Loose: A Podcast About the History of Sex and Vice

Lies, drama, and mostly, more lies. This week’s episode profiles Lulu White’s more… complicated behavior over her time reigning as the Diamond Queen of New Orleans’ red light district Storyville.

My special guest this week is Billie Jean, @billiexojean

Get in touch with me @quinnlarouxdrag or [email protected]

My Patreon is patreon.com/loosepodcast

Music for this weeks episode is provided through Epidemic Sound. This week’s song is Strolling Through Town by Ofelia Moore

Sources for this weeks episode include but are not limited to:

Spectacular Wickedness:Sex, Race, and Memory in Storyville New Orleans by Emily Epstein Landeau

The Great Southern Babylon by Alecia P. Long

Storyville, New Orleans by Al Rose

For a more general overview of the creation of the district, I recommend Empire of Sin by Gary Krist

Abandon yourself to the absolute limits of obscentity. Sex murders, early clubs, and a woman who is paid literally to act bored while sleeping with men. We’ll survey clubs and saloons from the roughly forty years following the Civil War and discuss #SHEroes like Kate Townsend, Gertie Livingston, Josephine Icebox, the women of Smoky Row, and so much more

Music for this weeks episode was Ragtime Afternoons by Rich in Rags available through Epidemic Sound.

Get in touch with me @quinnlarouxdrag or through [email protected]

If you would like to gain access to extra episodes and support the podcast, I am on patreon at patreon.com/loosepodcast

Resources used in today’s episode include but are not limited to:

The Great Southern Babylon by Alecia P Long (Directly quoted in the episode)

The Accident of Color by Danile Brook

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman

Storyville, New Orleans by Al Rose

The Making of Asian America by Erika Lee

America for American by Erika Lee

More info and photos can be found at:

http://www.storyvilledistrictnola.com/kate_townsend.html

More info on use of word fat (It’ll come up a lot in more episodes in the future)

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/8-women-on-why-they-are-reclaiming-the-word-fat_b_57eec8d0e4b0972364deb2e4

Let's get this bread. Today's episode takes a deeper look at sex and sex work during the civil war. We're talking General Order No 28, sex boats, bread riots, and really weird ideas about masturbation.

Get in touch with Quinn @quinnlarouxdrag or at [email protected]

Patreon is patreon.com/loosepodcast

Music for this episode include samples from

"The Star Spangled Banner (Marching Band Traditional)" Epidemic Sound

"The Joyous and the Sad" by Nico Dickens

Sources used in today's episode's research include but are not limited to:

Sex and the Civil War: Soldiers, Pornography, and the Making of American Morality Judith Giesberg

An Evening with Venus: Prostitution during the American Civil War John Gaines

A History of American in Ten Strikes Eric Loomis

Storyville, New Orleans Al Rose

“(Mis)Remembering General Order No. 28”, Occupied Women Alciea P Long

The American Slave Coast Constance and Ned Sublette

The Great Southern Babylon Alicea P Long

Revolt Against Chivalry Jacquelyn Dowd Hall

The Lorette Laws and the coalition of sex workers and their allies who beat them back in 1859. Victorian ideas, early Mardi Gras, and a rebellious sex worker protest on the middle of Canal Street. In part one we’ll dive into why the sex workers were able to have a booming economy, the laws that targeted them, and the court case they defeated, ending with the sex workers immediately reclaiming Mardi Gras back from the terrible white men. In part two, I review modern Mardi Gras parades, probably start some drama, and end with a discussion about who is allowed to be assumed as an artist.

Loose is an independent podcast hosted and clumsily produced by Quinn Laroux @quinnlarouxdrag

The website is loosepodcast.com and the patreon is at patreon.com/loosepodcast

Pleasure Bound by Deborah Lutz

Unmentionable by Therse Oneill 

Sultry Climates by Ian Littlewood 

Sex and the Civil War Judith Giesberg

Lords of Misrule by James Gill

An Evening with Venus by John Gaines

Love in the Time of Victoria by Fracoise Barret-Durocq 

The “Baby Dolls” by Kim Marie Vaz 

The Trails of Nina McCall by Scott Stern

Brothels, Depravity, and Abandoned Women by Judith Schafer

Neworleanshistorical.org

Reason for the local controversy I mentioned: https://www.ambushmag.com/rawhide-phoenix-an-investigation/

Stabbing: Is it feminist? This week we discuss Gallatin Street street gangs and Bridget Fury, one of the most infamous sex workers in her day who knew her way around a knife and was able to . Part two includes a special guest, my friend Courtney.

The New Yorker Article mentioned in part two:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/01/20/how-far-can-abused-women-go-to-protect-themselves

Loose is an independent podcast produced and hosted by Quinn Laroux who you can find on instagram @quinnlarouxdrag

Loose is supported by listeners like you through patreon. Special episodes can be found every week at patreon.com/loosepodcast for as low as $2 a month.

Sources used in this week’s episode include:

The Accidental City by Lawrence Powell

The Accident of Color by Daniel Brook

Pleasure Bound by Deborah Lutz

Unmentionable by Therse Oneill

Sultry Climates by Ian Littlewood

Love in the Time of Victoria by Fracoise Barret-Durocq

The “Baby Dolls” byt Kim Marie Vaz

The Trails of Nina McCall by Scott Stern

Brothels, Depravity, and Abandoned Women by Judith Schafer

Neworleanshistorical.org no

For the very first episode, we’ll set up the foundation for all of the New Orleans’ sex industry history we will cover over the next few months. Tune in for a crash course on everything from early syphilis (including mine), the first women of New Orleans, the Ursuline Nuns, placage, and the beginnings of our discussions of antebellum sex work all while sounding like I used a vacuum cleaner to record myself.

Support Loose at patreon.com/loosepodcast for special bonus content starting next week.

The political cartoon “A Peaceful Evening on Gallatin Street”:

https://www.hnoc.org/peaceful-evening-gallatin-street

Books and articles used for research today include”

The Accidental City by Lawrence Powell 

The Accident of Color by Daniel Brook

Brothels, Depravity, and Abandoned Women by Judith Schafer

Neworleanshistorical.org

Bulbancha is Still A Place ( A zine by the POC Zine Project)

Lords of Misrule by James Gill

The “Baby Dolls” by Kim Marie Vaz 

And The American Slave Coast by Constance and Ned Sublette 

Logo designed by Corrine Doddenhoff https://www.corinnedodenhoff.com/

Today’s episode sets up the foundation for all of the New Orleans sex industry history we will cover over the next few months. Tune in for a crash course on everything from early syphillis (including my own for som, the first women of New Orleans, the Ursaline Nuns, placage, and the beginings of antebellum sex work.

Check out the website for more images

The political cartoon I used:

https://www.hnoc.org/peaceful-evening-gallatin-street

Books and articles used for research today include”

The Accidental City by Lawrence Powell

The Accident of Color by Daniel Brook

Brothels, Depravity, and Abandoned Women by Judith Schafer

Neworleanshistorical.org

Bulbancha is Still A Place ( A zine by the POC Zine Project)

Lords of Misrule by James Gill

The “Baby Dolls” by Kim Marie Vaz

And The American Slave Coast by Constance and Ned Sublette

Logo designed by Corrine Doddenhoff https://www.corinnedodenhoff.com/

Find me @quinnlarouxdrag on instagram or through my website loosepodcast.com