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A Regency Era Sapphic Schoolteacher Scandal
Season 8 Episode 15
In the Regency Era, reputation was all many working-class women had. When Edinburgh schoolteachers Marianne Woods and Jane Pirie were accused of sapp…
8 months, 1 week ago
Queen Marie-Louise Christophe: A Black Regency Era Queen
Season 8 Episode 14
It's our Regency Era, which means we had to get Vanessa Riley (current Queen of Regency era fiction) on the podcast. This week we're revisiting out c…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Jacquotte Delahaye: The Real Pirate of the Caribbean
The real Pirates of the Caribbean were Black, and women! And Jacquotte Delahaye was the most famous of them all.
Author Vanessa Riley's new novel, …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Regency Era Sex Ed: Round Two
Season 8 Episode 13
To round out this year on Vulgar History, I want to revisit this instant classic episode with Regency Era romance author Alexandra Vasti, all about R…
9 months ago
Hortense Mancini: It Girl of Restoration England
Hortense Mancini was the It Girl of 17th-century France, then put on a pair of pants and ran away from her awful husband. She then became It Girl in …
9 months, 1 week ago
Rachel: The One-Named Jewish Actress And Her Many, Many Lovers (revisited)
For this year's Hanukkah special, we're revisiting the timeless saga of RACHEL, the Jewish actress so iconic she needed only one name. It's so intere…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Mary Shelley's Scandalous Sister, Claire Clairmont (Revisited)
Season 8 Episode 13
We're in our Regency Era and just finished Mary Shelley Month, and Claire Clairmont REFUSES TO BE IGNORED. We're revisiting the story of this iconic …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Regency Era and Consent
Ever since the novel was invented, women have used it as a platform for sharing ideas about sexual consent. In her new book Courting Disaster: Readin…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, and America's 250th Anniversary
It's (American) Thanksgiving, so here's a special American History episode! In this, you can hear my discussion with Dr. Jane Kamensky, President and…
10 months ago
Regency Era Cottagecore Lesbians: The Ladies of Llangollen
Season 8 Episode 10
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The Ladies of Llangollen, Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, were Regency-era Irish women who ran off to…
10 months ago