In this episode Siouxsie Q and Sovereign Syre discuss the Spanish Flu Pandemic at the turn of the 20th century and the role of nurses in dealing with the brunt of care and life saving measures at the time.  We talk live over IG during social distancing of the Covid 19 pandemic currently crossing America.  

Sovereign Syre and Siouxsie Q James explore the life and death of Typhoid Mary from the perspective of life in quarantine and the uncertainty of a novel virus.  Exploring themes of social welfare, class, gender, and immigration.

CONTENT WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FRANK DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT.  SENSITIVE LISTENERS MAY WISH TO SKIP THIS EPISODE.  

This week Sov and SQ catch up on what's been happening in their lives and in the news...ILL REPUTE! is about then past, but it's about current events and the future too. We talk about the #metoo movement, the cultural narratives around rape allegations and the list of accusers against Donald Trump.  

This week Sovereign Syre and Siouxsie Q dissect Donald Trump's first marriage and expound on the virtues and mysteries of American icon Ivana Trump.

This week Sovereign Syre and Siouxsie Q dissect Donald Trump's first marriage and expound on the virtues and mysteries of American icon Ivana Trump.

Me and Siouxsie Q catch up on life and plot out the episodes for Season Three of ILL REPUTE! focusing on the women of Trump.

This week @sovereignsyre and @siouxsieqmedia talk about the Brazilian legend of Xica da Silve, the slave who became queen.

This week @sovereignsyre and @siouxsieqmedia talk about Calamity Jane and the mystique of life on the frontier in early America.  

A crime that still captures the American imagination.  Queerphobia, sexism, class struggle, the industrial revolution...it's all ready to be unpacked.