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A feminist women's history comedy podcast hosted by Ann Foster. How do you solve a problem like Marie Antoinette?

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A feminist women's history comedy podcast hosted by Ann Foster. How do you solve a problem like Marie Antoinette?

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    Deborah Sampson aka Robert Shurtleff (with Greta LaFleur)

    Deborah Sampson aka Robert Shurtleff (with Greta LaFleur)

    This season on Vulgar History, we're investigating How Do You Solve A Problem Like Marie Antoinette? To do so, we're looking at the lives of people who lived during the revolutionary era of the 18th century.
    In honour of Pride Month, this week we're talking about trans historical figure Deborah Sampson/Robert Shurtleff. Deborah/Robert fought in the American Revolution in a sort of Mulan scenario and their gender presentation has lots to discuss.
    Greta LaFleur, associate professor of American studies at Yale University, is our guest this week to help explain Deborah/Robert's story and offer an introduction to the American Revolution.

    Organizations to Support:
    Greta recommends supporting the Trans Justice Funding Project (US)
    Ann recommends supporting:
    Point of Pride (US)
    Trans Care+ (Canada)
    The Trevor Project (US)

    References:
    The Natural History of Sexuality in Early America by Greta LaFleur
    Trans Historical: Gender Plurality Before the Modern, co-edited by Greta LaFleur
    Deborah Sampson essay by Harry M. Ward from Women in World History

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    • 1 hr 47 min
    Charlotte Badger (with Jennifer Ashton)

    Charlotte Badger (with Jennifer Ashton)

    This season on Vulgar History, we're investigating the question How Do You Solve A Problem Like Marie Antoinette? To do so, we're looking at the lives of women who lived during the revolutionary era of the 18th century.
    This week, we're headed to New Zealand (via England and Australia) to learn how the Industrial and American Revolutions contributed to the adventurous life of a convicted thief named Charlotte Badger. This week's guest is Jennifer Ashton, author of Thief, Confict, Pirate, Wife: The Many Histories of Charlotte Badger.
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    References:
    Thief, Convict, Pirate, Wife: The Many Histories of Charlotte Badger by Jennifer Ashton
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    • 1 hr 21 min
    Constanze Mozart (with Kristin Franseen)

    Constanze Mozart (with Kristin Franseen)

    This season on Vulgar History, we're investigating the question How Do You Solve A Problem Like Marie Antoinette? To do so, we're looking at the lives of women who lived during the revolutionary era of the 18th century.
    This week, Kristin Franseen joins us to discuss Constanze Mozart, best known as the wife and then widow of Amadeus Mozart.
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    Learn about the Grove Music Online website of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Project
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    Kristin's references:
    Mozart's Women: His Family, His Friends, His Music by Jane Glover
    1791: Mozart's Last Year by H.C. Robbins Landon
    "Salieri's Cosi fan tutte" by Bruce Alan Brown and John Rice, Cambridge Opera Journal 8, no. 1
    Mozart's Letters, Mozart's Life edited by Robert Spaethling
    A Mozart Pilgrimage by Vincent and Mary Novellos

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    • 2 hrs 18 min
    Marie-Josèphe Angélique

    Marie-Josèphe Angélique

    It's season seven! This year we're investigating the question How Do You Solve A Problem Like Marie Antoinette? Marie Antoinette was famously executed during the French Revolution. To understand how that happened means understanding the French Revolution, which means understanding the spirit of revolution that occurred around the world in the 18th century. This is why the first part of season seven is sub-titled Age of Revolution.
    Things kick off with the story of Marie-Josephe Angelique, an enslaved Black Portuguese woman who may or may not have burned down Montreal in 1734.
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    References:
    The Hanging of Angélique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal by Afua Cooper
    Wikipedia
    https://globalnews.ca/news/211853/montreal-to-honour-slave-marie-josephe-angelique-with-park-name/
    https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-hanging-of-angelique-book-review
    https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/marie-joseph-angelique
    https://this.org/2017/03/27/new-film-takes-a-much-needed-glance-into-canadas-uncomfortable-past-with-racism-and-slavery/
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    • 1 hr 29 min
    Author Interview: June Hur (A Crane Among Wolves)

    Author Interview: June Hur (A Crane Among Wolves)

    Today's guest, June Hur, is the author of historical novels that read like K-dramas. Her latest, A Crane Among Wolves, is set in Joseon-era Korea during the reign of tyrant King Yeonsan.
    Learn more about June and her books at junehur.com
    Buy a copy of A Crane Among Wolves from bookshop.org
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    • 44 min
    Author Interview: Ella McLeod (author of The Map that Led to You)

    Author Interview: Ella McLeod (author of The Map that Led to You)

    We're talking about pirate history this week with Ella McLeod, author of the new YA novel The Map That Led To You! In her research, Ella dove into the world of folklore, pirateology, nautical history, and the voices of people left out of history.
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    Ella's podcast, Comfort Creatures
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    • 38 min

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