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.
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  • On the Shelf for March 2025 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 308

    On the Shelf for March 2025 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 308
    Mar 3 2025
    On the Shelf for March 2025 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 308 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: The 2025 fiction line-upRecent and upcoming publications covered on the blogBlackmore, Josiah and Gregory S. Hutcheson. 1999. “Introduction” in Queer Iberia: Sexualities, Cultures, and Crossings from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance ed. Josiah Blackmore and Gregory S. Hutcheson. Duke University Press, Durham. ISBN 9780822323495Blackmore, Josiah. 1999. “The Poets of Sodom” in Queer Iberia: Sexualities, Cultures, and Crossings from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance ed. Josiah Blackmore and Gregory S. Hutcheson. Duke University Press, Durham. ISBN 9780822323495Gerli, E. Michael. 1999. “Dismembering the Body Politic: Vile Bodies and Sexual Underworlds in Celestina” in Queer Iberia: Sexualities, Cultures, and Crossings from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance ed. Josiah Blackmore and Gregory S. Hutcheson. Duke University Press, Durham. ISBN 9780822323495Perry, Mary Elizabeth. 1999. “From Convent to Battlefield: Cross-Dressing and Gendering the Self in the New World of Imperial Spain” in Queer Iberia: Sexualities, Cultures, and Crossings from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance ed. Josiah Blackmore and Gregory S. Hutcheson. Duke University Press, Durham. ISBN 9780822323495Burshatin, Israel. 1999. “Written on the Body: Slave or Hermaphrodite in Sixteenth-Century Spain” in Queer Iberia: Sexualities, Cultures, and Crossings from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance ed. Josiah Blackmore and Gregory S. Hutcheson. Duke University Press, Durham. ISBN 9780822323495 Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical FictionCanvas of Desire by Pippa FarthingaleMy Heart On Your Sleeve by April KlasenPetals and Pages by T. AlbrightThe Art of Unmaking by Parker LennoxThe Smith by Marine St. JeanLove and Rebellion (Forbidden Whispers #1) by Ericka SchmidtThe Witch of Versailles by Jessica MasonThe Other March Sisters by Linda Epstein, Ally Malinenko, Liz ParkerUnder the Same Stars by Libba BrayBlood on Her Tongue by Johanna Van VeenBitter winds (Lesbian Pirates #1) by Marina TempestCursed Scar (Lesbian Pirates #2) by Marina TempestThe Duchess's Companion (Roses & Rebellion #1) by V.C. SterlingA Lady's Reckoning (Roses & Rebellion #2) by V.C. SterlingLessons in Compassion (Roses & Rebellion #3) by V.C. SterlingThe Lady's Secret (Roses & Rebellion #4) by V.C. SterlingA Lady's Final Stand (Roses & Rebellion #5) by V.C. SterlingWhiskey & Lace (Velvet & Vice #1) by V.C. SterlingGin & Sin (Velvet & Vice #2) by V.C. SterlingThe Lady & The Thief (Scandal & Sapphire #1) by Delilah Kent The Heiress & Her Governess (Scandal & Sapphire #2) by Delilah Kent The Widow & The Wallflower (Scandal & Sapphire #3) by Delilah Kent Other Titles of InterestThe Boxcar Librarian by Brianna Labuskes What I’ve been consumingThe Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka OlderThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker 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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    27 mins
  • Our F/Favorite Tropes: Sword-Lesbians and Horse-Girls - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 307

    Our F/Favorite Tropes: Sword-Lesbians and Horse-Girls - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 307
    Feb 16 2025
    Our F/Favorite Tropes: Sword-Lesbians and Horse-Girls The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 307 with Heather Rose Jones

    In this episode we talk about:

    • The trope of the horse-girl
    • The trope of the sword-lesbian
    • How these tropes are negotiated between story setting and reader expectations
    • This topic makes reference to the following episodes:
      • Bluestockings and Amazons
      • Female Knights
      • Only One Bed

    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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    15 mins
  • On the Shelf for February 2025 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 306

    On the Shelf for February 2025 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 306
    Feb 1 2025
    On the Shelf for February 2025 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 306 with Heather Rose Jones

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

    In this episode we talk about:

    • Submissions for the 2025 fiction series are closed and results will be announced shortly
    • Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
      • Turton, Stephen. 2022. “The Lexicographical Lesbian: Remaking the Body in Anne Lister’s Erotic Glossary” in The Review of English Studies, vol. 73, no. 310: 537-551.
      • Braunschneider, Theresa. 1999. “The Macroclitoride, the Tribade, and the Woman: Configuring Gender and Sexuality in English Anatomical Discourse” in Textual Practice 13, no. 3: 509-32.
      • Stanton, Domna C. 1986. The Defiant Muse: French Feminist Poems from the Middle Ages to the Present. The Feminist Press ISBN 0-935312-52-8
      • Donoghue, Emma. 1997. Poems Between Women: Four centuries of love, romantic friendship, and desire. Columbia University Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-231-10925-3
      • Burger, Glenn & Steven F. Kruger eds. 2001. Queering the Middle Ages. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0-81669-3404-1
    • Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction
      • Distant Thunder by Peggy J. Herring
      • Minas (Dying Gods #4) by Elisha Kemp
      • Benefactor to the Baroness by Melissa Kendall
      • Mutual Interest by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
      • Payback by Penny Mickelbury
      • Hungerstone by Kat Dunn
    • What I’ve been consuming
      • Murder in an English Village by Jessica Ellicott
      • A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
      • All the Painted Stars by Emma Denny

    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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    14 mins

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