erauso
- Podcast
- Primary Article: Velasco 2000
- LHMP Links: Catalina de Erauso
Amy Poulter and Arabella Hunt
- Podcast
- Primary Article: Crawford & Mendelson 1995
- LHMP Links: Amy Poulter & Arabella Hunt
Greta von Mösskirch
- Podcast
- Primary Source: Chronicle of the Counts of Zimmern
- LHMP Links: Greta von Mösskirch
Thomas(ine) Hall
- Primary Article: Brown 1995
- LHMP Links: Thomas(ine) Hall
Catharine Vizzani
- Podcast
- Primary Source: The True History and Adventures of Catharine Vizzani
- LHMP Links: Catharine Vizzani
Other References
- Authorized gender-crossing in the Balkans - Horváth 2011 (will be posted 2019/05/13)
- Nederman & True 1996 - 12th century opinions on a “third sex”
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)
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Interview with Zen Cho
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 102 with Heather Rose Jones
An interview with fantasy author Zen Cho.
NOTE: This month’s On the Shelf incorrectly announced this month’s guest as Molly Tanzer. The Molly Tanzer interview will appear at a future date.
In this episode we talk about:
- The Malaysian influences in Zen’s fiction
- 19th century English literature and engaging with colonial legacies through fiction
- Her favorite historic eras that may see stories in the future
- The challenges of researching less-represented historic eras and regions
- Being inspired by the gaps and omissions in mainstream history
- The similar challenges of writing queer characters and writing non-Western characters
- 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 Zen Cho Online
- Website: zencho.org
- Mailing Lists: Subscribe
- Twitter: @zenaldehyde
- Facebook: Zen Cho
- Instagram: Zen Cho
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
On the Shelf for April 2019
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 101 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing.
In this episode we talk about:
- Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
- Articles on 19th c women
- Lesbian-like categories in Arabic literature
- 12th c European gender categories
- Commentaries on Dinshaw’s Getting Medieval
- Accusations of sodomy within the church
- Gender-crossing in medieval French romances
- Book Shopping for the blog
- A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969, edited by Noam Sienna
- Precious and Adored: The Love Letters of Rose Cleveland and Evangeline Simpson Whipple, 1890–1918
- This month’s author guest is Zen Cho (originally announced as Molly Tanzer who will appear next month)
- This month’s essay topic is: Policing Gender and Sexuality
- New and forthcoming fiction
- The Huntress by Kate Quinn (William Morrow Paperbacks)
- Sleight of Hand by Ilse V Rensburg aka Jason Hes (Sera Blue)
- Robber Girl by S. T. Gibson (self-published)
- A Vengeance of Spies: A WW2 Novella by Manda Scott (self-published)
- Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure by Courtney Milan (self-published)
- Liliana by Diana Robbins (self-published)
- Die Frau des Zuckerhändlers by Nathalie C. Kutscher (Telegonos-Publishing)
- No Man's Chattel by Lee Swanson (self-published)
- *S h e r l o c k i a n* Desdemona Valentina - A Femme Fatale Mystery - 1 (Desdemona Valentina Mysteries) by S.L. Freake (self-published)
- Today Dauphine Tomorrow Nothing by Saga Hillborn (self-published)
- Love’s Portrait by Anna Larner (Bold Strokes Books)
- The Cursed Heart by Bonnie Wormsley (Regal Crest Enterprises)
- Gentleman Jack (Movie Tie-In): The Real Anne Lister by Anne Choma (Penguin Books)
- God's Children by Mabli Roberts (Honno Press)
- Ask Sappho: What’s the history of the slang term ‘tommy’ for a lesbian?
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)
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
The 100th Episode - Where My Heart Goes
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 100 with Heather Rose Jones
To celebrate the podcast’s 100th episode, I offer you a bonus story.
In this episode we talk about:
- “Where My Heart Goes” by Heather Rose Jones, originally published in Through the Hourglass edited by Sacchi Green and Patty G. Henderson.
- The real historical figures who inspired this story were discussed in episode #5 Laudomia Loves Margaret
A transcript of this podcast may be 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)
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Alphabet of Signs and Jade Generals by Ursula Whitcher
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 99 with Heather Rose Jones
The first stories in our 2019 fiction series. Written by Ursula Whitcher and narrated by Jasmine Arch.
- “Alphabet of Signs”
- “Jade Genderals”
A transcript of this podcast may be 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 Ursula Whitcher Online
- Website: http://yarntheory.net
- Twitter: @superyarn
Links to Jasmine Arch Online
- Website: http://www.jasminearch.com
- Twitter: @Jaye_Arch
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Laudomia Loves Margaret (Reprise)
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 98 with Heather Rose Jones
The 16th century romance between Sienese poet and intellectual Laudomia Forteguerri and Duchess Margaret of Austria.
In this episode we talk about:
- Translations and the context of the poetry Laudomia wrote for Margaret can be found in:
- Eisenbichler, Konrad. “Laudomia Forteguerri Loves Margaret of Austria” in Same Sex Love and Desire Among Women in the Middle Ages (ed. By Francesca Canadé Sautman & Pamela Sheingorn), Palgrave, New York, 2001.
This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here:
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)
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Book Appreciation with Katharine Duckett
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 97 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.
In this episode Katharine Duckett recommends some favorite queer historical novels:
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 Katharine Duckett Online
- Website: https://www.katharineduckett.com
- Twitter: @kekduckett
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Interview with Katharine Duckett
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 96 with Heather Rose Jones
A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women.
In this episode we talk about:
- Katharine’s debut novella from Tor.com: Miranda in Milan
- The jumping off point of the story from Shakespeare’s The Tempest
- Historic Milan and the Sforzas
- 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 Katharine Duckett Online
- Website: https://www.katharineduckett.com
- Twitter: @kekduckett
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing.
In this episode we talk about:
- Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
- Women in sexological literature ca. 1900
- More on Anne Lister
- Arabic sources for lesbian-like themes
- Transgender concepts in the middle ages
- This month’s author guest is Katharine Duckett
- This month’s essay will look at how people who don’t fit their culture’s gender/sexuality categories provide information about the categories
- New and forthcoming fiction
- How to Talk to Nice English Girls by Gretchen Evans (Carnation Books)
- As War Goes By by Aimée (Amazon digital)
- By Royal Lottery by M. Wyllie (Amazon digital)
- Sophistries of Summer Days by Jenny Lofters (Amazon digital)
- Memoirs of a Triangle by Christine Twigg (NineStar Press)
- The Highwayman by Eleanor Musgrave (Amazon digital)
- Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett (Tor.com)
- The Parting Glass by Gina Marie Guadagnino (Touchstone)
- Alice Payne Rides (Alice Payne #2) by Kate Heartfield (Tor.com)
- The True Queen by Zen Cho (Ace)
- Levitate: A Spy Novel by Geonn Cannon (Supposed Crimes)
- Ask Sappho: Eh Stevens asks “What’s your take on Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok?”
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 Oct 03, 2020
Saturday Oct 03, 2020
Prepositions, Sexuality, and Gender: Unpacking Our Bundles
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 94 with Heather Rose Jones
A really geeky philosophical discussion about the semantics of prepositions across different languages, and how we can use that as a gateway to thinking about different cultural models of sexuality and gender. This is the first part of a two-part series that looks at the complex differences in how gender and sexuality has been understood in different times and places, and what that means for the search for identification and connection with historic figures.
In this episode we talk about
- Thinking of prepositions (and gender/sexuality categories) as bundles of distinct meaning-features that can be combined in different ways in different languages/cultures
- Picking apart some of the types of meaning-features that are used to build gender and sexuality categories.
- An example of different ways in which the same bundle of gender/sexuality features might be interpreted based on cultural models and assumptions
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)