The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast

Written by: Heather Rose Jones
  • Summary

  • 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.
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Episodes
  • 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

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