For this month's bonus book episode, we briefly go over the book expounding on the Riot Grrrl movement, "Girls to the Front" by Sara Marcus, and the impact it made on us this month before we are joined by two wonderful guests!

We had the absolute pleasure of talking to the co-founders of Grrrl Music, Kelsey, and Ashley. With an organization named after the iconic punk riot grrrl music movement, it ties in beautifully to our recent topic and book. We talk all about how they started, the music industry, the modern-day effects of the riot grrrl movement, and much much more! Kelsey & Ashely are an absolute joy and this chat we had with them is such a fun and relaxed, music-filled conversation we know you'll enjoy.

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This week we're talking about the jazz instrumentalist, Lillian Hardin Armstrong. Often referred to as the "First Lady of Jazz," she was mostly known for her connection to her husband, the famous Louie Armstrong. However, with a very impactful career and jazz presence long before Louie, she is worthy of the deep dive this episode provides. We also dive a little into the potential conspiracy surrounding her sudden death, and what little we have left of her legacy today.

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TW: We are discussing mental health, mental disorders, unfair medical practices that basically qualify as torture, and other topics that are more adult and serious. We also briefly mention suicide and eating disorders. We don't focus too much on them but they will be mentioned, so if you don't want to listen, we completely understand!

This week we're talking about the comparison between Camille Claudel and Britney Spears, who although were born more than a century and nearly 5,000 miles apart, share the similarity of having their mental health used against them unjustly for the majority of their lives. We'll also dive into the history of women's mental health, the lack of understanding about it through time, medication, institutionalization, and other women who dealt with similar injustices, and how that can be a threat to women artists throughout history.

Some of the articles we reference:

Britney Spears’s conservatorship alludes to an older story of controlling women artists

How Victorian Women Were Oppressed through the use of Psychiatry

The Dark American History of Silencing Women Through Psychiatry

Women Who Defied Gender Roles Were Once Imprisoned In Asylums

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This week we're talking all about the sculptor Camille Claudel. Most famously known for her love affair with her mentor Auguste Rodin, she is frequently overlooked and underrepresented. With a long legacy of art overshadowed by her lover, a large amount of critiques who declared her on no unnecessary terms, a pure genius, and a tragic end due to an unsupportive and unloving family, she truly is the epitome of everything in our title: more than a muse. 

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In November 1918 Amy Beach (aka Mrs. H. H. A. Beach) wrote an article for Etude magazine titled "To the Girl Who Wants to Compose." In this episode, we dissect the article and talk about technical skills and how that relates to art, education, taking your art seriously, different types of music classification that Beach outlines, and her best advice on how to compose. This is a great episode that relates to way more than just music composition, and especially if you're searching for inspiration!

Read the Article by Amy Beach

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This week Sadie introduces us to Amy Beach, the American music Composer. First widely known for her piano performance, and then later her compositions, with a vast library of works, Beach was definitely not underrated during her lifetime (although history loves to overlook her now). We discuss the nuances of relationships back then, roles of women in society, the idea of "being one of the boys" and more as we talk about her accomplishments, success, and lasting impact on the history of American music. 

The Article about Amy Beach

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Surprise!!! In honor of the Olympics we’ve been spotlighting some of female artists behind the Olympics on our Instagram This week. We figured since we already had those three mini-pods recorded, we’d throw them together on here for you!

We’re talking about Bonnie Cashin, the designer behind American sportswear and the first designer of Olympic uniforms, Deborah Sussman, the graphic designer behind the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics and the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic opening ceremony with Leanne Rimes and the Chicks. 

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For our July book, we read "More Than a Muse: Creative Partnerships that Sold Talented Women Short" by Katie McCabe. In this episode, we discuss the book, the different industries, and art movements, and toxic partnerships! Whether or not you've read the book, this is a super fun discussion that you'll all enjoy!

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In this episode, we talk about The Riot Grrrl Movement, which was the culmination of feminist punk rock music in the nineties. We dive into the reasoning behind the movement (including the toxic world of punk pre-riot grrrl), the bands and zines that started it all, and the lasting effects it had on the future of alternative music.

Riot Grrrl Started Girl Power Article

JSTOR Article

NY Times Article

NY Public Library Article

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TW: We discuss sexual abuse and mental health including suicide in this episode.

In this episode, we dive into the lives of the two famous sisters of the revolutionary Bloomsbury Group, Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. Woolf as many of you may know, is a famed author known for her many novels and writings, along with her many love affairs with women. Her older Sister Bell is less known but still carries a lot of weight in influence through her paintings as some of the first female experiments in abstraction, and with early feminist work that made its mark. These two are notable and definitely worth knowing more about.

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