Podcasts about Sweet Valley Twins

On this episode of Casey's Ice Cream Parlor, Paula and Rich take a look at The Twins Take Paris (Sweet Valley Twins Super Edition). #CaseysIceCreamParlor #SweetValleyHigh #SweetValleyTwins #KellysRoadhouse #BookReview #BookPodcast #DursProductions #DursProductionsPodcast #Podcast #YAFiction #YoungAdultFiction

An investigation into the greatest mystery of our time. This is a special bonus episode from our Patreon. For more Sweet Valley Twins episodes, as well as our back catalogue of Little Sister episodes, and our series on Season 2 of the Baby-Sitters Club Netflix show, subscribe at Patreon.com/BSCCPodcast! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jack-shepherd8/support

On this episode of Casey's Ice Cream Parlor, Paula and Rich discuss One of the Gang (Sweet Valley Twins). #CaseysIceCreamParlor #SweetValleyHigh #SweetValleyTwins #KellysRoadhouse #BookReview #BookPodcast #DursProductions #DursProductionsPodcast #Podcast #YAFiction #YoungAdultFiction 

On this episode of Casey's Ice Cream Parlor, Paula and Rich take a look at Holiday Mischief (Sweet Valley Twins Super Edition)! #BookReview #YAFiction #YoungAdultFiction #CaseysIceCreamParlor #KellysRoadhouse #DursProductions #DursProductionsPodcast #BookPodcast #Podcast #SweetValleyHigh #SweetValleyTwins

book talk Sweet Valley Twins by Francine Pascal

On this episode of Casey's Ice Cream Parlor, Paula and Rich discuss Against The Rules (Sweet Valley Twins)! You can find Cressida Burton's book trilogy (discussed in the episode) here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ravensbay-School-Stories-Book/dp/B09DW8C34X #SweetValleyTwins #SweetValleyHigh #Podcast #YAFiction #YoungAdultFiction #BookReview #BookPodcast

Paula and Rich discuss Sweet Valley Twins - First Place! You can find Cressida Burton's book trilogy (discussed in the episode) here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ravensbay-School-Stories-Book/dp/B09DW8C34X #SweetValleyTwins #SweetValleyHigh #Podcast #YAFiction #YoungAdultFiction #BookReview #BookPodcast

Paula and Rich review Three's a Crowd (Sweet Valley Twins #7) #SweetValleyTwins #SweetValleyHigh #Podcast #YAFiction #YoungAdultFiction #BookReview #BookPodcast

On this episode of Casey's Ice Cream Parlor, Paula and Rich review The Ghost In The Graveyard (Sweet Valley Twins Super Chiller). #SweetValleyTwins #SweetValleyHigh #YAFiction #YoungAdultFiction #BookReview #BookPodcast #Podcast

On this episode of Casey's Ice Cream Parlor, Paula and Rich review The New Girl (Sweet Valley Twins #6)!  #YAFiction #YoungAdultFiction #BookReview #BookPodcast #SweetValleyHigh #SweetValleyTwins #CaseysIceCreamParlor #KellysRoadhouse #Podcast #DursProductionsPodcasts

On this episode of Casey's, Paula and Rich discuss Casey's Ice Cream Parlor - Sneaking Out (Sweet Valley Twins #5)  

Paula and Rich discuss Choosing Sides (Sweet Valley Twins #4)!  #CaseysIceCreamParlor #KellysRoadhouse #SweetValleyTwins #YAFiction #YoungAdultFiction #BookReview #Podcast #BookPodcast #SweetValleyHigh Casey's Ice Cream Parlor, Kellys Roadhouse, Sweet Valley High, Young Adult Fiction, Book Review, Podcast

Paula and Rich discuss Haunted House (Sweet Valley Twins #3). #SweetValleyTwins #SweetValleyHigh #Podcast #BookReview #BookPodcast

Paula and Rich review Sweet Valley Twins #2 - Teacher's Pet!  #SweetValleyHigh #SweetValleyTwins #Podcast #BookReview #YAFiction #YoungAdultFiction  Sweet Valley High, Podcast, Kelly's Roadhouse, Book Review

Paula and Rich discuss Best Friends (Sweet Valley Twins #1) #SweetValleyHigh #SweetValleyTwins #YAFiction #YoungAdultFiction #BookReview #BookPodcast #Podcast **** Sweet Valley High, Sweet Valley Twins, Young Adult Fiction, Book Review, Podcast

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 54: The Big Party Weekend. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how the book ties into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Join Mahsa and guest host Mary as they explore the illicit and wild world of VC Andrews novels, with a synopsis of cult classic 'Flowers in Attic.' We discuss transitioning from the coming of age books of our Gen X/Millennial generation (the classics- Judy Blume, Goosebumps, Sweet Valley Twins, Babysitters Club, Christopher Pike); to the scandalous world of VC Andrews novels, where we hoped our parents didn't read the back cover (spoiler alert, they did and were mad).We chat about what made these books so compelling as teens, their enduring cult legacy, the added mystery of a ghostwriter, and more. This episode is high on nostalgia, the special brand of parental neglect in the eighties, and the literary secrets we kept as twelve year old girls.Also--rapid fire questions eighties edition--play along and see if you can go 6/6.Follow along and let us know what you think on Instagram @haveyouheardpodcast.  Be sure to subscribe and write a review, it's greatly appreciated!Show Notes & Sources:Flowers in the Attic (VC Andrews)'Top That' Rap (Teen Witch)Unfollow Every Celebrity Except January Jones (Taylor Roberts, Paper)

It's Halloween and we've returned to the world of Sweet Valley Twins with one of the Super Chillers! The Carnival Ghost was Allison's favorite of the Super Chillers, but will Emma like it as much as she liked Magic Christmas?

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 53: The Slime That Ate Sweet Valley. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how the book ties into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

While we wait for the haunting to pass (read: until we can re-record the episode recapping Book 29, BITTER RIVALS) we're reading letters from Gladiators like you. Sweet Valley Twins, Thrillers, Special Editions, Sagas, and even audiobooks all get a name drop in this very special episode.   Further listening/reading: SV Twins in-book announcement on Instagram OMG THE AUDIOBOOK Book 29 recap from 2009

First Draft Episode #193: Kate Spencer Kate Spencer, comedian, author of Dead Mom’s Club: A Memoir, and co-host of fabulous podcast Forever35 talks about the never-ending quest for confidence, exorcising grief and pain through writing, and how a podcast about serums became a podcast about feelings. Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode Amy Poehler, comedian, actress, writer, and director, who is not from the same town Kate is from, but they both grew up “outside Boston” Early on in childhood Kate fell for The BabySitter’s Club books by Ann M. Martin, and the Sweet Valley Twins series by Francine Pascal, and then she fell for Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin and The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Revisiting The Boxcar Children, written by Gertrude Chandler Warner, with her daughter was a special bonding experience Hatchet by Gary Paulsen and other “kids surviving intense circumstances” books are so fascinating, right?!? Kate’s eight-year-old daughter is plowing through Raina Telgemeier’s graphic novels, including Smile, Sisters, and Guts The Fear Street books by R.L. Stine, It by Stephen King, and V.C. Andrews’ books like Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind The film Grease is not actually appropriate for young kids, it turns out When she moved to New York City, Kate signed up for classes at the UCB Theater and rose through the ranks in the improv community I basically demand that Kate read Vacationland: True Stories From Painful Beaches by John Hodgman because she went to college in Maine The two writers I mention who went to Vermont College for Children’s Writing well into their careers are Ally Condie, author of Matched, The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe, and more (listen to her First Draft interview here) and Brendan Reichs, author of Nemesis, Virals, and co-author with Ally Condie of The Darkdeep On Grief by C.S. Lewis was one of the only books out there for people experiencing loss for a long time The poet Taije Silverman has written about the grief of caring for her dying mother, and Kate found her work while grieving for her own loss Kate and her Forever35 podcast co-host Doree Shafrir’s conversation on the By the Book podcast, in which Kate discusses finding Twilight by Stephenie Meyer while grieving and how it inspired her to write “How I Finally Let Go of Grief for my Dead Mom,” Kate’s piece in Buzzfeed about the pain of letting go of grief Holly Root, founder of Root Literary, is Kate’s literary agent Kate’s husband is Anthony King, who has written for TV shows Silicon Valley, Broad City, Search Party, Playing House and more, and he co-wrote Beetlejuice: The Musical which has been nominated for eight Tony Awards, including best musical Kate is writing in Scrivener, a writing program Elana K. Arnold, author of Damsel, What Girls Are Made Of, Infandous, A Boy Called Bat, and more (listen to her First Draft interviews here and here) said in her interview with me that she feels like she might be ready to move on from writing about anger and feminism A Cup of Jo is the website and newsletter run by Joanna Goddard that is packed Kate wants to be up front about the fact that Vinter’s Daughter sent her their Active Botanicals Serum, she did not buy it herself The Call Your Girlfriend episode that walked through an OB-GYN appointment Cat Winters, whose recent book, The Raven’s Tale, called for her to research Poe a ton. In that process she discovered that Edgar Allen Poe’s #1 hater outlived him, then wrote his obituary and his first biography, which has shaped how we think about Poe to this day. (Listen to Cat’s First Draft episode here) Subscribe To First Draft with Sarah Enni Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; Michael Dante  DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works. Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s free! Rate, Review, and Recommend How do you like the show? Please take a moment to rate and review First Draft with Sarah Enni in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your honest and positive review helps others discover the show -- so thank you! Is there someone you think would love this podcast as much as you do? Please share this episode on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or via carrier pigeon (maybe try a text or e-mail, come to think of it). Just click the Share button at the bottom of this post! Thanks again!

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 52: Booster Boycott. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how the book ties into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 51: Elizabeth the Impossible. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how the book ties into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 50: Jessica and the Secret Star. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how the book ties into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

The finale of our re-reading of this nostalgic Sweet Valley Twins book - The Magic Christmas! Unlike most Sweet Valley books, this one has a strong fantasy theme. How do Jessica and Elizabeth fare in a fantasy world?

We read Allison's favorite Sweet Valley book: The Magic Christmas! Unlike most Sweet Valley books, this one has a strong fantasy theme. How do Jessica and Elizabeth fare in a fantasy world?

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 49: The Twins' Little Sister. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how the book ties into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 48: Mandy Miller Fights Back. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how the book ties into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 47: Jessica's New Look. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how the book ties into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 46: Mademoiselle Jessica. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how the book ties into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 45: Lucy Takes The Reins. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how the book ties into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 44: Amy Moves In. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how the book ties into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 43: Elizabeth's First Kiss. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how the book ties into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 42: Jessica's Secret. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how the book ties into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_) [Raven: Friendly warning... Bleak Valley gets pretty bleak in this one. We touch upon sexual violence, so Caveat Emptor.]

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 41: The Twins Get Caught. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how the book ties into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 40: Danny Means Trouble. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how the book ties into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 39: Jessica and the Money Mix-Up. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how the book ties into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 38: Lois Strikes Back. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how the book ties into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 37: The War Between the Twins. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how the book ties into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 36: Mary Is Missing. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how the book ties into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 34: Jessica the Rock Star; 35: Amy's Pen Pal; and Super Chiller 1: The Christmas Ghost. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how these books tie into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 31: Jessica's Bad Idea; 32: Jessica on Stage; and 33: Elizabeth's New Hero. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how these books tie into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 29: Jessica and the Brat Attack; 30: Princess Elizabeth; and Super Edition 3: The Big Camp Secret. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how these books tie into this theory.Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music.You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Apologies for the delay in getting this podcast up. Technology has not been our friend. At all. Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 26: Taking Charge; 27: Teamwork; and 28: April Fool! They also discuss Bleak Valley and how these books tie into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 24: Jumping to Conclusions; Super Edition 2: Holiday Mischief; and 25: Standing Out. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how these books tie into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_) The book mentioned can be found here. Also: TB, I'm so sorry, but I (Dove) keep referring to you as "TG". Apologies.

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 21: Left Behind; 22: Out of Place; and 23: Claim to Fame. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how these books tie into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_) The article referenced by Wing about the phrase "wheelchair bound" can be found here.

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 18: Centre of Attention; 19: The Bully; and 20: Playing Hooky. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how these books tie into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. You can read our recaps at Sweet Valley Online, tumblr or visit us at Facebook or Twitter (follow @SweetValley_)

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 16 Second Best; 17 Boys Against Girls and Super Edition 1: The Class Trip. They also discuss Bleak Valley and how these books tie into this theory. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music.

We discuss Sweet Valley Twins 10 One of the Gang; 11 Buried Treasure; and 12 Keeping Secrets, and how they tie into Bleak Valley. Music is provided by Stuart Taylor, who can be contacted on taylorstuart602@gmail.com if you wish to commission music. We mention the podcasts Super Serials and Teen Creeps.

Dove, Raven and Wing discuss Sweet Valley Twins 7 Three's a Crowd, 8 First Place, and 9 Against the Rules, as well as bleak Valley.

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about Sweet Valley Twins 4 Choosing Sides; 5 Sneaking Out; and 6 The New Girl and the Bleak Valley world and how they all tie together.

Wing, Raven and Dove talk about the first three Sweet Valley Twins books: Best Friends, Teacher's Pet, and The Haunted House.

The long running Sweet Valley High series ran for twenty years, and features 143 books (not including Sweet Valley Senior Year, Sweet Valley Kids, Sweet Valley Twins, Sweet Valley University, Sweet Valley Junior High or The Unicorn Club) set in the Junior year of high school. Sasha Tilly lets us into some of the highlights, the scandals, love interests, and deaths in the world of Sweet Valley High.

Sor Juana     Juana Ramirez y Asbaje had a lot going against her from the beginning. She was born to unmarried parents and her father took off after two siblings were born. Being illegitimate with no dowery in 17th century Mexico was not a recipe for an easy life, but Juana had one thing going for her—she was very, very talented. Her overall brainyness was evident form her eariliet childhood. She used to sneak off to go read, in a time and culture when few people of her class and sex were literate, and she even learned to read and compose in Latin.   ** But because “boys don’t make passes at girls who wear glasses,” Juana was also helped out by her intense physical beauty and charm. These helped get her noticed by the king’s representative in Mexico, who patronized her studies.   One of the moments that I’d love most to observe in the Wayback Machine would be when Juana’s patron arranged for her to publically field questions from learned men. I can just imagine it: charming and beautiful Juana, still in her teens, surrounded by greybeards stroking their grey beards as she gives wise, thoughtout and pithy analysis on all sorts of erudite subjects. It must have been a rush for her, as well as the observers. **   But remember how Juana had no money, no power and no rich husband? All that braininess and no where in 17th century Mexico to use it. She was convinced to join religious orders, even though she didn’t particularly feel a vocation to it. It was a place where she believed she could read, write and continue to study.   And she did, but the circumstances were not as favorable as they might have been. Sor Juana, as she was now, put together the biggest library in New Spain, complete with musical instruments and scientific objects as well as books and manuscripts. Her own writing, especially her volumes and volumes of poems, were prized by her patrons, one of whom, the Countess de Paredes, brought her writing to Spain, where Sor Juana became a literary sensation. In fact, all across the Spanish colonial world, Sor Juana’s wisdom, wit and skill as a writer were being acclaimed. Except in Mexico.   ** In Mexico, both the religious authorities directly around and the community as a whole was antsy about Sor Juana’s immense rhetorical prowess. Her astute observation and skill with language, the very things that they were praising in Spain and the other Spanish colonies were being held against her as not becoming a woman, and a nun at that. In fact, Sor Juana’s detailed letter of theological exposition was published without her consent as an example of her brilliance—but also as a criticism of her misusing her time. It’s hard to know how Juana felt when she discovered the publication of “Letter Worthy of Athena,” but we know what she did—she fought back with all of her brilliance and rhetorical power. She wrote a response letter that defended her own education and promoted women’s education in general.   ** Sor Juana gives examples of the many educated women in both secular and scriptureal accounts: Deborah the prophetess and the Queen of Sheba, Esther who persuaded a king and Aspasia, Pericles’ teacher, and all the Muses. And what about St. Paula and Queen Isabella?   These examples aren’t the only arrows in Sor Juana’s quiver. She also uses the perhaps misogynistic words of Paul the Aposotle against her accusers. Since Paul says that women should be silent in the church, he also describes “The aged women, in like manner, in holy attire, teaching well.” For the commentary Sor Juana cites, it becomes clear that women may not be preachingin public places, but participating in a private sphere where education among and within women is more edifying. As she says “What impropriety can there be if an older woman, learned in letters and holy conversation and customs, should have in her charge the education of young maids?” St. Jerome himself, Sor Jauna points out, thought ti was important to teach young girls the geneology of the prophets and the poetry of the psalms.   ** In fact, women can teach other women in ways that men can’t. If a male teacher might pressure his young female charges to impropriety, a female teacher can teach her charges more safely. “for if there were no greater risk than the simple indeceny of seating a completely unknown man at the side of a bashful woman[…] even so the modest demanded in interchange with men and in conversation with them gives sufficient cause to forbid this. Indeed, I do not see how the custom of men as teachers of women can be without its dangers” except, she adds quickly “in the strict tribunal of the confessional or the distand teachings of the pulpit or the remote wisdome of books” But for intimate teaching, the kind of one-on-one instruction that makes young people intimate with their tutors, women are best.   ** And Sor Juana posits that we definitely need teachers. Scriptures are not always very clear because of the metaphoric language used throughout. For example, she says, consider the injunction to “honor the purple” which means “obey the king” Without a tutor, a young girl might not pick up the metonymy and think about redecorating or dressing in purple more often, like the Unicorn Club in Sweet Valley Twins. And it’s not just parts of speech that young women need a tutor for—there are questions of culture and custom in understanding scripture too. Sor Juana points out that the kiss of greeting or the washing of feet or the phrase that a strong woman’s “husband is honorable in the gates” can’t be understood unless someone who has a lot of careful learning can instruct in the correct interpretation. Otherwise, “for lack of any Christian teaching” these “young girls go to perdition.”   Whether this remarkable defense of women’s rhetorical education had any impact on her detractors or whether they responded to it as all is unknown, but she kept learning and kept writing, gaining far more acclaim in Spain than in her native Mexico where pressures on Juana kept mounting. She sold her wonderful library, denounced her old life and died of disease. She was only in her forties. **   Sor Juana’s life and writing stand as somber testiments that even talented rhetors who make strong arguments in beautiful language aren’t always successful in winning over their audiences. Like Cicero, who was beheaded despite his rhetorical genius, Sor Juana’s brilliance was unable to save her from her destractors. But also like Cicero, Juana’s reputation has only shone brighter with time, long after her critics have turned all to dust.    

The Lost Treasures Of The Black Heart is a sort of comedy club in Camden town each month, where comedians, writers and musicians write special sets venerating an unsung hero or celebrating an obscure thing. It's very rough and silly. It's compered by Josie Long, who tries out new ideas and improvises things. We hope you like it, we wanted to make it as close to the bizarre, ramshackle nature of the night as possible. This fifth episode was recorded on the 5th July 2011, and was a bloody shambles of a gig - the first 15 minutes or so are really all over the place. I hope you like it. It's got a few bits that are like prototype bits for my 2011 show, too! I seem to be in a stupid and grumpy mood, I really hope you can endure it! The guests this month are Dougie Anderson (@DougieAndo), James Acaster (@jamesacaster), Jonnie Marbles (@JonnieMarbLes), We Are Goose (@wearewearegoose), Benjamin Partridge (@benpartridge), Saban Kazim (@SabanKaz), Nathaniel Metcalfe (@natmetcalfe), The Sweet Valley Twins (@emmy_the_great), and Brigitte Aphrodite (@bbbrigitte)... You can drop us a line at podcast@losttreasurespodcast.com, if you like!

The Lost Treasures Of The Black Heart is a sort of comedy club in Camden town each month, where comedians, writers and musicians write special sets venerating an unsung hero or celebrating an obscure thing. It's very rough and silly. It's compered by Josie Long, who tries out new ideas and improvises things. We hope you like it, we wanted to make it as close to the bizarre, ramshackle nature of the night as possible. This fifth episode was recorded on the 5th July 2011, and was a bloody shambles of a gig - the first 15 minutes or so are really all over the place. I hope you like it. It's got a few bits that are like prototype bits for my 2011 show, too! I seem to be in a stupid and grumpy mood, I really hope you can endure it! The guests this month are Dougie Anderson (@DougieAndo), James Acaster (@jamesacaster), Jonnie Marbles (@JonnieMarbLes), We Are Goose (@wearewearegoose), Benjamin Partridge (@benpartridge), Saban Kazim (@SabanKaz), Nathaniel Metcalfe (@natmetcalfe), The Sweet Valley Twins (@emmy_the_great), and Brigitte Aphrodite (@bbbrigitte)... You can drop us a line at podcast@losttreasurespodcast.com, if you like!