She Speaks Volumes

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Short and sweet summaries of fundamental feminist texts from the past 500+ years. She Speaks Volumes provides a primer for critical moments in the history, theory, and philosophy of feminism. Each episode explores a writer, and their contribution to modern feminism.

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  1. Down Below: Leonora Carrington - surrealism + feminism

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    Down Below: Leonora Carrington - surrealism + feminism

    She Speaks Volumes: Season 2 Episode 1. Down Below: Leonora Carrington - surrealism + feminism Down Below written by Leonora Carrington published by NYRB 2017 (originally published 1972). Excerpts read by: Verna Sorrentino. https://www.nyrb.com/products/down-below?variant=29716648135 Leonora Carrington was born in April 6, 1917 in Lancashire, England, and died May 25th, 2011 in Mexico City. She studied art in London, and in Italy. In 1937 Carrington moved to Paris, and was a central figure in surrealist circles. She lived in Sant Martin d’Ardeche with her lover Max Ernst before fleeing to Spain as the Nazi’s encroached on France. In Madrid she was involuntarily committed to an asylum. After her treatment she managed to evade being sent to a sanatorium in South Africa by her parents. She married Renato Leduc and moved to Mexico City, where she would live for most of the rest of her life. A complete biography is available here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonora_Carrington#Mexico If you liked this episode please consider supporting my work! You can ‘Buy Me a Coffee’ right here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SheSpeaksVol

    19 min
  2. The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington: Surrealist Storytelling and female friendship

    EPISODE 2

    The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington: Surrealist Storytelling and female friendship

    She Speaks Volumes: A primer for a millennia of often neglected writings by female philosophers, artists, and scientists. created by Daniella Sorrentino Donate Here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SheSpeaksVol S2:E2: The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington: Surrealist Storytelling and Female Friendship. Excerpts from The Hearing Trumpet are ready by Verna Sorrentino This episode is based on The NYRB edition of The Hearing Trumpet published in 2021. The Hearing Trumpet was written in the 1950s, and was originally published in 1974. Listen to the SSV episode on Carrington's Down Below FROM WIKIPEDIA: Mary Leonora Carrington OBE (6 April 1917 – 25 May 2011[1]) was a British-born Mexican artist, surrealist painter, and novelist. She lived most of her adult life in Mexico City and was one of the last surviving participants in the surrealist movement of the 1930s.[2] Carrington was also a founding member of the women's liberation movement in Mexico during the 1970s.[3][4] read more Research Links: Leonora Carrington's - Art work: https://www.wikiart.org/en/leonora-carringtonMuseo Leonora Carrington: https://www.leonoracarringtonmuseo.orgArticle about Carrington and Varo: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/leonora-carrington-7615/love-friendship-rivalry-surreal-friends Books I used for research: The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington by Joanna Moorhead.Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art by Susan L. AlberthMagia,...

    24 min
  3. Perspectives on the Witch Trials

    EPISODE 4

    Perspectives on the Witch Trials

    She Speaks Volumes is created by Daniella Sorrentino CREDITS: Voice-Actors + Narrators Margaret Alice Murray, excerpts from witchcraze read by Verna Sorrentino Scottish Witches: Marnie Thompson, JP Wright, Susan Harden Joan of Arc: @katsuky Interviews with: Yvonne Owens Dr Liz Williams LINKS TO PURCHASE or READ BOOKS REFERENCED: detailed bibliography below. Witch Cults in Western Europe Witchcraze Abject Eroticism in Northern Renaissance Art Miracles of Our Own Making ResearchBBC Bitesize. “Case Study: James vi and the North Berwick Witch Hunt.” Accessed May 29, 2023. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zj77xbk/articles/zmr6hcw. Dictionaries of the Scots Language. “Dictionary of the Scots Language,” n.d. https://dsl.ac.uk/. King, James, G B Harrison, and James Carmichael. King James the First, Daemonologie (1597) : Newes from Scotland, Declaring the Damnable Life and Death of Doctor Fian, a Notable Sorcerer Who Was Burned at Edenbrough in Ianuary Last (1591). San Diego, Ca: Book Tree, 2002. Llewellyn Barstow, Anne . Witchcraze : A New History of the European Witch Hunts. New York, N.Y.: Harperone, 1994. Murray, Margaret Alice. The Witch-Cult in Western Europe, 1921. Owens, Yvonne. Abject Eroticism in Northern Renaissance Art : The Witches and Femmes Fatales of Hans Baldung Grien. London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020. saint-joan-of-arc.com. “Joan of Arc: Trial of Condemnation Searchable Transcipt,” n.d. https://saint-joan-of-arc.com/trial-condemnation.htm. Williams, Liz. MIRACLES of OUR OWN MAKING : A History of Paganism. S.L.: Reaktion Books, 2021.

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Short and sweet summaries of fundamental feminist texts from the past 500+ years. She Speaks Volumes provides a primer for critical moments in the history, theory, and philosophy of feminism. Each episode explores a writer, and their contribution to modern feminism.

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    18
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    2
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