• Interview with Margaret Vandenburg - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 303
    Dec 16 2024
    Interview with Margaret Vandenburg The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 303 with Heather Rose Jones

    In this episode we talk about:

    • Too many things to list individually
    • Books and people mentioned
      • Magnus Hirschfeld
      • Virginia Woolf - A Room of One’s Own
      • Margaret Vandenburg - An American in Paris
      • Djuna Barnes - Nightwood
      • Virginia Woolf - Orlando
      • Chappell Roan
      • Oscar Wilde
      • Emma Donoghue – The Pull of the Stars
      • Gertrude Stein
      • Michel Foucault - The History of Sexuality
      • Golden Crown Literary Society
      • Olivia Waite - Feminine Pursuits series

    A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview transcripts added when available.)

    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: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
    • The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon

    Links to Heather Online

    • Website: http://alpennia.com
    • Email: Heather Rose Jones
    • Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
    • Bluesky: @heatherrosejones
    • Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

    Links to Margaret Vandenburg Online

    • Website: https://www.margaretvandenburg.com/
    • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/margaretvandenburgwriter
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • On the Shelf for December 2024 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 302
    Dec 7 2024
    On the Shelf for December 2024 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 302 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Call for submissions for the 2024 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blogDerry, Caroline. 2020. Lesbianism and the Criminal Law: Three Centuries of Legal Regulation in England and Wales. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-35299-8Hutchison, Emily & Sara McDougall. 2022. “Pardonable Sodomy: Uncovering Laurence’s Sin and Recovering the Range of the Possible” in Medieval People, vol. 37, pp. 115-146.Derry, Caroline. 2022. “The ‘legal’ in socio-legal history: Woods and Pirie v. Cumming Gordon” in Journal of Law and Society 49:778-799.Roelens, Jonas. 2015. “Visible Women: Female Sodomy in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Southern Netherlands (1400-1550)” in BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review vol. 130 no. 3.Lee, L.J. 2024. “Sossang and Danji: 15th century Korean maidservants in love” published as part of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project at alpennia.com. A new resource for forthcoming sapphic/lesbian fiction2025 Sapphic Fiction compiled by @lavendersbook Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical FictionThe Lady and the Maid by Paul JacksonThe Potent Solution by Ashley NovaThe Long Winter of Mi?gar?r (Tales from Norvegr) by Edale LaneFemale Sharpshooter in the Civil War by Kenneth AlderVictory, Virus, Votes: 1917-1920 (Deborah and Miriam's Boston Marriage #4) by Ellen M. LevyBeyond the Boundaries of Time by Hazel BennettThe Case of the Missing Maid (Harriet Morrow Investigates #1) by Rob OslerSpeak EZ by Elle E. IreClara, Darling by Chace VerityEncrypted Hearts (A Women in War Historical Romance #3) by E.V. BancroftUnbroken by Kim Pritekel What I’ve been consumingYou're the Problem, It's You by Emma R. AlbanBrides of High Hill by Nghi VoA Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose SutherlandHarvest Season by Annick Trent A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview transcripts added when available.) Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmpBlog: http://alpennia.com/blogRSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/Twitter: @LesbianMotifDiscord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord serverThe Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.comEmail: Heather Rose JonesMastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.ShopBluesky: @heatherrosejonesFacebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
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    22 mins
  • A Very Long Malaise by L.J. Lee - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 301
    Nov 30 2024
    A Very Long Malaise by L.J. Lee The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 301 with Heather Rose Jones

    This quarter’s fiction episode presents “A Very Long Malaise” by L.J. Lee, narrated by Bailey Wolfe.

    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/
    • Twitter: @LesbianMotif
    • Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
    • The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon

    Links to Heather Online

    • Website: http://alpennia.com
    • Email: Heather Rose Jones
    • Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
    • Bluesky: @heatherrosejones
    • Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

    Links to L.J. Lee Online

    • Website: ljwrites.blog
    • Mastodon: @ljwrites@writeout.ink

    Links to Bailey Wolfe Online

    • Website: bbwolfevox.com
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    32 mins
  • Where I Have Been, Where I Will Go - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 300
    Nov 16 2024
    Where I Have Been, Where I Will Go The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 300 with Heather Rose Jones

    In this episode we talk about:

    • A look back at what the Project has accomplished
    • Plans for publishing a research sourcebook
    • Outline of the sourcebook contents

    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/
    • Twitter: @LesbianMotif
    • Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
    • The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon

    Links to Heather Online

    • Website: http://alpennia.com
    • Email: Heather Rose Jones
    • Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
    • Bluesky: @heatherrosejones
    • Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
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    12 mins
  • On the Shelf for November 2024 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 299
    Nov 2 2024
    On the Shelf for November 2024 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 299 with Heather Rose Jones

    Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.

    In this episode we talk about:

    • Call for submissions for the 2024 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
    • Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
      • Derry, Caroline. 2020. Lesbianism and the Criminal Law: Three Centuries of Legal Regulation in England and Wales. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-35299-8
    • Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction
      • Redway Acres: Grace by Trish Henry Green
      • Another Victorian Tale of Life and Love (Victorian Tales #2) by Nicole Kotoman
      • When Hearts are True by L.J. Corelli
      • The Lotus Empire (The Burning Kingdoms #3) by Tasha Suri
      • All the Painted Stars (14th Century Oxfordshire #2) by Emma Denny
      • Time and Tide by J.M. Frey
      • Monsoon Queen (The War Between Cedar and Oak #1) by Jo Carthage
      • A Pearl Enraptured by Andrea K. Stein
      • Outlaw Hearts by Lori G. Matthews
      • Timeless by Nicole Pyland
      • Taiwan Travelogue by Shuang-zi Yang (trans. Lin King)
    • What I’ve been consuming
      • Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein by Anne Eekhout, translated by Laura Watkinson
      • The Duke at Hazard by K. J. Charles
      • Craze by Margaret Vandenburg
      • The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells
      • The Fire and the Place in the Forest by Jeannelle M. Ferreira
    • A special book appreciation segmenton books set in the 1920s
      • Nghi Vo The Chosen and the Beautiful
      • Sarah Zane Beautiful Little Fool
      • Alyssa Linn Palmer Midnight at the Orpheus
      • Brandy T. Wilson The Palace Blues
      • Katharine Schellman Last Call at the Nightingale
      • Margaret Vandenburg Craze
      • Missouri Vaun Whiskey Sunrise
      • Stacy Lynn Miller Devil’s Slide
      • Anne Shade Masquerade
      • Ava Freeman The Sweetest Taboo
      • Nekesa Afla Dead Dead Girls
      • Kip Wilson The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin
      • April Yates Ashthorne
      • A.L. Lester The Fog of War
      • Charlotte Anne Hamilton Of Trust and Heart

    A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview transcripts added when available.)

    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: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
    • The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon

    Links to Heather Online

    • Website: http://alpennia.com
    • Email: Heather Rose Jones
    • Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
    • Bluesky: @heatherrosejones
    • Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
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    27 mins
  • Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 15: Gender Disguise - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 298
    Oct 19 2024
    Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 15: Gender Disguise The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 298 with Heather Rose Jones

    In this episode we talk about:

    • My definition of gender-disguise plots
    • The dynamics of gender disguise in m/f romance
    • The dynamics and considerations of gender disguise in f/f romance
    • Some considerations of gender disguise in m/m romance

    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/
    • Twitter: @LesbianMotif
    • Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
    • The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon

    Links to Heather Online

    • Website: http://alpennia.com
    • Email: Heather Rose Jones
    • Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
    • Bluesky: @heatherrosejones
    • Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
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    11 mins
  • On the Shelf for October 2024 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 297
    Oct 5 2024
    On the Shelf for October 2024 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 297 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Disaster fictionAnnouncing the 2025 fiction series and some milestonesThe challenge that large language models present to publishingBook ShoppingDerry, Caroline. 2020. Lesbianism and the Criminal Law: Three Centuries of Legal Regulation in England and Wales. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-35299-8 Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical FictionA Victorian tale of life and love by Nicole KotomanMy Beloved Viking by Victoria ValbergThe Legend of Pope Joan - Part 1: Frankia by author The Legend of Pope Joan - Part 2: Athens by author The Legend of Pope Joan - Part 3: Rome by author Her Fair Lady by Catherine SteinAll Bets Off by Jaime ClevengerHearts in the Shadows by Zara VossPeril in Provence (The Mary Grey Mysteries #4) by Winnie FrolikGentlest of Wild Things by Sarah UnderwoodSor Juana, My Beloved: The Poetry, The Passion That Is Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz by MaryAnn ShankThe Greymere Cliffs: A gothic romance short story by Anne KnightStrange Beasts by Susan J. MorrisMoonshine by Olivia HamptonHer Last Secret by Renee BessIslands of Mice by Lucy JacobsThe People Next Door by Anna Woiwood Other Titles of InterestI Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari ConnerWomen's Hotel by Daniel M. Lavery What I’ve been consumingA Shore Thing by Joanna LowellA Liaison with Her Leading Lady by Lotte R. JamesNetherford Hall by Natania BarronHow to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django WexlerCan’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca ThorneThe First Rebellion by M.C. BeatonAny Old Diamonds by K.J. CharlesGilded Cage by K.J. CharlesRag and Bone by K.J. CharlesTooth and Claw by Jo Walton A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview transcripts added when available.) Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmpBlog: http://alpennia.com/blogRSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/Twitter: @LesbianMotifDiscord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord serverThe Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.comEmail: Heather Rose JonesMastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.ShopBluesky: @heatherrosejonesFacebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
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    30 mins
  • Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 14b: Actresses and the Stage - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 296
    Sep 21 2024
    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 outlawsSpecific 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 French History and Culture. Harrington Park Press, New York. ISBN 1-56023-263-3Cheek, Pamela. 1998. "The 'Mémoires secrets' and the Actress: Tribadism, Performance, and Property", in Jeremy D. Popkin and Bernadette Fort (eds), The "Mémoires secrets" and the Culture of Publicity in Eighteenth-Century France, Oxford: Voltaire Foundation.Choquette, Leslie. 2001. “’Homosexuals in the City: Representations of Lesbian and Gay Space in Nineteenth-Century Paris” in Merrick, Jeffrey & Michael Sibalis, eds. Homosexuality in French History and Culture. Harrington Park Press, New York. ISBN 1-56023-263-3Craft-Fairchild, Catherine. 2006. “Sexual and Textual Indeterminacy: Eighteenth-Century English Representations of Sapphism” in Journal of the History of Sexuality 15:3Donoghue, Emma. 1995. Passions Between Women: British Lesbian Culture 1668-1801. Harper Perennial, New York. ISBN 0-06-017261-4Donoghue, Emma. 2010. “'Random Shafts of Malice?': The Outings of Anne Damer” in Lesbian Dames: Sapphism in the Long Eighteenth Century. Beynon, John C. & Caroline Gonda eds. Ashgate, Farnham. ISBN 978-0-7546-7335-4Faderman, Lillian. 1981. Surpassing the Love of Men. William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York. ISBN 0-688-00396-6Gonda, Caroline. 2010. “The Odd Women: Charlotte Charke, Sarah Scott and the Metamorphoses of Sex” in Lesbian Dames: Sapphism in the Long Eighteenth Century. Beynon, John C. & Caroline Gonda eds. Ashgate, Farnham. ISBN 978-0-7546-7335-4Katritzky, M.A. 2005. “Reading the Actress in Commedia Imagery” in Women Players in England, 1500-1660: Beyond the All-Male Stage, edited by Pamela Allen Brown & Peter Parolin. Ashgate, Burlington. ISBN 978-0-7546-0953-7Manion, Jen. 2020. Female Husbands: A Trans History. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 978-1-108-48380-3Merrick, Jeffry. 1990. “Sexual Politics and Public Order in Late Eighteenth-Century France: the Mémoires secrets and the Correspondance secrete” in Journal of the History of Sexuality 1, 68-84.Merrill, Lisa. 2000. When Romeo was a Woman: Charlotte Cushman and her Circle of Female Spectators. The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. ISBN 978-0-472-08749-5Rizzo, Betty. 1994. Companions without Vows: Relationships among Eighteenth-Century British Women. Athens: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-3218-5Straub, Kristina. 1991. “The Guilty Pleasures of Female Theatrical Cross-Dressing and the Autobiography of Charlotte Charke” in Body guards : the cultural politics of gender ambiguity edited by Julia Epstein & Kristina Straub. Routledge, New York. ISBN 0-415-90388-2Todd, Janet & Elizabeeth Spearing ed. 1994. Counterfeit Ladies: The Life and Death of Mary Frith Case of Mary Carleton. William Pickering, London. ISBN 1-85196-087-2Velasco, Sherry. 2000. The Lieutenant Nun: Transgenderism, Lesbian Desire and Catalina de Erauso. University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-78746-4Vicinus, Martha. 2004. Intimate Friends: Women Who Loved Women, 1778-1928. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. ISBN 0-226-85564-3Wahl, Elizabeth Susan. 1999. Invisible Relations: Representations of Female Intimacy in the Age of Enlightenment. Stanford University Press, Stanford. ISBN 0-8047-3650-2 A transcript of this podcast is available here. Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmpBlog: http://alpennia.com/blogRSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/Twitter: @LesbianMotifDiscord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord serverThe Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.comEmail: Heather Rose JonesMastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.ShopBluesky: @heatherrosejonesFacebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
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    18 mins