There's a whole genre of "a general history of lesbians/homosexuality in Britain" with approaches ranging from lighthearted (and often inaccurate) pop history to very serious academic studies and sourcebooks. (This genre may also exist for other countries -- I've collected a smaller set for the USA -- but I haven't run across them as often.) This one falls in the mid-range, probably intended as a textbook for a non-specialist social history course.
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This is the last article from this collection and brings the topic up to the late 19th and early 20th century, as well as focusing on the working classes and others who aren't well documented in earlier ages.
Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 309 – Lesbians and Sex Work - transcript
(Originally aired 2025/03/22 - listen here)
Introduction
I'm not quite sure why I keep forgetting that I have blogs all written up and ready to post. (This is why I plan to have a posted work schedule in retirement: so everything gets pushed along the path at regular intervals.)
Mademoiselle de Raucourt is on my short list for "historic lesbians who deserve a major media property about them.
I've had the several relevant articles in this collection written up for a couple weeks, but somehow kept not getting around to uploading them to the blog. But I have a "free" day today, so it was on my to-do list. The other main thing on my to-do list today is to contact the financial services company that has my 401K and start getting things arranged for my retirement income. It is not a comfortable time for this process. The instability of the markets mean that the balance in my 401K has been fluctuating wildly.
Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 308 - On the Shelf for March 202 - Transcript
(Originally aired 2025/03/02 - listen here)
Welcome to On the Shelf for March 2025.
Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 307 – Our F/Favorite Tropes: Sword-Lesbians and Horse-Girls - transcript
(Originally aired 2025/02/15 - listen here)
I don't usually get quite so political in my blog titles, but the rage has to spill out somewhere.
Next to last article from this collection and then we move on to Early Modern France.
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