The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast

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,...

The Salt Price by B. Pladek The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 271 with Heather Rose Jones This quarter’s fiction episode presents “The Salt Price” by B. Pladek, narrated by Jasmine Arch. 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/ Tw...

Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 10: Rakes The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 270 with Heather Rose Jones The continuing series about historic romance tropes looks at female rakes. Other episodes mentioned Madame de Murat: Author of Fairy Tales, Lover of Women Delariviere Manley’s The New Atalantis The Travels and Adventures of Mademoiselle de Richelieu The True History of Catharina Vizzani A...

On the Shelf for October 2023 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 269 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Getting back to blogging The Anne Lister Research Summit, Oct. 14-15, 2023 Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog Palmer, Paulina. 1999. Lesbian Gothic: Transgressive F...

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 268 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: The history and definition of the gothic genre Features of female-centered gothics Sapphic characters as protagonists and antagonists A selection of lesbian gothics The Marquise and the Novice by Victoria Ramstetter Shadows of the Heart by Patty G. Henderson The Wife in the Attic by Rose Lerner...

On the Shelf for September 2023 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 267 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 Goodman, Ruth. 2016. How to be a Tudor: A Dawn to Dusk Guide to Tudor Life. W.W. Norton & Company, New York. ISBN 978-1-63149-253-2 Cleland, Elizabeth & Adam...

Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 9: Spies The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 266 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about women in espionage through the ages and why this makes a great context for romance Sources mentioned Akkerman N.N.W. 2018. Invisible Agents: Women and Espionage in Seventeenth-Century Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press. If you’re at all interested in earl...

On the Shelf for August 2023 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 265 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: The blog’s continuing hiatus Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill By Moonlight by Lisabet Sarai Emma: The Nature of a Lady by Kate Christie The...

To the Fair Muse who, Loving Me, Imagin'd More by Annemarie KD The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 264 with Heather Rose Jones This quarter’s fiction episode presents “To the Fair Muse who, Loving Me, Imagin'd More” by Annemarie KD, narrated by Heather Rose Jones. A transcript of this podcast is available here. Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.co...

Lesbians as a “Third Sex” The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 263 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: Historic contexts in which people conceived as lesbians as belonging to a “third sex” Academic studies that use the concept of a “third sex” as a way of understanding historic models of gender and sexuality A transcript of this podcast is available here. Links to the Le...

On the Shelf for July 2023 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 262 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Librivox’s “Out of the Closet” short fiction collection Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction The Hells of Notre Dame (The Phantom of Notre Dame #1) by R.L. Davennor Catmint's Moth...

Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 7: Aristocrats and Billionaires The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 261 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: Structural parallels between tropes involving titled aristocrats and billionaires Different dynamics when adapting those tropes for f/f historic romance The complicated problem of providing your heroine with either a noble title or a for...

On the Shelf for June 2023 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 260 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Pride Month and book discoverability What I did on my summer vacation Yes, there will be a 2024 fiction series Book Shopping Koch, Bea. 2020. Mad & Bad: Real Heroines of the Regency. Gr...

Interview with Jill Liddington The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 259 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: The social and economic landscape of Anne Lister’s life The dynamics of Lister’s “marriage” to Ann Walker The history of the diaries and their amazing legacy Jill Liddington’s books about Anne Lister Presenting The Past: Anne Lister Of Halifax, 1791–1840, Pennines...

On the Shelf for May 2023 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 258 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Teaser for a potential upcoming guest Recent book shopping Boag, Peter. 2011. Re-Dressing America's Frontier Past. University of California Press, Berkeley. ISBN 978-0-520-27062-6 Bullou...

The Pirate in the Mirror by Catherine Lundoff The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 257 with Heather Rose Jones This quarter’s fiction episode presents “The Pirate in the Mirror” by Catherine Lundoff, 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/b...

Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 7: Second Chances and Older Women The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 256 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: The structure of the “second chance romance” trope Features of second-chance romances with female couples Considerations for older heroines A transcript of this podcast is available here. Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Onl...

On the Shelf for April 2023 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 255 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Why the blog has been thin lately Historic settings and mythic fiction New Books for the Blog Palmer, Paulina. 1999. Lesbian Gothic: Transgressive Fictions. Cassell, New York. ISBN 0-3...

They Did the Smash (the Schoolgirl Smash) The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 254 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: Romantic and pseudo-romantic relationships in single-gender educational institutions The public culture of the schoolgirl “smash” or “crush” When and how attitudes toward such romances changed The culture of life partnerships between female faculty A tra...