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Writer and comedian Sovereign Syre teams up with VR innovator and former librarian Ela Darling to chronicle the lives of women and gender nonconformists that got a bad rap. Whether they were pioneers in male dominated fields, criminal masterminds, or just epic sl*ts, we here at ILL REPUTE! support women's rights, but more importantly we support women's wrongs.

ILL REPUTE! with Sovereign Syre & Ela Darling Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling

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    • 4.6 • 65 Ratings

Writer and comedian Sovereign Syre teams up with VR innovator and former librarian Ela Darling to chronicle the lives of women and gender nonconformists that got a bad rap. Whether they were pioneers in male dominated fields, criminal masterminds, or just epic sl*ts, we here at ILL REPUTE! support women's rights, but more importantly we support women's wrongs.

    Calamity Jane |1 Born To Run

    Calamity Jane |1 Born To Run

    In her lifetime Calamity Jane was the most famous woman in the world, and her name still evokes the spirit of the WIld West. She has been a character in countless dime novels, television shows, and feature films, and yet all of them were largely fabricated bearing no resemblence to her actual life. In this series on Calamity Jane, we hope to rectify that. In the following episodes we will profile her REAL life, and find that truth is far wilder than fiction. 
    In part one of our series, we chart Jane's early life. Born Martha Jane Canary in Missouri to a hopeless gambler and his teenage wife, a former dancehall girl, Jane was born to run. After the death of her grandfather, the family discovers that Jane's father had been embezzling from his own father to pay for his gambling habit, so with the threat of the law on the way, her father gathered up the family and put them on a wagon train headed for the gold and silver mines of Montana. 
    The world they arrive in is dangerous, crowded and filthy, justice is meted out by vigalante committees and outlaws hang by their necks from the gates of every boomtown. It is into this world that Jane will find herself orphaned. 
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    Sources: 
    Calamity Jane: The Woman and the Legend by James D. McLaird
    http://legendsofthewest.com
    http://newspapers.com
    The Autobiography of Calamity Jane by Herself
    Lowdown on Calamity Jane by Dora Dufran
    http://wikipedia.com 
    https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/momaday19-native-american-mythology-video-gallery/n-scott-momaday/
    Assault on the Deadwood Stage: Road Agents and Shotgun Messengers by Robert K. DeArment
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6WmPL98s4M
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNAHcMMOHE8
     https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/cummins-indian-congress/
    http://publicdomainreview.org
    Credit:
    Script by Sovereign Syre
    Hosted by Sovereign Syre & Ela Darling
    Produced by Joshua Anderson
    Contact:
    illreputepod@gmail.com
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    • 58 min
    Hedy Lamarr |4 Mother of Invention

    Hedy Lamarr |4 Mother of Invention

    In the final installment in our series on Hedy Lamarr, Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling discuss Hedy Lamarr's most famous invention, frequency hopping, and how the US government f*cked her in the deal to the tune of 30 billion dollars. How is it possible that the inventor that brought us WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth never saw a dime? Because she happened to be a dime herself, of course. 
    Sources: 
    Beautiful: The Life of Hedy Lamarr, by Stephen Michael Shearer
    Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Richard Rhodes
    Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story. Directed by Alexandra Dean. 
    Hedy Lamarr by Ruth Barton
    Credits: 
    Hosted by: Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling
    Script by:  Ela Darling
    Produced by: Joshua Anderson
    Contact:
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    • 1 hr 35 min
    Borderline Personality Disorder: The Gender of Diagnosis

    Borderline Personality Disorder: The Gender of Diagnosis

    This week on the pod Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling discuss Borderline Personality Disorder. Why? Because 75% of those diagnosed with BPD are women, and it is the most stigmatized mental illness out there...and according to the literature, the most painful. People who suffer from BPD live twenty years less than their counterparts, and the rate of suicidality is markedly increased. This is an illness attacking women in large numbers, and it has a body count. 
    So let's intervene and disrupt the narrative that women with BPD just, never get better. 
    Content Warning: 
    Brief discussions of sexual abuse and assault and suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org
    Sources: 
    https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8AHBKQy/
    https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8AHdQJG/
    https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8AH8MW4/
    https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8AHdn41/
    https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8AHNMoD/
    https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8AHyenu/
    https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8AHfPoJ/
    https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8AH2eD9/
    Borderline personality disorder: Causes in females
    Why Borderline Personality Disorder is Misdiagnosed
    The Lifetime Course of Borderline Personality Disorder
    Recent developments in psychosocial interventions for borderline personality disorder
    The 4 Types of Borderline Personality Disorder
    The Stigma Associated With Borderline Personality Disorder
    Credit:
    Written by Sovereign Syre
    Hosted by Ela Darling and Sovereign Syre
    Produced by Joshua Anderson
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    • 1 hr 9 min
    Hedy Lamarr |3 A Gilded Cage

    Hedy Lamarr |3 A Gilded Cage

    This week on ILL REPUTE! Ela Darling and Sovereign Syre discuss Hedy Lamarr's Gilded Cage of a marriage to the richest man in Austria. Plus, we take some side journies to debate the merits of sugaring versus escorting. Which is very important to consider, when considering Hedy's life. 
    Sources: 
    http://www.kusd.edu/indiantrailpulse/?p=10438
    Shearer, Stephen Michael (2010). Beautiful: The Life of Hedy Lamarr. Thomas Dunne Books. ISBN 978-0-312-55098-1. (Hoopla- Austin Public Library)
    "'Most Beautiful Woman' by Day, Inventor by Night." All Things Considered, NPR, November 22, 2011.
    Barton, R., Wilson, A., & Barton, R. (2010). In Heddy Lamarr: The most beautiful woman in film. essay, The University Press of Kentucky. 
    Rhodes, Richard. Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the Word. New York: Doubleday, 2011. 
    Salamone, Debbie (October 24, 1991). "Heddy Lamarr Won't Face Theft Charges If She Stays In Line" Archived March 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Orlando Sentinel; retrieved June 10, 2010. 
    Desert Sun, Volume 41, Number 16, 23 August 1967
    Horak, Jan Christopher. "HIGH CLASS WHORE." CineAction, spring 2001, p. 31. 
    Credit:
    written by: Ela Darling
    hosted by: Sovereign Syre & Ela Darling
    produced by: Josh Anderson
    Contact:
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    • 59 min
    Men, Women and Chainsaws: The Theory of the Final Girl

    Men, Women and Chainsaws: The Theory of the Final Girl

    This week on ILL REPUTE! the podcast, Ela Darling and Sovereign Syre discuss the book Men, Women and Chainsaws by Carol J. Clover and what the Final Girl trope in slasher films tells us about how we feel about men, women, and violence. 
    Sources:
    Men, Women and Chainsaws by Carol J. Clover
    Credits:
    Script by Sovereign Syre
    Hosted by Sovereign Syre & Ela Darling
    Produced by Joshua Anderson
    Contact:
    illreputepod@gmail.com
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    IG: @weareillrepute @sovereign_syre @ElaDarling69
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    • 1 hr 27 min
    A Quick And Dirty History Of Horror Films: From Nosferatu to The Final Girl

    A Quick And Dirty History Of Horror Films: From Nosferatu to The Final Girl

    For the next two weeks ILL REPUTE! takes a break from Hedy Lamarr to celebrate Spooky Season. This week Ela Darling and Sovereign Syre deliver a quick and dirty history of horror films....and Ela celebrates her 14th porniversary. From Nosferaturu to the Final Girl, we plot out the trajectory of one of the most popular and enduring genres in American popular culture. 
    Credits:
    Written by Sovereign Syre
    Hosted by Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling
    Produced by Joshua Anderson
    Contact:
    illreputepod@gmail.com
    Follow:
    Twitter: @illreputepod @sovereignsyre @eladarling
    IG: @weareillrepute @sovereign_syre @eladarling69
    TikTok: @illreputepod @callmesovvy @eladarlingx
    Facebook: ILL REPUTE! the podcast
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    • 1 hr 42 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
65 Ratings

65 Ratings

KenzieCocktail ,

Must follow

The hosts are engaging, the content is fascinating and as a woman of I’ll repute myself the content speaks to me. Such a nice retreat from the tired True Crime genre that was previously my go to. You must listen.

ElaDarling ,

Excellent stories of women (updated)

All of the ladies on this show are amazing. Sovereign’s foray into the nuanced histories of different women through the ages is always excellent no matter what the medium.

Update: I originally wrote this on 9/5/18. I had no idea that five years later, almost to the day, I would become the new cohost.

My review remains the same: Sovereign is a genius and I am honored to learn from her, especially from my seat as her new cohost!

Jules the Cat Whisperer ,

Fantastic Find of a Podcast

So very glad ILL REPUTE was recommended to me! Great hosts with super interesting topics.

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