Queens and Rebels

Queens and Rebels

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Queens and Rebels episodes

  • 41: Women in WW2 - Remembrance Day Special

    First hand recollection of women's experiences in WW2. 


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    Sources:

    - Moorehead, Caroline. “The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich Review – for 'Filth' Read Truth.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 2 Aug. 2017, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/02/unwomanly-face-of-war-svetlana-alexievich-review.

    - Aleksievich, Svetlana. Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II; Trans. by Richard Pevear. RANDOM House, 2017.

    39 min
  • 40: Jack the Ripper's Victims - Part 3

    Spooktober special - Part 3 of 3 on Jack the Ripper's victims.  Who were the woman behind the infamous crimes? Let's take a trip to the darkest parts of London and find out.

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    Sources:

    - Rubenhold, Hallie. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper. Black Swan, 2020.

    43 min
  • 39: Jack the Ripper's Victims - Part 2

    Spooktober special - Part 2 of 3 on Jack the Ripper's victims.  Who were the woman behind the infamous crimes? Let's take a trip to the darkest parts of London and find out.

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    Sources:

    - Rubenhold, Hallie. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper. Black Swan, 2020.

    55 min
  • 38: Jack the Ripper's Victims - Part 1

    Spooktober special. Part 1 of 3 on Jack the Ripper's victims.  Who were the woman behind the infamous crimes? Let's take a trip to the darkest parts of London and find out. 


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    Sources:

    - Rubenhold, Hallie. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper. Black Swan, 2020.

    39 min
  • 37: St. Olha (Olga) of Kyiv

    Vengeance, sainthood, taxes and a one bad-ass Queen. 


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    Sources:

    - The Rus' Primary Chronicle. Translated by Leonid Makhnovets, Dnipro Publishing, 1990.

    - Hruševsʹkyj Mychajlo Serhijovyč. History of Ukraine - Rus'. Translated by Marta Daria Olynyk et al., Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, 2010.

    - Plokhy, Serhii. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine. Basic Books, 2021.

    - Subtelny , Orest. Ukraine: A History. 4th ed., University of Toronto Press, 2009.

    42 min
  • 36: Gay and Soviet - Part 4

    Homosexuality now re-criminalized faced brutal repression.  Stalin's death brought gradual and limited freedoms that unfortunately omitted attitudes and laws on gay life.   


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    Sources:

    - Healey, Dan. Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia: the Regulation of Sexual and Gender Dissent. University of Chicago Press, 2004.

    - Guskov, Kirill. “Gay Life in Stalin's Gulag.” OpenDemocracy, 11 Dec. 2018, www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/gay-life-in-stalins-gulag/.

    52 min
  • 35: Gay and Soviet - Part 3

    Homosexuality criminalized and re-criminalized and what happened in between. 


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    Sources:

    - Healey, Dan. Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia: the Regulation of Sexual and Gender Dissent. University of Chicago Press, 2004.


    37 min
  • 34: Gay and Soviet - Part 2

    Queer life in post-revolutionary Russia. 


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    Sources:

    - Healey, Dan. Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia: the Regulation of Sexual and Gender Dissent. University of Chicago Press, 2004.

    - History.com Editors. “Russian Revolution.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 9 Nov. 2009, www.history.com/topics/russia/russian-revolution.

    37 min
  • 32: Lorraine Hansberry

    A revolutionary writer, Loraine brought a queer and feminist perspective to her tireless civil rights campaign.


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    Sources:

    - Ingle, Zachary. “‘White Fear’ and the Studio System: A Re-Evaluation of Hansberry's Original Screenplay of ‘A Raisin in the Sun.’” Literature/Film Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, 2009, pp. 184–193.

    - Lipari, Lisbeth. “LORRAINE HANSBERRY: (May 19, 1930–January 12, 1965).” Writers of the Black Chicago Renaissance, edited by STEVEN C. TRACY, University of Illinois Press, 2011, pp. 193–217.

    - Sehgal, Parul. “The Brief, Brilliant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 14 Apr. 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/books/review-radical-vision-lorraine-hansberry-biography-soyica-diggs-colbert.html.

    - “Lorraine Hansberry Quotes.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 18 May 2020, www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/lorraine-hansberry-quotes/14401/.

    - Fonseca, Sarah. “The Double Life of Lorraine Hansberry (Out Magazine, September 1999).” Medium, Medium, 23 Oct. 2020, girlsinmitsouko.medium.com/the-double-life-of-lorraine-hansberry-out-magazine-september-1999-a60c1d471d49.

    - Whitney, Joel. “Lorraine Hansberry Was an Unapologetic Radical.” Jacobin, jacobinmag.com/2020/12/lorraine-hansberry-raisin-in-the-sun-playwright.

    - “Lorraine Hansberry Biography.” Chicago Public Library, www.chipublib.org/lorraine-hansberry-biography/.

    - “American RadioWorks - Say It Plain, Say It Loud.” APM Reports - Investigations and Documentaries from American Public Media, americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/blackspeech/lhansberry.html.

    37 min

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