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Period
by Claudia Cox and Yasmin Vince
Feminist period drama podcast. Each episode, we break down how women are presented in a different historical film or TV show. A historian tells us how that period drama has changed our understanding of real women from that time period. Were corsets really as grim as TV tells us? Have the makers of Bridgerton ever opened a history book? Have the makers of Gladiator ever spoken to a girl? We shall discuss all this and more, while fangirling over Keira Knightley at any given opportunity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Not crazy about the crusades
The 2005 Ridley Scott epic Kingdom of Heaven is really a Kingdom of Hell for anybody who is not a straight white rich man played by Orlando Bloom. Once the only female character appears an hour in, we'll discuss the fetishisation of Middle Eastern women in cinema. We speak with Natasha Hodgson…
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Our favourite is Olivia Colman
Before Taylor Swift ignored Joe Alwyn's whining in The Tortured Poets Department, Emma Stone ignored Joe Alwyn's whining in The Favourite (except with even more corsets and ballgowns). We look at what The Favourite (2018) tells us about 18th century lesbians, who, despite what your school history...
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Jane Eyre (+ that wife in the attic)
Reader, we look at the film Jane Eyre (2011). Kate Walker from the Brontë Parsonage Museum tells us all about how the author Charlotte Brontë's siblings influenced the original novel. We discuss what the hell is going on with that wife in the attic, and why Jane Eyre is studied so much in…
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Hypatia? We hardly know her!
ALEXANDRIA. 391AD. THE WORLD CHANGED FOREVER... or did it? It's all Greek to us! In the next episode of Period, we discuss Agora, a historical epic about Hypatia, one of the few female philosophers of the ancient world. We talk to Justin Pollard, one of the historical consultants on the film…
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Revisiting Mr Bridgerton
Extraordinary people, extraordinary news! Dearest gentle reader, the next season (of Bridgerton) is almost upon us, so it it only fitting that these authors revise how the women of the ton have been portrayed in the last two seasons. The most esteemed literary professor, Valerie Estelle Frankel,...
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There's no Oppenheimer without Barbie
Unfortunately, Oppenheimer has more atomic energy than Kenergy. We analyse the role of women in Oppenheimer (or lack thereof). The head of the Atomic Heritage Foundation, Cindy Kelly, tells us about all the real women who worked on the Manhattan project but aren’t in the film. Why does a film…
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Pride & Prejudice & Patriarchy
On the pilot episode of Period, we look at how women are portrayed in Pride & Prejudice (2005). We interview the director of the Jane Austen House Museum, Lizzie Dunford, about which Pride and Prejudice adaptation Jane Austen would have liked the best. Does this film accurately represent the…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Feminist period drama podcast. Each episode, we break down how women are presented in a different historical film or TV show. A historian tells us how that period drama has changed our understanding of real women from that time period. Were corsets really as grim as TV tells us? Have the makers of Bridgerton ever opened a history book? Have the makers of Gladiator ever spoken to a girl? We shall discuss all this and more, while fangirling over Keira Knightley at any given opportunity.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
HOSTED BY
Claudia Cox and Yasmin Vince
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How many episodes does Period have?
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Feminist period drama podcast. Each episode, we break down how women are presented in a different historical film or TV show. A historian tells us how that period drama has changed our understanding of real women from that time period. Were corsets really as grim as TV tells us? Have the makers of...
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Period is created and hosted by Claudia Cox and Yasmin Vince.
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