Ill Repute

This week Sov and Siouxsie Q discuss the first medical manual written by a woman, The Trotula!  With special guest Dr. Ryan Byrne!    

This week Siousxie Q and Sovereign sit with guest Tara Nephthys Binah to talk about radical rest for Black women, holistic healing and reclaiming feminine energy during a time of great social unrest and chaotic duress.  

This week Siouxsie Q and Sovereign take a look at Magdalene Laundries, workhouses set up by the Catholic church to look after extraneous women; those who fell pregnant, were indigent, in debt or mentally ill at the turn of the twentieth century.  These house came into the spotlight at the turn of the twenty first century when mass graves were discovered under many of them....

This week Sovereign Syre and Souixsie Q talk about Dorothea Dix, an early advocate and activist for the treatment of the mentally ill.  Dix escaped a troubled home as a child, displayed all the hallmarks of genius by her teens, and went on to live a life that oversaw the change of the treatment of the mentally ill from America, to Europe, to the Middle East and even in Japan.  Join us as we talk about how the daughter of a religious zealot and drunk managed to live an extraordinary life dedicated to helping the indigent and overlooked.  

This week Souixsie Q and Sovereign Syre talk about Victorian lesbian, landowner, and bon vivant Anne Lister! 

In this week's episode Sovereign Syre and Siouxsie Q James sit down to talk about the complicated legacy of Florence Nightingale.  Once known as the Lady of the Lamp and the mother of modern nursing, there have been more recent discussions of the actual roles she played in either of these narratives and we look at where she made the biggest impact...albeit quietly.  

In this episode Siouxsie Q and Sovereign Syre discuss the Spanish Flu Pandemic at the turn of the 20th century and the role of nurses in dealing with the brunt of care and life saving measures at the time.  We talk live over IG during social distancing of the Covid 19 pandemic currently crossing America.  

Sovereign Syre and Siouxsie Q James explore the life and death of Typhoid Mary from the perspective of life in quarantine and the uncertainty of a novel virus.  Exploring themes of social welfare, class, gender, and immigration.

CONTENT WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FRANK DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT.  SENSITIVE LISTENERS MAY WISH TO SKIP THIS EPISODE.   This week Sov and SQ catch up on what's been happening in their lives and in the news...ILL REPUTE! is about then past, but it's about current events and the future too. We talk about the #metoo movement, the cultural narratives around rape allegations and the list of accusers against Donald Trump.  

This week Sovereign Syre and Siouxsie Q dissect Donald Trump's first marriage and expound on the virtues and mysteries of American icon Ivana Trump.

This week Sovereign Syre and Siouxsie Q dissect Donald Trump's first marriage and expound on the virtues and mysteries of American icon Ivana Trump.

Me and Siouxsie Q catch up on life and plot out the episodes for Season Three of ILL REPUTE! focusing on the women of Trump.

This week @sovereignsyre and @siouxsieqmedia talk about the Brazilian legend of Xica da Silve, the slave who became queen.

This week @sovereignsyre and @siouxsieqmedia talk about Calamity Jane and the mystique of life on the frontier in early America.  

A crime that still captures the American imagination.  Queerphobia, sexism, class struggle, the industrial revolution...it's all ready to be unpacked.  

In this episode we pay tribute to my beloved dog Coco, who passed last week after a year long illness. And we're back to an episode each week!

This week we discuss Sada Abe, the famous Japanese courtesan who killed her lover and carried around his penis in her pocket. She became a cultural icon after her autobiography was published.

This week, Siouxsie Q and Sovereign Syre catch up on porn headlines, the latest in sex laws, and the madness of the AVN awards.  

Siouxsie Q and Sovereign Syre dive into the mysterious adventures of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, two of the most famous female pirates in history.  In this two part episode, these two nerdy porn stars give you ten life lessons from these two swashbuckling lady pirates who may or may not been lovers. 

Siouxsie Q and Sovereign Syre dive into the mysterious adventures of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, two of the most famous female pirates in history.  In this two part episode, these two nerdy porn stars give you ten life lessons from these two swashbuckling lady pirates who may or may not been lovers. 

This week me and Siouxsie Q. James discuss the many iterations of the story of Pocahontas and what they tell us about our ideas about womanhood, identity, conquest and empire.

In the final episode of the first season of ILL REPUTE! Sovereign Syre and Siouxsie Q. James sit down and reflect on what we've learned, where we're going...and the legacy of Bonnie Parker, class conflict, Texas and the elections.  

Dr. Heather Berg returns to talk about prostitution in progressive era San Francisco after the goldrush.  We talk about how much and how little has changed.  

Sovereign Syre and Siouxsie Q James discuss the rise and spectacular fall of Tanya Harding and how the narrative of her story has changed with the culture.    

Me and Siouxsie Q James discuss the wild life of Tonya Harding and how class and gender played into the narrative of her Olympic career and fall from grace.

This week we only have one episode. Dr. Heath Berg is back and we're talking about the Breton myth of Ys, a sunken city brought down by the daughter of a warrior king. We get into the politics of the narratives that shape our ideas of womanhood and the relationships between fathers and wayward daughters. Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher! Support the patreons: patreon.com/sovereignsyre patreon.com/thewhorecast Follow us on Twitter: @siouxsieqmedia @sovereignsyre @drheatherberg

Me and Siouxsie Q. talk about Marsha P. Johnson, her life, her death, and her impact on the trans movement. 

Me and Siouxsie Q. talk about Marsha P. Johnson, her life, her death, and her impact on the trans movement. 

"I need you, the reader, to imagine us, for we don't really exist if you don't.”  ― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita There's a new book out about the real life case of Sally Horner that inspired the controversial masterpiece Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov.  Siouxsie and I discuss the impact of the book and the hijacking of a narrative about sexual abuse.  

"I need you, the reader, to imagine us, for we don't really exist if you don't.”  ― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita There's a new book out about the real life case of Sally Horner that inspired the controversial masterpiece Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov.  Siouxsie and I discuss the impact of the book and the hijacking of a narrative about sexual abuse.  

Oscar Wilde once quipped that "every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future."  In this episode of ILL REPUTE! Sovereign and Siouxsie sit down with guest co-hosts Mistress X and Sparkle to talk about Maya Angelou, the smudging of her sex worker past, black womanhood, and the narratives that shape us as women.  What makes a hero, and icon, the voice of generation, a saint, a legend?  What do these stories tell us about ourselves.   Follow us on Twitter: @sovereignsyre @siouxsieqmedia @MxstressX @hersdayatoms Visit the site: illrepute.libsyn.com Support our patreons: patreon.com/thewhorecast patreon.com/sovereignsyre

Oscar Wilde once quipped that "every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future."  In this episode of ILL REPUTE! Sovereign and Siouxsie sit down with guest co-hosts Mistress X and Sparkle to talk about Maya Angelou, the smudging of her sex worker past, black womanhood, and the narratives that shape us as women.  What makes a hero, and icon, the voice of generation, a saint, a legend?  What do these stories tell us about ourselves.   Follow us on Twitter: @sovereignsyre @siouxsieqmedia @MxstressX @hersdayatoms Visit the site: illrepute.libsyn.com Support our patreons: patreon.com/thewhorecast patreon.com/sovereignsyre

In the second installment of this episode of ILL REPUTE! me and guest host Ela Darling discuss Madame Tallien, the overthrow of Robespierre, Occupy Wall Street, womanhood, aristocracy, and the nature of revolutions, what beauty means and where power comes from. 

My guest co-host this week is Ela Darling.  I give a quick and dirty history of the French Revolution and the early life of Madame Tallien, the Kim Kardashian of her time.  If you haven't been in history class for awhile, this might be a good refresher.  Follow us on Twitter: @illreputepod! Ela Darling: @ElaDarling Sovereign Syre: @sovereignsyre Siouxsie Q. James: @siouxsieqmedia  

This week my guest co-host is Heather Berg, a professor from USC that studies feminism, marxism, precarity, labor and porn. We talk about the witch trials and the birth of capitalism. We also talk a little Inside Baseball about academia. Heather says its not gossiping, it's being in community.

We talk about the fascinating case of Aileen Wuornos, a woman whose tragic life became the fodder for books and documentaries, and who was brought to the screen by Charlize Theron, an ironic fate for a girl who felt so invisible.    

The Black Dahlia murder galvanized a post-war America and cemented the image of Hollywood as a den of sin that would eat up innocent girls full of big dreams.  But what we know about the Black Dahlia really tells us more about ourselves than about her.  Trigger warning: This episode contains graphic depictions of violence in describing the crime scene.   Follow us on twitter: @illreputepod @sovereignsyre @siouxsieqmedia Visit our site: illreputepod.com  

Empress Theodora began a prostitute in a brothel in the Eastern Roman Empire, but when she began performing on the stage, she quickly caught the eye of the Emperor, and he made her his co-regent.  She ruled so well she was made into a saint after she died.  Talk about a glow up! 

In 1734 a massive fire gutted Montreal.  The fire burned so fast and so fierce that in the end over half the town had been destroyed.  The blame quickly came down on the head of a slave named Angelique and her lover, a white houseboy that worked in the same house.  Although the trial was swift as was her execution, scholars still can't decide what really happened that fateful night.  

Jeanne Baret was the first woman to circumnavigate the globe despite it being illegal for women to board French Navy vessels in 1766. When Bougainville was commissioned to sail around the world, he asked renowned botanist Philibert Commerson to join him. Commerson couldn't leave behind his lover and assistant, Jeanne, so they disguised her as a teenage boy...everything was going to plan until they arrived in Tahiti.

Lizzie Lape was an Ohio Madame who was a pioneer in every way.  She married eight times, ran a chain of bordellos, was involved in political intrigue, was sued for child support and was the first Madame to be sued by the state.

Sovereign Syre and Siouxsie Q James discuss the legend of La Malinche, the native woman that helped Cortez conquer Mexico.  Some see her as a traitor, others as a victim doing whatever was needed to survive.  We talk about the burdens of war on women, and just who they should give fealty to...  Patreon: Patreon.com/sovereignsyre patreon.com/thewhorecast Twitter: @sovereignsyre @siouxsieqmedia @illreputepod Website: illreputepod.com