The Forgotten Library

As promised earlier this week, this is the continuation of our look at All Romances from Ace Magazines. I also talk a bit about my sources.  Sources: Nolan, M. (2008). Love on the Racks: a History of American Romance Comics. McFarland Books.  Comics were accessed from Comic Book Plus: https://comicbookplus.com Information on Taxi Dancers comes from Wikipedia, and this July 15, 1990 artic...

In this episode, we're going back to 1949 once again to take a look at some more Golden Age comics. The series was called All Romances and ran for a year. I also provide more history of the romance comic genre. This episode ran long, so this is only part one. Part two will be published later this week.  Sources: Nolan, M. (2008). Love on the Racks: a History of American Romance Comics. McFarl...

On this episode, we're gonna take a deep dive into an old medical treatise from 1844, which basically states that if fall into the patterns of pleasure, you are headed for an early grave! Transcript available here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MIkpjlkrmkFCC7gOSKX0YLQGg9T9Dq8Z  Sources: Englehardt, H.T. (2013). The Disease of Masturbation: Values and the Concept of Disease. Meaning and Me...

In this episode, we're going to take a look at some genre comics from the 1940s - a series called All Love . These were ubiquitous during the post WWII era, and I'm dragging up a few gems for you.  I also have a special guest!  Transcript can be found here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gtSpnZBxq_Ujjpxh6KiERUY_vllx9E4J Source materials for this episode: Ace Magazines (comics). https:...

  WARNING: this episode contains mentions of rape and incest. Listener discretion is advised. <br><br> On this episode, your librarian tour guide brings you on a nostalgia trip! If you're a woman of a certain age, the very name V.C. Andrews in raised type on a book cover probably made you stop in your tracks back in the day. Hop on back into my Ridic Fic time machine as we talk ab...

On this episode, we delve into What a Young Girl Ought to Know , by Dr. Mary Wood-Allen (1897), a "purity education" book that was purported to tell children about sex (but really didn't).   This podcast is marked explicit because I occasionally use four-letter words.  If you are unable to listen to the podcast, a transcript is available: https://drive.google.com/open?id=17Vg7-7XTwkVdEs-...

Transcript: Imagine, if you will, an old library. You've been here quite a few times before, but now you notice there's a dark corner, in which you haven't quite seen everything before. You go towards it and as you approach, you can hear the angry buzzing of one fluorescent light above your head. You look around and there's old, leather-bound tomes that look like they're in need of a good dusting....