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The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast

By: Heather Rose Jones
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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.Copyright 2020 All rights reserved. Art Literary History & Criticism World
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  • Benedetta Carlini, Lesbian Nun - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 314
    May 17 2025
    Benedetta Carlini, Lesbian Nun The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 314 with Heather Rose Jones

    In this episode we talk about:

    • The historic and religious context of Benedetta’s life
    • Benedetta’s sexual encounters
    • Sources mentioned
      • Brown, Judith C. 1984. “Lesbian Sexuality in Renaissance Italy: The Case of Sister Benedetta Carlini” in Signs 9 (1984): 751-58. (reprinted in: Freedman, Esteele B., Barbara C. Gelpi, Susan L. Johnson & Kathleen M. Weston. 1985. The Lesbian Issue: Essays from Signs. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago. ISBN 0-2256-26151-4)
      • Brown, Judith C. 1986. Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy. Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 0-19-504225-5
      • Holler, Jacqueline. 1999. “’More Sins than the Queen of England’: Marina de San Miguel before the Mexican Inquisition” in Women in the Inquisition: Spain and the New World, ed. Mary E. Giles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. ISBN 0-8018-5931-X pp.209-28
      • Matter, E. Ann. 1989. “My Sister, My Spouse: Woman-Identified Women in Medieval Christianity” in Weaving the Visions: New Patterns in Feminist Spirituality, eds. Judith Plaskow & Carol P. Christ. Harper & Row, San Francisco.
      • Watt, Diane. 1997. “Read My Lips: Clipping and Kyssyng in the Early Sixteenth Century” in Queerly Phrased: Language, Gender, and Sexuality, ed. Anna Livia and Kira Hall. New York, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510471-4
    • This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: Benedetta Carlini

    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
    • Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
    • Bluesky: @heatherrosejones
    • Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
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    20 mins
  • On the Shelf for May 2025 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 313
    May 3 2025
    On the Shelf for May 2025 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 313 with Heather Rose Jones

    Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.

    In this episode we talk about:

    • Retirement
    • Financing the podcast
    • Expanded analysis projects
    • A new policy affecting the new book listings
    • Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction
      • The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet by Lindz McLeod
      • Midnight Letters by Rowan Wilder
      • The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling
      • Murder at the Cabaret by Dana Gricken
      • Give My Love to Berlin by Katherine Bryant
      • To the Fairest by M. Walker
      • Time After time by Mikki Daughtry
      • A Spell for Change by Nicole Jarvis
    • Other Titles of Interest
      • The Olive and the Spear by J.A. Rainbow
    • What I’ve been consuming
      • The Chatelaine by Kate Heartfield
    • This month we interview Lindz McLeod and talk about:
      • The appeal of adapting Jane Austen’s fiction
      • Communicating with the language of flowers
      • Other Austen characters who might have interesting stories
      • The wide variety of Lindz’s work
      • The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet by Lindz McLeod
      • The Miseducation of Caroline Bingley by Lindz McLeod (forthcoming)
      • An Honour and a Priviledge by Lindz McLeod (forthcoming)

    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
    • Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
    • Bluesky: @heatherrosejones
    • Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

    Links to Lindz McLeod Online

    • Website: https://lindzmcleod.co.uk/
    • Twitter: @lindzmcleod
    • Instagram: @lindz.mcleod
    • Bluesky: @lindzmcleod.bsky.social
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    37 mins
  • Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 17: The Governess - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 312
    Apr 21 2025
    Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 17: The Governess The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 312 with Heather Rose Jones

    In this episode we talk about:

    • The dynamics of the “governess romance”
    • F/f possibilities for governess romances

    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
    • Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
    • Bluesky: @heatherrosejones
    • Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
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    12 mins
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