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Regency Era Heiresses and the History of Enslavement
Regency Era heiresses are a part of most Jane Austen novels, as women with fortunes men want to marry into. Some of these fortunes were from old fami…
10 months, 1 week ago
Anne Lister: Regency-Era Power Lesbian
Season 8 Episode 7
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Anne Lister was many things: secret sex diarist, land-owner, mountain climber, womanizer, power le…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Jane Austen: The Life of a Regency Era Literary Icon
Season 8 Episode 6
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen is one of England's best-loved and most-read authors. This year is the 250th anniversary of h…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Vulgar History: Regency Era trailer
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10 months, 4 weeks ago
Mary Shelley Month: Lord Byron, The Original F***boi of Literature
Mary Shelley famously wrote Frankenstein while on a summer-long sleepover party with her husband, sister, and her husband's friend, Lord Byron.
To cl…
11 months ago
Mary Shelley Month: Why Frankenstein Still Matters
Season 8 Episode 5
Mary Shelley is still most famous for writing FRANKENSTEIN, and with good reason! Her story was adapted into a play shortly after it was first publi…
11 months, 1 week ago
The Wild Life of Mary Shelley, Author of Frankenstein
Season 8 Episode 3
It's Mary Shelley Month, which requires us to revisit this classic Vulgar History episode about Mary Shelley: Goth Queen, Mom Friend. And honestly, i…
11 months, 1 week ago
Mary Shelley's mother, Mary Wollstonecraft (part two)
In last week's episode, Mary Wollstonecraft decided to head over to Paris as the French Revolution was turning into The Terror, just for the vibes. T…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Mary Shelley Month: Slashed Beauties, with Allison Rushby
Season 8 Episode 2
Mary Shelley's influence can be felt in countless feminist body horror novels written in the past two hundred years. But how many of those books are …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Mary Shelley's mother, Mary Wollstonecraft (part one)
Season 8 Episode 1
It's Mary Shelley Month on Vulgar History! For Halloween season, we're looking at goth icon Mary Shelley and her friends and family. And we'e startin…
11 months, 3 weeks ago