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43: Propaganda for the Win

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022


Greetings, and thank you for listening to Bluestocking! Questions or comments? Email me here.Helpful Links:National Archives: Powers of PersuasionPrivate Joe LouisMusic: Escaping Forever by Michael Vignola

42: We Need to Talk About Our Racist Past and Present

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021


Greetings, and thank you for listening to Bluestocking! Questions or comments? Email me here.Helpful Links:Dr. Margaret Crocco on Texas TextbooksPBS Documentary The RevisionariesAvenue Q (musical)Kate McGee for The Texas Tribune on HB 3979National Archives' Rediscovering Black History BlogMe and White Supremacy by Layla F. SaadGood Ancestor PodcastNPR's Code Switch Podcast - Episode mentioned today: Tulsa: 100 Years LaterThe 1619 ProjectNice White Parents PodcastRachel CargleAlly Henny

41: What Happened in 2020?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2021


Greetings, and thank you for listening to Bluestocking! Questions or comments? Email me here.Helpful Links:Feature by Andrew SullivanNative Land (Nonprofit) WebsiteIn the App StoreIn Google PlayMusic: First Light Part 1 (Instrumental) by Keith Anthony HoldenAuthor Elizabeth McCrackenDevolution by Max BrooksBecoming Duchess GoldblattFollow her on Twitter! I promise you’ll love it.

40: A Bitter Pill

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019


Greetings, and thank you for listening to Bluestocking!Helpful Links:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/books/review-dopesick-beth-macy-opioid-crisis.htmlhttps://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a12775932/sackler-family-oxycontin/https://www.amazon.com/Year-Rest-Relaxation-Ottessa-Moshfegh/dp/1784707422/ref=asc_df_1784707422/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=343242904475&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11443223706833030748&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028322&hvtargid=pla-527476996073&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=67797266303&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=343242904475&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11443223706833030748&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028322&hvtargid=pla-527476996073Music: "Ever Mindful" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.

39: Therein Lies Madness

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2019


Greetings, and thank you for listening to Bluestocking!Helpful Links:https://publicdomainreview.org/2014/11/12/illustrations-of-madness-james-tilly-matthews-and-the-air-loom/Follow this link to purchase Mike Jay’s fascinating book and support the Public Domain Review: https://www.amazon.com/Visionary-Madness-Matthews-Influencing-Machine/dp/1583947175?tag=thepubdomrev-20Music: "Relaxing Piano Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.

38: Anatomy of a Good Yarn

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2019


Greetings, and thank you for listening to Bluestocking! Helpful Links:https://edwardcareyauthor.com/books/little/ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/mar/12/featuresreviews.guardianreview8 https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/232365/the-underground-railroad-by-colson-whitehead/9780345804327/ https://www.gutenberg.org/files/32614/32614-h/32614-h.htm Music: "Relaxing Piano Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.

37: Demons and Demon Cats

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2018


Thanks for listening to Bluestocking!Helpful Links:https://historycollection.co/disturbing-historical-demons-you-wouldnt-ever-want-to-run-into/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/19/master-margarita-bulgakov-satire-russia Questions, comments, or ideas? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com! Music: "Silver Flame" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Episode 36: Black and Bleu

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2018


Thank you for listening to Bluestocking, the podcast for people who love to learn, but don’t always have time to study. This episode, I was inspired by a series of stories covering art history in seven colors, and reminded of a book from one of my favorite authors, Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore. Helpful Links:https://www.kellygrovier.com/ - poet and art critic Kelly Grovier. Check out his art history series for the BBC. http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180312-the-racist-message-hidden-in-a-masterpiece - Kelly Grovier’s take on black.https://www.chrismoore.com/books/sacre-bleu/ - Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore. Follow the link on this page to read the first two chapters. Music for this episode:"Inner Light" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email them to me at bluestockingpod@gmail.com!

Episode 35: Victorians and their Dangerous Libraries

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2018


Greetings, and welcome to Bluestocking, the podcast for people who love to learn, but don’t always have time to study. Today we’re delving into the fascinating world of Victorian libraries.  Helpful Links:Reading Rooms Designed for Women: https://daily.jstor.org/the-reading-rooms-designed-to-protect-women-from-library-loafers/ Gender and Public Space in Victorian America: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1215236?mag=the-reading-rooms-designed-to-protect-women-from-library-loafers The Dangers Facing Victorian Librarians: https://daily.jstor.org/being-librarian-dangerous/ More information beyond the short article can be found here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25542241?mag=being-librarian-dangerous&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents Some Books Can Kill: https://daily.jstor.org/some-books-can-kill/ Documentary covering deadly everyday items of the Victorian age: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nqq_nFkRcs Dr. Suzannah Lipscombe: http://suzannahlipscomb.com/ The Dollop Episode about Hat Pins and Mashers: https://thedollop.libsyn.com/213-mashers-and-hatpins

Episode 34: Hooray for J.K.

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2018


Greetings, and welcome to Bluestocking! Helpful Links: Fun Facts about J.K. Rowling: https://www.cbc.ca/books/50-things-you-might-not-know-about-j-k-rowling-1.4093971  Charities related to the Harry Potter world: https://dailygeekette.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/use-your-hp-love-for-good-activism-and-charity-in-the-harry-potter-fandom/  Wonderful Quotes from J.K. Rowling: https://www.cbc.ca/books/4-reasons-why-j-k-rowling-is-the-only-person-who-could-have-created-harry-potter-1.4182327  Some Interesting and Inspiring Thoughts on Depression and Failure, using J.K. Rowling’s success as example: https://qz.com/961875/how-jk-rowling-overcame-depression-and-rejection-to-end-up-selling-400-million-books/  Music: http://www.supportify.ch/dl/?track=62857 Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email me: bluestockingpod@gmail.com.

Episode 33: The Strangers' Case

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2018


Thank you so much for listening to Bluestocking! This episode is short and maybe not sweet, but certainly poignant. There are some links below if you’re interested in learning more about today’s topic or how you can help some ‘strangers’ through a group like the International Rescue Committee.  Helpful Links:https://www.rescue-uk.org/article/what-strangers-case https://qz.com/786163/the-banned-400-year-old-shakespearean-speech-being-used-for-refugee-rights-today/ - The full text of the speech can be read here, and there are also two videos not linked here: One of Ian McKellan performing it, and another featuring Harriet Walter.https://www.rescue-uk.org/video/strangers-case-shakespeares-rallying-cry-humanity - Filmed at Shakespeare’s Globe in 2018.https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/research/currentprojects/multiculturalshakespeare/news/?newsItem=8a17841a6411e8b401642243e1b859b6 - a different take, turning it into a local pub scene, also filmed in 2018. Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.  Music: "String Impromptu Number 1" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Episode 32: Wedlock

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2018


Thank you for listening to Bluestocking, the podcast for people who love to learn, but don’t always have time to study. Helpful Links: Wendy Moore, Author: http://www.wendymoore.org/  Music: "Peace of Mind" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.

Episode 31: Mary, Mary

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2018


Greetings, and welcome to Bluestocking! This episode delves into the joint biography, Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon, about Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley.  Helpful Links:http://charlottegordonbooks.com/ http://time.com/5133735/wollstonecraft-grave-mary-shelley-frankenstein/  Music: "Relaxing Piano Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Psssst... Bluestocking is One Year Old today! Whoohoo!  Psssst... questions, comments, or suggestions? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com!

Episode 30: Frankenstein

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2018


Helpful Links: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180611-why-frankenstein-is-the-story-that-defined-our-fears  Edison Silent Movie, Frankenstein: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-fM9meqfQ4  Listen to The Year Without a Summer, about the events that helped inspire Mary Shelley to create Frankenstein: https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org/the-year-without-a-summer-1.html  Or, if you prefer a transcript, from The Allusionist, which is how I first came across the story two years ago: https://www.theallusionist.org/transcripts/frankenstein  ASU The Frankenstein Bicentennial Project: https://frankenstein.asu.edu/  National Theatre LIVE Screenings of the 2011 production featuring Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch switching roles: http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/ntlin4-frankenstein  Music: "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Questions, Comments, or Suggestions? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com!

Episode 29: Of Princes & Roses

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2018


Helpful Links:https://www.thelittleprince.com/https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-strange-triumph-of-the-little-princehttp://mentalfloss.com/article/64148/12-charming-facts-about-little-princehttp://mentalfloss.com/article/57198/11-drafts-most-famous-phrase-little-princehttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3621040/The-other-side-of-the-story.htmlhttps://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/consuelo-de-saint-exupery/the-tale-of-the-rose/Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.Music Courtesy of Kevin MacLeod: "Parting of the Ways - Part 1" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Episode 28: Medieval Manuscripts

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2018 14:15


Greetings, and welcome to Bluestocking!Helpful Links:https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-manuscripts-embroideryhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-marginalia-books-doodleshttps://www.instagram.com/uofgcodicologisthttps://medievalbooks.nl/2014/10/24/feeling-good-about-bad-skin/http://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2017/05/ready-are-you-more-medieval-yodas.htmlQuestions, comments, or ideas? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.

Episode 27: History Crushes

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2018


Head’s Up: this episode contains strong language.  Helpful (and fun!) links: Samuel Pepys’ Diary: https://www.pepysdiary.com  F Yeah History Crushes: http://fuckyeahhistorycrushes.tumblr.com/  Questions, Comments, or Suggestions? Shoot me an email: bluestockingpod@gmail.com.  Music Credit: "Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Episode 26: Sorosis of the Ladies

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2018


Helpful Links: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/delmonicos-womens-lunch  https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/06/charles-dickens-and-the-women-who-made-him  Music from Kevin MacLeod: Garden Music Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com

Episode 25: Uncomfortable Truths

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2018 28:14


Helpful Links Concerning Uncomfortable Truths... About PT Barnum: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-pt-barnum-greatest-humbug-them-all-180967634/  About Mark Twain: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/28/mark-twains-disturbing-passion-for-collecting-young-girls/  Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com. Today’s Music: "Wisps of Whorls" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Episode 24: Fixing Shakespeare with The Rude Mechs

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2018 33:59


Thank you for listening to Bluestocking! I highly recommend Fixing Troilus and Cressida performed by The Rude Mechs in Austin, Texas if you’re able to make it. If you’re far away, you can still read the script and check out the awesome work this creative group is making: www.rudemechs.com Meet Kirk Lynn, the playwright: http://www.kirkkirkkirk.com/ And Alexandra Bassiakou Shaw, the director: http://www.alexandrabassiakoushaw.com/ As always, if you have questions, comments, or suggestions, I’d love to hear from you: bluestockingpod@gmail.com Music: "Peace of Mind" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Episode 23: Eponymous

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2018 22:30


Thank you for listening! Helpful Links: https://www.dailywritingtips.com/30-words-inspired-by-29-people-and-an-elephant/ https://www.vocabulary.com  Music:"Relaxing Piano Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Questions, comments, or ideas for a topic you’d like to see covered? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.

Episode 22: Amo Ammo. A Dystopic Vision, Part I.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2018 22:30


A short story about what might happen if teachers are forced to carry firearms. Inspired by The Handmaid's Tale.

Episode 21: Barbara Newhall Follett

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2018 35:30


Helpful Links: 14 debut books by women to add to your TBR list: https://www.bustle.com/p/14-debut-books-by-women-coming-out-in-2018-that-you-need-in-your-tbr-pile-7649023  Laura Smith’s Writings: https://lauraelainesmith.com/writing/  The Conundrum of Writing About the Dead by Laura Smith: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/07/16/the-last-word-2/  The article which started it all: https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/celebrity/vanishing-act  The Art of Vanishing by Laura Smith: http://amzn.to/2sLWqkI  Thank you so very much for listening. Please be kind enough to rate, review, and subscribe to help spread the word. Questions, comments, and suggestions can be emailed to bluestockingpod@gmail.com.  Apologies, but by cat, Begemot, makes a very vocal (albeit brief) appearance around twenty two minutes in! Apparently, he had a lot of opinions on the topic! Music: "Music for Manatees" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Episode 20: Sweet Sweet Sleep

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2018 30:00


Greetings, and welcome to Bluestocking, the podcast for people who love to learn, but don’t always have time to study. Questions, Comments, or Suggestions? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com  Helpful Links: Why Do We Sleep Under Blankets, Even on the Hottest Nights? https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/blankets-summer-hot  The Once Common Practice of Communal Sleeping: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/communal-sleeping-history-sharing-bed  The Original ‘Nightmare’ Was a Demon That Sat on Your Chest and Suffocated You: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/original-nightmare-demon-suffocation-night-terror  22 Interesting Facts You Didn’t Know About Sleep:https://www.dreams.co.uk/sleep-matters-club/25-facts-about-sleep/  Music: "Dewdrop Fantasy" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Episode 19: Murder and the OED

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2018 42:25


Greetings, and welcome to Bluestocking!Helpful Links: http://mentalfloss.com/article/504609/murderer-who-helped-make-oxford-english-dictionary https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2016/03/08/women-and-the-oed/The Professor and the Madman: http://amzn.to/2DnHYAkQuestions, comments, or ideas? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.Music Credits:“String Impromptu Number 1" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Relent" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Episode 18: Zombie

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2018 28:37


Helpful Links: Zone One by Colson Whitehead: http://amzn.to/2CsiggN  World War Z by Max Brooks: http://amzn.to/2C7t4NY  Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith: http://amzn.to/2CtsNYU  NY Times Book Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/books/review/zone-one-by-colson-whitehead-book-review.html  Questions or comments? Please email bluestockingpod@gmail.com

Episode Seventeen: Epistolary

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2017 33:57


Thank you for listening to Bluestocking! Questions or comments? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.  The original article which sparked my interest in epistolary literature: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/trunk-stuffed-17th-century-letters-historians-dream-find-180957216/  To learn about the Signed, Sealed, and Undelivered Project, check here: http://brienne.org/unlockedbriennearchive  If you’d like to check out Andrea di Robilant’s A Venetian Affair, you can purchase here: http://amzn.to/2BPvy4m

Episode Sixteen: Q & A with Katherine Arden

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2017 43:12


Thank you for listening to Bluestocking! Signed copies of Katherine Arden’s beautiful books can be found at www.bookpeople.com. Or, if you would like to support the podcast, please consider purchasing through the following links: The Bear and the Nightingale: http://amzn.to/2BB6n8a The Girl in the Tower: http://amzn.to/2BzCoh7  Questions or Comments? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.  Thanks for listening!

Episode Fifteen: Squirrel!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2017 22:03


Helpful Links: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/squirrels-caching-chunking-memory-system  https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pet-squirrel-craze  https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-1918-california-drafted-children-into-a-war-on-squirrels  https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/magazine/letter-of-recommendation-squirrels.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FSquirrels&action=click&contentCollection=science®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=3&pgtype=collection www.incompetech.com

Episode Fourteen: True Crime and the Count of Monte Cristo

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2017


The Diamond and the Vengeance: http://amzn.to/2zYGo96  If you’re curious about the background music used for the outtro: Drums of the Deep Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Do you have questions or comments? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com.

Episode Thirteen: Words, Words, Words

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2017 10:41


Thanks for listening to Bluestocking! Do you have the www.dictionary.com app to learn a new word of the day? It's fun!Check out these great articles from IFLScience:http://www.iflscience.com/brain/learning-new-words-activates-same-brain-regions-sex-and-drugs/http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/are-you-a-sillytonian-or-a-losenger-30-olde-timey-words-academics-want-to-bring-back/all/

Episode Twelve: Carrie Fisher, Lois Lane, Me Too

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2017 16:31


Helpful links: http://fortune.com/2017/10/17/carrie-fisher-sent-a-cows-tongue-to-a-producer-that-sexually-assaulted-her-friend/  http://m.valpotorch.com/mobile/arts_and_entertainment/article_50f5265e-b57d-11e7-af4d-8705fa02ab38.html  https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/lois-lane-explains-white-male-privilege-to-superman

Episode Eleven: Hurricanes and Hurston

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2017 55:27


Helpful Links: NPR article and links about Alice Walker and Zora Neale Hurston: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1849395  Library of Congress information and links about Zora Neale Hurston: https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/january-07  Greater Houston Community Foundation: https://ghcf.org/hurricane-relief/  Evangelical Lutheran Church of America: http://elca.org/en/Our-Work/Relief-and-Development/Lutheran-Disaster-Response/Our-Impact/US-Hurricane-Relief

Episode Ten: I am, I am, I am...a tribute to Sylvia Plath

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2017 44:51


Please consider helping support the podcast by shopping through our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2yf7DMK  Check out All The Lives I Want by Alana Massey: http://amzn.to/2xNqDAt Do you have ideas or stories you’d like to share? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com!

Episode Nine: Memory

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2017 36:05


Thanks for listening to Bluestocking! Today we're talking about two books and the subject of memory... Moonwalking with Einstein and The Paper Menagerie  *Spoiler Alert* The author of Moonwalking with Einstein, Joshua Foer, actually did win the United States Memory Championships the year he competed.  Please rate, subscribe, and review to help us out. Have questions, comments, or ideas to share? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com and let us know! Thank you for listening.

Episode Eight: Required Reading

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2017 28:44


Please note: this episode does contain some strong language in the first five minutes. Skip ahead and you’re fine. Helpful Links: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/excerpts-from-the-all-girl-remake-of-lord-of-the-flies  https://pizzabottle.com/45524-15-of-the-funniest-reactions-to-that-all-female-lord-of-the-flies-remake/  https://comicsverse.com/good-earth-review/  Find these books on Amazon, and help support Bluestocking! Lord of the FliesThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, Graphic Novel AdaptationHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Episode Seven: Miscellany, Marston, and some Wonderful Women

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2017 32:55


Thank you for listening to Bluestocking! Questions and comments can be directed to bluestockingpod@gmail.com. Please rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes or Google Play.  Helpful Links: http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-true-story-of-roland-the-farter-and-how-the-internet-killed-professional-flatulence http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170619-why-british-english-is-full-of-silly-sounding-words https://www.amazon.com/Secret-History-Wonder-Woman-ebook/dp/B00K4C3QPK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504319348&sr=8-1&keywords=jill+lepore

Episode Six: (Not So) Short And (Not So) Sweet

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2017 66:52


Thank you for listening to Bluestocking! In this episode, I’ll be sharing two short stories by one of my favorite authors, Emma Donoghue (https://www.emmadonoghue.com/), award-winning author of Room. In her collection of short stories, The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits, she tells little-known stories based on history, including such characters as Mary Toft, Baker Brown, and Mary Wollstonecraft. Please consider checking out Eve Ensler’s V-Day Movement (http://www.vday.org/) if you are troubled by what happens to the heroines in these stories. Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email bluestockingpod@gmail.com

Episode Five: My Favorite Memoirs - Chapter 2: The Glass Castle

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2017 28:24


Helpful Links: https://www.bustle.com/p/jeannette-walls-hopes-the-glass-castle-inspires-others-to-confront-their-pasts-tell-their-stories-69081  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_library  http://www.carnegielibrary.org/about/history-of-carnegie-library-of-pittsburgh/  http://beautyandthebook.com/ https://imaginationlibrary.com/

Episode Four: Portraits of Lincoln

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2017 46:21


Early photoshop, spirit photography, vampires, and purgatory - they all have some sort of tie to our 16th President in this week's episode.

Episode Three: My Favorite Memoirs (Chapter 1)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2017 29:56


Including works by Samantha Irby, Jenny Lawson, and Allie Brosh.

Episode Two: I've Got Ninety-Nine Problems, but a Witch Ain't One

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2017 52:30


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Episode the First: Mozart's Starling, Beatrix Potter, and more!

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2017 33:38


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