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La Jaguarina
In this week’s episode of Bustles & Broadswords, it’s another delve in the podcast pre-reboot archives. This time one from Summer 2021, all about a legendary rider who did countless duel shows on horseback against men with an unbeatable track record. Expect ambiguously queer sportswomen, absolutely devastating public challenges in the local newspaper and jaguar […]
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Khutulun
In this week’s episode of Bustles & Broadswords, hold your horses or wager them in a wrestle for a wedding because it’s time to talk about Khutulun, a Mongolian wrestling legend of a woman – and how her story was adapted for the stage in an iconic (and problematic) opera. Show notes and full transcript […]
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La Maupin
In this week’s episode of Bustles & Broadswords, we dig a favourite episode from the archive…it’s time for some bi opera drama with everyone’s favourite 17th century duelling and singing troublemaker…Julie d’Aubigny aka La Maupin! Transcript Hello and welcome. To Bustles and Broadswords. This is a podcast about women with swords throughout history, fiction and […]
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Emancipated Duel (Part Two)
In this week’s episode, I continue our exploration of our iconic Emancipated/Topless/Flower duel, its main players…and its facts and fictions. MORE scandalousness, queerness, Opera, fashion, flowers…and SWORDS. Transcript Hello and welcome. To Bustles and Broadswords. This is a podcast about women with swords throughout history, fiction and the queer territory in between. I’m your sword-wielding […]
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Emancipated Duel (Part One)
In this episode, I explore an iconic duel, its main players…and whether or not it ever really happened. Expect scandalousness, queerness, Opera, fashion, flowers…and SWORDS. Transcript Hello and welcome. To Bustles and Broadswords. This is a podcast about women with swords throughout history, fiction and the blurry territory in between. I’m your sword-wielding and storytelling […]
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Guest blog post on Akabane Swords for Imperial War Museums
I have written a guest blog post for the Imperial War Museum’s Partnerships blog! Read it here. “What comes to mind when you think of art looted during wartime? Or the kind of weapons used during the Second World War? In both cases, swords are probably not your first choice.”
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Women and swords in art blog post for Art UK
I have written a blog post for Art UK on the subject of women with swords in art! Read Femininity weaponised: a history of women and swords in art. A little extract here… “Such images redefine what power can look like in the hands of a woman. The armed woman challenges the gender norms of […]
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Queer Voices in Museums Symposium with Hull Museums
I was delighted to take part in the Queer Voices in Museums online symposium on exploring queer history and heritage, in a brilliant Thursday morning session facilitated by Dan Vo alongside Katie Cassels, Family Programmes Producer, National Maritime Museum and Jon Sleigh, Freelance Arts Educator and collaborator with Queer British Art. This was my intervention […]
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Taking part in AKT Together Sessions – The World We Built
I am proud to have taken part in ‘The World we Built, part of AKT Together Sessions in support of AKT’s essential work in providing support for young LGBTQI people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness: “Queer folklorist Sacha Coward is joined by Dan Vo, Claire Mead andBen Paites to help ‘queer’ a […]
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Living Beyond Limits Exhibition at MIMA
Living Beyond Limits: Art and the Limits of Language, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, 20 October 2018 – 3 February 2019 This exhibition is the outcome of my 2018-19 curatorial residency at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, funded by Fluxus Art Projects, co-curated with MIMA and its constituents. To be queer is to be erased from public […]
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