You’re Being Hysterical

Broads Next Door Episode 2: You’re Being Hysterical In this episode we get into sleepover rituals, stuff we watched when that we shouldn’t have as kids, cases of psychogenic illness & the most popular (vibrating) myth about curing female hysteria. Sources: Barker, K. Brandon, and Rice, Claiborne. 2012. "Folk Illusions: An Unrecognized Genre of Folklore." Journal of American Folklore Bartholmew, Robert. 2009, Little Green Men, Meowing Nuns & Head Hunting Panics Butkus, Cathy Jo. 1977. “Ouija Whirlwind.” Fife Folklore Archive, Utah State University. Comella, Lynn 2017. Vibrator Nation Cursed History, Cat Nuns of France, YouTube Didion, Joan. 2011. Blue Nights Dodson, Bette. 2016. Sex by Design: The Betty Dodson Story Ellis, Bill. 1994. Speak to the Devil: Ouija Board Rituals Among American Adolescents Gandes, Alan. 2002. Bloody Mary in the Mirror: A Ritual Reflection of Pre-Pubescent Anxiety Prefrontal Lobotomy in the Treatment off Mental Disorders (GWU, 1942) Lieberman, Halley, 2020. (Almost) Everything You Know About the Vibrator is Wrong Lieberman, Halley, 2017. Buzz: The Stimulating History of the Sex Toy Maines, Rachel. 2001. The Technology of Orgasm Morley, Carol, 2014 Mass Hysteria is a Powerful Group Activity National Geographic, Cleopatra’s Vibr. YouTub Beattie M, Lenihan P (2018). Counselling Skills for Working with Gender Diversity and Identity. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Rhode Island Medical Journal, Psychiatric Casualties of The Exorcist, 1974 Nerve-Vibration and Excitation, J. Mortimer Granville, M.D. J &A Churchill, 1883 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/broadsnextdoor/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/broadsnextdoor/supportBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.