periods: the uncomfortable history podcast

Elizabeth I and Thomas Seymour


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TW/ sexual harassment and grooming

How a thirteen-year-old princess dodged the desires and plots of a forty year old man. A tale of power play, manipulation and sex in Tudor Times. The experience was formative in Elizabeth's rise to the top and was conducive to her earning the title  of 'The Virgin Queen' whether she was willingly involved with Thomas Seymour, her stepfather, or not. This podcast is an attempt to make Elizabeth's femininity one of her strengths as a leader, rather than a weakness or an irrelevant fact. 

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