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…

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…

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…

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…

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…