Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 110 (previously 35c( - Book Appreciation with Anna Clutterbuck-Cook (part 2)
(Originally aired 2019/06/15 - listen here)
Transcript pending.
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Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 109 (previously 35b) - Book Appreciation with Anna Clutterbuck-Cook (part 1)
(Originally aired 2019/06/09 - listen here)
Transcript Pending.
Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 107 (previously 34d) - The True History of Catharina Vizzani (Reprise)
(Originally aired 2019/05/25 - listen here)
Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 106 (previously 34c) - Historic Lesbians on the Screen: What We Love - Transcript
(Originally aired 2019/05/18 - listen here)
Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 105 (previously 34b )- Interview with Molly Tanzer - transcript pending
(Originally aired 2019/05/11 - listen here)
Transcript pending.
Show Notes
In this episode we talk about:
Although this article only briefly notes the same-sex examples of Egyptian love magic that suggested potential relevance, it's an example of how the specific anecdotes and texts discussed in articles that focus on sexuality need further elaboration to be used effectively in building stories. Brooten's focus is on how same-sex desire was a recognized part of the social landscape in Roman-era Egypt, with the magical texts being used as evidence. This is useful as fictional inspiration, in and of itself.
[This is additional textual source material as background for my paper "Passing and Failing: The Role of Clothing in Gender Disguise Narratives".]
Legendary Saints
Legenda Aurea (English from Caxton) - early Christian era but specific dating uncertain
Marina
Marina virgo unica erat patri suo : cum autem pater quoddam monasterium intrasset, mutavit habitum filiae suae, ut non femina, sed masculus videretur
This is an admission that I'm not going to manage to translate the French article on cross-dressing heroines in medieval romances for the foreseeable future...ironically, because I've been spending all my time on writing an article about medieval cross-dressing narratives including the ones covered in the article. Life is complicated. But enjoy this tidbit on the belated inclusion of lesbians in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 104 (previously 34a) - On the Shelf for May 2019 - Transcript
(Originally aired 2019/05/04 - listen here)
Welcome to On the Shelf for May 2019.
There are always at least two layers of historic information about non-normative sexuality: the normative, prescriptive narratives of authorities, whether religious, medical, legal, or other; and the individual, concrete, descriptive accounts of everyday experience. It can be enlightening to see where and how these come into conflict. The cases where records acknowledge that actual human beings often fail to follow the paradigms the experts have set out.
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