Bluestocking

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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.

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https://www.kellygrovier.com/ - poet and art critic Kelly Grovier. Check out his art history series for t...

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.

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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-d...

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.

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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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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

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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

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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

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Head’s Up: this episode contains strong language.

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Samuel Pepys’ Diary: https://www.pepysdiary.com

F Yeah History Crushes: http://fuckyeahhistorycrushes.tumblr.com/

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Music Credit: "Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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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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