• Lesbians and the Law - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 305
    Jan 20 2025
    Lesbians and the Law The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 305 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: Evidence for how romantic and sexual relations between women were treated in legal systems in western cultureReferencesBenbow, R. Mark and Alasdair D. K. Hawkyard. 1994. “Legal Records of Cross-dressing” in Gender in Play on the Shakespearean Stage: Boy Heroines and Female Pages, ed. Michael Shapiro, Ann Arbor. pp.225-34.Benkov, Edith. “The Erased Lesbian: Sodomy and the Legal Tradition in Medieval Europe” in Same Sex Love and Desire Among Women in the Middle Ages. ed. by Francesca Canadé Sautman & Pamela Sheingorn. Palgrave, New York, 2001.Boehringer, Sandra (trans. Anna Preger). 2021. Female Homosexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome. Routledge, New York. ISBN 978-0-367-74476-2Borris, Kenneth (ed). 2004. Same-Sex Desire in the English Renaissance: A Sourcebook of Texts, 1470-1650. Routledge, New York. ISBN 978-1-138-87953-9Brown, Kathleen. 1995. “’Changed...into the Fashion of a Man’: The Politics of Sexual Difference in a Seventeenth-Century Anglo-American Settlement” in Journal of the History of Sexuality 6:2 pp.171-193.Burshatin, Israel. “Elena Alias Eleno: Genders, Sexualities, and ‘Race’ in the Mirror of Natural History in Sixteenth-Century Spain” in Ramet, Sabrina Petra (ed). 1996. Gender Reversals and Gender Cultures: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives. Routledge, London. ISBN 0-415-11483-7Crane, Susan. 1996. “Clothing and Gender Definition: Joan of Arc,” in Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 26:2 : 297-320.Crawford, Patricia & Sara Mendelson. 1995. "Sexual Identities in Early Modern England: The Marriage of Two Women in 1680" in Gender and History vol 7, no 3: 362-377.Cressy, David. 1996. “Gender Trouble and Cross-Dressing in Early Modern England” in Journal of British Studies 35/4: 438-465.Crompton, Louis. 1985. “The Myth of Lesbian Impunity: Capital Laws from 1270 to 1791” in Licata, Salvatore J. & Robert P. Petersen (eds). The Gay Past: A Collection of Historical Essays. Harrington Park Press, New York. ISBN 0-918393-11-6 (Also published as Journal of Homosexuality, Vol. 6, numbers 1/2, Fall/Winter 1980.)Dekker, Rudolf M. and van de Pol, Lotte C. 1989. The Tradition of Female Transvestism in Early Modern Europe. Macmillan, London. ISBN 0-333-41253-2Derry, Caroline. 2020. Lesbianism and the Criminal Law: Three Centuries of Legal Regulation in England and Wales. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-35299-8Duggan, Lisa. 1993. “The Trials of Alice Mitchell: Sensationalism, Sexology and the Lesbian Subject in Turn-of-the-Century America” in Queer Studies: An Interdisciplinary Reader, ed. Robert J. Corber and Stephen Valocchi. Oxford: Blackwell. pp.73-87Eriksson, Brigitte. 1985. “A Lesbian Execution in Germany, 1721: The Trial Records” in Licata, Salvatore J. & Robert P. Petersen (eds). The Gay Past: A Collection of Historical Essays. Harrington Park Press, New York. ISBN 0-918393-11-6 (Also published as Journal of Homosexuality, Vol. 6, numbers 1/2, Fall/Winter 1980.)Fernandez, André. 1997. “The Repression of Sexual Behavior by the Aragonese Inquisition between 1560 and 1700” in Journal of the History of Sexuality 7:4 pp.469-501Friedli, Lynne. 1987. “Passing Women: A Study of Gender Boundaries in the Eighteenth Century” in Rousseau, G. S. and Roy Porter (eds). Sexual Underworlds of the Enlightenment. Manchester University Press, Manchester. ISBN 0-8078-1782-1Hindmarch-Watson, Katie. 2008. "Lois Schwich, the Female Errand Boy: Narratives of Female Cross-Dressing in Late-Victorian London" in GLQ 14:1, 69-98.History Project, The. 1998. Improper Bostonians. Beacon Press, Boston. ISBN 0-8070-7948-0Holler, 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.209-28Hubbard, Thomas K. 2003. Homosexuality in Greece and Rome: A Sourcebook of Basic Documents. University of California Press, Berkeley. ISBN 978-0-520-23430-7Hutchison, Emily & Sara McDougall. 2022. “Pardonable Sodomy: Uncovering Laurence’s Sin and Recovering the Range of the Possible” in Medieval People, vol. 37, pp. 115-146.Karras, Ruth Mazo. 2005. Sexuality in Medieval Europe: Doing Unto Others. Routledge, New York. ISBN 978-0-415-28963-4Lansing, Carol. 2005. “Donna con Donna? A 1295 Inquest into Female Sodomy” in Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History: Sexuality and Culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe, Third Series vol. II: 109-122.Lucas, R. Valerie. 1988. “’Hic Mulier’: The Female Transvestite in Early Modern England” in Renaissance and Reformation 12:1 pp.65-84Merrick, Jeffrey & Bryant T. Ragan, Jr. 2001. Homosexuality in Early Modern France: A Documentary Collection. Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 0-19-...
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  • On the Shelf for January 2025 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 304
    Jan 4 2025
    On the Shelf for January 2025 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 304 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
      • Turton, Stephen. 2024. Before the Word Was Queer: Sexuality and the English Dictionary 1600-1930. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 978-1-316-51873-1
    • Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction
      • Christmas At Caldwell House (The Caldwell Family #2) by Eden Hopewell
      • Bold Privateer (The Covert Captain prequel) by Jeannelle M. Ferreira
      • The Bawdy Suffragettes by Sapphic Shelley
      • Unspoken Verses by S.P. Blackthorn
      • A Traitorous Heart by Erin Cotter
      • Those Fatal Flowers by Shannon Ives
      • Seducing the Widow by Jane Walsh
      • Her Ladyship's Christmas Companion by Theresa Meiningen
      • The Songbird by Stacy Lynn Miller
    • Other Titles of Interest
      • The Spirit Circle by Tara Calaby
    • What I’ve been consuming
      • The Lotus Empire (Burning Kingdomes #3) by Tasha Suri
      • I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner
      • Masters in this Hall by K.J. Charles
      • Bold Privateer by Jeannelle M. Ferreira
      • A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock #8) by Sherry Thomas
      • The Duke’s Sister and I by Emma-Claire Sunday
      • A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
    • Call for submissions for the 2025 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
    • Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
    • Bluesky: @heatherrosejones
    • Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
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    21 mins
  • Interview with Margaret Vandenburg - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 303
    Dec 16 2024
    Interview with Margaret Vandenburg The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 303 with Heather Rose Jones

    In this episode we talk about:

    • Too many things to list individually
    • Books and people mentioned
      • Magnus Hirschfeld
      • Virginia Woolf - A Room of One’s Own
      • Margaret Vandenburg - An American in Paris
      • Djuna Barnes - Nightwood
      • Virginia Woolf - Orlando
      • Chappell Roan
      • Oscar Wilde
      • Emma Donoghue – The Pull of the Stars
      • Gertrude Stein
      • Michel Foucault - The History of Sexuality
      • Golden Crown Literary Society
      • Olivia Waite - Feminine Pursuits series

    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 Margaret Vandenburg Online

    • Website: https://www.margaretvandenburg.com/
    • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/margaretvandenburgwriter
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • On the Shelf for December 2024 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 302
    Dec 7 2024
    On the Shelf for December 2024 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 302 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 2024 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blogDerry, Caroline. 2020. Lesbianism and the Criminal Law: Three Centuries of Legal Regulation in England and Wales. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-35299-8Hutchison, Emily & Sara McDougall. 2022. “Pardonable Sodomy: Uncovering Laurence’s Sin and Recovering the Range of the Possible” in Medieval People, vol. 37, pp. 115-146.Derry, Caroline. 2022. “The ‘legal’ in socio-legal history: Woods and Pirie v. Cumming Gordon” in Journal of Law and Society 49:778-799.Roelens, Jonas. 2015. “Visible Women: Female Sodomy in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Southern Netherlands (1400-1550)” in BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review vol. 130 no. 3.Lee, L.J. 2024. “Sossang and Danji: 15th century Korean maidservants in love” published as part of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project at alpennia.com. A new resource for forthcoming sapphic/lesbian fiction2025 Sapphic Fiction compiled by @lavendersbook Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical FictionThe Lady and the Maid by Paul JacksonThe Potent Solution by Ashley NovaThe Long Winter of Mi?gar?r (Tales from Norvegr) by Edale LaneFemale Sharpshooter in the Civil War by Kenneth AlderVictory, Virus, Votes: 1917-1920 (Deborah and Miriam's Boston Marriage #4) by Ellen M. LevyBeyond the Boundaries of Time by Hazel BennettThe Case of the Missing Maid (Harriet Morrow Investigates #1) by Rob OslerSpeak EZ by Elle E. IreClara, Darling by Chace VerityEncrypted Hearts (A Women in War Historical Romance #3) by E.V. BancroftUnbroken by Kim Pritekel What I’ve been consumingYou're the Problem, It's You by Emma R. AlbanBrides of High Hill by Nghi VoA Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose SutherlandHarvest Season by Annick Trent 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/lhmpBlog: http://alpennia.com/blogRSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/Twitter: @LesbianMotifDiscord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord serverThe Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.comEmail: Heather Rose JonesMastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.ShopBluesky: @heatherrosejonesFacebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
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    22 mins
  • A Very Long Malaise by L.J. Lee - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 301
    Nov 30 2024
    A Very Long Malaise by L.J. Lee The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 301 with Heather Rose Jones

    This quarter’s fiction episode presents “A Very Long Malaise” by L.J. Lee, narrated by Bailey Wolfe.

    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)

    Links to L.J. Lee Online

    • Website: ljwrites.blog
    • Mastodon: @ljwrites@writeout.ink

    Links to Bailey Wolfe Online

    • Website: bbwolfevox.com
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    32 mins
  • Where I Have Been, Where I Will Go - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 300
    Nov 16 2024
    Where I Have Been, Where I Will Go The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 300 with Heather Rose Jones

    In this episode we talk about:

    • A look back at what the Project has accomplished
    • Plans for publishing a research sourcebook
    • Outline of the sourcebook contents

    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
  • On the Shelf for November 2024 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 299
    Nov 2 2024
    On the Shelf for November 2024 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 299 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 2024 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.
    • Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
      • Derry, Caroline. 2020. Lesbianism and the Criminal Law: Three Centuries of Legal Regulation in England and Wales. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-35299-8
    • Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction
      • Redway Acres: Grace by Trish Henry Green
      • Another Victorian Tale of Life and Love (Victorian Tales #2) by Nicole Kotoman
      • When Hearts are True by L.J. Corelli
      • The Lotus Empire (The Burning Kingdoms #3) by Tasha Suri
      • All the Painted Stars (14th Century Oxfordshire #2) by Emma Denny
      • Time and Tide by J.M. Frey
      • Monsoon Queen (The War Between Cedar and Oak #1) by Jo Carthage
      • A Pearl Enraptured by Andrea K. Stein
      • Outlaw Hearts by Lori G. Matthews
      • Timeless by Nicole Pyland
      • Taiwan Travelogue by Shuang-zi Yang (trans. Lin King)
    • What I’ve been consuming
      • Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein by Anne Eekhout, translated by Laura Watkinson
      • The Duke at Hazard by K. J. Charles
      • Craze by Margaret Vandenburg
      • The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells
      • The Fire and the Place in the Forest by Jeannelle M. Ferreira
    • A special book appreciation segmenton books set in the 1920s
      • Nghi Vo The Chosen and the Beautiful
      • Sarah Zane Beautiful Little Fool
      • Alyssa Linn Palmer Midnight at the Orpheus
      • Brandy T. Wilson The Palace Blues
      • Katharine Schellman Last Call at the Nightingale
      • Margaret Vandenburg Craze
      • Missouri Vaun Whiskey Sunrise
      • Stacy Lynn Miller Devil’s Slide
      • Anne Shade Masquerade
      • Ava Freeman The Sweetest Taboo
      • Nekesa Afla Dead Dead Girls
      • Kip Wilson The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin
      • April Yates Ashthorne
      • A.L. Lester The Fog of War
      • Charlotte Anne Hamilton Of Trust and Heart

    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)
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    27 mins
  • Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 15: Gender Disguise - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 298
    Oct 19 2024
    Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 15: Gender Disguise The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 298 with Heather Rose Jones

    In this episode we talk about:

    • My definition of gender-disguise plots
    • The dynamics of gender disguise in m/f romance
    • The dynamics and considerations of gender disguise in f/f romance
    • Some considerations of gender disguise in m/m romance

    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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    11 mins