The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast

Moll Cutpurse The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 72 A look at the life, legend, and literary figure of Mary Frith, aka Moll Cutpurse, 17th century English gender outlaw. In this episode we talk about: A brief biography and its sources Moll’s criminal and theatrical careers Moll’s gender performance and its reception The ambiguous evidence regarding Moll’s sexuality This topic is discusse...

Book Appreciation with K. Aten The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 71 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 Kelly Aten recommends some favorite queer historical novels: Books mentioned Other Girls by Diane Ayres Alma Mater by Rita Mae Brown Cinder...

Interview with K Aten The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 70 A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women. In this episode we talk about: The setting and characters of The Arrows of Artemis Moving from fanfic to original historical fiction The joys and frustrations of researching ancient Greece Books mentioned The Fletcher by K Aten (Regal Crest)...

On the Shelf for September 2018 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 69 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 Lemay, Helen Rodnite “Human Sexuality in Twelfth- through Fifteenth-Century Scientific Writings” Janet Todd and Elizabeth Spearing Co...

Poetry about Love Between Women from the 16th and 17th Centuries The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 68 This episode takes a poetic tour through expressions of, and reactions to, love between women in 16th and 17th century Europe. In this episode we talk about: Poems about the pangs of love “To Mrs M Awbrye” by Katherine Philips “A Song” by Aphra Behn , see also the podcast on Behn “Love...

Book Appreciation with Darlene Vendegna The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 67 In the Book Appreciation segments, our featured guest will talk about one or more favorite books with queer female characters in a historic setting. In this episode Darlene Vendegna, voracious reader and energentic booster of lesbian fiction, recommends some favorite queer historical novels: Hild by Nicola Grif...

Interview with Vanda The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 66 A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women. In this episode we talk about: The Juliana series and how it follows queer history across the latter half of the 20th century Books mentioned Juliana by Vanda Olympus Nights on the Square by Vanda Paris, Adrift by Vanda Vanda’s play about 17t...

On the Shelf for August 2018 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast – Episode 65 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 Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog: sexuality in the 17-18th century, and the last few assorted items from this summer...

Women and Same-Sex Marriage in Western History The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 64 A survey of strategies for getting your historical protagonists hitched across the centuries. In this episode we talk about: How the concepts of “women”, “same-sex”, and “marriage” are being defined for the purpose of this discussion Cultures that may have supported marriage between women as an equal opt...

Book Appreciation with Justine Saracen The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 63 In the Book Appreciation segments, our featured authors (or your host) will talk about one or more favourite books with queer female characters in a historic setting. The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters Fingersmith by Sarah Waters A Woman in Berlin by Anonymous A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (...

Interview with Justine Saracen The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 62 In this episode we talk about: The Berlin Airlift and its historic context Why Justine started writing about World War II Political parallels with current politics The hazards of writing non-romance novels in history How wartime disruption of social roles creates a useful setting for lesbian fiction Justine’s non-WWII n...

On the Shelf for July 2018 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 61 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 The Zimmern Chronicle Brantôme’s Lives of Fair and Gallant Ladies “From Huw Arwystli to Siôn Eirian” by MIhangel Morgan, queer Welsh liter...

Inscribed by V. M. Agab The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 60 The second story in our 2018 fiction series. Written by V.M. Agab and narrated by Ann Etter 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:...

The Ladies of Llangollen The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 59 Most people interested in lesbian history know the basic story of Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, known as the Ladies of Llangollen. I take on their story by presenting it through extended quotations from their own writings, from accounts of people who met them, and from poetry written in their honor. In this episode we ta...

Book Appreciation with Lise MacTague The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 58 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 Lise MacTague recommends some favorite queer historical novels: Alpennia Series by Heather Rose Jones Romancing the Inventor by Gail...

Interview with Lise MacTague The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 57 A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women. In this episode we talk about: The world-building of Demon in the Machine The Industrial Revolution and bargains with the devil Why Lise did not become a medieval historian and what sparked her interest in historical settings Steampun...

On the Shelf for June 2018 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 56 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 Several articles focusing on cross-dressing, especially in medieval Arabic culture Some primary source texts from the 16th and 17th centur...

Queer Women’s Communities and Meeting Places The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 55 An exploration of how and where women met to pursue romantic and sexual relationships with each other. In this episode we talk about: The problem of assuming that male and female homosexual experiences are equivalent in history Fictional and conceptual communities Public meeting places Small personal commu...

Book Appreciation with Jeannelle M. Ferreira The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 54 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. Spring Flowering by Farah Mendlesohn Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue Room by Emma Donoghue (non-queer) Passions Between Women by Emma Dono...

Interview with Jeannelle M. Ferreira The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 53 A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women. In this episode we talk about: The attractions of the Regency romance Jeannelle’s earlier works, especially a novel set in the Vilna ghetto during WWII Jewish influences in her writing Jeannelle’s background as a student of hi...

On the Shelf for May 2018 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 52 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 Crawford, Julie. 2009. “Women’s Secretaries” in Queer Renaissance Historiography, Vin Nardizzi, Stephen Guy-Bray & Will Stockton, eds. Ashg...

Diana and Callisto: The Sometimes Problematic Search for Representation The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 51 with Heather Rose Jones Ovid’s myth of Diana and Callisto had lasting popularity through the medieval and early modern periods and provided a context for some unexpected representation of erotic interactions between women. But hoo boy are there some problematic aspects to this to...

Book Appreciation with Liz Bourke The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 50 In the Book Appreciation segments, our featured guest (or your host) will talk about one or more favorite books with queer female characters in a historic setting. In this episode reviewer Liz Bourke recommends some favorite queer historical novels: The Covert Captain, Or, A Marriage of Equals by Jeannelle M. Ferreir...

Interview with Alyssa Cole The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 49 A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women. In this episode we talk about: Alyssa’s novella “That Could Be Enough” in Hamilton’s Battalion How Alyssa, Courtney Milan, and Rose Lerner brainstormed up the anthology How the musical Hamilton inspired the collection Writing marginaliz...

On the Shelf for April 2018 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 48 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 Gonda, Caroline. 2006. “Lesbian Narrative in the Travels and Adventures of Mademoiselle de Richelieu” in British Journal of Eighteenth-Ce...