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National Archives: Powers of Persuasion
Private Joe Louis
Music: Escaping Forever by Michael Vignola
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Dr. Margaret Crocco on Texas Textbooks
PBS Documentary The Revisionaries
Avenue Q (musical)
Kate McGee for The Texas Tribune on HB 3979
National Archives’ Rediscovering Black History Blog
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Good Ancestor Podcast
NPR’s Code Switch Podcast - Episode mentioned today: Tulsa: 100 Years Later
The 1619 Project
Nice White Parents Podcast
Rachel Cargle
Ally Henny
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Feature by Andrew Sullivan
Native Land (Nonprofit) Website
In the App Store
In Google Play
Music: First Light Part 1 (Instrumental) by Keith Anthony Holden
Author Elizabeth McCracken
Devolution by Max Brooks
Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/books/review-dopesick-beth-macy-opioid-crisis.html
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a12775932/sackler-family-oxycontin/
https://www.amazon.com/Year-Rest-Relaxation-Ottessa-Moshfegh/dp/1784707422/ref=asc_df_1784707422/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=343242904475&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11443223706833030748&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028322&hvtargid=pla-527476996073&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=67797266303&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=343242904475&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11443223706833030748&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028322&hvtargid=pla-527476996073
Music: "Ever Mindful" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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https://publicdomainreview.org/2014/11/12/illustrations-of-madness-james-tilly-matthews-and-the-air-loom/
Follow this link to purchase Mike Jay’s fascinating book and support the Public Domain Review: https://www.amazon.com/Visionary-Madness-Matthews-Influencing-Machine/dp/1583947175?tag=thepubdomrev-20
Music: "Relaxing Piano Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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https://edwardcareyauthor.com/books/little/
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/mar/12/featuresreviews.guardianreview8
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/232365/the-underground-railroad-by-colson-whitehead/9780345804327/
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/32614/32614-h/32614-h.htm
Music: "Relaxing Piano Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Thanks for listening to Bluestocking!
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https://historycollection.co/disturbing-historical-demons-you-wouldnt-ever-want-to-run-into/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/19/master-margarita-bulgakov-satire-russia
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Music: "Silver Flame" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Thank you for listening to Bluestocking, the podcast for people who love to learn, but don’t always have time to study. This episode, I was inspired by a series of stories covering art history in seven colors, and reminded of a book from one of my favorite authors, Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore.
Helpful Links:
https://www.kellygrovier.com/ - poet and art critic Kelly Grovier. Check out his art history series for the BBC.
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180312-the-racist-message-hidden-in-a-masterpiece - Kelly Grovier’s take on black.
https://www.chrismoore.com/books/sacre-bleu/ - Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore. Follow the link on this page to read the first two chapters.
Music for this episode:
"Inner Light" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Greetings, and welcome to Bluestocking, the podcast for people who love to learn, but don’t always have time to study. Today we’re delving into the fascinating world of Victorian libraries.
Helpful Links:
Reading Rooms Designed for Women: https://daily.jstor.org/the-reading-rooms-designed-to-protect-women-from-library-loafers/
Gender and Public Space in Victorian America: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1215236?mag=the-reading-rooms-designed-to-protect-women-from-library-loafers
The Dangers Facing Victorian Librarians: https://daily.jstor.org/being-librarian-dangerous/
More information beyond the short article can be found here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25542241?mag=being-librarian-dangerous&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
Some Books Can Kill: https://daily.jstor.org/some-books-can-kill/
Documentary covering deadly everyday items of the Victorian age: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nqq_nFkRcs
Dr. Suzannah Lipscombe: http://suzannahlipscomb.com/
The Dollop Episode about Hat Pins and Mashers: https://thedollop.libsyn.com/213-mashers-and-hatpins
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Fun Facts about J.K. Rowling: https://www.cbc.ca/books/50-things-you-might-not-know-about-j-k-rowling-1.4093971
Charities related to the Harry Potter world: https://dailygeekette.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/use-your-hp-love-for-good-activism-and-charity-in-the-harry-potter-fandom/
Wonderful Quotes from J.K. Rowling: https://www.cbc.ca/books/4-reasons-why-j-k-rowling-is-the-only-person-who-could-have-created-harry-potter-1.4182327
Some Interesting and Inspiring Thoughts on Depression and Failure, using J.K. Rowling’s success as example: https://qz.com/961875/how-jk-rowling-overcame-depression-and-rejection-to-end-up-selling-400-million-books/
Music: http://www.supportify.ch/dl/?track=62857
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Thank you so much for listening to Bluestocking! This episode is short and maybe not sweet, but certainly poignant. There are some links below if you’re interested in learning more about today’s topic or how you can help some ‘strangers’ through a group like the International Rescue Committee.
Helpful Links:
https://www.rescue-uk.org/article/what-strangers-case
https://qz.com/786163/the-banned-400-year-old-shakespearean-speech-being-used-for-refugee-rights-today/ - The full text of the speech can be read here, and there are also two videos not linked here: One of Ian McKellan performing it, and another featuring Harriet Walter.
https://www.rescue-uk.org/video/strangers-case-shakespeares-rallying-cry-humanity - Filmed at Shakespeare’s Globe in 2018.
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/research/currentprojects/multiculturalshakespeare/news/?newsItem=8a17841a6411e8b401642243e1b859b6 - a different take, turning it into a local pub scene, also filmed in 2018.
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Music: "String Impromptu Number 1" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Thank you for listening to Bluestocking, the podcast for people who love to learn, but don’t always have time to study.
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Wendy Moore, Author: http://www.wendymoore.org/
Music: "Peace of Mind" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email [email protected].
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Greetings, and welcome to Bluestocking! This episode delves into the joint biography, Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon, about Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley.
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http://charlottegordonbooks.com/
http://time.com/5133735/wollstonecraft-grave-mary-shelley-frankenstein/
Music: "Relaxing Piano Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Psssst... Bluestocking is One Year Old today! Whoohoo!
Psssst... questions, comments, or suggestions? Email [email protected]!
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http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180611-why-frankenstein-is-the-story-that-defined-our-fears
Edison Silent Movie, Frankenstein: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-fM9meqfQ4
Listen to The Year Without a Summer, about the events that helped inspire Mary Shelley to create Frankenstein: https://www.imaginaryworldspodcast.org/the-year-without-a-summer-1.html
Or, if you prefer a transcript, from The Allusionist, which is how I first came across the story two years ago: https://www.theallusionist.org/transcripts/frankenstein
ASU The Frankenstein Bicentennial Project: https://frankenstein.asu.edu/
National Theatre LIVE Screenings of the 2011 production featuring Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch switching roles: http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/ntlin4-frankenstein
Music: "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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https://www.thelittleprince.com/
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-strange-triumph-of-the-little-prince
http://mentalfloss.com/article/64148/12-charming-facts-about-little-prince
http://mentalfloss.com/article/57198/11-drafts-most-famous-phrase-little-prince
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3621040/The-other-side-of-the-story.html
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/consuelo-de-saint-exupery/the-tale-of-the-rose/
Questions, comments, or suggestions? Email [email protected].
Music Courtesy of Kevin MacLeod: "Parting of the Ways - Part 1" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Greetings, and welcome to Bluestocking!
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-manuscripts-embroidery
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-marginalia-books-doodles
https://www.instagram.com/uofgcodicologist
https://medievalbooks.nl/2014/10/24/feeling-good-about-bad-skin/
http://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2017/05/ready-are-you-more-medieval-yodas.html
Questions, comments, or ideas? Email [email protected].
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Head’s Up: this episode contains strong language.
Helpful (and fun!) links:
Samuel Pepys’ Diary: https://www.pepysdiary.com
F Yeah History Crushes: http://fuckyeahhistorycrushes.tumblr.com/
Questions, Comments, or Suggestions? Shoot me an email: [email protected].
Music Credit: "Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Helpful Links:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/delmonicos-womens-lunch
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/06/charles-dickens-and-the-women-who-made-him
Music from Kevin MacLeod: Garden Music Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Helpful Links Concerning Uncomfortable Truths...
About PT Barnum: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-pt-barnum-greatest-humbug-them-all-180967634/
About Mark Twain: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/28/mark-twains-disturbing-passion-for-collecting-young-girls/
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Today’s Music: "Wisps of Whorls" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Thank you for listening to Bluestocking!
I highly recommend Fixing Troilus and Cressida performed by The Rude Mechs in Austin, Texas if you’re able to make it. If you’re far away, you can still read the script and check out the awesome work this creative group is making: www.rudemechs.com
Meet Kirk Lynn, the playwright: http://www.kirkkirkkirk.com/
And Alexandra Bassiakou Shaw, the director: http://www.alexandrabassiakoushaw.com/
As always, if you have questions, comments, or suggestions, I’d love to hear from you: [email protected]
Music: "Peace of Mind" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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