Textory - The Podcast
1) S2 Ep20: Women War Workers
Working nights? Working from home? Lunch breaks? These were some of the very modern-sounding questions working women were asking during WW1. In today's episode we're talking women's labour and reading...Show More
2) S2 Ep19: Victorian Ballroom Etiquette
Gloves or no gloves? How did you get introduced to eligible gentleman? Could he buy you a drink? Today we're reading “Routledge’s Ballroom Companion” from 1866. ________________ If you enjoy the podc...Show More
3) S2 Ep18: How To Avoid Consumption
It's winter season in 1839 and you're trying to survive. What would be your reading of choice? Probably "How To Prevent Consumption", with bleakly useless advice and wild theories.
4) S2 Ep17: Buster Keaton, The Exclusive Property of MGM
Famous for his dead-pan comedy style, Buster Keaton was one the kings of slapstick comedy. But behind his success hid battles with production studios, his wife, and his addiction. In today’s episode, ...Show More
5) S2 Ep16: The Private (?) Life of Marie Antoinette
There is so much myth and speculation around who Marie Antoinette was as a person, that it’s really helpful to have historical texts from the era – like today’s “Memoirs of Madame Campan” - of people ...Show More
6) S2 Ep15: The Mass Female Protest of Ancient Rome
Probably the farthest we’ve ever gone in our podcast time machine – today we’re in ancient Rome, in a crowd of very upset women, as described by Livy in “History of Rome”. ________________ If you en...Show More
7) S2 Ep14: I’d Rather Drown Than Submit To a Man
A feminist – bordering on misandrist – text from 1592? Written by a woman? Count me in! In today’s episode, we’re reading Moderata Fonte’s “The Merits of Women”, translated and edited by Virginia Cox....Show More
8) S2 Ep13: The OG Edwardian Cat Lady
While owning cats as pets goes back to antiquity and beyond, the existence of self-proclaimed “cat people” is a result of the popularization of the hobby in the 19th and 20th centuries. Today we’re re...Show More
9) S2 Ep12: The Victorian Anti-Rizz Guide
In today’s episode we’re reading a rulebook on how to be an absolutely insufferable Victorian f*ckboy, by none other than the courtesan and dancer Lola Montez. Her “The Art of Fascinating” from 1858 s...Show More
10) S2 Ep11: Woman's Thoughts on Women
Not all women involved with the feminist movement were necessarily radical. Today we’re reading “Woman’s Thoughts on Women” by Dinah Craik, a British writer with an unusual life story, and discovering...Show More