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Amorous Histories Podcast Annie Harrison
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A podcast about the history of sex and sexuality đ #AmorousHistoriesPodcast
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The writing of 18th century sex workers with Alex Collinson
Please note this episode was recorded in August 2023.
Today Iâm joined by Alexandra Collinson, a third year PhD student at Newcastle University studying eighteenth-century literature. Weâll be talking about her project, The Sex Workersâ Revolution: Prostitution and Feminism in Womenâs writing, 1787-1801, and more broadly about women, sex work, virtue and motherhood in eighteeth century England and Ireland.Â
Alexâs PhD project asserts that revolutionary feminists such as Marie-Madeleine Jodin and Mary Wollstonecraft, were not the only female writers to intervene in the patriarchal domain of late eighteenth-century politics. Her research shows that sex workers like Margaret Leeson and Ann Sheldon also made important contributions to feminist discourses on womenâs nature and social roles in memoirs and legal testimonies published throughout the period.
Alexâs other research interests include womenâs life writing, and representations of sexuality, maternity, and prostitution in eighteenth-century literature. Her PhD project is funded by a Arts and Humanities Research Council Northern Bridge Studentship.
Alex's twitter: https://x.com/AlexCollinson7?t=68q4W_AWb6zzH3BzegysNA&s=09
Alex's Newcastle Uni profile: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/elll/research/literature/literature-pgr-students/current-students/alex-collinson/
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What pornography knows with Dr Kathleen Lubey
Content warning: rape discussed at 14-16mins
In today's episode I have the absolute honour of talking to Dr Kathleen Lubey about her new book What Pornography Knows: Sex and Social Protest since the Eighteenth Century.
Kathleen is a lecturer at St Johnâs University in Queenâs, New York, USA. She specilises in the literature and culture of eighteenth-century Britain, sexuality and gender studies, the history of pornography, and literature of the British slave trade.
Her current book, What Pornography Knows: Sex and Social Protest since the Eighteenth Century, examines archival texts to trace currents of feminism and social justice in British pornography from the 1740s to the present.
Buy What Pornography Knows: Sex and Social Protest since the Eighteenth Century. Use the code âLubey20â to get 20% off the paperback: https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=31053
See the show notes on the website â amoroushistories.co.ukâ
Find me on social media; â Instagramâ , â Facebookâ , â Twitter â and â YouTubeâ .
Drop me an email on amoroushistories@gmail.com
â Bookshop.orgâ UKÂ |Â Bookshop.org USA
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Rape in period drama TV with Dr Julie Taddeo and Dr Katherine Byrne
Content warning: Rape and sexual assault will be discussed throughout.
Today is a special episode as I have Dr Julie Taddeo and Dr Katherine Byrne joining me to talk about their 2022 book Rape in Period Drama Television: Consent, Myth, and Fantasy. We will be discussing representations of rape in TV shows such as Outlander, Poldark, Harlots, Bridgerton, Banished and more.
Dr Julie Taddeo is a Research Professor of British History at the University of Maryland in the USA. She has published multiple books and articles on topics including the Bloomsbury Group and British modernism; the British novelists Catherine Cookson and Anne Perry; Steampunk; and British period drama TV.
Dr Katherine Byrne teaches English at Ulster University in Northern Ireland, and has published many books and articles about period drama, Victorian literature and medicine, womenâs writing, and the Gothic. Thanks again to both of them for joining me!
Apologies for the poor audio quality from my mic, I clearly sat in an area of the house with poor wifi, baby podcaster lesson learned!
Buy Rape in Period Drama Television: Consent, Myth, and Fantasy: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781793625854/Rape-in-Period-Drama-Television-Consent-Myth-and-Fantasy
See the show notes on the website â amoroushistories.co.ukâ
Find me on social media; â Instagramâ , â Facebookâ , â Twitter â and â YouTubeâ .
Drop me an email on amoroushistories@gmail.com
â Bookshop.orgâ UK | Bookshop.org USA
Shop: â amoroushistories.bigcartel.comâ
Donate: buymeacoffee.com/amoroushistpod
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Princess Seraphina; 18th Century Drag Queen
Weâre in 1730s London with gentlemanâs servant and OG drag queen John Cooper, also known as Princess Seraphina. Rictor Norton introduces Seraphina on his website as quote âthe first recognizable drag queen in English history, that is the first gay man for whom dragging it up was an integral part of his identityâ.
See the show notes on the website â amoroushistories.co.ukâ
Find me on social media; â Instagramâ , â Facebookâ , â Twitter â and â YouTubeâ .
Drop me an email on amoroushistories@gmail.com
â Bookshop.orgâ
Shop: â amoroushistories.bigcartel.comâ
Donate: buymeacoffee.com/amoroushistpod
Track: No Saint, Music by: https://slip.stream/ -
Queering WWE Characters
WWE wrestlers are famous worldwide for their skills in the ring, but do their costumes say more about the characters then the writers room are aware of? Join me to read the queer-coding of The Judgement Day; Rhea Ripley, Finn Balor, Damien Preist and Dominic Mysterio.
See the show notes on the website amoroushistories.co.uk
Find me on social media; Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Drop me an email on amoroushistories@gmail.com
UK Bookshop.org
USA Bookshop.org
Shop: amoroushistories.bigcartel.com
Donate: buymeacoffee.com/amoroushistpod
Track: No Saint, Music by: https://slip.stream/ -
Update
Hello! I thought I should post a quick update as my anchor app told me the other day that I had over 600 followers on Spotify who I had cruelly abandoned after 9 episodes. So, sorry about that! I am currently working on a new season of the podcast, it's taken me a lot longer to get going on it because ME/Chronic Fatigue Sydrome is an unruly beast and I'm learning to live with it's unpredictable whims. Fingers crossed as time goes on I'll get better at managing it.
Anyway thank you for hanging in there, I've got some super interesting episodes planned and some lovely guests joining me! You can keep up to date with the podcast by following my socials @AmorousHistories on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok, and @AmorousHistPod on Twitter. As ever transcripts and sources are on my website amoroushistories.co.uk.
I'm looking forward to continuing to share my love of sex, sexuality and gender history with you all!
Until next time, stay sexy!