• A History of Lesbian Sex in Pornography - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 225

  • Mar 21 2022
  • Length: 41 mins
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  • A History of Lesbian Sex in Pornography The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 225 with Heather Rose Jones With apologies for the sound quality problems in the originally-posted version of this episode. Note: This episode has an accompanying slide show, which can be accessed through the YouTube version of the podcast. (See transcript link.) Please note that the video includes explicit sexual imagery. In this episode we talk about: A brief history of pornography/erotica as a social and legal categoryThe varied and changing place of sex between women in pornographyThe rise of pornography as a socio-political force across the 18th and 19th centuriesThe intertwined history of pornography and sensational medical literatureHow pornography of the “decadent” era both objectified lesbian sex and opened doors to lesbian self-representationImages—all images are sincerely believed to be in the public domain, based on the evidence cited in Wikimedia, which is linked when available.1. From Jean-Charles de Latouche(?) Histoire de Dom Bougre, portier des Chartreux 1748 2. From I Modi (The modes), sonnet by Pietro Aretino art by Marcantonio Raimondi, mid-16th c3. Marcantonio Raimondi Woman with a dildo mid-16th c4. Johann Heinrich Tischbein Diana & Callisto 18th c5. Pompeii - fresco in a bathhouse 6. Illustration of “sodomites” from a Bible Moralisée Vienna MS 25547. Jean Mignon Women bathing ca. 1535-15558. Nicholas Chorier L’Academie des Dames 16609. L’Ecole des filles (The School for Venus) 19th c. illustration10. Jean Barrin Venus dans le Cloitre, ou La Religieuse en Chemise (Venus in the Convent) 168311. Delarivere Manley The New Atalantis 171412. Denis Diderot La Religieuse (The Nun) 1797 edition13. Thérèse Philosophe (Therese the Philosopher) 1748 14. From Jean-Charles de Latouche(?) Histoire de Dom Bougre, portier des Chartreux 174815. Illustration from Giacomo Casanova A History of My Life by Jules-Adolphe Chauvet, late 19th c illustration for 18th c text16. Marquis de Sade Juliette 179717. Illustration from Le paysan ét la paysane pervertis; ou Les dangérs de la ville (The Perverted Peasant-man and Peasant-woman; or the Dangers of the Town by Restif de La Bretonne 1787 18. Political attack pamphlet showing Queen Marie Antoinette in a lesbian embrace19. Political attack pamphlet showing Queen Marie Antoinette in a lesbian embrace20. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres The Turkish Bath 186221. Les Deux Amies (The Two Girlfriends) by Jean-Jacques Lagrenée22. Lesbian Games – anonymous lithograph ca. 184023. Illustration by Aubrey Beardsley for Théophile Gautier’s Mademoiselle de Maupin, 183524. Nicolas Francois Octave Tassaert Le Femme Damnée (inspired by the poetry of Baudelaire) 1859 25. Cover for Adolphe Belot Mademoiselle Giraud ma Femme (Mlle. Giraud my Wife) 187026. George Barbier 1922 illustration for Pierre Louÿs The Songs of Bilitis 189427. Frontispiece for Catulle Mendès Lila and Colette 188528. Gustave Courbet Le Sommeil (the sleepers) 1866 This topic is discussed in one or more entries of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project here: Sex between women A transcript of this podcast is available here. Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmpBlog: http://alpennia.com/blogRSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/Twitter: @LesbianMotifDiscord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord serverThe Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.comEmail: Heather Rose JonesTwitter: @heatherosejonesFacebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)
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