This week, Sadie presents a remarkable journey through the vibrant world of British pop art with the pioneering Pauline Boty, the sole female artist and founder of the movement. In a time when the art world was predominantly male-dominated, Boty fearlessly embraced her femininity and sexuality, emerging as an emblem of 1970s feminism. Stauney and Sadie delve into Boty's formative years, where she faced disapproval for defying gender norms in her pursuit of painting—a traditionally male-dominated field. Despite these challenges, Boty soared to prominence in the British art scene, leaving an indelible mark that transcends generations. Tragically, her promising career was cut short by an untimely death, but her legacy continues to inspire and empower artists around the globe.

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This week, we are giving an overview of the movement of feminist art and its power for modern protest. We discuss what feminist art is, the beginning of its movement in the 60s and 70s, and then we discuss some different works of art that made major headway in the feminist art movement and how it continues today.

Episodes to check out after this one: A Brief History of Western Feminism, Vanessa Bell & Virginia Woolfe, Guerilla Girls, Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists, Artemesia Gentileschi

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It's our monthly bonus episode and this month, we're talking about the book "When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today" by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong.

This book focuses on the stories of four women who pioneered soap operas, talk shows, family sitcoms, and television variety shows. Irna Phillips was a single mother who took her successful soap radio shows to television, Gertrude Berg was a Jewish writer who took her radio family sitcom show to television inventing the family sitcom format, Betty White was a young, independent female who created a daytime talk show and became America's sweetheart, and Hazel Scott, a black performer who pioneered the evening variety shows that were popular of the time. 

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This week, we're talking about a MAJOR history conspiracy theory surrounding the gender of the most famous playwright of all time. Although it's a major debate, often shrouded in polarizing opinions, the true identity of the Bard is still one of significant mystery with lots of ideas on whether or not the man we know as William from Stratford-Upon-Avon could actually have been the author behind the most famous plays in history. We discuss a controversial article from The Atlantic that sparked a debate about whether or not Shakespeare could have been a female author under a pseudonym (such as Emilia Bassano), as well as the resulting response articles supporting or debunking the theory. We also talk about the knowledge that went into the works, the people suspected of being the true author, and what it was like to be a woman in the 16th-century world of Shakespeare. 

Articles: Was Shakespeare a Woman? by Elizabeth Winkler, Shakespeare Wrote Insightfully About Women. That Doesn’t Mean He Was One by James Shapiro, Shakespeare Didn’t Write Alone by David Scott Kastan, The Hidden Women Writers of the Elizabethan Theater by Phyllis Rackin, Keep Questioning Shakespeare’s Identity by Mark Rylance

Episodes to check out after this one: The Forgotten Female Horror Writers of the 19th Century, Vanessa Bell & Virginia Woolfe, Aphra Behn

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This week, Sadie is diving into the creator of a 1985 song that unexpectedly hit the top 5 of the charts this summer 37 years after its release. That's right, it's time to talk about Kate Bush, the experimental British rock artist with a cult-like following despite many years of being hidden from the public eye. We get to discuss how streaming is changing the modern music scene for new AND old music. Then we discuss her early life, her early career, her beautiful and unexpected storytelling, contemporary dancing, crazy stage shows with over 50 costume changes, and her insane influence on the world of music in ways that we never expected. 

Episodes to check out after this one: The Forgotten Female Horror Writers of the 19th Century, Vanessa Bell & Virginia Woolfe

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This week, we get a chance to dive into a personal project. Sadie, aka Dasie, has been working on her debut EP for the past year and after its release, we're talking all about it! The story that's told throughout the 6 tracks, the design graphics Stauney got to help out with, some fun moments that come with writing an EP about past relationships, and much more!

Episodes to check out after this one: Introducing More Than A Muse, Fulfilling our Childhood Dreams, The Source of Artistic Inspiration

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This week, Stauney introduces Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Long ignored by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and most of contemporary rock culture, Tharpe was one of the fundamental starts to the entire Rock & Roll music movement and one of the main influences for its lasting legacy. We discuss her beginnings as a childhood guitar and musical prodigy in her pentecostal gospel music group, her touring across the country, her start in the secular music scene, numerous relationships and intrigue surrounding them, and the lasting legacy she so richly deserves.

Episodes to check out after this one: Martha Wash, Hilma Af Klint, Karen Carpenter

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This week, Sadie is bringing us to speed on the famed Italian director Lina Wertmüller. Wertmüller is known for many things, with careers as a puppeteer, actress, stage manager, and writer, but becoming most well known for her Italian Art House films were critically acclaimed, earning her the title of the first female director to be nominated for an Oscar and an Academy Award. She also is quite famous for her extensively long movie titles and to this day holds the Guinness Book World Record for the longest title of a film, which fits perfectly with her birth name which is quite a mouthful in itself. With a childhood of being expelled from numerous catholic schools and a career of satirical witty comedies, her life is anything but boring and cemented her as a legacy in the world of film.

Episodes like this one: Female Written TV Shows, The ______ Girl, Working 9 to 5

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It's part two, and once again we're breaking down the iconic and groundbreaking life of Beyoncé, a woman with so many accomplishments, record-breaking moments, and a legacy that is sure to continue beyond what we've covered. Today we're talking about the release of her 4th album up to her part in The Lion King, her relationships, controversy with music credits, and much more!

Episodes like this one:

Taylor Swift Part 1, Taylor Swift Part 2, Is it Unbearable to be a Female Pop Star, Britney Spears

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Back for another Living Legends episode, we're breaking down the iconic and groundbreaking life of Beyoncé, a woman with so many accomplishments, record-breaking moments, and a legacy that is worthy of a part one and two. Today we're talking all about her early childhood, Destiny's Child, and the successful start of her career up to the release of her Sasha Fierce album. 

Episodes like this one:

Taylor Swift Part 1, Taylor Swift Part 2, Is it Unbearable to be a Female Pop Star, Britney Spears

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