The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast

By Heather Rose Jones

A show about queer women in history and historic literature, plus coverage of the field of sapphic historical fiction. Content note: May include discussions of sex within an academic context.... more

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November 05, 2022On the Shelf for November 2022- The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 243
On the Shelf for November 2022
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 243 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Conferences, both virtual and not
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
Vermeil. 1765. Mémoire pour Anne Grandjean. Louis Cellot, Paris.
New and forthcoming fiction
Death on the Rocks (Veronica Nash #8) by A.J. Matthews
Her Vixen Actress (Ladylike Inclinations #2) by Violet Cowper
Lady Liesl's Seaside Surprise (Teacup Magic #4) by Tansy Rayner Roberts
That Dickinson Girl: A Novel of the Civil War (Forgotten Women #1) by Joan Koster
The Secret of Matterdale Hall by Marianne Ratcliffe
A Restless Truth (The Last Binding #2) by Freya Marske
Hot Keys by R.E. Ward
Enigma by Suzie Clarke
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk
What I’ve been consuming
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark
A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark
The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman: The Arabic Epic of Dhat Al-Himma translated by Melanie Magidow
A Thief in the Night by K.J. Charles
Mrs. Wickham by Sarah Page
This month we interview Miyuki Jane Pinckard and talk about:
Looking outside the “medieval Europe” default for fantasy
The Story Kitchen Studio
”The Wolf that Sings on the Mountain” by Miyuki Jane Pinckard
”A House Full of Voices is Never Empty” (Uncanny Magazine) by Miyuki Jane Pinckard
”Radcliffe Hall” (Uncanny Magazine) by Miyuki Jane Pinckard
The Book of Witches edited by Jonathan Strahan
The Heroine’s Journey by Gail Carringer
The Unicorn by Iris Murdoch
Call for submissions for the 2023 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview transcripts added when available.)
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
Twitter: @LesbianMotif
Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
Website: http://alpennia.com
Email: Heather Rose Jones
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Links to Miyuki Jane Pinckard Online
Website: miyukijane.com
Twitter: @miyukijane
Instagram: @miyukijane
...more
32min
October 29, 2022The Wolf that Sings on the Mountain by Miyuki Jane Pinckard - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 242
The Wolf that Sings on the Mountain by Miyuki Jane Pinckard
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 242 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents “The Wolf that Sings on the Mountain” by Miyuki Jane Pinckard, narrated by the author.
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
Twitter: @LesbianMotif
Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
Website: http://alpennia.com
Email: Heather Rose Jones
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Links to Miyuki Jane Pinckard Online
Website: miyukijane.com
Twitter: @miyukijane
Instagram: @miyukijane
...more
26min
October 15, 2022Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 241 – The Appeal of Anne/Jean-Baptiste Grandjean
The Appeal of Anne/Jean-Baptiste Grandjean
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 241 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
The trial record of Anne/Jean-Baptiste Grandjean
The context in which a woman was instructed to transition to a man in 18th century France
Social and legal models of gender in the past
The ambiguity of the historic record and the problem of “true identities”
Sources mentioned
Brief for Anne Grandjean, known by the name of Jean-Baptiste Grandjean, Accused & Appellant by M. Vermeil
The full text of the source, in original, translation, and commentary, can be found on the Lesbian Historic Motif Project blog.
This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: Anne Grandjean
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
Twitter: @LesbianMotif
Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
Website: http://alpennia.com
Email: Heather Rose Jones
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
...more
56min
October 01, 2022On the Shelf for October 2022- The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 240
On the Shelf for October 2022
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 240 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Recent convention activities
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
Huebner, Sabine R. & Christian Laes (eds). 2019. The Single Life in the Roman and Later Roman World. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 978-1-108-47017-9
Mémoire pour Anne Grandjean, connu sous le nom de Jean-Baptiste Grandjean, Accusé & Appellant. 1765. Louis Cellot, Paris.
New and forthcoming fiction
Christmas Secrets of the Soho Club: New Season New Secrets by various authors
Pax Victoria (From the Ashes of Victory #6) by Cameron Darrow
The Pannell Witch (The Pannell Witch #2) by Melissa Manners
Siren’s Kiss by Ariel Spencer
Reader, I Murdered Him by Betsy Cornwell
Divided Lives by K.R. Mullins
Maid to Love by S.J. Faden
Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken by Nita Tyndall
A Belief in Her by Barbara Valletto
Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo
What I’ve been reading
Jane and the Canterbury Tale by Stephanie Barron
Slippery Creatures by KJ Chalres
The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri
Well…It’s Your Cow edited by Frog Jones
Call for submissions for the 2023 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
Twitter: @LesbianMotif
Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
Website: http://alpennia.com
Email: Heather Rose Jones
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
...more
18min
September 17, 2022Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 3: Adapting Marriage Tropes - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode #239
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 3: Adapting Marriage Tropes
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 239 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
The structure of historic romance tropes focusing on marriage
Historic relationships between women that can be used as marriage-analogues in tropes
How separating the relationship aspect of the trope from the emotional dynamic creates the potential for even more angst and conflict
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
Twitter: @LesbianMotif
Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
Website: http://alpennia.com
Email: Heather Rose Jones
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
...more
23min
September 03, 2022On the Shelf for September 2022 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 238
On the Shelf for September 2022
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 239 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
Huebner, Sabine R. & Christian Laes (eds). 2019. The Single Life in the Roman and Later Roman World. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 978-1-108-47017-9
Call for submissions for the 2023 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
New and forthcoming fiction
Mackenzy O'Rorke P.I.: In the Case of the Dangerous Dames by Dee D. Matthews
The Lioness Queen by Elly Greys/Alexia Damyl
Temis and Lofn by Mary Eicher
Queer Weird West Tales by various authors
Sigrid and Elyn: A Tale of Norvegr (Tales of Norvegr 1) by Edale Lane
Her Morning Star (Ladylike Inclinations #1) by Violet Cowper
A Funeral for a Stranger by Eve Morton
The Trunk by C.M. Castillo
Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland
The Killing Code by Ellie Marney
What I’ve been consuming
The Hellion’s Waltz by Olivia Waite (audiobook)
Daughter of Mystery by Heather Rose Jones (audiobook)
The Essex Serpent Netflix series based on the novel by Sarh Perry
Miss Buncle’s Book by D.E. Stevenson
A special appreciation segment on casual, unexpected positive queer representation in The Essex Serpent and Miss Buncle’s Book
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
Twitter: @LesbianMotif
Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
Website: http://alpennia.com
Email: Heather Rose Jones
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
...more
39min
August 20, 2022Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 2: Spinsters - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 237
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 2: Spinsters
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 237 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
Overview of the trope series
The social contexts of the spinster trope
Singlewomen and spinsters in history
Remaking the spinster trope for f/f romances
This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: singlewomen
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
Twitter: @LesbianMotif
Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
Website: http://alpennia.com
Email: Heather Rose Jones
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
...more
20min
August 06, 2022On the Shelf for August 2022 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 236
On the Shelf for August 2022
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 236 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Call for submissions for the 2023 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
Daughter of Mystery is out in audiobook
QueerPodcasts.net
Vintage Lesbians (podcast)
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
Castle, Terry. 1993. The Apparitional Lesbian. Columbia University Press, New York. iSBN 0-231-07653-3
Huebner, Sabine R. & Christian Laes (eds). 2019. The Single Life in the Roman and Later Roman World. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 978-1-108-47017-9
New and forthcoming fiction
The Valkyrie's Daughter by Tiana Warner
Infamous by Lex Croucher
My Lady's Shadow: Power and intrigue in Medieval France by Coirle Mooney
The Lady's Keeper by Coirle Mooney
The Cloistered Lady by Coirle Mooney
Set in Stone by Stela Brinzeanu
Mademoiselle Revolution by Zoe Sivak
The Inconvenient Heiress (The Spinsters of Inverley #1) by Jane Walsh
Ashthorne by April Yates
The Lady Adventurers Club by Karen Frost
The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones
The Oleander Sword (Burning Kingdoms 2) by Tasha Suri
What I’ve Consumed
The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison
An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
This month we interview Rebecca Fraimow and talk about:
The Yiddish theatre in late 19th c Russia and after
Rebecca’s series of queer Jewish historic fantasy stories
Sienna, Noam (ed). 2019. A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969. Print-O-Craft, Philadelphia. ISBN 978-0-9905155-6-2 (link is to LHMP blog entry)
“Further Arguments In Support of Yudah Cohen’s Proposal to Bluma Zilberman” by Rebecca Fraimow (Podcastle)
“Shaina Rubin Keeps Her Head Under Circumstances Nobody Could Have Expected” by Rebecca Fraimow (Podcastle)
“Gitl Schneiderman Learns to Live With Her In-Laws” by Rebecca Fraimow (Podcastle)
“God of Vengeance” by Sholem Asch (Wikipedia link for Sholem Asch)
Indecent xx (link to IMDb.com)
”Fearfully and Wonderfully Made” by Rebecca Fraimow (in Kaleidotrope)
A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview transcripts added when available.)
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
Twitter: @LesbianMotif
Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
Website: http://alpennia.com
Email: Heather Rose Jones
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Links to Rebecca Fraimow Online
Website: https://rebeccafraimow.com/
Twitter: @ryfkah
...more
32min
July 30, 2022A Farce to Suit the New Girl by Rebecca Fraimow - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 235
A Farce to Suit the New Girl by Rebecca Fraimow
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 235 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents “A Farce to Suit the New Girl” by Rebecca Fraimow, narrated by Violet Dixon.
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
Twitter: @LesbianMotif
Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
Website: http://alpennia.com
Email: Heather Rose Jones
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
Links to Rebecca Framow Online
Website: rebeccafraimow.com
Twitter: @ryfkah
...more
37min
July 16, 2022Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 1: Only One Bed - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 234
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 1: Only One Bed
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 234 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
Introducing the trope series
What is a trope?
The logical structure of the Only One Bed trope
The history of attitudes toward female bed-sharing
Bed-sharing and sex between women
Remaking the trope for f/f romances
This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: bed-sharing
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
Twitter: @LesbianMotif
Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon
Links to Heather Online
Website: http://alpennia.com
Email: Heather Rose Jones
Twitter: @heatherosejones
Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
...more
32min

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