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  • On the Shelf for May 2026 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 341
    2026/05/02
    On the Shelf for May 2026 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 341 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Say hi at GCLSRecent and upcoming publications covered on the blogTraub, Valerie. 1996. “The Perversion of ‘Lesbian’ Desire” in History Workshop Journal 41:19-49.Goode, Dawn M. 2008. “Dueling Discourses: The Erotics of Female Friendship in Mary Pix’s ‘Queen Catharine.’” in Restoration: Studies in English Literary Culture, 1660-1700, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 37–60.McClain, Molly. 2008. “Love, Friendship, and Power: Queen Mary II's Letters to Frances Apsley” in Journal of British Studies, Vol. 47, No. 3: 505-527Hitchcock, Tim. 1996. “Redefining Sex in Eighteenth-Century England” in History Workshop Journal, No. 41: 72-90Roulston, Christine. 1998. “Separating the Inseparables: Female Friendship and Its Discontents in Eighteenth-Century France.” Eighteenth-Century Studies, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 215–31. Book ShoppingJane Austen’s Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical FictionThe Beheading Game by Rebecca LehmannConsider This My Witness by Madeline KleinBeneath the Quiet Valley (Quiet Valley #1) by Eleanor FosterBeneath the Quiet Valley: Two Lives (Quiet Valley #2) by Eleanor FosterThe Water That Remembers (The Woman at the Well #1) by Jade RemintgonThe Weight of Staying (The Woman at the Well #2) by Jade RemintgonThe Courage to Remain (The Woman at the Well #3) by Jade RemintgonThe Mystery of the Bitten Peach by Cecilia Tan Bone of my Bone by Johanna van VeenMiss Woodhouse & Miss Fairfax by Maisie JardelleThe Wives of Herrick Hall by Julie LewHer Runaway Lady by B.J. SikesFor the Love of the Quest by Alexandra Ammon ParthunThe Summer I Met June by Mozie S What I’ve been consumingWord by Word by Kory StamperTrue Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color--from Azure to Zinc Pink by Kory StamperMurder at Sissingham Hall by Clara BensonThe Mystery at Underwood House by Clara Benson This month we interview Cecilia Tan and talk about:The fun of genre mash-upsRepresenting diasporaThe relationship of historic stories and time-travel storiesFounding SFF erotica publisher Circlet PressFuture projects and the joy of pantsing A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview transcripts added when available.) Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmpBlog: http://alpennia.com/blogRSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/Twitter: @LesbianMotifDiscord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord serverThe Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.comEmail: Heather Rose JonesMastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.ShopBluesky: @heatherrosejonesFacebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page) Links to Cecilia Tan Online Website: https://www.ceciliatan.comInstagram: @ctan_writerBluesky: @ceciliatan.com
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  • Mary/Charles Hamilton: The Original Female Husband - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 340
    2026/04/18
    Mary/Charles Hamilton: The Original Female Husband The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 340 with Heather Rose Jones

    In this episode we talk about:

    • The factual story of Mary/Charles Hamilton
    • Henry Fielding’s fictional version in The Female Husband
    • The larger historic and literary context
    • Sources mentioned
      • Baker, S. 1959. “Henry Fielding’s The Female Husband: Fact and Fiction” in PMLA, 74 pp.213-24.
      • Castle, T. 1983-4. “Eros and Liberty at the English Masquerade, 1710-90” in Eighteenth-Century Studies, XVII, 2: 156-76.
      • Derry, Caroline. 2020. Lesbianism and the Criminal Law: Three Centuries of Legal Regulation in England and Wales. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-35299-8
      • Donoghue, Emma. 1995. Passions Between Women: British Lesbian Culture 1668-1801. Harper Perennial, New York. ISBN 0-06-017261-4
      • Friedli, Lynne. 1987. “Passing Women: A Study of Gender Boundaries in the Eighteenth Century” in Rousseau, G. S. and Roy Porter (eds). Sexual Underworlds of the Enlightenment. Manchester University Press, Manchester. ISBN 0-8078-1782-1
      • Fielding, Henry. 1746. The Female Husband: or, the Surprising History of Mrs Mary, Alias Mr George Hamilton. Liverpool, M. Cooper. (https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-female-husband-or-_fielding-henry_1746)
      • Lanser, Susan. 2001. “Sapphic Picaresque: Sexual Difference and the Challenges of Homoadventuring” in Textual Practice 15:2 (November 2001): 1-18.
      • Lyons, Clare A. 2007. “Mapping an Atlantic Sexual Culture: Homoeroticism in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia” in: Foster, Thomas A. (ed). Long Before Stonewall: Histories of Same-Sex Sexuality in Early America. New York University Press, New York. ISBN 13-978-0-8147-2749-2
      • Manion, Jen. “The Queer History of Passing as a Man in Early Pennsylvania.” Pennsylvania Legacies, vol. 16, no. 1, 2016, pp. 6–11.
      • Manion, Jen. 2020. Female Husbands: A Trans History. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 978-1-108-48380-3
    • The full text of The Female Husband by Henry Fielding can be found at archive.org
    • This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: Charles/Mary Hamilton, The Female Husband (Henry Fielding)

    A transcript of this podcast is available here.

    Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online

    • Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
    • Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
    • RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
    • Twitter: @LesbianMotif
    • Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
    • The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon

    Links to Heather Online

    • Website: http://alpennia.com
    • Email: Heather Rose Jones
    • Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
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    22 分
  • On the Shelf for April 2026 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 339
    2026/04/04
    On the Shelf for April 2026 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 339 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Exciting news about the next season of Bridgerton.The upcoming 10th anniversaryRecent and upcoming publications covered on the blogFielding, Henry. 1746. The Female Husband: or, the Surprising History of Mrs Mary, Alias Mr George Hamilton. Liverpool, M. Cooper.Baker, S. 1959. “Henry Fielding’s The Female Husband: Fact and Fiction” in PMLA, 74 pp.213-24. Book ShoppingKehoe, M. (ed). 1986. Historical, Literary and Erotic Aspects of Lesbianism. New York. ISBN 0-918393-21-3Gilbert, Oscar Paul (trans. by J. Lewis May). 1932. Women in Men's Guise. The Bodley Head, London. Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical FictionStand and Deliver by Ivy WarrenRomeo & Her Sister by Jillian BlevinsTo Love a Boleyn by Joey EvangelistaArguments Against the Cultivation of Female Curiosity (Curiosity #2) by Suzanne MossThe Countess and the Cartographer by Lyra Ashwood The Egyptologist's Curse by Georgina KenyonLove's Joy and Sorrow Between Women by Emilie KnopfCounterpoint by Barbara BergmannForever Yours, Nell by Andrea EadThe Witch and the Huntress by Luna McNamaraA Whisper of Bells and Prayers by C.C. GonzálezScallywag! by K.L. MitchellThe Unruly Heart of Miss Darcy by Erin EdwardsShe Tamed the Lady by Judith LynneFlirting with Disaster by Kerrigan ByrneAs a Lover by Hilary McCollumAt Last It's You by Marianne Marston Other Titles of InterestThe Keyholder by S. KallistosA Lady for All Seasons by T J Alexander What I’ve been consumingQueen Demon by Martha WellsPride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh/em> by Rachael LippincottPeasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword by Henry LienLady Eve's Last Con/em> by Rebecca FraimowThe Rushworth Family Plot/em> by Claudia GrayWho Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner by Katrine Marcal A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview transcripts added when available.) Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmpBlog: http://alpennia.com/blogRSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/Twitter: @LesbianMotifDiscord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord serverThe Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.comEmail: Heather Rose JonesMastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.ShopBluesky: @heatherrosejonesFacebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
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    30 分
  • Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and the Invention of Lesbian Pirates - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 338
    2026/03/21
    Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and the Invention of Lesbian Pirates The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 338 with Heather Rose Jones

    In this episode we talk about:

    • Female pirates
    • Anne Bonny and Mary Read in the General History of the Pyrates
    • The motif of “lesbian Bonny & Read”
    • Bonny and Read in lesbian historical fiction
    • Sources mentioned
      • Wikipedia entry: Women in Piracy
      • Women Pirates and the Politics of the Jolly Roger by Ulrike Klausmann, Marion Meinzerin, and Gabriel Kuhn
    • This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here:
      • Anne Bonny
      • Mary Read
      • LHMP Entry #547 A General History of the Pyrates
    • Works mentioned by Helen Rodriguez:
      • The History and Lives of Notorious Pirates (1735)
      • The Extraordinary Adventures and Daring Exploits of Captain Henry Morgan (1813)
      • The Naval History of the United States by Willis J. Abbott (1896)
      • The Buccaneers and their Reign of Terror by C.M. Stevens (1899)
      • The Homosexuality of Men and Women by Magnus Hirschfield (1920)
      • ”Anne Bonny & Mary Read: They Killed Pricks” by Susan Baker in The Furies: Lesbian/Feminist Monthly Vol. 1, issue 6 (August 1972)
      • Mistress of the Seas (novel) by John Carlova (1964)
      • Forgotten Women ed. By Nancy M[???] (couldn’t identify this book)
      • The Women Pirates (play) by Steve Gooch (
      • Mary Read, Buccaneer (novel) by Philip Rush (1945)
      • Beneath the Black Flag by David Cordingly
      • Kingston by Starlight (novel) by Christopher John Farley
      • Black Sails (tv series)
      • Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (video game)
      • The Pirates of Neverland (video game)
      • Our Flag Means Death (tv series)
      • Hellcats (podcast fiction)

    A transcript of this podcast is available here.

    Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online

    • Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
    • Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
    • RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
    • Twitter: @LesbianMotif
    • Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
    • The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon

    Links to Heather Online

    • Website: http://alpennia.com
    • Email: Heather Rose Jones
    • Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
    • Bluesky: @heatherrosejones
    • Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

    Links to Helen Rodriguez Online

    • Email: Helenrodriguez1720@gmail.com
    • Bluesky: @ladytyler.bsky.social
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    49 分
  • On the Shelf for March 2026 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 337
    2026/03/07
    On the Shelf for March 2026 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 337 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: Gentleman Jack (ballet) by the Northern Ballet CompanyNorthern Ballet Company You Tube channelRecent and upcoming publications covered on the blog Mourão, Manuela. 1999. “The representation of female desire in early modern pornographic texts, 1660-1745” in Signs, 24: 589-94.Toulalan, Sarah. 2003. “Extraordinary Satisfactions: Lesbian Visibility in Seventeenth-Century Pornography in England” in Gender and History 15: 50-68Johnson, Charles (pseudonym). 1724. A General History of the Pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present time. With the remarkable actions and adventures of the two female pyrates Mary Read and Anne Bonny ... To which is added. A short abstract of the statute and civil law, in relation to pyracy. London: T. Warner. Book Shopping Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality by Anne Fausto Sterling Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical Fiction Rattlesridge by Mina RoseThe Ink Between Us by Chiara BelliniLove and Gunpowder by Valeska DelsolDaughter of the Hunt by K. Arsenault RiveraSweetbitter Song by Rosie HewlettThe Alchemist's Secret by Clare MarchantSalt and Surrender (The Aramanthine Sea #1) by E.S. BrandonA Change of Pace by J.A. StevensA Comfortable Misery by Kassandra HartThe Fox and the Devil by Kiersten WhiteWayward Souls (Harker & Moriarty #2) by Susan J. MorrisSpoiled Milk by Avery CurranThe Nightshade (Hattie James #4) by Stacy Lynn Miller What I’ve been consuming Witch Week by Diana Wynne JonesThe Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview transcripts added when available.) Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmpBlog: http://alpennia.com/blogRSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/Twitter: @LesbianMotifDiscord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord serverThe Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.comEmail: Heather Rose JonesMastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.ShopBluesky: @heatherrosejonesFacebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
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    22 分
  • Aye, There’s the Rub - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 336
    2026/02/21
    Aye, There’s the Rub The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 336 with Heather Rose Jones

    In this episode we talk about:

    • Vocabulary for women-loving women referring to “rubbing”
    • Shifts of meaning and usage
    • What too many authors get wrong
    • Sources mentioned: see transcript

    A transcript of this podcast is available here.

    Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online

    • Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
    • Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
    • RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
    • Twitter: @LesbianMotif
    • Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
    • The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon

    Links to Heather Online

    • Website: http://alpennia.com
    • Email: Heather Rose Jones
    • Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
    • Bluesky: @heatherrosejones
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    31 分
  • On the Shelf for February 2026 - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 335
    2026/02/10
    On the Shelf for February 2026 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 335 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: The 2026 fiction line-up:“Between One Word and the Next” by L.J. Lee“Love for Love’s Sake” by Shannon Lippert“Salt for the Unmarried” by Khayelihle BenghuThe Sultan’s Vetala by Priya SridharThe Tale of Gudrun Sigurdsdóttir by Daniel Stride Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blogReay, Barry. 2009. “Writing the Modern Histories of Homosexual England” in The Historical Journal, 52, 1. pp.213-233Crannell, Marissa. 2015. Utterly Confused Categories: Gender Non-Conformity in Late Medieval and Early Modern Western Europe. Dissertation.Mara-McKay, Nico. 2018. “Becoming Gendered: Two Medieval Approaches to Intersex Gender Assignment” in Prandium: The Journal of Historical Studies vol. 7, no. 1.Roelens, Jonas. 2017. “A Woman Like Any Other: Female Sodomy, Hermaphroditism, and Witchcraft in Seventeenth-Century Bruges” in Journal of Women’s History, vol. 29 no. 4, Winter 2017. pp.11-34Loveday, Kiki. “Sister Acts: Victorian Porn, Lesbian Drag, and Queer Reproduction” in Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media, vol. 60, no. 2, 2019, pp. 201–26.Larson, Ruth. 1997. “Sex and Civility in a 17th-Century Dialogue: L’Escole des filles” in Papers on French Seventeenth-Century Literature, no. 47: 497-514.Rivers, Christopher. 1995. “Safe Sex: The Prophylactic Walls of the Cloister in the French Libertine Convent Novel of the Eighteenth Century” in Journal of the History of Sexuality, Vol. 5, No. 3: 381-402 Book ShoppingWurzelbacher, Karli. 2025. Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History. Huntington: The Heckscher Museum of Art. ISBN 979-8-9925162-1-0Lodge, Sara. 2024. The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-28660-1Boyd, Rebecca. 2024. Exploring Ireland's Viking-Age Towns. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-03-259109-4 Recent Lesbian/Sapphic Historical FictionHawthorn & Bitter by Shannon K. KellyCut on the Bias by Susanna BonarettiBefore the Swallow Dares by Hannah Perrin-HaynesThe Stillness Between Us (Voices of the Hive Trilogy) by Clara Bellweather The Language of Bees (Voices of the Hive Trilogy) by Clara Bellweather The Keeper of Tides (Voices of the Hive Trilogy) by Clara Bellweather The Language of Leaves (The Silent Companions) by Clara Bellweather The Marginal Truth (The Silent Companions) by Clara Bellweather The Stitched Confession (The Silent Companions) by Clara Bellweather Fire Sword and Sea by Vanessa RileySword and Silk: The Legend of Julie d'Aubigny by Maeve Campbell La Maupin : The Scandalous Story of Julie d'Aubigny by C.C. ParkeThe Black Lark's Oath by Tess WilderEmbers on the Moor by Giada MorettiUnfinished Story by Jade WintersThe Midnight Daughters by AeressaThe Hidden Petition (Beacon Hill Mysteries #1) by Maeve McQueenThe House of Hidden Hearts by Matus ZelenayE.V. Bancroft by E.V. BancroftA Very Hamble Christmas by E.V. BancroftStar & Thea at Court by A V KakkadThe Hidden Flower in the Palace: A Queer Court Tragedy by Shin HwayoonShe-Wolf: A Sapphic Beowulf Retelling by E.K. O'ConnorThe Fifth Day of Her Heart by Richard CicayThe Found Family Victory (Salvation's Edge #1) by Lady KBelonging to the Air by Avery IronsJoe the Pirate by HubertA Slow and Secret Poison by Carmella Lowkis What I’ve been consumingDead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview transcripts added when available.) Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmpBlog: http://alpennia.com/blogRSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/Twitter: @LesbianMotifDiscord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord serverThe Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.comEmail: Heather Rose JonesMastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.ShopBluesky: @heatherrosejonesFacebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
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    21 分
  • Fiction Double-Header: Down By the Tumbling Stream by E C Hallewell & Where You Go by Jennifer Nestojko - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 334
    2026/01/31
    Fiction Double-Header: Down By the Tumbling Stream by E C Hallewell & Where You Go by Jennifer Nestojko The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 334 with Heather Rose Jones

    This quarter’s fiction episode presents two stories:

    • "Down By the Tumbling Stream" EC Hallewell, narrated by Heather Rose Jones.
    • "Where You Go" Jennifer Nestojko, narrated by Heather Rose Jones.

    A transcript of this podcast is available here.

    Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online

    • Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp
    • Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog
    • RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/
    • Twitter: @LesbianMotif
    • Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server
    • The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon

    Links to Heather Online

    • Website: http://alpennia.com
    • Email: Heather Rose Jones
    • Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop
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    Links to EC Hallewell Online

    • Bluesky: @echallewell.bsky.social
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    36 分