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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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  • On the Shelf for October 2025 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 325

    On the Shelf for October 2025 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 325
    Oct 4 2025
    On the Shelf for October 2025 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 325 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 blogBray, Alan. 1996. Homosexuality in Renaissance England. Columbia University Press, New York. ISBN 9780231102896Downing, Christine. 1989. Myths and Mysteries of Same-Sex Love. The Continuum Publishing Company, New York. ISBN 0-8264-0445-6Reineke, Martha & Christine Downing. 1993. “Within the Shadow of the Herms: A Critique of "Myths and Mysteries of Same-Sex Love" [with Reply] in Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, Vol. 19, No. 1: 81-101, 103-106Downing, Christine. 1994. “Lesbian Mythology” in Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, Vol. 20, No. 2, Lesbian Histories: 169-199.Nelson, Max. 2000. “A Note on the Olisbos” in Glotta, 76. Bd., 1./2. H.:75-82Bremmer, Jan. 1980. “An Enigmatic Indo-European Rite: Paederasty” in Arethusa, Vol. 13, No. 2, Indo-European Roots of Classical Culture: 279-298.Arkins, Brian. 1994. “Sexuality in Fifth Century Athens” in Classics Ireland, Vol. 1: 18-34. Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical FictionFlorence Syndrome by Catherine MartiniRed Wake, Black Flag by Dahlia QuinnBoardwalk Desire by Melody AshfordThrall of Deception (Tales from Norvegr) by Edale LaneAngel Maker (Karen Memory #3) by Elizabeth BearSecrets of the Night by Shelby BanksGold for the Dead (Cantor Gold #7) by Ann AptakerA Lady Most Wayward (The Queen's Deadly Damsels #5) by Darcy McGuire The Impossible Act of Georgia Cline by Eline Evans Iceberg by Gun BrookeA Legacy of Blood and Bone by Millie AbecassisGladiator, Goddess by Morgan H. OwenHer Wicked Roots by Tanya Pell The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee Other Titles of InterestToni and Addie Go Viral by Melissa Marr What I’ve been readingHemlock and Silver by T. KingfisherIlluminations by T. KingfisherA Charmed Life by Diana Wynne JonesThe Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne JonesThe Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne JonesArtificial Condition by Martha WellsThe Rosetti Diaries by authorThe Illhenny Murders by Winnie FrolikCopper Script by K.J. CharlesThat Self-Same Metal by Brittany H. WilliamsThe Tropoholic's Guide to Internal Romance Tropes by Cindy DeesLadies in Hating by Alexandra Vasti Call for submissions for the 2026 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.This month we interview Raven Belasco and talk about:The real historic background of Sadie the Goat and Gallus MagVampire stories and time-travel stories as mirror imagesExpanding formatsWorld-building and inventing languagesLesbian sex in the 19th centuryThat Lesbian Vampire Pirate Story by Raven BelascoSadie the Goat (Wikipedia)Gallus Mag (Wikipedia) 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) Links to Raven Belasco Online Website: ravenbelas.co/Twitter (X): @RavenBelascoInstagram: @raven.belascoYouTube: @ravenbelascoFacebook: author.ravenbelasco
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    43 mins
  • Emma Stebbins Exhibition Interview - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 324

    Emma Stebbins Exhibition Interview - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 324
    Sep 20 2025
    Emma Stebbins Exhibition Interview The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 324 with Heather Rose Jones

    In this episode we interview Heckscher Museum curator Karli Wurzelbacher about her upcoming exhibition of the work of American sculptor Emma Stebbins:

    • Stebbins’ background and biography
    • Genres that Stebbins worked in
    • Technical process of creating sculptures
    • Rome as a magnet for the international sculpture community
    • Discrimination against female sculptors
    • The expatriate community in Rome
    • How Stebbins met actress Charlotte Cushman and their relationship
    • Major works
    • Exhibition contents
    • Her groundbreaking subjects
    • The intersection of allegory and industry
    • Stebbins’ reputation in her own time Exhibition details: Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, New York, September 28, 2025 - March 15, 2026
    • Support for the exhibition includes:
      • Terra Foundation for American Art
      • Henry Luce Foundation
      • Robin T. Hadley and Richard T. Cunniff, Jr.
      • Andrea B. and Peter D. Klein
      • Priscilla and Robert Hughes
    • This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: Emma Stebbins
    • For additional historic context, check out our podcast on Charlotte Cushman.

    A transcript of this podcast will be added here 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 the Heckscher Museum of Art Online

    • Website: Stebbins Exhibition
    • Instagram: @heckschermuseum
    • Facebook: Heckscher.org
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    29 mins
  • On the Shelf for September 2025 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 323

    On the Shelf for September 2025 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 323
    Sep 6 2025
    On the Shelf for September 2025 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 323 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: My new book: Skin-Singer: Tales of the KaltaovenA Worldcon reportRecent and upcoming publications covered on the blogDonoghue, Emma. 2007. “Doing Lesbian History, Then and Now” in Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, Vol. 33, No. 1, Eighteenth-Century Homosexuality in Global Perspective: 15-22Lanser, Susan. 1998. “Befriending the Body: Female Intimacies as Class Acts.” in Eighteenth-Century Studies 32 (winter 1998-99): 179-98.Lanser, Susan. 2001. “Sapphic Picaresque: Sexual Difference and the Challenges of Homoadventuring” in Textual Practice 15:2 (November 2001): 1-18.Park, Katharine. 1997. “The Rediscovery of the Clitoris: French Medicine and the Tribade, 1570-1620” in The Body in Parts: Fantasies of Corporeality, ed. David Hillman and Carla Mazzio. London: Routledge. 171-93.Wagner, Corinna. 2013. Pathological Bodies: Medicine and Political Culture. University of California Press, Berkeley. ISBN 978-1938169-08-3Vicinus, Martha. 1996. “Turn of the Century Male Impersonation: Rewriting the Romance Plot” in Sexualities in Victorian Britain ed. Andrew Miller and James Adams. Indiana University Press, Bloomington. Book ShoppingThe Transvestite Memoirs by the Abbé de Choisy Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical FictionOf Velvet and Stone by Catherine MartiniIn the Wings by Charlotte MonetBound to the Sea by Chloe ClarkeThe Girl from Berlin by Johanna WeissHibernia: An Antiquity Sapphic Romance by Kimia KoreA Lady Called Trouble by Lauren LeighThe Mistress of Hannasbury by M.C. Collins and Susan M. GaffneyThe Scandal at Pemberley by Mara BrooksLadies in Hating by Alexandra VastiWhen the Light Pulls You Back by Carey MillerA Murderous Business (A Harriman & Mancini Mystery) by Cathy PegauClaiming the Tower (Council Mysteries #1) by Celia LakeTides of Reckoning (Daughters Under the Black Flag - Tides #2) by Eden HopewellTo the Moon and Back by Eve NobleLady Like by Mackenzi LeeThe Shocking Experiments of Miss Mary Bennet by Melinda TaubThe Crooked Medium's Guide to Murder by Stephen CoxI Am You by Victoria Redel Other Titles of InterestDora Copperfield: A Quiet Bloom by Kit IndigoThe Book of Susan by Roxanna di BellaA Flower in Auschwitz by Roxanna di Bella What I’ve been readingAll Systems Red by Martha WellsLake of Souls by Ann Leckie Call for submissions for the 2026 LHMP audio short story series. See here for details.This month we interview Cathy Pegau 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) Links to Cathy Pegau Online Website: cathypegau.comInstagram: @Cathy_PegauBluesky: @cathypegau.bsky.social
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    47 mins
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