The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast
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.
Episodes
On the Shelf for August 2026 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 349
On the Shelf for August 2026
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 349 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
A brief recap of the podcast’s history.
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
Roulston, Chris & Caroline Gonda, eds. 2023. Decoding Anne Lister: From the Archives
10th Anniversary Special: Interview with Linda Garber - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 348
10th Anniversary Special: Interview with Linda Garber
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 348 with Heather Rose Jones
An interview with Professor Linda Garber about her research into lesbian historical fiction.
Books and Media Mentioned
Garber, Linda. 2022. Novel Approaches to Lesbian History. Palgrave. ISBN 978-3030854164
Cruikshank, M. (ed) 1982. Lesbian Studies: Present and Future. Th
On the Shelf for June & July 2026 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 347
On the Shelf for June & July 2026
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 347 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
Moore, Lisa L. 2005. “Queer Gardens: Mary Delany's Flowers and Friendships” in Eighteenth-Century Studies Vol. 39, No. 1
Women and Same-Sex Marriage in Western History (Reprise) - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 346
Women and Same-Sex Marriage in Western History (Reprise)
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 346 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about strategies for getting your historical protagonists hitched across the centuries.
How the concepts of “women”, “same-sex”, and “marriage” are being defined for the purpose of this discussion
Cultures that may have supported marriage betwee
So You’re Writing a Sapphic Historical Romance: Questions to Consider (Reprise) - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 345
So You’re Writing a Sapphic Historical Romance: Questions to Consider (Reprise)
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 345 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about the questions to ask about sapphic relationships and how they are perceived in your story’s setting:
How easy is it to live outside of the heterosexual marriage paradigm?
What are the economic, legal, and religious c
When Did We Become Lesbians? (Reprise) - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 344
When Did We Become Lesbians? (Reprise)
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 344 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
The history of words for women who loved women throughout recorded European history.
What words were used?
Where did they come from?
What shades of meaning did they have?
How did those meanings change over time?
A transcript of this podcast is available h
Salt for the Unmarried by Khayelihle Benghu - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 343
Salt for the Unmarried by Khayelihle Benghu
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 343 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents Salt for the Unmarried by Khayelihle Benghu, narrated by Heather Rose Jones.
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
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A Guide to the Sapphic Regency - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 342
A Guide to the Sapphic Regency
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 342 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
Demographics and economics affecting f/f couples
Legal and religious considerations
Friendship and romance
Affection and sex
The language of lesbianism
Models of gender and sexuality
Bibliography
18th Century Precursors
Bennett, Judith M. & Amy M. Froide eds.
On the Shelf for May 2026 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 341
On the Shelf for May 2026
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 341 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Say hi at GCLS
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
Traub, Valerie. 1996. “The Perversion of ‘Lesbian’ Desire” in History Workshop Journal 41:19-49.
Goode, Dawn M. 2008.
Mary/Charles Hamilton: The Original Female Husband - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 340
Mary/Charles Hamilton: The Original Female Husband
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 340 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
The factual story of Mary/Charles Hamilton
Henry Fielding’s fictional version in The Female Husband
The larger historic and literary context
Sources mentioned
Baker, S. 1959. “Henry Fielding’s The Female Husband: Fact and Fiction” in PMLA, 74 p
On the Shelf for April 2026 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 339
On the Shelf for April 2026
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 339 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Exciting news about the next season of Bridgerton.
The upcoming 10th anniversary
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
Fielding, Henry. 1746. The Female Husband: or, th
Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and the Invention of Lesbian Pirates - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 338
Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and the Invention of Lesbian Pirates
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 338 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
Female pirates
Anne Bonny and Mary Read in the General History of the Pyrates
The motif of “lesbian Bonny & Read”
Bonny and Read in lesbian historical fiction
Sources mentioned
Wikipedia entry: Women in Piracy
Women Pirates and th
On the Shelf for March 2026 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 337
On the Shelf for March 2026
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 337 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Gentleman Jack (ballet) by the Northern Ballet Company
Northern Ballet Company You Tube channel
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
Mourão, Manuela. 1999. “The repr
Aye, There’s the Rub - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 336
Aye, There’s the Rub
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 336 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
Vocabulary for women-loving women referring to “rubbing”
Shifts of meaning and usage
What too many authors get wrong
Sources mentioned: see transcript
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
Website: http://alpenn
On the Shelf for February 2026 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 335
On the Shelf for February 2026
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 335 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
The 2026 fiction line-up:
“Between One Word and the Next” by L.J. Lee
“Love for Love’s Sake” by Shannon Lippert
“Salt for the Unmarried” by Khayelihle Benghu
The Sultan’s Vetala by
Fiction Double-Header: Down By the Tumbling Stream by E C Hallewell & Where You Go by Jennifer Nestojko - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 334
Fiction Double-Header: Down By the Tumbling Stream by E C Hallewell & Where You Go by Jennifer Nestojko
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 334 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents two stories:
"Down By the Tumbling Stream" EC Hallewell, narrated by Heather Rose Jones.
"Where You Go" Jennifer Nestojko, narrated by Heather Rose Jones.
A transcript of this p
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 19: Age Gap - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 333
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 19: Age Gap
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 333 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
The historic and social context of age-differentiated pairings of various genders
Why the “age gap” trope tends to be restricted to f/f romance
Historic contexts for age-gap relationships
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbia
On the Shelf for January 2026 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 332
On the Shelf for January 2026
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 332 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Summary of the Project in 2025
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
Xie, Wenjuan. 2015. (Trans)Culturally Transgendered: Reading Transgender Narratives in (Late) Imp
Jane Austen Birthday Celebration - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 331
Jane Austen Birthday Celebration
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 331 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
The social structures in Jane Austen’s novels in which same-sex relationships could develop
A tour through the sapphic potential in each of Austen’s works
A survey of Austen-inspired sapphic historical fiction, demonstrating some of that potential
Austen-based
On the Shelf for December 2025 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 330
On the Shelf for December 2025
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode # with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Accomplishments and upcoming milestones
A podcast that listeners may be interested in: Our Dyke Histories
Recent publications covered on the blog
Levin-Richardson, Sarah. 2013. “Futu
Ma’am, This is a Fruit Stand by Maya Dworsky-Rocha
Ma’am, This is a Fruit Stand by Maya Dworsky-Rocha
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 329 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents "Ma’am, This is a Fruit Stand" by Maya Dworsky-Rocha, narrated and music composition and performance by Heather Rose Jones.
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
Website: htt
Christina Rosetti’s “The Goblin Market” (reprised) - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 328
Christina Rosetti’s “The Goblin Market” (reprised)
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 328 with Heather Rose Jones
This is an analysis and recitation of the poem “The Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti, with special attention to its homoerotic themes.
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
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On the Shelf for November 2025 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 327
On the Shelf for November 2025
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 327 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Setting up context for this month’s fiction episode
Additions to the website
Progress on the Lesbian Historic Motif Project book
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blo
Speculative Fiction and Sapphic Plots - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 326
Speculative Fiction and Sapphic Plots
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 326 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
Historic “speculative fiction” as a context for neutral depictions of sapphic characters
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
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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 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
Bray, Alan. 1996. Homosexuality in Renaissance England. Columbia University Press, New York. ISBN 9780231102896
Downing, Christi
Emma Stebbins Exhibition Interview - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 324
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 internat
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 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 Kaltaoven
A Worldcon report
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
Donoghue, Emma. 2007. “Doing Lesbian History, Then and Now”
An Encounter With a Lady by Catherine Lundoff - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 322
An Encounter With a Lady by Catherine Lundoff
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 322 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents “An Encounter With a Lady” by Catherine Lundoff, narrated by Heather Rose Jones.
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/
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 18: Mutually Oblivious - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 321
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 18: Mutually Oblivious
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 321 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
The “mutually oblivious” trope in f/f historic romance
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
On the Shelf for August 2025 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 320
On the Shelf for August 2025
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 320 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Upcoming travel and events
My new book
Skin-Singer: Tales of the Kaltaoven by Heather Rose Jones
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
Klein, Ula Lukszo. 2021. “Bu
Sexology Changed Everything: or, Why the LHMP Ends Around 1900 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 319
Sexology Changed Everything: or, Why the LHMP Ends Around 1900
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 319 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
The historic context of the rise of sexology
Sexological models and major names in sexology
Gendered consequences of sexology
How sexology infiltrated popular and professional culture
References
Bauer, Heiki. 2009. “Theorizing Femal
On the Shelf for July 2025 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 318
On the Shelf for July 2025
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 318 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
TV series: The Buccaneers
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
Faderman, Lillian. 1978. “Female Same-Sex Relationships in Novels by Longfellow, Holmes, and James” in Th
Charity and Sylvia - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 317
Charity and Sylvia
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 317 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
The lives of two women in early 19th century Vermont whose marriage-like relationship was accepted and even celebrated by their community
Sources mentioned
Cleves, Rachel Hope. 2014. Charity & Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
On the Shelf for June 2025 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 316
On the Shelf for June 2025
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 316 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
Bronski, Michael. 2012. A Queer History of the United States (ReVisioning American History). Beacon Press. ISBN 978-0807044650
Rous
The House of the Women by Jeannelle M. Ferreira - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 315
The House of the Women by Jeannelle M. Ferreira
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 315 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents “The House of the Women” by JEannelle M. Ferreira, narrated by Violet Dixon.
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/bl
Benedetta Carlini, Lesbian Nun - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 314
Benedetta Carlini, Lesbian Nun
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 314 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
The historic and religious context of Benedetta’s life
Benedetta’s sexual encounters
Sources mentioned
Brown, Judith C. 1984. “Lesbian Sexuality in Renaissance Italy: The Case of Sister Benedetta Carlini” in Signs 9 (1984): 751-58. (reprinted in: Freedman, Esteele
On the Shelf for May 2025 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 313
On the Shelf for May 2025
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 313 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Retirement
Financing the podcast
Expanded analysis projects
A new policy affecting the new book listings
Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction
The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet by
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 17: The Governess - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 312
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 17: The Governess
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 312 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
The dynamics of the “governess romance”
F/f possibilities for governess romances
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
On the Shelf for April 2025 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 311
On the Shelf for April 2025
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 311 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
A special announcement about your host
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
Ragan, Bryant T. Jr. 1996. “The Enlightenment Confronts Homosexuality” in Homosexuality in
A Falling Star and a Flying Bird by Rhiannon Grant - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 310
A Falling Star and a Flying Bird by Rhiannon Grant
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 310 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents A Falling Star and a Flying Bird by Rhiannon Grant, narrated by Heather Rose Jones.
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
Blog: http://alpen
Lesbians and Sex Work - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 309
Lesbians and Sex Work
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 309 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
Four motifs that connect women loving women and sex work in historic sources
Sources used
Bennett, Judith and Shannon McSheffrey. 2014. “Early, Erotic and Alien: Women Dressed as Men in Late Medieval London” in History Workshop Journal. 77 (1): 1-25.
Beynon, John C. 2010.
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 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-up
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blog
Blackmore, Josiah and Gregory S. Hutcheson. 1999. “Introduction” in Queer Iberia: Sexualities, Cultures,
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 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
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 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 Lexicograp
Lesbians and the Law - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 305
Lesbians and the Law
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 305 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
Evidence for how romantic and sexual relations between women were treated in legal systems in western culture
References
Benbow, R. Mark and Alasdair D. K. Hawkyard. 1994. “Legal Records of Cross-dressing” in Gender in Play on the Shakespearean Stage: Boy Heroines and Femal
On the Shelf for January 2025 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 304
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, Ca
Interview with Margaret Vandenburg - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 303
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 Pu
On the Shelf for December 2024 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 302
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 blog
Derry, Caroline. 2020. Lesbianism and th
A Very Long Malaise by L.J. Lee - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 301
A Very Long Malaise by L.J. Lee
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 301 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents “A Very Long Malaise” by L.J. Lee, narrated by Bailey Wolfe.
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
Where I Have Been, Where I Will Go - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 300
Where I Have Been, Where I Will Go
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 300 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
A look back at what the Project has accomplished
Plans for publishing a research sourcebook
Outline of the sourcebook contents
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
On the Shelf for November 2024 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 299
On the Shelf for November 2024
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 299 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
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 15: Gender Disguise - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 298
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 15: Gender Disguise
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 298 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
My definition of gender-disguise plots
The dynamics of gender disguise in m/f romance
The dynamics and considerations of gender disguise in f/f romance
Some considerations of gender disguise in m/m romance
A transcript of this podcast is available
On the Shelf for October 2024 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 297
On the Shelf for October 2024
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 297 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Disaster fiction
Announcing the 2025 fiction series and some milestones
The challenge that large language models present to publishing
Book ShoppingDerry, Caroline. 2020. Lesbianism
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 14b: Actresses and the Stage - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 296
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 14b: Actresses and the Stage
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 296 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
Actresses as sexual outlaws
Specific actresses known to have had same-sex romances
Bibliography
Blanc, Olivier. 2001. “The ‘Italian Taste’ in the Time of Louis XVI, 1774-92” in Merrick, Jeffrey & Michael Sibalis, eds. Homosexuality in
On the Shelf for September 2024 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 295
On the Shelf for September 2024
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 295 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
What I did on my summer vacation
Book ShoppingLiddington, Jill. 2010. Presenting the Past: Anne Lister of Halifax 1791-1840. Pennine Press, Hebden Bridge. ISBN 978-873378-02-1
Lidd
Follow the Monkey by Jamie McGhee - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 294
Follow the Monkey by Jamie McGhee
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 294 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents “Follow the Monkey” by Jamie McGhee, narrated by Cláudia Cruz Machado.
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://alpenn
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 14a: Actresses and the Stage - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 293
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 14a: Actresses and the Stage
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 293 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
Historic romance tropes on stagePlays that include or suggest f/f desire
Contexts for women playing romantic roles opposite women
Breeches Roles and f/f desire
BibliographyBoehringer, Sandra (trans. Anna Preger). 2021. Female Homosexualit
On the Shelf for August 2024 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 292
On the Shelf for August 2024
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 292 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Your host’s travels in August
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blogBrown, Pamela Allen & Peter Parolin (eds). 2005. Women Players in England, 1500-1660: Beyond the
The Font of Liberty by Elizabeth Porter Birdsall - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 291
The Font of Liberty by Elizabeth Porter Birdsall
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 291 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents “The Font of Liberty” by Elizabeth Porter Birdsall, narrated by C. J. Lavigne.
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/
On the Shelf for July 2024 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 290
On the Shelf for July 2024
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 290 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blogNg, Vivien. 1997. “Looking for Lesbians in Chinese History” in Duberman, Martin (ed) A Queer World. New York University Press, New York. ISBN 0-8247-2874-4
Jankowsk
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 13: Mothers, Sisters, Daughter – Pseudo-familial Relationships - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 289
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 13: Mothers, Sisters, Daughter – Pseudo-familial Relationships
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 289 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
Relationships using the imagery of sisters and mother/daughter
Age-gap relationships
ReferencesBabayan, Kathryn. “’In Spirit We Ate Each Other’s Sorrow’ Female Companionship in Seventeenth-Century Safavi Ir
On the Shelf for June 2024 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 288
On the Shelf for June 2024
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 288 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
New podcast Period – feminist look at historical dramas
Lesbiantiquity
Book ShoppingMortimer, Ian. 2012. The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. Penguin Books, New York. ISBN
All the Historic Lesbianisms - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 287
All the Historic Lesbianisms
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 287 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
Social models of women loving women
Variables and features of those models
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/bl
On the Shelf for May 2024 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 286
On the Shelf for May 2024
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 286 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Book ShoppingTomlinson, Sophie. 2005. Women on Stage in Stuart Drama. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81111-2
Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical FictionUnholy with Eyes like Wolv
Poetry about Love between Women from the 19th Century - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 285
Poetry about Love between Women from the 19th Century
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 285 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
19th century poetry
Connections and cross-references between women poets
Sources mentionedIn addition to being found in the following sources, the text of many of these poems have been taken from various online sources not mentioned.
Castle,
On the Shelf for April 2024 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 284
On the Shelf for April 2024
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 284 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Book ShoppingNorman, Ben. 2023. Pomp and Piety: Everyday Life of the Aristocracy in Stuart England. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1-3981-1017-5
Southon, Emma. 2023. A Rome of One's Own
Daughters of Derbyshire by Daniel Stride - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 283
Daughters of Derbyshire by Daniel Stride
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 283 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents “Daughers of Derbyshire” by Daniel Stride, narrated by Heather Rose Jones.
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: ht
Amazons - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 282
Amazons
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 282 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
Possible historic sources for the Amazon myth
Classical and post-classical Amazons
Homoeroticism and Amazon characters
Sources mentionedAmer, S. 2009. “Medieval Arab Lesbians and 'Lesbian-Like'” in Journal of the History of Sexuality, 18(2), 215-236.
Blythe, James M. 2001. “Women in the
On the Shelf for March 2024 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 281
On the Shelf for March 2024
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode # with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
The 2024 fiction line-up
”Charting the Cliff” – Hugo nomination shenanigans
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blogLoehr, Kirsty. 2022. A Short History of Queer Women. Onewo
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 12: Bluestockings and Amazons - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 280
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 12: Bluestockings and Amazons
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 280 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
The archetypes of the bluestocking and the amazon and why they make a natural romantic pairing
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
Blog: http
On the Shelf for February 2024 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 279
On the Shelf for February 2024
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 279 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Close of submissions for the 2024 fiction series
Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blogBlake, Liza. 2011. “Dildos and Accessories: The Functions of Early Modern Strap-
The Dildo Episode - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 278
The Dildo Episode
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 278 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
The cultural dynamics of dildo use
A history of dildos in western culture
The social and legal consequences of dildo use
Terminology and materials of construction
Sources usedArvas, Abdulhamit. 2014. “From the Pervert, Back to the Beloved: Homosexuality and Ottoman Literary His
On the Shelf for January 2024 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 277
On the Shelf for January 2024
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 277 with Heather Rose Jones
Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction.
In this episode we talk about:
Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction
The Lady's Wager by Olivia Hampton
Helen's House (School of Enlightenment) by Maggie Sims
The Ease of Time by Charlotte Rowan
The Secret Duc
Battling Poll by Rose Cullen - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 276
Battling Poll by Rose Cullen
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 276 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents “Battling Poll” by Rose Cullen, narrated by Heather Rose Jones.
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/
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 11: Employment Relationships - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 275
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 11: Employment Relationships
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 275 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
Historic differences in employment-romance dynamics
Gender differences in employment
Some historic and literary examples
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
Website: http://alp
On the Shelf for December 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 274
On the Shelf for December 2023
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 274 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 blogde Nicolay, Nicolas. 1567. Quatre premiers livres des navigations. Translated by T. Washinton (1585) as The Navigations, Peregrin
Turkish Delights: The European Fascination with Lesbianism in the Ottoman Empire - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 273
Turkish Delights: The European Fascination with Lesbianism in the Ottoman Empire
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 273 with Heather Rose Jones
In this episode we talk about:
The socio-political context of Europeans in Ottoman Turkey
European texts describing lesbianism in early modern Constantinople
How Turkey became associated with lesbianism in European pop culture
More extensive vers
On the Shelf for November 2023 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 272
On the Shelf for November 2023
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 272 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 blogMcCallum, E.L. & Mikko Tuhkanen, eds. 2014. The Cambridge History of Gay and Lesbian Literature. Cambridge University Press,
The Salt Price by B. Pladek - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 271
The Salt Price by B. Pladek
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 271 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents “The Salt Price” by B. Pladek, narrated by Jasmine Arch.
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/
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Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 10: Rakes - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 270
Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 10: Rakes
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 270 with Heather Rose Jones
The continuing series about historic romance tropes looks at female rakes.
Other episodes mentioned
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Delariviere Manley’s The New Atalantis
The Travels and Adventures of Mademoiselle de Richelieu
The True History of Catharina Vizzani
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