The cool thing about the Ladies of Llangollen cutlery story is that maybe more of their personal items will be discovered. When Sarah Ponsonby died the entire contents of their home was auctioned off, along with the empty house. (Which was bought by another lesbian couple.) The house is now a museum—worth visiting—but very little of their property has been found. Yet.
One of the worst bits of tat that we own is a heart shaped pot holder with both our names embroidered on it. This was a gift from friends who had it made for us while they were on holiday in Italy. We have worried that this gift was intended by our friends as a comment on our total lack of taste in interior decor. Nevertheless, the pot holder hangs by the cooker in our kitchen, as our friends would be sure to notice its absence if we put it in the recycle bin where it belongs.
Hi, Julie & Kathleen! I'm writing a YA sapphic fairytale/historical fiction. When it's available, would you two be interested in reading it and possibly giving it a shout out on the podcast? I would love to know how you two find it. It's set between France & Ireland in 1899-1915ish. Do you have an address for the podcast I could send it to for you both? I'm also writing a nonfiction contemporary geographical philosophy book that has a strong Foucauldian influence. I'm a geographer (Master's degree). But that won't be ready until after the fiction book. I do discuss homosexual global politics, but it's still a work-in-progress 😊
Julie is right about the Salt Path. If she had just told the truth about her losing their home because she stole money from her employer and had to pay it back to avoid prosecution, that would have made the story so much more interesting.
And I don't know about people that are saying that all books are fiction, also the non fiction ones and no harm done. If you are telling a story how the way to cure a fatal, devastating brain disease, is to go on a long, hard cross country walk and claiming that it is a true story.... People might follow it. So not totally harmless.
My fave lezzer project so far! I can see that zip up two face garment in my minds eye and it brings JOY And as for the relief of not having to watch The Salt Path ,that’s a bonus! Going to get some cutlery engraved…..
Opened my fridge to double check my vodka brand a modest half bottle of "Glens" 😅 Triple distilled, that'll do me I thought. Another great episode. Craving ice cream, as ever.
This episode got me laughing, but also due to the monogrammed cutlery discussions, got me thinking about looking at LGB museums. How fascinating would it be to see items like these included- not only things like artworks, writings and items of a political nature in a museum setting. These common everyday life objects cherished by famous gay people.
Right, like everyone else, I'll be googling 'Flatware engraving service' this weekend... As to second-hand cutlery and qualms about where it's been, this has never been a concern for me. The other half refuses to countenance the use of vintage kitchen items, on the grounds that it 'might have old lady spit on it'; I usually respond by pointing out we're all inhaling particles of each other's arses most of the time anyway... Also, absolutely agree re. Waitrose Santo Domingo - dangerously good. Cheers, both!
I enjoyed how much Julie hated the aesthetic article. What an empty, meaningless, queer theory, identitarian, gender nonsense it was.
I still want a Sapphic Traffic t-shirt! didnt someone draw some inspired art of that? could be a hoodie too :D
The cool thing about the Ladies of Llangollen cutlery story is that maybe more of their personal items will be discovered. When Sarah Ponsonby died the entire contents of their home was auctioned off, along with the empty house. (Which was bought by another lesbian couple.) The house is now a museum—worth visiting—but very little of their property has been found. Yet.
One of the worst bits of tat that we own is a heart shaped pot holder with both our names embroidered on it. This was a gift from friends who had it made for us while they were on holiday in Italy. We have worried that this gift was intended by our friends as a comment on our total lack of taste in interior decor. Nevertheless, the pot holder hangs by the cooker in our kitchen, as our friends would be sure to notice its absence if we put it in the recycle bin where it belongs.
Hi, Julie & Kathleen! I'm writing a YA sapphic fairytale/historical fiction. When it's available, would you two be interested in reading it and possibly giving it a shout out on the podcast? I would love to know how you two find it. It's set between France & Ireland in 1899-1915ish. Do you have an address for the podcast I could send it to for you both? I'm also writing a nonfiction contemporary geographical philosophy book that has a strong Foucauldian influence. I'm a geographer (Master's degree). But that won't be ready until after the fiction book. I do discuss homosexual global politics, but it's still a work-in-progress 😊
Really funny and entertaining episode ladies, thank you 😊
Julie is right about the Salt Path. If she had just told the truth about her losing their home because she stole money from her employer and had to pay it back to avoid prosecution, that would have made the story so much more interesting.
And I don't know about people that are saying that all books are fiction, also the non fiction ones and no harm done. If you are telling a story how the way to cure a fatal, devastating brain disease, is to go on a long, hard cross country walk and claiming that it is a true story.... People might follow it. So not totally harmless.
I love watching you disagree on everything. Proper lesbians. xx
0:42 good mornings; ice-cream
10:30 lesbian voices; Nicola Sturgeon
13:47 same-sex divorce rates
25:48 mullets in Berlin
35:56 lesbian cutlery; wild rabbits
42:31 lesbian cutlery (2nd try)
My fave lezzer project so far! I can see that zip up two face garment in my minds eye and it brings JOY And as for the relief of not having to watch The Salt Path ,that’s a bonus! Going to get some cutlery engraved…..
Opened my fridge to double check my vodka brand a modest half bottle of "Glens" 😅 Triple distilled, that'll do me I thought. Another great episode. Craving ice cream, as ever.
This episode got me laughing, but also due to the monogrammed cutlery discussions, got me thinking about looking at LGB museums. How fascinating would it be to see items like these included- not only things like artworks, writings and items of a political nature in a museum setting. These common everyday life objects cherished by famous gay people.
Right, like everyone else, I'll be googling 'Flatware engraving service' this weekend... As to second-hand cutlery and qualms about where it's been, this has never been a concern for me. The other half refuses to countenance the use of vintage kitchen items, on the grounds that it 'might have old lady spit on it'; I usually respond by pointing out we're all inhaling particles of each other's arses most of the time anyway... Also, absolutely agree re. Waitrose Santo Domingo - dangerously good. Cheers, both!