This week we're going back to 18th century France with Marie Antoinette! Join us as we learn about Marie' and Louis' not great sex life, giving birth in public, Marie's journey to France, scandalous pamphlets, and more!

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Cara Mia DiMassa, "That Austrian Woman," Los Angeles Times (2001). https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-oct-21-bk-59630-story.html  Antonia Fraser, Marie Antoinette: The Journey (audiobook) John Hardman, Marie-Antoinette: The Making of a French Queen (Yale University Press, 2019) https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvnwbx1c 

Charlotte Hodgman, "16 things you (probably) didn't know about the rituals behind royal births, from the medieval era to the present day," History Extra, available at https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/royal-births-rituals-queens-lying-in-audiences-holy-girdle/ Antonia Fraser, Marie Antoinette: The Journey. First Anchor Books, 2001

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The Making of Marie Antoinette  Roger Ebert, "Pretty in Pink" (2006) https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/marie-antoinette-2006  Rotten Tomatoes, https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1158195-marie_antoinette/reviews  Anthony Quinn, The Independent, https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/marie-antoinette-12a-420757.html  Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Antoinette_(2006_film)  Kirsten Dunst Breaks Down Her Career, from 'Bring It On' to 'Spider-Man'| Vanity Fair; https://youtu.be/SOzoNKWrsKU?si=pHS4NRPCft0dpLI5  Kirsten Dunst Breaks Down Her Most Iconic Characters; https://youtu.be/pev4mrWUatA?si=NFS4hXZ6JJrLHgWE  Sofia Coppola Shares Her Rich Film Archival | W Magazine; https://youtu.be/u6p_PuXq9hE?si=KjyXP2U_xVb8hOZt