This week is part two of our two parter on Cass Elliot. Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling talk about Cass's life after the break up of The Mamas And The Papas and her vindication as a solo singer.

Once money started coming in, Cass hosted artist salons at her large Laurel Canyon estate. She was kind and charismatic, easily making her the most popular one of the group. Joni Mitchell wrote several songs in her living room. At a soiree at her home one night, she urged her friends David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash to sing together at her place, thus forming Crosby Stills and Nash. She was also the only other person to sing on the first Crosby Stills and Nash album.

David Crosby described her life, "She had possibly the nicest house of any of us, and she liked having people over… I remember an afternoon when I took Eric Clapton up there and he and Cass and Joni Mitchel played tunes."

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Fiege, Eddi. Dream a Little Dream of Me : The Life of 'Mama' Cass Elliot. Pan Macmillan, 2005

Elliot-Kugel, Owen. My Mama, Cass. Elm Streeet Books, 2024.

AutumnBay. "Make Your Own Kind of Music: A Cass Elliot Documentary Part 1. Mar 31, 2021. https://youtu.be/pMD56G93XsQ?si=sT601sB5QK48uktZ

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CassElliot.com

Pochocki, Regina. Don't Call Me Mama Anymore: The Story of Cass Elliot. Stinger News, May 5, 2021.

"Biography" Mama Cass. Directed by Joan Owens, featuring Cass Elliot, Tom Smothers, Dave Mason, and Leon Bing. A&E Network, 2003.

Kloman, William. "Sink Along with Mama Cass." Esquire Magazine, June 1969.

This week on the podcast, Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling talk about Cass Elliot, in our opinion, the most important member of The Mamas and The Papas.

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Fiege, Eddi. Dream a Little Dream of Me : The Life of 'Mama' Cass Elliot. Pan Macmillan, 2005

Elliot-Kugel, Owen. My Mama, Cass. Elm Streeet Books, 2024.

AutumnBay. "Make Your Own Kind of Music: A Cass Elliot Documentary Part 1. Mar 31, 2021. https://youtu.be/pMD56G93XsQ?si=sT601sB5QK48uktZ

AutumnBay. "Make Your Own Kind of Music: A Cass Elliot Documentary Part 2. August 26, 2021. https://youtu.be/_lvmohdhHgE?si=3DM5RIyOWQSrGHsR

CassElliot.com

Pochocki, Regina. Don't Call Me Mama Anymore: The Story of Cass Elliot. Stinger News, May 5, 2021.

"Biography" Mama Cass. Directed by Joan Owens, featuring Cass Elliot, Tom Smothers, Dave Mason, and Leon Bing. A&E Network, 2003.

Kloman, William. "Sink Along with Mama Cass." Esquire Magazine, June 1969.

In the flash of the paparazzi's cameras, Anna had gone from stripper, to Playmate, to Playmate of the year, to the face of Guess Jeans. A contract rumored to have been worth millions of dollars. Anna's beauty, sex appeal and supernatural charm had carried her to the edge of the finish line, all she had to do was cross it. In this week's episode, Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling conclude the story of Anna Nicole Smith's life.

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https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2007/04/04/anna-nicole-smith-anatomy-of-a-feeding-frenzy/

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2006/02/rack-and-ruin.html

https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2001/02/02/it-s-very-expensive-to-be-me/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_K._Stern

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Nicole_Smith

https://people.com/parents/all-about-dannielynn-birkhead-anna-nicole-smith-larry-birkhead-daughter/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dannielynn_Birkhead_paternity_case

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_v._Marshall

https://people.com/celebrity/how-anna-nicole-struggled-with-her-weight/

https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2007/04/04/anna-nicole-smith-anatomy-of-a-feeding-frenzy/

https://www.chron.com/culture/main/article/assault-suit-against-smith-called-an-attempt-at-1821969.php

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https://people.com/celebrity/pathologist-meds-killed-daniel-smith/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=canEzXo5pE0&t=38s

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2013/03/04/the-billionaire-the-playboy-bunny-and-the-tangled-affairs-of-the-marshall-family/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/j-howard-marshall

https://www.bankruptcylitigation.blog/us-supreme-court-cases/the-courtship-of-anna-nicole-smith-part-ii-pierce-marshalls-appellate-arguments-reviewed/

In part one of a two parter, Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling delve into the origins of a 2000s icon.

Anna Nicole Smith was a polarizing, misunderstood figure. Often remembered for being an absolute trainwreck. Her rise to fame, from the girl next door to supermodel, made her a media darling, her campy, over the top persona, and ditzy girl humor on one of the earliest reality shows made her a queer icon, and her slide into addiction and despair made her a tragic figure of mythic proportions. I mean, she's become a trope in rap songs alongside the likes of Donald Trump and Monica Lewinsky. Iconic.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/anna-nicole-smith-netflix-doc-claims-her-tragic-life-story-was-a-fraud

https://nextwaving.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/the-strange-case-of-anna-nicole-smith/

https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN26300814/

https://sourcingjournal.com/denim/denim-brands/guess-paul-marciano-sexual-misconduct-accusers-sue-board-members-harassment-335114/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Howard_Marshall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Nicole_Smith

https://fortune.com/2023/09/29/guess-settlement-marciano-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit/

https://thehundreds.com/blogs/content/reading-playboy-for-the-articles-13-must-read-journalism-literature-pieces-from-playboy-magazine

http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0702/18/lkl.01.html

From the silent era's vamps to the Golden Age goddesses of Hollywood, the bombshell has always been an enchanting figure, shaped and reshaped by societal desires and anxieties.

The bombshell is not a static ideal. It has morphed and adapted, mirroring the shifting landscapes of culture and feminism. Today, in the digital age, the bombshell exists in a new dimension, where social media amplifies both empowerment and objectification. We are left to question: Is the bombshell a symbol of female agency, or merely a construct designed to titillate and control?

This exploration will delve into the complex history of the bombshell inits various incarnations, and examine the power it wields.

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The Online Etymology Dictionary by Douglas Harper:https://www.etymonline.com/word/bombshell

"Bombshell (slang)" Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombshell_(slang)

Jean Harlow jeanharlow.com/about/biography

Dorothy Dandridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dandridge

Josephine Baker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Baker

Ertha Kitt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eartha_Kitt

Hallie Berry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halle_Berry

Mariyln Monroe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe

Theda Bara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theda_Bara

Louise Brooks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Brooks

Rita Hayworth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Hayworth

Lana Turner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Turner

Ava Gardner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ava_Gardner

Bridget Bardot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Bardot

Sophia Loren https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Loren

Jayne Mansfield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_Mansfield

Raquel Welch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raquel_Welch

Ann Margaret https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann-Margret

Jane Fonda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Fonda

Diane Keaton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Keaton

Faye Dunaway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faye_Dunaway

Farah Fawcett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farrah_Fawcett

Bo Derek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Derek

Cheryl Teigs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Tiegs

"Pamela Anderson" Biography.com. A&E NetworksTelevision.https://www.biography.com/actors/pamela-anderson

"Carmen Electra" Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Electra

"Salma Hayek" Biography.com. A&E Networks Television. https://www.biography.com/actor/salma-hayek

"Anna Nicole Smith" Biography.com. A&E Networks Television. https://www.biography.com/personality/anna-nicole-smith

His transition required thirteen operations and took place over four years, with no one the wiser. Dillon went on to be a surgeon himself, and traveled the world with various naval vessels for six years, living life as a man, with no one suspecting his origins.

He was ultimately outed because of his nobility. There are peerage records that are made of everyone's descendancy and changing one's names in those had been impossible and eventually someone noticed the discrepancy.

After living as Michael Dillon for fifteen years, he was onboard a ship when he got a cable from England. It was from The Daily Express as said "Do you intend to claim the title since your change-over?"

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Out of the Ordinary by Michael Dillon

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Today, we are taking on our first man. Because sometimes men do important stuff for women. Like creating the field of plastic surgery. He's a saint that changed the lives of thousands of wounded soldiers during WWI and pioneered many of the cosmetic procedures that are used today…primarily on women. Ladies and Gentlemen, Dr. Harold Gillies

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The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gillies

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"Prozac Nation is a young person's book, both in terms of its author and its target audience…What seemed most important to me about Wurtzel's writing was that she had been messy, and she was willing to detail that mess without apology…It was a radical departure from how I'd seen women write about themselves…Whether we like it or not, Prozac Nation really did change the landscape when it comes to the way women write about themselves. It laid the groundwork for the what Jia Tolentino called the "personal-essay boom" of the early 2010s, an era when no detail was too graphic, no humiliation too private for sharing."

It's important to understand what was going on in the culture at this time. Prozac had just become popular, and record numbers of people were being diagnosed with depression. The chart topping artists were Depeche Mode, Nirvana, and Nine Inch Nails, bands whose messages were those of apathy and wallowing in despair, and a few months before Prozac Nation was published, Kurt Cobain committed suicide. There was a problem, but people were also wary of how we were treating it.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/books/elizabeth-wurtzel-dead.html

https://lithub.com/how-did-elizabeth-wurtzel-survive-us/

https://www.curbed.com/2022/10/elizabeth-wurtzel-auction.html

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/the-chaotic-beautiful-larks-of-elizabeth-wurtzel

https://longreads.com/2019/09/25/prozac-nation-turns-25/

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/11/7/archives-elizabeth-wurtzel/

https://observer.com/2006/03/the-liars-club-an-incomplete-history-of-untruths-and-consequences/

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/25/books/rambunctious-with-tears.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/177392370/?match=1&terms=Elizabeth%20Wurtzel

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/08/with-prozac-nation-elizabeth-wurtzel-blew-open-the-memoir-as-we-know-it

https://litfemme.substack.com/p/ive-been-thinking-about-elizabeth

https://www.thecut.com/2013/01/elizabeth-wurtzel-on-self-help.html

This week Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling profile writer and icon, Elizabeth Wurtzel. A beautiful, young, Harvard graduate whose memoir Prozac Nation got her on the New York Times Bestseller List and made her an overnight celebrity. She also suffered from major depression and was one of the first people to be prescribed the drug Prozac. She was both a media darling, and roundly mocked by others, for what was precieved as a kind of narcissism endemic of a news generation, a cohort labeled Gen X.

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Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America by Elizabeth Wurtzel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/no Elizabeth_Wurtzel

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/books/elizabeth-wurtzel-dead.html

https://lithub.com/how-did-elizabeth-wurtzel-survive-us/

https://www.curbed.com/2022/10/elizabeth-wurtzel-auction.html

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/the-chaotic-beautiful-larks-of-elizabeth-wurtzel

https://longreads.com/2019/09/25/prozac-nation-turns-25/

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/11/7/archives-elizabeth-wurtzel/

https://observer.com/2006/03/the-liars-club-an-incomplete-history-of-untruths-and-consequences/

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/25/books/rambunctious-with-tears.html

https://www.newspapers.com/image/177392370/?match=1&terms=Elizabeth%20Wurtzel

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/08/with-prozac-nation-elizabeth-wurtzel-blew-open-the-memoir-as-we-know-it

https://litfemme.substack.com/p/ive-been-thinking-about-elizabeth

https://www.thecut.com/2013/01/elizabeth-wurtzel-on-self-help.html

Roselyn "Rosie" Keo was the daughter of Cambodian refugees. When she was younger, her parents got caught up in gambling and nightlife, taking off for Atlantic City, leaving Rosie and her siblings to be raised by their elderly grandparents. She was a wild child, getting in fights, having bad boyfriends, typical teenage rebel stuff. She was growing up Rockland County, and by the age of 17, she dropped out of school and got a job working at New York City Diner to help with expenses at home. There was a gentleman's club nearby called, Lace, and the dancers would often come into the diner after their shifts. One night a manager at Lace tipped her $20 bucks on a $20 dollar ticket and told her she should hit up the club if she was interested in making "real money." Soon after she went to the club, lied about her age, and started working the pole. What followed became the basis for the hit film Hustlers starring Jennifer Lopez, Lizzo and Cardi B.

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https://jessicapressler.com/the-hustlers-at-scores/498

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/13/movies/hustlers-real-story.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/jennifer-lopez-hustlers-samantha-barbash-lawsuit-934721/

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/01/samantha-barbash-real-ramona-hustlers-lawsuit

https://time.com/5671735/hustlers-movie-true-story/

https://www.msk.com/newsroom-alerts-2901

https://nypost.com/2017/04/05/stripper-gets-probation-for-drugging-clients-taking-their-money/