13. Six Degrees of Virginia Woolf Pt. 1: Vita & Virginia
History is Gay
Leigh Pfeffer
4.6 • 536 Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2018
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Gretchen and Leigh are pleased to announce their very first special guest to History is Gay, Dan Arndt of Write to Survive Podcast and The Fandomentals, to talk about Virginia Woolf and Vita-Sackville-West. This episode has everything: modernism, gay love letters, dramatic queers, queers with mommy issues, and a truly cinematic adventures. Join us for Part 1 of an ongoing series.
2:05 – Introduction
5:40– Socio-Historical Context: Modernism
15:20– A Note About Language: The Terms Lesbian and Bisexual
19:15– Who were they and why do we think they're gay?
21:23 – 22:08 CONTENT WARNING: Mention of childhood sexual abuse
1:08:39– Fun Segment: Word of the Week: Oysters
1:20:15–1:20:47 CONTENT WARNING: Mention of suicide
1:22:10– Fun Segment: Pop Culture Tie-In
1:25:08– How Gay were They?
1:29:30– Closing and Where to Find us Online
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, wonderful history is gay listeners. |
| 0:03.0 | Before we bring you this next episode, a quick few announcements up here at the top. |
| 0:08.3 | First, if you'd like to listen to more of me, Lee, hello, and what I talk about when I'm not on this podcast, |
| 0:15.8 | I recently was on a really fun two-parter episode of a show called Ignorantz Conscious Podcast, where we talked |
| 0:23.3 | about LGBTQIAAP plus representation in media as a part of their Represent Me Equal Representation |
| 0:30.6 | series. |
| 0:31.6 | If you'd like to check that out, you can find it wherever you find your podcasts, and we'll |
| 0:35.9 | throw up a link in the show notes to the |
| 0:37.9 | website and the little write-up about it. But it was a super, super fun conversation with another |
| 0:43.1 | queer podcaster, and everybody had some really wonderful things to say about the way our |
| 0:49.1 | community is represented in media. And secondly, we also have another fun, exciting announcement. |
| 0:56.1 | We just launched the History is Gay store. |
| 0:59.3 | Uh, you can find it by going to History Is Gay podcast.com and clicking on shop. |
| 1:04.8 | And there you can buy all sorts of fun goodies like History is Gay teas with our logo |
| 1:09.5 | design on the front and tagline on the back, |
| 1:12.2 | super comfy hoodies, tanks, even a tote if you are into carrying cool things in a cool bag. |
| 1:18.7 | We've even got more amazing things and designs coming soon for the store, so stay tuned. |
| 1:23.6 | And in the meantime, get yourself some really awesome merch and show the world just how gay history has always been. |
| 1:30.6 | All right. |
| 1:31.5 | See you in the episode. |
| 1:37.5 | Hello, and welcome to History is Gay, a podcast that examines the underappreciated and overlooked queer ladies, gents, and gentle enbies that have always been there in the unexplored corners of history, because history has never and I'm Gretchen. |
| 2:11.4 | And today, we have a wonderful special guest joining us for our discussion on Virginia Woolf and |
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