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09/07/2024

Awh thank you so much for this 5 star review 🥲 💕

I promise I'll get my act together and release another episode soon!

08/06/2024

Had an excellent afternoon listening to talking about medieval s*x and s*xuality at as part of the project.

Possibly one of the best talks I've ever been to! 💜

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02/04/2024

My latest podcast obsession is and it's sooooo good! ✨️

Listening to Alison, Eliza and Karlin chat through and update the OG Unsolved Mysteries TV series is the podcast I didn't know I needed.

If you like true crime or are a spooky bitch go give it a listen! 🕵‍♀️ 👽 👻

10/02/2024

In the latest episode of Amorous Histories you can hear Alex Collinson talk about Margaret Leeson, so who was she? 💘

The following text is quoted from the Women's Museum of Ireland and was written by Karyn Moynihan:

"Margaret Leeson, also known as Peg Plunkett, was Dublin’s most famous brothel madam in eighteenth-century Ireland. Clever, witty and beautiful, she was a leading figure in the hedonism set of Georgian Dublin and counted lords, lawyers and con-men among her clientele. Born in Westmeath in 1727, Peg’s ailing father left her abusive brother Christopher in charge of the house after their mother’s death and Peg soon fled to Dublin to escape. She took up with a Mr Dardis, who got her pregnant and set her up with a house. When she lost the child, however, the man and home soon followed. After this she was ‘kept’ by a wine merchant, but before long became the kept mistress of a Mr Leeson.

Peg took his last name without ever marrying him, but was thrown out when he discovered that she’d been carrying on with other men [...] One of the men in question was a Mr Lawless, who Peg went on to have a tempestuous relationship with. They fought relentlessly, both falling prey to wild jealousy."

"Peg and her lover parted ways when he sailed off to America, leaving her heartbroken. She then set up her first brothel with her right-hand-woman and fellow courtesan, Sally Hayes. The house was located on Drogheda Street, but was vandalised one night by a notorious Dublin gang [...] Peg took the gang leader to court, winning damages, and moved her establishment to Wood Street, before eventually settling in Pitt Street, on what is now the site of the Westbury Hotel."

"After 30 years of running the brothel, Peg decided to reform her ways and retire to Blackrock. Unfortunately for her, the IOUs from wealthy men that she had stacked up over the years proved worthless and she wound up in a debtor’s prison. In order to raise money, she decided to write her memoirs, which put the fear of God into Dublin’s social circles. The first two volumes were a hit, but Peg dies in 1797, aged 70, before the third volume had been published."

From: womensmuseumofireland.ie/exhibits/peg-plunkett

20/01/2024

New episode alert! 🥳

I was lucky enough to talk to Alex Collinson, a third year PhD student at Newcastle University, last summer. In this episode we’ll be talking about her project, The S*x Workers’ Revolution: Prostitution and Feminism in Women’s writing, 1787-1801, and more broadly about women, s*x work, virtue and motherhood in eighteeth century England and Ireland.

Give it a listen, wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙

Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amoroushistories/episodes/The-writing-of-18th-century-s*x-workers-with-Alex-Collinson-e2emmmn

04/11/2023

So I may have forgotten that my job as a festival producer would mean that I would be MIA during September and October, my apologies 😅

But the festival is over now and my brain has recovered (mostly) so normal, mildly chaotic podcasting will resume!

Pictured: and artist Olivier Grossetête built Thomas Wolsey's college out of cardboard boxes. Wolsey had plans to build a school in Ipswich that would be as prestigious as Eton or Wi******er, this didn’t happen. Work started in the school in 1528, but by 1530 Wolsey was disgraced and dead so Ipswich is left with the remains of a very nice tutor gatehouse. Anyway as part of SPILL Festival the Ipswich community came together over a week to build the cardboard college and then ceremoniously tear it down and jump all over it. Great fun was had by all 🏰

31/10/2023

Looking for a spooky Halloween listen? Try my 3rd episode about s3x with ghosts and demons 😈

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In the Halloween special I looked at s3x with ghosts, demons and amorous apparitions throughout the ages. 👻 Including ghost stories from Lucy Liu and Ke$ha, and modern day reports of the s3x demon Popobawa attacking people in Zanzibar.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ahxFueIqT9SjgH5X7hEuh?si=c4HjuI20TXS5R9PJW14pbQ

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/amorous-apparitions-s*x-with-ghosts-and-demons/id1587753810?i=1000540276353

YouTube: https://youtu.be/be7lBqlPuXQ

Transcript and sources: amoroushistories.co.uk

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11/10/2023

What Po*******hy Knows: S*x and Social Protest since the Eighteenth Century by Dr Kathleen Lubey has probably got to be a must read for those of you interested in the literary history of pirn and erotica 📚

It is such a thought provoking book, and it shows some of the many ways p**nographic works can be "read".

Listen to me chat to Kathleen about the book, and p**n history, wherever you get your podcasts. Or go to amoroushistories.co.uk.

To get a copy of Kathleen's book What Po*******hy Knows: S*x and Social Protest since the Eighteenth Century go to https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=31053. Use the code “Lubey20” to get 20% off the paperback.

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10/10/2023

F***y Hill by John Cleland is such an important novel in 18th century studies as well as the history of p**nography. Coincidentally it was published the same year as The History of a Human Heart 📚

To listen to Dr Kathleen Lubey discuss F***y Hill in the context of her book, What P*rnography Knows, then tune in to the latest episode of Amorous Histories!

🖼 F***y Hill, Louisa, and the Nosegay Boy by William Ward (c.1787)

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09/10/2023

One of the main texts Dr Kathleen Lubey writes about in her book What Po*******hy Knows, is The History of the Human Heart, a 1749 p**nographic publication by an unknown author.

To hear Kathleen talk more about this piece of 18th century p**n with me then listen to the latest episode of Amorous Histories!

Image: Title page of The History of a Human Heart; Or the adventures of a Young Gentleman (1749)

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08/10/2023

A little Sunday treat for you all! New episode What P*rnography Knows with Dr Kathleen Lubey is out now 🥳

It was fascinating to talk to about p**n since the 18th century, and why studying p**n is so important. Thank you to Kathleen for joining me!

Listen wherever you get your podcasts or go to amoroushistories.co.uk.

📚 To get a copy of Kathleen's book What Po*******hy Knows: S*x and Social Protest since the Eighteenth Century go to https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=31053. Use the code “Lubey20” to get 20% off the paperback.

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08/10/2023

There's been a spike in people listening to the Inanna, Goddess of S*x episode recently 🎧

Inanna's on a one woman mission to remove Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies from their eternal top spot!

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07/10/2023

Everyone's favourite "other woman" 💋

Lady Elizabeth Christiana Hervey, Lady Elizabeth Foster, later Duchess of Devonshire (1759-1824). You may know her as Bess.

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From the info board at : Lady Elizabeth Christiana Hervey, affectionately called 'Bess', is best known for her participation in the scandalous 'ménage à trois with the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. She married John Thomas Foster in 1776 and lived with him at Ickworth. However, she fled the abusive marriage in 1782 and shortly after met the Devonshires.

Bess lived at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, with William, Duke of Devonshire and his wife Georgiana until the Duchess's death. Three years later, with Georgiana's approval, Bess married the Duke of Devonshire herself.

The miniature hanging around Bess neck is said to be of Georgiana, showing the close nature of their relationship.

19/09/2023

I wish I'd gotten a bigger shirt so I could have had a bigger picture of Mami 😈 To find out why Rhea Ripley is my mami go listen to episode 10 - Queering WWE Characters!

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10/09/2023

Finally went to , it's not like I've spent the majority of my life living close by 🙃

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05/09/2023

Outlander was quickly dubbed 'R**elander' by fans after a disproportionate amount of r**es and s*xual assaults were shown in the TV series.

Characters are regularly submitted to s*xual assault, r**e, attempted r**e, and s*xual coercion. Across the 7 seasons there are approximately 25 depictions of this sort.

Some argue that these depictions of r**e are a necessary part of the show, some say it is gratuitous and exploitative.

I discuss this and more with .taddeo and .byrne.14 in the latest episode of Amorous Histories.

What are your thoughts on 'R**elander'?

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03/09/2023

R**e in Period Drama Television by Dr Julie Taddeo and Dr Katherine Byrne, examines how r**e and r**e myths are portrayed in some of the most significant recent TV period dramas, such as Poldark and Outlander. Period drama on TV has frequently featured s*xual violence and continues to do so either as an attempt to give authenticity and realism to the programme, or as a sensationalist strategy to boost viewership. 📺

Taddeo and Byrne argue that r**e functions as an “anti-heritage” device that seeks to reduce the misplaced sentimentality evoked by period drama TV, and instead reflect a modern-day society characterised by the and movements. R**e in Period Drama Television explores the (sometimes harmful) assumptions and beliefs which audiences continue to hold about r**e, rapists, and victims.

It's a really interesting read and for me it certainly highlighted some ideas I had not thought of before, and some of my own bias’s from growing up in the godawful patriarchy.

To hear more about r**e in period drama TV listen to the latest episode of Amorous Histories with Dr Julie Taddeo and Dr Katherine Byrne wherever you get your podcasts. 🎙

Buy R**e in Period Drama Television: Consent, Myth, and Fantasy, or request your uni library purchases a copy 😉 https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781793625854/R**e-in-Period-Drama-Television-Consent-Myth-and-Fantasy

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01/09/2023

🎉 New podcast episode 🎉

Today is a special episode as I have Dr Julie Taddeo and Dr Katherine Byrne joining me to talk about their 2022 book R**e in Period Drama Television: Consent, Myth, and Fantasy. We will be discussing representations of r**e in TV shows such as Outlander, Poldark, Harlots, Bridgerton, Banished and more.

Dr Julie Taddeo is a Research Professor of British History at the University of Maryland in the USA. She has published multiple books and articles on topics including the Bloomsbury Group and British modernism; the British novelists Catherine Cookson and Anne Perry; Steampunk; and British period drama TV.

Dr Katherine Byrne teaches English at Ulster University in Northern Ireland, and has published many books and articles about period drama, Victorian literature and medicine, women’s writing, and the Gothic. Thanks again to both of them for joining me!

Apologies for the poor audio quality from my mic, I clearly sat in an area of the house with poor wifi, baby podcaster lesson learned!

Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
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29/08/2023

I tried to generate AI images of Princess Seraphina using the descriptions from the court transcript and as you can see it was a bit of a struggle 😅

Listen to the latest episode of Amorous Histories podcast to hear more about 🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/2QR5tpPRpQjxiUgTkHhvDm?si=ULjiIdEwRauBZ6PE-kIy7Q

24/08/2023

Testimony given by Mary Robinson about Princess Seraphina (aka John Cooper) at Thomas Gordon's trial in London, July 1732 👒

“Another Time, he comes to me, and says, "Lord, Madam, I must ask your Pardon, I was at your Mantua-maker's Yesterday, and dress'd my Head in your Lac'd Pinners, and I would fain have borrow'd them to have gone to the Ridotto at Vauxhall last Night, but I cou'd not persuade her to lend 'em me; but however she lent me your Callimanco Gown and Madam Nuttal's Mob [cap], and one of her Smocks, and so I went thither to pick up some Gentlemen to Dance."

"And did you make a good Hand of it, Princess?" says I.

"No, Madam," says he, "I pick'd up two Men, who had no Money, but however they proved to be my old Acquaintance, and very good Gentlewomen they were. One of them has been transported for counterfeiting Masquerade Tickets; and t'other went to the Masquerade in a Velvet Domine, and pick'd up an old Gentleman, and went to Bed with him, but as soon as the old Fellow found that he had got a Man by his Side, he cry'd out, `Murder'."”

Listen to the latest episode of Amorous Histories podcast to hear more about 🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/2QR5tpPRpQjxiUgTkHhvDm?si=Ls1m28fQQgCD28Gs35Tkkw

21/08/2023

Eighteenth Century tickets for the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens 🎊

John Cooper, aka Princess Seraphina, enjoyed going to masquerades dressed in women's clothes. Cross-dressing and fancy dress were not uncommon at 18th century masquerades. This allowed for a lot of naughtiness including s*x work and q***r hook-ups 💃

According to testimony given at Thomas Gordon's trial, Princess Seraphina attended the Ridotto al Fresco held at Vauxhall Gardens in June 1732. Seraphina was wearing Mary Robinson's "Callimanco Gown and Madam Nuttal's Mob [cap], and one of her Smocks."

For more about Princess Seraphina and the trial of Thomas Gordon listen to the latest episode of Amorous Histories podcast 🎙 https://open.spotify.com/episode/2QR5tpPRpQjxiUgTkHhvDm?si=Ls1m28fQQgCD28Gs35Tkkw
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Image 1: A paper ticket to the Ridotto al Fresco at Vauxhall Gardens on Wednesday 7th June 1732.

Image 2: An undated paper ticket for the Ridotto al Fresco.

19/08/2023

NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎉 Once again we’re travelling back to the 18th century, undeniably my favourite time period. We’re in 1730s London with gentleman’s servant and OG drag queen John Cooper, also known as Princess Seraphina.

Rictor Norton, the granddaddy of q***r British history scholars, introduces Seraphina on his website as quote “the first recognizable drag queen in English history, that is the first gay man for whom dragging it up was an integral part of his identity” 💃

Listen wherever you get your podcasts or go to amoroushistories.co.uk!

14/08/2023

One of my favourite sources for the latest episode of Amorous Histories was 'L*z Accessorise: Carabiners and Rings as Le***an Signals' by Eleanor Medhurst on her Dressing D***s website 💻

Dressing D***s is a great resource, whether you're researching le***an fashion history or a casual reader. Its accessible and chock full of info! Thanks for creating such an awesome website Ellie! ☺️

Read the article: https://dressingdykes.com/2021/05/14/lez-accessorise/

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13/08/2023

I didn’t anticipate being one of the podcasters who could say THANK YOU FOR OVER 10,000 LISTENS! 🥳

Umm also I just added up all the episode views on YouTube and there are 4,838! That makes almost 15,000 total listens. You weirdos 😘

12/08/2023

In her book 'Dress Codes' fashion theorist Ruth Rubenstein wrote about “tie-signs”, these are fashion based signals that tie historically marginalised groups together.

She notes that, quote “[i]ndividuals adopt the attire to announce commitment to the group and are aware that it places them outside the confines of established and institutional order.”

Members of the LGBTQ+ community have historically used tie-signs to identify themselves to others. Examples include; handkerchiefs, rings, piercings, the Labrys, the Lambda, pride flags, monkey boots, short nails, violets, lilacs, lavendar, and green carnations.

What are some of your favourite tie-signs? 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

11/08/2023

See I told you wrestling was gay 😅

'Wrestlers on the Shore' by Edward Melcarth, 1964

07/08/2023

In the newest episode I’m a**lysing the q***r-coded costumes of The Judgement Day, a group of fictional WWE wrestlers who've formed a (temporary) alliance. The group, currently on Raw, is made up of Damien Priest, Finn Bálor, Rhea Ripley and Dominic Mysterio 🤼‍♀️

The characters of this group are currently villains (or heels in wrestling speak) within the storyline. The Judgement Day’s fashion choices primarily include black and purple materials, they are clad in leather and PVC, they accessorise with studs, chains, dark make-up, piercings, handkerchiefs and chunky boots.

Listen to episode 10 wherever you get your podcasts to find out why this is all so q***r!

06/08/2023

The “hanky code” or “flagging” was popularised in 1970’s and 80’s USA. It's primarily used by gay men to signal what and who they’re into via hanky colour and placement 👖

For example if a hanky is in your left pocket that indicates you’re a sub/bottom, and if it’s in your right that indicates you’re a dom/top.

Generally the colour codes are as follows red: fi***ng; orange: anything goes; yellow: water sports (p*e stuff); green: es**rt work; light blue: oral s*x; dark blue: a**l s*x; purple: piercing; grey: bo***ge; black: S*M; and brown: s**t play (p**p stuff). And different geographical locations seem to have specific variations on that. If you’re curious give it a Google.

To hear more about q***r code and signals tune in to the latest episode of Amorous Histories wherever you get your podcasts or read the mammoth article at amoroushistories.co.uk

05/08/2023

Rhea’s character gives off some pretty impressive le***an vibes. Not only because of the fe**sh fashion but all the other q***r signals including the sensible footwear (boots and trainers), thumb rings, short hair, an undercut, and short nails. Yes some of these are stereotypes, but they’re born out of real historical and contemporary signifiers.

To hear more about q***r-coding in WWE tune in to the latest episode wherever you get your podcasts or read the mammoth article at amoroushistories.co.uk 🤓

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04/08/2023

YAY SEASON TWO OF AMOROUS HISTORIES PODCAST IS ACTUALLY HERE 🥳

In this long overdue episode join me to talk about q***r-coding in WWE (that’s TV wrestling). I had too much fun, did a load of research and basically expect discussion of the hanky code, f€tish-wear, q***r fashion history and more. Plus a lot of sapphic love for Rhea Ripley 😈

Tune in wherever you get your podcasts or read the mammoth article at amoroushistories.co.uk 🤓

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Learn about Carol Leigh this International Women's Day! ♀️ Carol Leigh was a sex work, activist and artist. Learn more about Carol and the history of sex by visiting amoroushistories.co.uk or listening to the Amorous Histories podcast. #Iwd2023 #iwd #InternationalWomensDay #womenshistory #womenshistorymonth #womensrights #historytok #historytime #womenwhopodcast #inspiringwoman #ModernHistory

Doing some season 2 research & I came across this 1915 silent film "A Free Ride" (aka "A Grass Sandwich"), one of the USA's first explicit adult films made for male viewing. Anyway please enjoy this amusing not too naughty content... What a beautiful dairy! 🐄 😳 Alt: Black and white film of a man and 2 women in a car, the man starts to touch one of the women's boobs, it cuts to a black screen reading "what a beautiful dairy!", it cuts back to the people. The two women push the man away as he tries to touch them, they both quickly relent and embrace the man. #AmorousHistories #HistoryOfSex #SexHistory #Sexuality #HistoryOfSexuality #History #HistoryNerd #ILoveHistory #HistoryCommunity #HistoryBlog #HistoryBlogger #FilmHistory #BlackAndWhiteFilm

Almost all the books I own about history of sex, sexuality, gender and bodies 📚 I definitely haven't read all of them... What books would you add to this pile? Some of the stack: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/my-history-of-sex-sexuality-gender-and-bodies-book-stack (No I didn't realise I had 2 copies of Katie Hickman's Courtesans)

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Over 100 listens on the first episode of Amorous Histories! I started with one of my favourite subjects, Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies, so I'm glad people have been enjoying it!! 🥰

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How much would it have cost to be part of the Scottish all male Beggar's Benison Club? 💰 #HistoryTime #WeirdHistory #HistoryFacts #ScottishHistory #SecretSociety #HiddenHistory #18thCentury #history #historylesson #weirdfacts

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Finally uploaded ep 3, Amorous Apparitions, to YouTube if that's where you like to listen 🎧 Have also been attempting to TikTok, but I still feel too old for it 🤣 #Lilith #HistoryCommunity #HistoryPodcast #WomensHistory #JewishHistory #WomensHistoryPodcast #DidYouKnow #HiddenHistory #AmorousHistoriesPodcast

Me trying to lure people to listen to my new podcast 🎙️ #AmorousHistories #podcast #NewPodcast #HistoryOfSex #EighteenthCentury #Harlots #HistoryPodcast

Today's reading once I've finished my boring adult chores. Also thank goodness for libraries! #TheMistressesOfCliveden by Natalie Livingstone

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