The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast

Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 14b: Actresses and the Stage The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 296 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: Actresses as sexual outlaws Specific actresses known to have had same-sex romances Bibliography Blanc, Olivier. 2001. “The ‘Italian Taste’ in the Time of Louis XVI, 1774-92” in Merrick, Jeffrey & Michael Sibalis, eds. Homosexuality in F...

On the Shelf for September 2024 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 295 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: What I did on my summer vacation Book Shopping Liddington, Jill. 2010. Presenting the Past: Anne Lister of Halifax 1791-1840. Pennine Press, Hebden Bridge. ISBN 978-873378-02-1 Lid...

Follow the Monkey by Jamie McGhee The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 294 with Heather Rose Jones This quarter’s fiction episode presents “Follow the Monkey” by Jamie McGhee, narrated by Cláudia Cruz Machado. 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://alpenn...

Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 14a: Actresses and the Stage The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 293 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: Historic romance tropes on stage Plays that include or suggest f/f desire Contexts for women playing romantic roles opposite women Breeches Roles and f/f desire Bibliography Boehringer, Sandra (trans. Anna Preger). 2021. Female Homosexualit...

On the Shelf for August 2024 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 292 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Your host’s travels in August Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog Brown, Pamela Allen & Peter Parolin (eds). 2005. Women Players in England, 1500-1660: Beyond the...

The Font of Liberty by Elizabeth Porter Birdsall The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 291 with Heather Rose Jones This quarter’s fiction episode presents “The Font of Liberty” by Elizabeth Porter Birdsall, narrated by C. J. Lavigne. 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/...

On the Shelf for July 2024 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 290 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog Ng, Vivien. 1997. “Looking for Lesbians in Chinese History” in Duberman, Martin (ed) A Queer World. New York University Press, New York. ISBN 0-8247-2874-4 Jankows...

Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 13: Mothers, Sisters, Daughter – Pseudo-familial Relationships The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 289 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: Relationships using the imagery of sisters and mother/daughter Age-gap relationships References Babayan, Kathryn. “’In Spirit We Ate Each Other’s Sorrow’ Female Companionship in Seventeenth-Century Safavi I...

On the Shelf for June 2024 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 288 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: New podcast Period – feminist look at historical dramas Lesbiantiquity Book Shopping Mortimer, Ian. 2012. The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. Penguin Books, New York. ISBN...

All the Historic Lesbianisms The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 287 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: Social models of women loving women Variables and features of those models 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/blo...

On the Shelf for May 2024 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 286 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Book Shopping Tomlinson, Sophie. 2005. Women on Stage in Stuart Drama. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81111-2 Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction Unholy with Eyes like Wolv...

Poetry about Love between Women from the 19th Century The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 285 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: 19th century poetry Connections and cross-references between women poets Sources mentioned In addition to being found in the following sources, the text of many of these poems have been taken from various online sources not mentioned. Castle,...

On the Shelf for April 2024 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 284 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Book Shopping Norman, Ben. 2023. Pomp and Piety: Everyday Life of the Aristocracy in Stuart England. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1-3981-1017-5 Southon, Emma. 2023. A Rome of One's Ow...

Daughters of Derbyshire by Daniel Stride The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 283 with Heather Rose Jones This quarter’s fiction episode presents “Daughers of Derbyshire” by Daniel Stride, narrated by Heather Rose Jones. 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: ht...

Amazons The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 282 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: Possible historic sources for the Amazon myth Classical and post-classical Amazons Homoeroticism and Amazon characters Sources mentioned Amer, S. 2009. “Medieval Arab Lesbians and 'Lesbian-Like'” in Journal of the History of Sexuality, 18(2), 215-236. Blythe, James M. 2001. “Women in the...

On the Shelf for March 2024 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode # with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: The 2024 fiction line-up ”Charting the Cliff” – Hugo nomination shenanigans Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog Loehr, Kirsty. 2022. A Short History of Queer Women. Onew...

Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 12: Bluestockings and Amazons The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 280 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: The archetypes of the bluestocking and the amazon and why they make a natural romantic pairing A transcript of this podcast is available here. Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http:...

On the Shelf for February 2024 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 279 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Close of submissions for the 2024 fiction series Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog Blake, Liza. 2011. “Dildos and Accessories: The Functions of Early Modern Strap...

The Dildo Episode The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 278 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: The cultural dynamics of dildo use A history of dildos in western culture The social and legal consequences of dildo use Terminology and materials of construction Sources used Arvas, Abdulhamit. 2014. “From the Pervert, Back to the Beloved: Homosexuality and Ottoman Literary Hi...

On the Shelf for January 2024 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 277 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction The Lady's Wager by Olivia Hampton Helen's House (School of Enlightenment) by Maggie Sims The Ease of Time by Charlotte Rowan The Secret Duc...

Battling Poll by Rose Cullen The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 276 with Heather Rose Jones This quarter’s fiction episode presents “Battling Poll” by Rose Cullen, narrated by Heather Rose Jones. 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/...

Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 11: Employment Relationships The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 275 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: Historic differences in employment-romance dynamics Gender differences in employment Some historic and literary examples A transcript of this podcast is available here. Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpe...

On the Shelf for December 2023 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 274 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog de Nicolay, Nicolas. 1567. Quatre premiers livres des navigations. Translated by T. Washinton (1585) as The Navigations, Peregri...

Turkish Delights: The European Fascination with Lesbianism in the Ottoman Empire The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 273 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: The socio-political context of Europeans in Ottoman Turkey European texts describing lesbianism in early modern Constantinople How Turkey became associated with lesbianism in European pop culture More extensive vers...

On the Shelf for November 2023 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 272 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog McCallum, E.L. & Mikko Tuhkanen, eds. 2014. The Cambridge History of Gay and Lesbian Literature. Cambridge University Press,...