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She Speaks Volumes: Season 2 Episode 1. Down Below: Leonora Carrington - surrealism + feminism Down Below written by Leonora Carrington published by NYRB 2017 (originally published 1972). Excerpts read by: Verna Sorrentino. https://www.nyrb.com/products/down-below?variant=29716648135 (https://www.nyrb.com/products/down-below?variant=29716648135) Leonora Carrington was born in April 6, 1917 in Lancashire, England, and died May 25th, 2011 in Mexico City. She studied art in London, and in Italy. In 1937 Carrington moved to Paris, and was a central figure in surrealist circles. She lived in Sant Martin d’Ardeche with her lover Max Ernst before fleeing to Spain as the Nazi’s encroached on France. In Madrid she was involuntarily committed to an asylum. After her treatment she managed to evade being sent to a sanatorium in South Africa by her parents. She married Renato Leduc and moved to Mexico City, where she would live for most of the rest of her life. A complete biography is available here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonora_Carrington#Mexico (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonora_Carrington#Mexico) If you liked this episode please consider supporting my work! You can ‘Buy Me a Coffee’ right here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SheSpeaksVol (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SheSpeaksVol)

She Speaks Volumes S1-E1: A Room of One’s Own This is a re-vamp of the original episode A Room of One’s Own written by Virginia Woolf, 1929 Originally published by Hogarth press. This edition published by https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/605472/a-room-of-ones-ownthree-guineas-by-virginia-woolf/9780241371978 (Penguin Random House) Also available at Gutenberg: http://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/woolfv-aroomofonesown/woolfv-aroomofonesown-00-h.html (http://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/woolfv-aroomofonesown/woolfv-aroomofonesown-00-h.html) Excerpts read by: Fiona Thraille Episode Glossary: The Verneys: A prominent British family that left a legacy of letters and papers detailing life until 1693. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verney_family_of_Middle_Claydon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verney_family_of_Middle_Claydon) The Hutchinsons: I am not sure…. Cleopatra: Queen of the Ptolemaic Region: 51–30 BC - VW is referencing Shakespeare’s tragedy: Anthony and Cleopatra. Lady MacBeth: From Shakespeare’s Macbeth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Macbeth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Macbeth) Rosalind: From Shakespeare’s As You Like It. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_(As_You_Like_It) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_(As_You_Like_It)) Clytemnestra: raped and forced into marriage by the tyrant Agamemnon, she avenged herself and the death of her eldest daughter Iphigenia by murdering him with the help of her lover Aegisthus. Antigone: In Greek mythology Antigone is the daughter of Jocasta and her son Oedipus (Oedipus Rex), VW’s reference is most likely to the play and charchter in Sophocles play https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigone_(Sophocles_play) (Antigone.) Phaedra: Cretan princess, half-sister of the Minotaur. Phaedra falls passionately in love with her stepson Hippolytus, but it is unrequited. Phaedra tells her husband Theseus that Hippolytus tried to rape her and Theseus calls in a favour from Posiedon who summons a bull from the sea that scares his horse and kills Hippolytus. Cressida: refers most likely to Shakespeare’s Cressida, from the play Troilus and Cressida, which is based on the Boccaccio’s Il Filostrato, a telling of a Trojan legend originally by Benoît de Sainte-Maure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cressida (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cressida) Desdemona: From Shakespeare’s play Othello: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desdemona (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desdemona) The Duchess of Malfi: A play by John Webster premiered 1614, about the Italian aristocrat Giovanna d'Aragona, Duchess of Amalfi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanna_d%27Aragona,_Duchess_of_Amalfi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanna_d%27Aragona,_Duchess_of_Amalfi) Millamant: from the play The Way of the World by William Congreve, a restoration comedy that premiered in 1700. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_of_the_World (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_of_the_World) Clarissa: The main character in the novel ‘https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarissa (Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady)’ by Samuel Richardson, named as one of the top 100 novels in the English language, published in 1748. Becky Sharp: main character in Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackery, published 1847. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becky_Sharp (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becky_Sharp) Anna Karenina: Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Karenina (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Karenina) Emma Bovary: from Gustave Flaubert’s ‘https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Bovary (Madame Bovary)’ Madame de Guermantes: From Proust’s ‘Remembrance of Things Past’ also known as ‘In Search of Lost Time. Joanna Bailie: 1762-1851, Baillie was a Scottish poet and playwright, widely popular and critically acclaimed in her lifetime....

She Speaks Volumes: a primer for 500 years of feminist history, and philosophy Created by: Daniella Sorrentino. Feral Culture Lab - http://feralculturelab.com (feralculturelab.com) Episode 2: The Book of the City of Ladies: Written by Christine de Pizan - 1405 Excerpts read by: Leanne Woodward: https://www.leannenarrates.com (https://www.leannenarrates.com) Two translations of The Book of the City of Ladies were used to create this episode: The excerpt is from the Penguin 1999 edition, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/352/35288/the-book-of-the-city-of-ladies/9780141907581.html (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/352/35288/the-book-of-the-city-of-ladies/9780141907581.html) My notes, and the blog posts were based on the translation by Earl Jeffrey Richards published by Persea Books in 1998 https://www.perseabooks.com/the-book-of-the-city-of-ladies (https://www.perseabooks.com/the-book-of-the-city-of-ladies) PLEASE: whenever possible support your local bricks and mortar bookstore Christine de Pisan: Christine de Pisan, (born 1364, Venice [Italy]—died c. 1430), prolific and versatile French poet and author whose diverse writings include numerous poems of courtly love, a biography of Charles V of France, and several works championing women. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christine-de-Pisan (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christine-de-Pisan) The British Library has a digitized copy of The Book of the City of Ladies, illuminated by Christine de Pizan. https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-book-of-the-city-of-ladies (https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-book-of-the-city-of-ladies) To support She Speaks Volumes please donate at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/FeralCulture (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/FeralCulture)

She Speaks Volumes: Created by: Daniella Sorrentino Marilynn Desmond is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Binghamton University. She (co-authored with Pamela Sheingorn), Myth, Montage and Visuality in Late Medieval Manuscript Culture: Christine de Pizan's Epistre Othea. 2003, and is the author of "Christine de Pizan: gender, authorship and life-writing," in The Cambridge Companion to Medieval French Literature 2008, p. 123-135. I will post a bibliography for her on my website. Show notes will be updated to reflect this. Two translations of The Book of the City of Ladies were used to create this episode: The excerpt is from the Penguin 1999 edition, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/352/35288/the-book-of-the-city-of-ladies/9780141907581.html (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/352/35288/the-book-of-the-city-of-ladies/9780141907581.html) My notes, and the blog posts were based on the translation by Earl Jeffrey Richards published by Persea Books in 1998 https://www.perseabooks.com/the-book-of-the-city-of-ladies (https://www.perseabooks.com/the-book-of-the-city-of-ladies) PLEASE: whenever possible support your local bricks and mortar bookstore - To comment email: [email protected] OR https://www.facebook.com/FeralCulturePodcasts (https://www.facebook.com/FeralCulturePodcasts) Visit the website for more information on Christine de Pizan and the authors in the series.: https://my.captivate.fm/www.shespeaksvolumes.ca (www.shespeaksvolumes.ca )

She Speaks Volumes: Created by: Daniella Sorrentino Marilynn Desmond is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Binghamton University. She (co-authored with Pamela Sheingorn), Myth, Montage and Visuality in Late Medieval Manuscript Culture: Christine de Pizan's Epistre Othea. 2003, and is the author of "Christine de Pizan: gender, authorship and life-writing," in The Cambridge Companion to Medieval French Literature 2008, p. 123-135. I will post a bibliography for her on my website. Show notes will be updated to reflect this. Two translations of The Book of the City of Ladies were used to create this episode: The excerpt is from the Penguin 1999 edition, translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/352/35288/the-book-of-the-city-of-ladies/9780141907581.html (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/352/35288/the-book-of-the-city-of-ladies/9780141907581.html) My notes, and the blog posts were based on the translation by Earl Jeffrey Richards published by Persea Books in 1998 https://www.perseabooks.com/the-book-of-the-city-of-ladies (https://www.perseabooks.com/the-book-of-the-city-of-ladies) PLEASE: whenever possible support your local bricks and mortar bookstore - To comment email: [email protected] OR https://www.facebook.com/FeralCulturePodcasts (https://www.facebook.com/FeralCulturePodcasts) Visit the website for more information on Christine de Pizan and the authors in the series.: https://my.captivate.fm/www.shespeaksvolumes.ca (www.shespeaksvolumes.ca )

An excerpt and exploration of Tulia d'Aragona's Dialogue on the Infinity of Love, written in 1547.

In part 2 of episode 3 I am experimenting with the show format and rather than discuss the Dialogue on the Infinity of Love, I thought it might be interesting to host a dialogue on what love is today.

In this episode we are listening to excerpts from a letter “Response to the Most Illustrious Poet Sor Fillotea’ written by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, the 17th century Mexican poet, philosopher, playwright, composer, nun and feminist. Sor Juana was born just outside of Mexico City in 1648. A brilliant and opinionated nun, one who has powerful political allies was seen as an existential threat by the patriarchal Church. Sor Juana is particularly aware that being a woman is no small part of the repercussions from her Athenagoric letter. Throughout her letter she asserts that the inherent misogyny within the church is hypocritical, and misguided.

She Speaks Volumes, the primer for over 500 years of feminist philosophy, history, and writing is produced by the http://feralculturelab.com (Feral Culture Lab) Written and created by http://dsorrentino.com (Daniella Sorrentino). Mary Wollstonecraft is voiced by https://thraille.weebly.com/ (Fiona Thraille) In this episode we are listening to excerpts from the book that would lay the foundation of western feminism, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, written by Mary Wollstonecraft, and originally published in 1792. Episode extracts from https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3420 (Project Gutenberg) edition Research from the https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/294054/a-vindication-of-the-rights-of-woman-by-mary-wollstonecraft/9780141441252 ( Penguin Classic edition). Mary Wollstonecraft was born April 27, 1759 in Spitalfields, now part of London’s East End. Instability in the family’s finances, and her father’s drunken rages prompted her to seek employment outside of London as soon as she was able. She worked first as a ladies companion in Bath, and as governess in Ireland, she also briefly started her own school. Finding none of these careers suitable she returned to London to embark on a career as a writer. ‘The first of a new genus’, she would write in a letter to her sister. A complete list of her works can be found in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wollstonecraft#Authored_by_Wollstonecraft (bibliography) on her wikipedia entry. Music: Mandoline Concerto in C, Vivaldo (1729) from the https://archive.org/details/100ClassicalMusicMasterpieces (Internet Archive) La Marseillaise, (1792 ) Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Marseillaise.ogg (Wikimedia Commons) Soundscape source credits: "Rain on Windows, Interior, B.wav" by InspectorJ (http://www.jshaw.co.uk/ (www.jshaw.co.uk)) of http://freesound.org/ (Freesound.org) "Wind, Realistic, A.wav" by InspectorJ (http://www.jshaw.co.uk/ (www.jshaw.co.uk)) of http://freesound.org/ (Freesound.org) “Dry Thunder”, by https://freesound.org/people/juskiddink/ (JusKiddink) of http://freesound.org/ (Freesound.org)

She Speaks Volumes: The Primer for 500 years of feminist philosophy, history Season 1 Episode 6: In the Cage of Obscene Birds: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs. Created by: Daniella Sorrentino for the Feral Culture Lab: http://feralculturelab.com (feralculturelab.com) , http://dsorrentino.com (dsorrentino.com) Harriet Jacobs is voiced by Portia Cue, http://VoiceOnCue.com (VoiceOnCue.com) To support the podcast please donate at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/FeralCulture (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/FeralCulture) For this episode I used two editions: Jacobs Harriet, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, Penguin Books, London, Eng 2000 Jacobs Harriet, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, (Enlarged Edition), The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge Massachusetts, and London Eng. 2009 I also used the following web-pages as references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Jacobs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Jacobs) https://www.humanitiestexas.org/news/articles/before-and-after-civil-war (https://www.humanitiestexas.org/news/articles/before-and-after-civil-war) https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Civil-War (https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Civil-War) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_narrative (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_narrative) https://www.britannica.com/art/slave-narrative (https://www.britannica.com/art/slave-narrative) Here is the link ton the slave narratives from the Federal Writers Project in the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938/about-this-collection/ (https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938/about-this-collection/) BIO: Harriet Jacobs was born into slavery around 1813, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, is her auto-biography, her own account of her life in slavery, and the harrowing years, decade she spent on the run, after her escape. “You may believe what I say; for I write only that whereof I know. I was twenty-one years in that cage of obscene birds. I can testify, from my own experience and observation, that slavery is a curse to the whites as well as to the blacks.” Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl MUSIC: Swing Low Sweet Chariot: written by Wallace Willis, c1865, performed by Antioch Mass Choir, licensed via soundstripe. https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/563 (https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/563) Oh, Freedom: writer unknown. c1865 performed by Antioch Mass Choir, licensed via soundstripe. https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/13065 (https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/13065) Sound Effects: Rain on a Summer Day "Vlatko Blažek Varaždin, Croatia e-mail: [email protected] http://www.freesound.org/people/VlatkoBlazek/ (http://www.freesound.org/people/VlatkoBlazek/") Pendulum Clock: Janacp https://freesound.org/people/janacp/sounds/253997/ (https://freesound.org/people/janacp/sounds/253997/) night-montepio-frogs-crikets-and-night-birds : Globofonia https://freesound.org/people/Globofonia/sounds/587720/ (https://freesound.org/people/Globofonia/sounds/587720/)

When the failure of modern dictatorship and authoritarian philosophies becomes more apparent and the realization of failure more general, Anarchism will be vindicated. ~ Emma Goldman She Speaks Volumes: Season 1 Episode 7Emma Goldman, The Most Dangerous Woman in America. Episode created by: Daniela Sorrentino, for Feral Culture Lab Your donations help me the voice actors! DONATE HERE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/FeralCulture (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/FeralCulture ) Living My Life Volume 1 - written By Emma Goldman Published by Dover Publications, New York, 1970. Emma Goldman is voiced by: Halia Hirniak. Emma Goldman was born June 27th 1869 in Kovno in the Russian Empire. She died May 14th 1940 in Toronto Ontario, Canada. In her almost 70 years she witnessed, often firsthand, World War 1, the early part of World War 2, the Russian Revolution, The Spanish Civil War, the rise and fall of the American Trade Unions, the depression, and the rise and rise of capitalism. she fought for workers rights, wealth distribution long before it was a thing, campaigned for birth control and the rights of women. At heart she was an anarchist, and idealist and most surprisingly a romantic. Yet she was called the most dangerous woman in America...but dangerous for who? For research and references I also used: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/special/index (https://theanarchistlibrary.org/special/index) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Goldman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Goldman) https://jwa.org/womenofvalor/goldman (https://jwa.org/womenofvalor/goldman) The interview with Ruth Kinna is the bonus episode. Her books can be found here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/128925/ruth-kinna.html (https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/128925/ruth-kinna.html) And an essay here https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/professor-ruth-kinna-the-theory-and-practice-of-anarchism (https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/professor-ruth-kinna-the-theory-and-practice-of-anarchism) Check out the https://theanarchistlibrary.org/special/index (Anarchist Library) for tons of essays and publications on anarchy, including the works of Emma Goldman. MUSIC:Dresden, The Flamingo; An Old Fashioned Magic Show: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/12943 (https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/12943) SFXInchadney: Northsea. https://freesound.org/s/587759/ (https://freesound.org/s/587759/) Plantmonkey: Gulls on the isles of Sicily; https://freesound.org/s/377107/ (https://freesound.org/s/377107/) Canardo55: Herring Gull 1: https://freesound.org/s/538016/

She Speaks Volumes - a primer for 500 years of feminist writing. https://www.feralculturelab.com (Feral Culture Lab) written and produced by Daniella Sorrentino This Episode, #8 explores what anarchy is through an excerpt of Emma Goldman's essay 'Anarchy: What it Really Stands For - Anarchy and an interview with the author of several books on anarchy including The Government of No One, the Theory and Practice of Anarchism Ruth Kinna, professor of political philosophy at Loughborough University. The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism can and should be purchased at a local bookstore but you can read about it https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/300/300055/the-government-of-no-one/9780141984667.html (here). Here is a list of anarchist resources: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/special/index (https://theanarchistlibrary.org/special/index) https://neighborhoodanarchists.org/anarchism/ (https://neighborhoodanarchists.org/anarchism/) https://www.paperrevolution.org/library/ (https://www.paperrevolution.org/library/)