Charlie and Jacquie Bloese (The Golden Hour/The Secret Photographs) discuss early erotic photography, Victorian erotic stage performances, and the beginnings of bicycle use for women which had a huge impact on female agency.

Please note there are mentions of suicide and abuse in this episode

A transcript is available on my site

General references: The photograph of Marie Berin
Marion Sambourne's diary
I can recommend the keyword phrase 'early bicycle wear women' for lots of pictures of the outfits Jacquie describes
Wikipedia's article on the history of women cycling (bicycling and feminism)

Books mentioned by name or extensively: Jacquie Bloese: The Golden Hour

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Release details: recorded 3rd April 2024; published 8th July 2024

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Discussions

01:26 The whys of this book and the inspiration, particularly in the context of the photography
03:56 More about the model written about by Linley Sambourne, who committed suicide, and how Jacquie was influenced by it
05:47 Why Jacquie chose Brighton, and why she chose the Victorian period in that context also
09:00 About the female photographer, Marie Bertin, that Jacquie mentioned
09:58 About Holywell Street in London
11:30 The women points of view of The Golden Hour - Ellen, Clem, and Lily
16:23 Harriet (Harry) Smart and the music halls/theatres
20:28 More about The Vigilant Association
24:08 How Jacquie plotted her book and kept all the secrets straight in her mind
28:34 How Ottile had a bigger role in previous drafts
31:46 The importance of the questions of sexuality
34:53 Ellen and Reynold's mother, her story and the significance of her story
38:05 Women! Cycling! And the importance of cycling for women at the time
42:09 About Jacquie's inclusion of cats and the way they influenced the book
44:35 What Jacquie's writing now, her book that includes silent films

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