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When one of the smartest women in England, Anne Isabella Milbanke, fell in love with the most scandalous, and handsome, creative genius of his time, Lord Byron, the fallout was nothing less than a national scandal. Their young daughter, Ada, was caught in the crossfire. Ada spent her early childhood being used as a bargaining chip in her parents divorce, and a bitter reminder to Anne Milbanke, of Lord Byron's many betrayals. Desperate not to have her daughter turn out like her drunken, whore of an ex-husband, Milbanke insisted on Ada having the most exclusive STEM education money could buy. While Ada still showed the libertine tendencies of her father, she was almost predestined to become the Mother of Computer Science. This week, we look at the turbulent childhood and rigid education that brought Ada Lovelace right up to the doorstep of technological innovation. 
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Hollings, Christopher, Ursula Martin, and Adrian Rice. "The early mathematical education of Ada Lovelace." BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics, vol. 32, no. 3, 2017, pp. 221-234, DOI: 10.1080/17498430.2017.1325297.
Hollings, Christopher, Ursula Martin, and Adrian Rice. "The Lovelace–De Morgan mathematical correspondence: A critical re-appraisal." Historia Mathematica, vol. 44, no. 3, 2017, pp. 202-231, ISSN 0315-0860, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2017.04.001.
Horvat, Robert. "Five Interesting Portraits of Ada Lovelace, the First Pioneer of Computer Science." The Rearview Mirror, November 6, 2022. Accessed April 5, 2024. https://the-rearview-mirror.com/2022/11/06/five-interesting-portraits-of-ada-lovelace-the-first-pioneer-of-computer-science/
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In the conclusion of our series on Misery Lit and Literary Fraud, we discuss two more famous cases of fabricated memoir and what our conspicuous consumption of trauma porn tells us about ourselves and the cultural narratives around female suffering. 
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Sources https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/khouri-admits-lies-20040818-gdjkm0.html
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/bestsellers-lies-exposed-20040724-gdjerm.html
https://www.theage.com.au/national/khouri-the-troubled-life-of-a-fake-20040731-gdyd40.html
https://australia-explained.com.au/mavericks/helen-demidenkos-hand-that-signed-the-paper
https://www.bu.edu/bostonia/summer09/hoax/
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/from-the-archives-1995-writer-demidenko-revealed-to-be-helen-darville-20200813-p55ldc.html
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v17/n22/peter-craven/diary
https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/14718/
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/09/books/the-unmasking-of-jt-leroy-in-public-hes-a-she.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/health/18well.html
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/helen-forrester-99jsdx093kk
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/jun/15/childrensservices.biography
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6563529.stm
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/garden/28jones.html
Metdepenningen, Marc.Misha Defonseca’s Confessions, Le Soir. Feb 29, 2008. Accessed March 12, 2024 via Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20080302203827/http://www.lesoir.be/channels/cinema/exclusif-2008-02-28-580849.shtml
Bury, Liz. Tugging at Heart Strongs. Bookseller.com 2/22/2007. Accessed March 7, 2024 via Wayback Machine:
https://web.archive.org/web/20080804101600/http://www.thebookseller.com/in-depth/feature/34722-tugging-at-heart-strings.html
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/bestsellers-lies-exposed-20040724-gdjerm.html
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/12/10/literary-hoaxes-and-the-ethics-of-authorship
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/28/magazine/dysfunction-for-dollars.html
Lomax, John Nova. Coal Miner Mother of a Mess. Houston Press. Aug 25, 2005. 
https://www.houstonpress.com/music/coal-miner-mother-of-a-mess-6548530
 




 

On a very special episode of ILL REPUTE! we interview Ret. Constable Tom Wood of Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1983, Constable Wood was called to investigate the murder of Sheila Anderson, a local sex worker. During his investigation, he came to understand that the sex industry had changed, and so did the way they needed to police it.  Tom tells us how he came to see the problem as one of public safety before criminal justice, and he met the challenge head on. While Sheila's death goes unsolved, it also saved countless lives. 
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Misery Literature is a genre of memoir that details the real-life struggles and adversities of individuals, focusing particularly on themes of abuse, poverty, addiction, and survival against the odds. They are usually harrowing stories of the author's survival through complex trauma, usually told from the first person perspective, which generally end in, if not a happy conclusion, at least a ray of hope as the abuse cycle is broken...but when Tragedy becomes profitable, charlatans reach for their quills. 
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Sources https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/khouri-admits-lies-20040818-gdjkm0.html
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/bestsellers-lies-exposed-20040724-gdjerm.html
https://www.theage.com.au/national/khouri-the-troubled-life-of-a-fake-20040731-gdyd40.html
https://australia-explained.com.au/mavericks/helen-demidenkos-hand-that-signed-the-paper
https://www.bu.edu/bostonia/summer09/hoax/
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/from-the-archives-1995-writer-demidenko-revealed-to-be-helen-darville-20200813-p55ldc.html
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v17/n22/peter-craven/diary
https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/14718/
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/09/books/the-unmasking-of-jt-leroy-in-public-hes-a-she.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/health/18well.html
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/helen-forrester-99jsdx093kk
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/jun/15/childrensservices.biography
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6563529.stm
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/garden/28jones.html
Metdepenningen, Marc.Misha Defonseca’s Confessions, Le Soir. Feb 29, 2008. Accessed March 12, 2024 via Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20080302203827/http://www.lesoir.be/channels/cinema/exclusif-2008-02-28-580849.shtml
Bury, Liz. Tugging at Heart Strongs. Bookseller.com 2/22/2007. Accessed March 7, 2024 via Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20080804101600/http://www.thebookseller.com/in-depth/feature/34722-tugging-at-heart-strings.html
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/bestsellers-lies-exposed-20040724-gdjerm.html
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/12/10/literary-hoaxes-and-the-ethics-of-authorship
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/28/magazine/dysfunction-for-dollars.html
Lomax, John Nova. Coal Miner Mother of a Mess. Houston Press. Aug 25, 2005. 
https://www.houstonpress.com/music/coal-miner-mother-of-a-mess-6548530
 

The plague led to a drastic reduction in population, labor shortages, and social upheaval. Entire villages and towns were depopulated, and some regions saw a collapse of agricultural and economic systems. People in the 14th century had little understanding of the causes of the plague, and various responses were attempted, including quarantine measures, flagellant movements, and persecution of minority groups, such as Jews and lepers. None of these measures were effective in halting the spread of the disease. This disruption of the social and economic order created a climate of fear, uncertainty, and hardship. In times of crisis, people often sought explanations and scapegoats for their suffering, which could include the persecution of perceived outsiders and those accused of witchcraft.
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Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici
Witchcraft, Lycanthropy, Drugs and Disease by Homayun Sidky
Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault
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The European Witch Craze, also known as the Witch Hunts or the Witch Trials, was a period of intense persecution of individuals accused of witchcraft in Europe from the late 15th century to the 18th century.Thousands of people, primarily women, were accused, arrested, tried, and often executed as witches during this time. 
The witch hunts were rooted in the belief that certain individuals, known as witches, had made pacts with the devil or evil spirits. They were believed to possess supernatural powers, including the ability to harm others, fly, shape-shift, and cast spells. Witchcraft was seen as a grave threat to society and Christianity. 
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Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici
Witchcraft, Lycanthropy, Drugs and Disease by Homayun Sidky
Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault
Credits:
Script by Sovereign Syre
Hosted by Sovereign Syre & Ela Darling
Produced by Joshua Anderson