Bluestocking

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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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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/

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!

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

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/

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.

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! 

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!

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/

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.

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/

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

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/

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/

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.