Bluestocking

Thank you so much for listening to Bluestocking! This episode is short and maybe not sweet, but certainly poignant. There are some links below if you’re interested in learning more about today’s topic or how you can help some ‘strangers’ through a group like the International Rescue Committee.

Helpful Links:

https://www.rescue-uk.org/article/what-strangers-case

https://qz.com/786163/the-banned-400-year-old-shakespearean-speech-being-used-for-refugee-rights-today/  - The full text of the speech can be read here, and there are also two videos not linked here: One of Ian McKellan performing it, and another featuring Harriet Walter.

https://www.rescue-uk.org/video/strangers-case-shakespeares-rallying-cry-humanity - Filmed at Shakespeare’s Globe in 2018.

https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/research/currentprojects/multiculturalshakespeare/news/?newsItem=8a17841a6411e8b401642243e1b859b6 - a different take, turning it into a local pub scene, also filmed in 2018.

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Music: "String Impromptu Number 1" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Thank you for listening to Bluestocking, the podcast for people who love to learn, but don’t always have time to study.

Helpful Links:

Wendy Moore, Author: http://www.wendymoore.org/

Music: "Peace of Mind" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Greetings, and welcome to Bluestocking! This episode delves into the joint biography, Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon, about Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley.

Helpful Links:

http://charlottegordonbooks.com/

http://time.com/5133735/wollstonecraft-grave-mary-shelley-frankenstein/

Music: "Relaxing Piano Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Psssst... Bluestocking is One Year Old today! Whoohoo! 

Psssst... questions, comments, or suggestions? Email [email protected]! 

Helpful Links:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180611-why-frankenstein-is-the-story-that-defined-our-fears

Edison Silent Movie, Frankenstein: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-fM9meqfQ4

Listen to The Year Without a Summer, about the events that helped inspire Mary Shelley to create Frankenstein: https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org/the-year-without-a-summer-1.html

Or, if you prefer a transcript, from The Allusionist, which is how I first came across the story two years ago: https://www.theallusionist.org/transcripts/frankenstein

ASU The Frankenstein Bicentennial Project: https://frankenstein.asu.edu/

National Theatre LIVE Screenings of the 2011 production featuring Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch switching roles: http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/ntlin4-frankenstein

Music: "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Questions, Comments, or Suggestions? Email [email protected]!

Helpful Links:

https://www.thelittleprince.com/

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-strange-triumph-of-the-little-prince

http://mentalfloss.com/article/64148/12-charming-facts-about-little-prince

http://mentalfloss.com/article/57198/11-drafts-most-famous-phrase-little-prince

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3621040/The-other-side-of-the-story.html

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/consuelo-de-saint-exupery/the-tale-of-the-rose/

Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email [email protected].

Music Courtesy of Kevin MacLeod: "Parting of the Ways - Part 1" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Greetings, and welcome to Bluestocking!

Helpful Links:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-manuscripts-embroidery

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-marginalia-books-doodles

https://www.instagram.com/uofgcodicologist

https://medievalbooks.nl/2014/10/24/feeling-good-about-bad-skin/

http://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2017/05/ready-are-you-more-medieval-yodas.html

Questions, comments, or ideas? Email [email protected].

Head’s Up: this episode contains strong language.

Helpful (and fun!) links:

Samuel Pepys’ Diary: https://www.pepysdiary.com

F Yeah History Crushes: http://fuckyeahhistorycrushes.tumblr.com/

Questions, Comments, or Suggestions? Shoot me an email: [email protected].

Music Credit: "Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Helpful Links:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/delmonicos-womens-lunch

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/06/charles-dickens-and-the-women-who-made-him

Music from Kevin MacLeod: Garden Music Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Helpful Links Concerning Uncomfortable Truths...

About PT Barnum: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-pt-barnum-greatest-humbug-them-all-180967634/

About Mark Twain: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/28/mark-twains-disturbing-passion-for-collecting-young-girls/

Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email [email protected].

Today’s Music: "Wisps of Whorls" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Thank you for listening to Bluestocking!

I highly recommend Fixing Troilus and Cressida performed by The Rude Mechs in Austin, Texas if you’re able to make it. If you’re far away, you can still read the script and check out the awesome work this creative group is making: www.rudemechs.com

Meet Kirk Lynn, the playwright: http://www.kirkkirkkirk.com/

And Alexandra Bassiakou Shaw, the director: http://www.alexandrabassiakoushaw.com/

As always, if you have questions, comments, or suggestions, I’d love to hear from you: [email protected]

Music: "Peace of Mind" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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