S2 Ep20: Women War Workers
Working nights? Working from home? Lunch breaks? These were some of the very modern-sounding questions working women were asking during WW1. In today's episode we're talking women's labour and reading...
11 Des 202525min
S2 Ep19: Victorian Ballroom Etiquette
Gloves or no gloves? How did you get introduced to eligible gentleman? Could he buy you a drink? Today we're reading “Routledge’s Ballroom Companion” from 1866. ________________ If you enjoy the podc...
27 Nov 202525min
S2 Ep18: How To Avoid Consumption
It's winter season in 1839 and you're trying to survive. What would be your reading of choice? Probably "How To Prevent Consumption", with bleakly useless advice and wild theories.
13 Nov 202531min
S2 Ep17: Buster Keaton, The Exclusive Property of MGM
Famous for his dead-pan comedy style, Buster Keaton was one the kings of slapstick comedy. But behind his success hid battles with production studios, his wife, and his addiction. In today’s episode, ...
23 Okt 202535min
S2 Ep16: The Private (?) Life of Marie Antoinette
There is so much myth and speculation around who Marie Antoinette was as a person, that it’s really helpful to have historical texts from the era – like today’s “Memoirs of Madame Campan” - of people ...
9 Okt 202541min
S2 Ep15: The Mass Female Protest of Ancient Rome
Probably the farthest we’ve ever gone in our podcast time machine – today we’re in ancient Rome, in a crowd of very upset women, as described by Livy in “History of Rome”. ________________ If you en...
25 Sep 202535min
S2 Ep14: I’d Rather Drown Than Submit To a Man
A feminist – bordering on misandrist – text from 1592? Written by a woman? Count me in! In today’s episode, we’re reading Moderata Fonte’s “The Merits of Women”, translated and edited by Virginia Cox....
4 Sep 202544min
S2 Ep13: The OG Edwardian Cat Lady
While owning cats as pets goes back to antiquity and beyond, the existence of self-proclaimed “cat people” is a result of the popularization of the hobby in the 19th and 20th centuries. Today we’re re...
21 Aug 202540min
