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The Female Stoic | Women in History - Literature, Philosophy and Female Empowerment.

The Female Stoic | Women in History - Literature, Philosophy and Female Empowerment.

Stephanie Poppins | Female Stoic, Bluestocking, Teacher of Classic literature 59 Episodes Aug 14, 2026

The Female Stoic Podcast offers Stoic philosophy made relevant through literature, focusing on women in history and their empowerment. Host Stephanie Poppins, a former high school teacher of English Literature and Philosophy, explores how Stoic principles apply to modern women's lives. The podcast aims to fill a gap in Stoic content that reflects women's experiences. It is an award-winning show that connects historical female figures with contemporary issues.

Episodes

56 A Stoic Little Princess | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society - Women's intellectual history
56 A Stoic Little Princess | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society - Women's intellectual history Aug 14, 2026 00:24:22 Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic 1905 novel A Little Princess is a practical illustration of stoic philosophy. When the young protagonist Sara Crewe loses her father and her fortune overnight, she is cast into poverty and forced into servitude. Yet, she maintains an unshakeable inner composure that mirrors ancient Stoic philosophy.FOR FURTHER STOIC STUDY - CHECK OUT MY COURSES ON INSIGHT TIMER ME
55 Stoic lessons the Marsh Girls Learned | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society - Women's intellectual history
55 Stoic lessons the Marsh Girls Learned | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society - Women's intellectual history Aug 7, 2026 00:23:40 55 Stoic lessons the Marsh Girls Learned | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society - Women's intellectual historyLittle Women is a Victorian novel written by LouisaMay Alcott in 1868. It belongs to a run of novels — Georgian, Edwardian, Victorian — written from a period onwards when women began writing in their own voice rather than relying on male literature. Thi
54 Stoic Gratitude and Jane Austen | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society - Women's intellectual history
54 Stoic Gratitude and Jane Austen | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society - Women's intellectual history Jul 31, 2026 00:26:05 54 Stoic Gratitude and Jane Austen | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society - Women's intellectual historyLook at a Jane Austen drawing room , and gratitude turns out to be one of the most complicated emotions we practice. It can be sincere or performed. It can be a virtue or a manipulation. It can be forced on us by social convention, or it can be something we c
53 Stoic Optimism and Jane Austen | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society - Women's intellectual history
53 Stoic Optimism and Jane Austen | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society - Women's intellectual history Jul 26, 2026 00:28:53 Today's podcast is taken from an earlier book study of Anne Bronte's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Anne's brand of stoicism was deeply pragmatic, action-oriented, and centered on emotional resilience, personal autonomy, and moral integrity in the face of harsh realities.FOR FURTHER STOIC STUDY - CHECK OUT MY COURSES ON INSIGHT TIMER MEDITATION APP.IMPORTANT:My words, my face, my perform
52 Stoic Determination with Anne Bronte | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society - Women's intellectual history
52 Stoic Determination with Anne Bronte | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society - Women's intellectual history Jul 17, 2026 00:21:49 Today's podcast is taken from an earlier book study of Anne Bronte's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Anne's brand of stoicism was deeply pragmatic, action-oriented, and centered on emotional resilience, personal autonomy, and moral integrity in the face of harsh realities.FOR FURTHER STOIC STUDY - CHECK OUT MY COURSES ON INSIGHT TIMER MEDITATION APP.IMPORTANT:My words, my face, my perform
51 Combining Stoicism and Cosy Crime | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society - Women's intellectual history
51 Combining Stoicism and Cosy Crime | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society - Women's intellectual history Jul 10, 2026 00:24:19 51 Combining Stoicism and Cosy Crime | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society - Women's intellectual historyAgatha Christie’s work aligns heavily with Stoic philosophy. She often framed human wickedness as an irrational deficiency of the mind rather than a superhumanpower. This echoes the Stoic view that vice is ultimately a form of ignorance. FOR FURTHER STOIC S
50 Macbeth and The Stoic Three Fates | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society - Women's intellectual history
50 Macbeth and The Stoic Three Fates | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society - Women's intellectual history Jul 3, 2026 00:24:07 50 Macbeth and the Stoic Fates| Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society -Women's intellectual historyIn Stoicism, fate is the inescapable, rational order of the universe. Rather than a passive surrender, Stoics use the concept as a tool for empowerment. FOR FURTHER STOIC STUDY - CHECK OUT MY COURSES ON INSIGHT TIMER MEDITATION APP.IMPORTANT:My words, my face, my p
49 Greek Mythology and Stoic Acceptance | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society -Women's intellectual history
49 Greek Mythology and Stoic Acceptance | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society -Women's intellectual history Jun 26, 2026 00:20:41 On today's episode we are looking at stoic acceptance of the natural order of things, andwe are referring to the Greek myth – Persephone and the pomegranate seeds. Greek mythology wasn't created by a single person or as a conscious piece of fiction.Instead, it evolved as an oral tradition over centuries, These stories served several vital purposes in ancient society: to interpret the environment a
48 Anne Shirley and the Repetition of Bad Habits | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society -Women's intellectual history
48 Anne Shirley and the Repetition of Bad Habits | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society -Women's intellectual history Jun 20, 2026 00:25:12 We’ve spoken about adopting good habits before – the repetition of good practise, our dailysteps forward in the maintenance of our higher selves. But today I wanted to talk about the repetition of bad habits.Just as Repetition builds a stronger "muscle" for good habits, it does the same for bad habits, making them exponentially harder to break over time.FOR FURTHER STOIC STUDY - CHECK OU
47 How to manage Societal Expectation with E M Forster | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society -Women's intellectual history
47 How to manage Societal Expectation with E M Forster | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society -Women's intellectual history Jun 12, 2026 00:25:01 47 How to manage Societal Expectation with E M Forster | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society -Women's intellectual historyIn A Room with a View, societal expectations act as agilded cage - a situation that is superficially attractive or luxurious but ultimately confining. Lucy Honeychurch the protagonist, is in Florence, expanding her horizons . Yet this Medit
46 The Power of Stoic Resilience in Emily of New Moon| Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society -Women's intellectual history
46 The Power of Stoic Resilience in Emily of New Moon| Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society -Women's intellectual history Jun 5, 2026 00:23:30 46 The Power of Stoic Resilience in Emily of New Moon| Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society -Women's intellectual historyIn L.M. Montgomery’s Emily of New Moon, resilience is the beating heart of the story. Following her father's death, Emily Starr is orphaned and thrust into a rigid household on Prince Edward Island. She survives profound grief and relentl
45 BONUS EPISODE - Popular Culture and the Power of Stoic Choice | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society -Women's intellectual history
45 BONUS EPISODE - Popular Culture and the Power of Stoic Choice | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society -Women's intellectual history May 29, 2026 00:21:22 Welcome to The Female Stoic podcast - winner in the Education category - Women Podcasters Awards 2026.This Bonus Episode features Rudolf Hudson - 2025 Winner of the World Federation Natural Bodybuilding Junior Championships. (My son!)Today we are talking Popular Culture and the influence it can have over our life if we fail to exercise our Power of Stoic Control. Watch LIVE recording on Insight Ti

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