Reclaiming Jane
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If you’ve ever felt like you’re not “allowed” to like Jane Austen – whether because her work is too white, too academic, or too straight – we’ve been there. And this podcast is for you.
Each episode, we tackle a new piece of the Austen canon to give you the historical context of each work, draw connections to pop culture, and discover new ways of interpreting old texts.
There’s something in Jane Austen’s novels for everyone. Whether you’re a long-time Austen devotee or have never read a word of her writing, we hope you'll join us in Reclaiming Jane.
Each episode, we tackle a new piece of the Austen canon to give you the historical context of each work, draw connections to pop culture, and discover new ways of interpreting old texts.
There’s something in Jane Austen’s novels for everyone. Whether you’re a long-time Austen devotee or have never read a word of her writing, we hope you'll join us in Reclaiming Jane.
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Well... at least we predicted one plotline conclusion? This season wraps up fast and leaves us with plenty to consider, from marriage to madness. How do you feel about the direction Season 2 took? Is the Austen of it all still coming through?For show notes and a full transcript of this episode, visit our website: reclaimingjanepod.comConnect with us:Twitter: @reclaimingjaneFacebook: @ReclaimingJanePodInstagram: @reclaimingjanePatreon: @reclaimingjanepodEmail: reclaimingjanepod@gmail.comMusic by LaTasha Bundy. Show art by Emily Davis-Hale.
Rivalries, reveals, and rebuffs abound in Sanditon! We're still feeling a bit more Brontë than Austen, but we'll lean into what the creators gave us and dive into these B-plots with aplomb, from boycotts to babies.For show notes and a full transcript of this episode, visit our website: reclaimingjanepod.comConnect with us:Twitter: @reclaimingjaneFacebook: @ReclaimingJanePodInstagram: @reclaimingjanePatreon: @reclaimingjanepodEmail: reclaimingjanepod@gmail.comMusic by LaTasha Bundy. Show art by Emily Davis-Hale.
New characters, new plotlines – same old Sanditon! We're following Miss Charlotte Heywood back to the seaside to provide color commentary on Season 2 of Sanditon, from joy to judgment to, yes, actual colors.For show notes and a full transcript of this episode, visit our website: reclaimingjanepod.comConnect with us:Twitter: @reclaimingjaneFacebook: @ReclaimingJanePodInstagram: @reclaimingjanePatreon: @reclaimingjanepodEmail: reclaimingjanepod@gmail.comMusic by LaTasha Bundy. Show art by Emily Davis-Hale.
Is this our most cancellable episode yet? Listen to find out! We'll share our highs and lows from Season 1 of Sanditon and make a few predictions about Season 2 (with varying levels of plausibility).For show notes and a full transcript of this episode, visit our website: reclaimingjanepod.comConnect with us:Twitter: @reclaimingjaneFacebook: @ReclaimingJanePodInstagram: @reclaimingjanePatreon: @reclaimingjanepodEmail: reclaimingjanepod@gmail.comMusic by LaTasha Bundy. Show art by Emily Davis-Hale.
The first season of Sanditon is wrapping up! Join us in watching the final two episodes with a generous helping of mischief and... marriage?For show notes and a full transcript of this episode, visit our website: reclaimingjanepod.comConnect with us:Twitter: @reclaimingjaneFacebook: @ReclaimingJanePodInstagram: @reclaimingjanePatreon: @reclaimingjanepodEmail: reclaimingjanepod@gmail.comMusic by LaTasha Bundy. Show art by Emily Davis-Hale.
This may be our most action-packed episode to date! Virtually no one in Sanditon is having a good time, but they sure are getting up to shenanigans. Lauren and Emily contribute with their own forays into period sports and modern exes.For show notes and a full transcript of this episode, visit our website: reclaimingjanepod.comConnect with us:Twitter: @reclaimingjaneFacebook: @ReclaimingJanePodInstagram: @reclaimingjanePatreon: @reclaimingjanepodEmail: reclaimingjanepod@gmail.comMusic by LaTasha Bundy. Show art by Emily Davis-Hale.
...Okay, maybe we judge a little. But the characters in these two episodes started it! Lauren and Emily follow the increasingly adventurous life of the sleepy beach resort town through incidents and accidents and incest, with detours into Black political activism and (not) judging books by their covers.For show notes and a full transcript of this episode, visit our website: reclaimingjanepod.comConnect with us:Twitter: @reclaimingjaneFacebook: @ReclaimingJanePodInstagram: @reclaimingjanePatreon: @reclaimingjanepodEmail: reclaimingjanepod@gmail.comMusic by LaTasha Bundy. Show art by Emily Davis-Hale.
We're back for a new season with brand new material: adaptations! In this episode, we're segueing directly from our last readings with the TV show Sanditon. Lauren and Emily will also give you a multi-pronged glimpse into some of the controversy surrounding the first season's fandom...For show notes and a full transcript of this episode, visit our website: reclaimingjanepod.comConnect with us:Twitter: @reclaimingjaneFacebook: @ReclaimingJanePodInstagram: @reclaimingjanePatreon: @reclaimingjanepodEmail: reclaimingjanepod@gmail.comMusic by LaTasha Bundy. Show art by Emily Davis-Hale.
Short and sweet and silly – our favorite way to wrap up a season! Our listener-suggested topics this round:Hot air balloons90s Saturday morning toy commercialsPlant parentsColonizing MarsWe will, of course, rarely take the direct route... because it's just more fun.For show notes and a full transcript of this episode, visit our website: reclaimingjanepod.comConnect with us:Twitter: @reclaimingjaneFacebook: @ReclaimingJanePodInstagram: @reclaimingjanePatreon: @reclaimingjanepodEmail: reclaimingjanepod@gmail.comMusic by LaTasha Bundy. Show art by Emily Davis-Hale.
Here we conclude both Sanditon and our longest season yet – and boy, does it have EVERYTHING. Impossible coincidences, tantalizing suggestions, hypochondria... and a couple of connections to wealth and its effects!For show notes and a full transcript of this episode, visit our website: reclaimingjanepod.comConnect with us:Twitter: @reclaimingjaneFacebook: @ReclaimingJanePodInstagram: @reclaimingjanePatreon: @reclaimingjanepodEmail: reclaimingjanepod@gmail.comMusic by LaTasha Bundy. Show art by Emily Davis-Hale.
Miss Charlotte Heywood is part of Sanditon now – which means she gets to learn everyone's opinions on everything! And, for better or worse, so do we. Let's explore the town, the empire, and the behavior of certain young gentlemen.For show notes and a full transcript of this episode, visit our website: reclaimingjanepod.comConnect with us:Twitter: @reclaimingjaneFacebook: @ReclaimingJanePodInstagram: @reclaimingjanePatreon: @reclaimingjanepodEmail: reclaimingjanepod@gmail.comMusic by LaTasha Bundy. Show art by Emily Davis-Hale.
Who's ready for a beach vacation?! Our newest heroine is whisked away by wayward travelers in these first 4 chapters – and of course, we can't let them get away without a little class analysis across time.For show notes and a full transcript of this episode, visit our website: reclaimingjanepod.comConnect with us:Twitter: @reclaimingjaneFacebook: @ReclaimingJanePodInstagram: @reclaimingjanePatreon: @reclaimingjanepodEmail: reclaimingjanepod@gmail.comMusic by LaTasha Bundy. Show art by Emily Davis-Hale.
Our heroine is plagued by solicitous young men! This second half of "The Watsons" sets up myriad potential plot threads. We lament their lack of resolution, but we'll comfort ourselves (and you?) with some exploration of 18th-century religious revivals and "nice" guys.For show notes and a full transcript of this episode, visit our website: reclaimingjanepod.comConnect with us:Twitter: @reclaimingjaneFacebook: @ReclaimingJanePodInstagram: @reclaimingjanePatreon: @reclaimingjanepodEmail: reclaimingjanepod@gmail.comMusic by LaTasha Bundy. Show art by Emily Davis-Hale.
Who's that girl? ...It's Emma Watson.
In the first part of this unfinished manuscript, we meet the new girl in town on her way to a perfectly uneventful ball and learn about one of Georgian England's most popular pastimes.
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It's a grand finale for our favorite female manipulator! What can she salvage from the remains of her plans? Please also enjoy your hosts' single shared brain cell and some pointed historical critiques.
(Note: we are aware of the issues with Lauren's audio!)
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Music by LaTasha Bundy. Show art by Emily Davis-Hale.
New year, same drama. Lady Susan flaunts her mastery of the gaslight/gatekeep/girlboss creed and flouts feminine convention... but is it going to pay off in the long run?
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Music by LaTasha Bundy. Show art by Emily Davis-Hale.
Do you love mess? Lady Susan Vernon sure does - and so do we, let's be honest. Our final episode of 2024 takes us into a familiar world of high-class drama, plus bite-sized historical and pop culture connections!
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The second half of Catharine’s story brings us a new banner entry into the annals of the Austen Character Hate Club! Let’s talk about the follies of young men and why anyone puts up with them…
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Not a bad text to bring to an internet culture that's currently a little obsessed with girlhood...
Discover Kitty's joys and sorrows with us in the first part of this story, where we'll also dive into the fates and fancies of her friends.
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God grant us the confidence of a mediocre white man.
Join us this time to enter the mind of a rare male Austen protagonist, the luckiest guy in the world. We'll also take you through some of the historical and psychological context that may have gotten him to this point...
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Re widowhood and mourning: in this period, widowhood was for many women the first time that they had any liberty or any control over their lives. It's not surprising that some of them responded by enjoying their freedom. Sure, it's socially correct to observe the customs of mourning, but imagine how difficult that would be if you weren't mourning, but rather celebrating the end of an intolerable marriage, which would have been true for many women.
Too late now, but the name is correctly pronounced "Mannering," although a lot of Americans pronounce it more the way it's spelled.
I think for the rankings of love-interests, you need subcategories: self-proclaimed suitors (e.g. John Thorpe, Mr. Collins), characters that seem at first like real suitors but aren't (e.g. Willoughby, Wickham, Frank Churchill), and the ones the heroines end up marrying. I think Crawford is objectively awful (his goal, remember, is to make Fanny fall in love with him so he can break her heart), but can seem less awful because in the other choice is Edmund Bertram.
When I reread Northanger Abbey a few years ago I was struck by just how familiar John Thorpe was. We have all met his modern incarnation: the self-centered dude who doesn't hear the word "no" and doesn't understand how a woman could reject such a nice guy as himself.
FWIW, "Benwick" is pronounced "Bennick." The English do that kind of thing a lot with names: there's a pronunciation that you just have to know. My favorite is "Featherstonhaugh," which is pronounced (wait for it...) "Fanshaw."
I've now read a large chunk of the P&P/Parent Trap fanfic, and it's quite good! The author seems to really know the source material and adapts it well to a modern setting. She does seem to hew closer to "Lottie and Lisa" (the book on which Parent Trap was based) than to the movies.
Six degrees of Benedict Cumberbatch: he and Jon Lee Miller starred in a London stage play of Frankenstein (they played the parts Frankenstein and the monster, switching parts from show to show). Miller has played both Mr. Knightly (in the 2009 BBC adaptation of Emma) and Edmund Bertram (in the 1999 Mansfield Park). He also apparently played one of Fanny Price's little brothers (not William) in a 1983 adaptation of MP.
I don't think Knightley was really in love with Emma when she was 13. I think he's projecting his current feelings backward.
Mr. Knightley does not approve of punching down.
In Austen, charming men are nearly always bad news. The only one of her male protagonists who is charming is Henry Tilney (Wentworth is dashing, but not charming). Most of the charming men are villains, or, in the case of Frank Churchill, half a villain. Do not trust charming men! They are hiding something!
This episode really needed better editing.
I forget who it was who suggested to me the wrong but interesting idea that Marianne's mysterious illness is a miscarriage.