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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 Oct 03, 2020
Saturday Oct 03, 2020
Ordinary Women (Reprise)
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 93 with Heather Rose Jones
A reprise of the debut episode of a podcast about women loving women in history and literature and the fiction we write about them.
In this episode we talk about:
- Greta von Mösskirch who loved girls in 16th century German
- Two 15th century French peasant women, Jehanne and Laurence, whose love affair ended in violence and a lawsuit.
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)
Saturday Oct 03, 2020
Saturday Oct 03, 2020
10 Lesbian Historical Books and Movies I Loved in 2018
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 92 with Heather Rose Jones
A brief tour through some of my favorite media consumed in 2018.
In this episode we talk about:
- Roman Homosexuality by Craig A. Williams
- The Lesbian Premodern ed. by Noreen Giffney, Michelle M. Sauer, and Diane Watt
- The Favourite (movie)
- “That Could Be Enough” by Alyssa Cole
- Life Mask by Emma Donoghue
- The Covert Captain by Jeannelle M. Ferreira
- Mary Diana Dods: A Gentleman and a Scholar by Betty T. Bennett
- When Romeo was a Woman: Charlotte Cushman and her Circle of Female Spectators by Lisa Merrill
- Creatures of Will and Temper by Molly Tanzer
- Battle of the Sexes (movie)
- A Study in Honor by Claire O’Dell
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
On the Shelf for February 2019
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 91 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 16-17th century topics, including gender presentation
- Articles on late 19th century sexologists
- Book Shopping for the blog
- Delarivier Manley’s The New Atalantis
- This month’s essay topic is: an exploration of the category structure of gender and sexuality (to be continued)
- New and forthcoming fiction
- Running Wild: A Steamy Lesbian Romance in Ancient Greece by Laurel Clarke (Amazon Digital)
- Breaking Mae's Curse by Amy DeMeritt (self-published)
- Souls of Viridian by Ayin Weaver (NovelWeaver Press)
- A Harvest of Sisters by Emma Bawden (self-published)
- The Arrival of Lady Suthmeer by Connie Valientis (self-published)
- The Plan by Kim Pritekel (Sapphire Books)
- Acts of Contrition (Passing Rites 4) by Elena Graf (Purple Hand Press)
- Rainbow Bouquet by various authors (Manifold Press)
- Figuring by Maria Popova (Pantheon)
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 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
The New Atalantis - Secret Lesbian Clubs in 17th c Literature
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 90 with Heather Rose Jones
Readings from an early 18th century satirical roman à clef that depicts a secret society of sapphist at the court of Queen Anne of England.
In this episode we talk about:
- The context and purpose of Delarivier Manley’s work
- An annotated reading of selections discussing f/f relationships
- The full text of The New Atalantis can be found at Google Books
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)
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
The Favourite
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 89 with Heather Rose Jones
A review of the movie The Favourite, about the rivalry between Sarah Duchess of Marlborough and Abigail Masham for the favor and affections of Anne, Queen of England.
I’m joined in this show by Farah Mendlesohn, historian and both author and publisher of queer historical fiction, and by Trystan Bass, co-founder and editor in chief of the Frock Flicks blog and podcast. We talk about everything from the necessary historical inaccuracies of film making, to the use of costume and setting in conveying the film’s themes, to how much we loved both the story and the performances in this movie.
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 Farah Mendlesohn Online
- Website: https://farahmendlesohn.com
- Twitter: @effjayem
Links to Manifold Press Online
- Website: https://manifoldpress.co.uk
- Twitter: @ManifoldPressUK
Links to Trystan Bass Online
- Website: Frock Flicks
- Twitter: @FrockFlicks
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
The State of Lesbian Historicals in 2018
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 88 with Heather Rose Jones
Now that I’ve been listing new historical releases for a year, what does the state of the field look like?
In this episode we talk about:
- How many stories are being published, and who’s publishing them?
- Where are those stories set in time and place?
- How does 2018 compare with what I know of past patterns?
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 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
On the Shelf for January 2019
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 87 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing.
In this episode we talk about:
- A few minor format changes for the podcast
- Call for submissions for the 2019 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
- Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
- India and Asia
- 17-18th century topics
- This month’s essay topic is: The New Atalantis by Delariviere Manley
- New and forthcoming fiction
- Ebanks, K.C. Violets (Amazon digital)
- Hattie's Homestead: The Other Legend (in two parts) by Marion Grace from Leafgate Publishing
- The Duelist and Her Lover - A Historical Lesbian Adventure Romance by Esther J Autumn from Amazon digital
- An Irish Heart by C.M. Blackwood through Amazon digital
- Blackwood, C.M. Madam Tellier’s Lover (Amazon digital)
- Blackwood, C.M. The Grey Rider (Amazon digital)
- Madeleine by Emma Nichols via Amazon digital
- Love’s Refrain: A Victorian Ghost Story self-published by Steven Glick
- Book’s Pass by Lara Zielinsky, published by LZ Media
- Temper CA by Paul Skenazy published by Miami University Press
- Ask Sappho: Why are cross-time themes so popular in lesbian historical fiction, and what are some of the common types? Books mentioned:
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 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
At the Mouth by Gurmika Mann
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 86
The fourth story in our 2018 fiction series. Written by Gurmika Mann and narrated by Maya Chhabra.
“At the Mouth” by Gurmika Mann is set in the southern part of India in the 10th century
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 Gurmika Mann Online
- Twitter: @gikhee
Links to Maya Chhabra Online
- Twitter: @mayachhabra
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Queen Anne
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 85 with Heather Rose Jones
The social and historic context of Queen Anne of England and the basis for the rumors of lesbianism associated with her court.
In this episode we talk about
- A brief historic timeline
- Passionate friendships and libertine sex in Restoration England
- Some dramatis personae:
- Princess/Queen Anne
- Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
- Abigail Hill Masham
- Delariviere Manley
- English politics during the reign of Queen Anne
- Anne and Sarah’s break-up
- Where the lesbian accusations came from
- Were they or weren’t they?
Links mentioned in the text:
- LHMP episode 25d: Poetry about Love Between Women from the 16th and 17th Centuries
- The Mazarinette and the Musketeer
LHMP publications used in this research
- Crawford, Julie. 2009. “Women’s Secretaries” in Queer Renaissance Historiography, Vin Nardizzi, Stephen Guy-Bray & Will Stockton, eds. Ashgate, Burlington VT. ISBN 978-0-7546-7608-9
- Andreadis, Harriette. 2001. Sappho in Early Modern England: Female Same-Sex Literary Erotics, 1550-1714.University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226020099
- Traub, Valerie. 2010. “’Friendship So Curst’: Amor Impossibilis, the Homoerotic Lament and the Nature of Lesbian Desire” in Lesbian Dames: Sapphism in the Long Eighteenth Century. Beynon, John C. & Caroline Gonda eds. Ashgate, Farnham. ISBN 978-0-7546-7335-4
- Lanser, Susan S. 2014. The Sexuality of History: Modernity and the Sapphic, 1565-1830. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. ISBN 978-0-226-18773-0
- Donoghue, Emma. 1995. Passions Between Women: British Lesbian Culture 1668-1801. Harper Perennial, New York. ISBN 0-06-017261-4
Other research sources
- Wikipedia: Anne, Queen of Great Britain
- Potts, Cherry - A blog series about the women in Queen Anne’s life.
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)
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Book Appreciation with Carrie Pack
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 84 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 Carrie Pack recommends some favorite queer historical novels:
- Books mentioned
- Ash by Malinda Lo (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
- Pulp by Robin Talley (Harlequin Teen)
- Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters (Riverhead Books)
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 Carrie Pack Online
- Website: http://www.carriepack.com
- Twitter: @carriepack