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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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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)
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Book Appreciation with KJ Charles
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 115 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 KJ Charles Online
- Website: kjcharleswroter.com
- Twitter: @kj_charles
- Facebook: KJ Charles Chat (group)
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Interview with KJ Charles
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 114 with Heather Rose Jones
A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women.
In this episode we talk about:
- The delights of Edwardian genre fiction: country house murders and spies
- The attractions of writing romance protagonists with wealth and power
- Why KJ will never write about dukes
- How does “happily ever after” differ for f/f and m/m romances in history?
- The economics of women opting out of marriage
- Historical fiction as a way to avoid dealing with mobile phones in your plot
- Why KJ tackled an f/f romance
- The economics of reading and publishing f/f historicals
- Different flavors of f/f romance
- Trying to write political disaster fiction in the middle of a political disaster
- Books mentioned
- Proper English by KJ Charles
- Think of England by KJ Charles (in same series but with m/m romance)
- Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure by Courtney Milan
- A Lady’s Desire by Lily Maxton
- A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian
- A Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
- Spectred Isle by KJ Charles
- Last Couple in Hell (forthcoming) by KJ Charles (sequel to Spectred Isle)
- Any Old Diamonds by KJ Charles (m/m)
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 KJ Charles Online
- Website: kjcharleswriter.com
- Twitter: @kj_charles
- Facebook: KJ Charles Chat (group)
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
On the Shelf for July 2019
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 113 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly update on what the Lesbian Historic Motif Project has been doing.
In this episode we talk about:
- Call for submissions for the 2020 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
- Call for submissions for Bi Bookish Babe's anthology of stories about lgbtq+ women in history. See here for details.
- Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
- Ehrenhalt, Lizzie and Tilly Laskey (eds). 2019. Precious and Adored: The Love Letters of Rose Cleveland and Evangeline Simpson Whipple, 1890-1918. Minnesota Historical Society Press, St. Paul. ISBN 978-1-68134-129-3
- Abbouchi, Mounawar. 2018. “Yde and Olive” in Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality, vol 8.
- Roos, Lena. 2017. “Cross-dressing among medieval Ashkenazi Jews: Confirming challenged group borders” in Nordisk judaistik / Scandinavian Jewish Studies vol 28 no. 2. 4-22
- Blud, Victoria. 2017. The Unspeakable, Gender and Sexuality in Medieval Literature 1000-1400. D.S. Brewer, Cambridge. ISBN 978-1-84384-468-6
- Morrison, Susan Signe. 2017. A Medieval Woman's Companion. Oxbow Books, Oxford. ISBN 978-1-78570-079-8
- Lowerre, Sandra. 2004. “To Rise Beyond Their Sex: Female Cross-Dressing Saints in Caxton’s Vitas Patrum” in Thomas Honegger (ed). Riddles, Knights and Cross-dressing Saints: Essays on Medieval English Language and Literature. Peter Lang, Bern. ISBN 3-03910-392-X
- Book Shopping for the blog
- This month’s author guest is K.J. Charles
- This month’s essay topic is: Singlewomen and what they suggest about lesbian possibilities
- New and forthcoming fiction
- Amazons: The Sanctuary of Themiscyra by Leïla Hedyth
- 20 Hours to Charles Town: Madame Elvira's Magnificent Excursions by Charlotte Henley Babb
- Between Boat and Shore by Rhiannon Grant (Manifold Press)
- The Women of Dauphine by Deb Jannerson (NineStar Press)
- The Tattooed Witch by Jules Landry
- In My Heart by Bette Hawkins (Bella Books)
- Delayed Rays of a Star: A Novel by Amanda Lee Koe (Nan A. Talese)
- Secrets Well Kept by Lynn Ames (Phoenix Rising Press)
- The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall by Sebastian Nothwell
- The Vampire's Relic: A Gothic Paranormal Romance (Read by Candlelight Book 5) by Gillian St. Kevern
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)
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
By Her Pen She Conquers by Catherine Lundoff
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 112 with Heather Rose Jones
The second story in our 2019 fiction series: "By Her Pen" by previous LHMP author Catherine Lundoff.
Catherine is an award-winning writer, editor, and publisher from Minneapolis. She is the author of the queer werewolf novel Silver Moon and the collection Out of This World: Queer Speculative Fiction Stories and is the editor of the fantastical pirate anthology Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space), as well as having a number of published short stories in many genres. She is also the publisher of Queen of Swords Press, a genre fiction publisher specializing in fiction from out of this world.
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 Catherine Lundoff Online
- Website: Catherine Lundoff
- Website: Queen of Swords Press
- Twitter: @clundoff
- Twitter: @qospress
- Facebook: Catherine Lundoff
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Emily Dickinson Goes to the Movies
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 111 with Heather Rose Jones
Was famous American poet Emily Dickinson a lesbian? The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast looks at her life through the lens of the movie camera, and especially the current film Wild Nights with Emily.
In this episode we talk about:
- Different understandings of Dickinson's life
- The process of mythologizing and de-mythologizing
- The usefulness of different angles on a historic figure
- What we loved in Dickinson movies...and what we didn't like quite so much
- Movies about Emily Dickinson
- Other shows mentioned
- Books mentioned
- Poems mentioned
- This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: Emily Dickinson
A partial 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 Trystan L. Bass and Frock Flicks Online
- Website: Frock Flicks
- Email Frock Flicks
- Twitter: @FrockFlicks
- Facebook: Frock Flicks
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Book Appreciation with Anna Clutterbuck-Cook (part 2)
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 110 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. This time we had so much to talk about we split it into two episodes.
In this episode we talk about:
- What is Anna looking for in f/f historical romances?
- Rich backstories and complex social networks
- The default assumption that women’s lives can only exist in relation to men, and how this affects even f/f fiction
- What were the shapes of women’s lives in history and how could f/f stories fit into those spaces
- The ways in which many popular m/f and m/m historical fiction tropes don’t fit f/f lives and relationships
- Constructing a “ladder of intimacy” for female characters that feels true to women’s lives
- How do historic definitions of “sex” affect how we imagine f/f sexuality in historical fiction?
- Why is actual sex so often absent in f/f fan fiction?
- Embedding sex scenes in the particularity of the characters’ lives and experience
- The conflicting tensions in reader reactions around sex scenes--is it “romance novels without sex” or “non-romance novels with romantic elements”?
- Embedding queer historic characters in a community of marginalized identities
- K.J. Charles and Cat Sebastian as authors creating series of connected novels that build queer community over time
- The misperception that queer “happily ever after” is unhistorical
- Writing characters as part of an existing queer historical continuum--the example of Charlotte Cushman
- Looking for stories with feminism and intersectional identities: non-white characters, disabled characters, non-privileged characters *
- Promoting diversity as readers and identifying our own biases
- Are women inherently uninteresting? The problem of “himpathy”.
- Books mentioned
- All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister
- ”A Sweet Yuletide” by E.E. Ottoman
- Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
- Beauty and the Clockwork Beast by Nancy Campbell Allen (m/f)
- Kiss of the Spindle by Nancy Campbell Allen (m/f)
- The Soldier’s Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian (m/m but has secondary f/f couple)
- RWA racism and homophobia letters controversy (blog by Ivy Quinn)
- LHMPodcast on Charlotte Cushman
- Sins of the Cities series by K.J. Charles (m/m)
- Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure by Courtney Milan
- Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne
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 Anna Clutterbuck-Cook Online
- Website: The Feminist Librarian
- Twitter: @feministlib
- Archive of Our Own: elizajane