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• National Archives: Powers of Persuasion

• Private Joe Louis

Music: Escaping Forever by Michael Vignola

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• Dr. Margaret Crocco on Texas Textbooks

• PBS Documentary The Revisionaries

• Avenue Q (musical)

• Kate McGee for The Texas Tribune on HB 3979

• National Archives’ Rediscovering Black History Blog

• Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

• Good Ancestor Podcast

• NPR’s Code Switch Podcast - Episode mentioned today: Tulsa: 100 Years Later

• The 1619 Project

• Nice White Parents Podcast

• Rachel Cargle

• Ally Henny

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• Feature by Andrew Sullivan

• Native Land (Nonprofit) Website

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• Music: First Light Part 1 (Instrumental) by Keith Anthony Holden

• Author Elizabeth McCracken

• Devolution by Max Brooks

• Becoming Duchess Goldblatt

  • Follow her on Twitter! I promise you’ll love it.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/books/review-dopesick-beth-macy-opioid-crisis.html

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a12775932/sackler-family-oxycontin/

https://www.amazon.com/Year-Rest-Relaxation-Ottessa-Moshfegh/dp/1784707422/ref=asc_df_1784707422/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=343242904475&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11443223706833030748&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028322&hvtargid=pla-527476996073&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=67797266303&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=343242904475&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11443223706833030748&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028322&hvtargid=pla-527476996073

Music: "Ever Mindful" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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https://publicdomainreview.org/2014/11/12/illustrations-of-madness-james-tilly-matthews-and-the-air-loom/

Follow this link to purchase Mike Jay’s fascinating book and support the Public Domain Review: https://www.amazon.com/Visionary-Madness-Matthews-Influencing-Machine/dp/1583947175?tag=thepubdomrev-20

Music: "Relaxing Piano Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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https://edwardcareyauthor.com/books/little/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/mar/12/featuresreviews.guardianreview8

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/232365/the-underground-railroad-by-colson-whitehead/9780345804327/

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/32614/32614-h/32614-h.htm

Music: "Relaxing Piano Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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https://historycollection.co/disturbing-historical-demons-you-wouldnt-ever-want-to-run-into/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/19/master-margarita-bulgakov-satire-russia

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Thank you for listening to Bluestocking, the podcast for people who love to learn, but don’t always have time to study. This episode, I was inspired by a series of stories covering art history in seven colors, and reminded of a book from one of my favorite authors, Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore.

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https://www.kellygrovier.com/ - poet and art critic Kelly Grovier. Check out his art history series for the BBC.

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180312-the-racist-message-hidden-in-a-masterpiece - Kelly Grovier’s take on black.

https://www.chrismoore.com/books/sacre-bleu/ - Sacre Bleu by Christopher Moore. Follow the link on this page to read the first two chapters.

Music for this episode:
"Inner Light" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Greetings, and welcome to Bluestocking, the podcast for people who love to learn, but don’t always have time to study. Today we’re delving into the fascinating world of Victorian libraries.

Helpful Links:

Reading Rooms Designed for Women: https://daily.jstor.org/the-reading-rooms-designed-to-protect-women-from-library-loafers/

Gender and Public Space in Victorian America: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1215236?mag=the-reading-rooms-designed-to-protect-women-from-library-loafers

The Dangers Facing Victorian Librarians: https://daily.jstor.org/being-librarian-dangerous/

More information beyond the short article can be found here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25542241?mag=being-librarian-dangerous&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

Some Books Can Kill: https://daily.jstor.org/some-books-can-kill/

Documentary covering deadly everyday items of the Victorian age: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nqq_nFkRcs

Dr. Suzannah Lipscombe: http://suzannahlipscomb.com/

The Dollop Episode about Hat Pins and Mashers: https://thedollop.libsyn.com/213-mashers-and-hatpins

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Fun Facts about J.K. Rowling: https://www.cbc.ca/books/50-things-you-might-not-know-about-j-k-rowling-1.4093971

Charities related to the Harry Potter world: https://dailygeekette.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/use-your-hp-love-for-good-activism-and-charity-in-the-harry-potter-fandom/

Wonderful Quotes from J.K. Rowling: https://www.cbc.ca/books/4-reasons-why-j-k-rowling-is-the-only-person-who-could-have-created-harry-potter-1.4182327

Some Interesting and Inspiring Thoughts on Depression and Failure, using J.K. Rowling’s success as example: https://qz.com/961875/how-jk-rowling-overcame-depression-and-rejection-to-end-up-selling-400-million-books/

Music: http://www.supportify.ch/dl/?track=62857

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Thank you so much for listening to Bluestocking! This episode is short and maybe not sweet, but certainly poignant. There are some links below if you’re interested in learning more about today’s topic or how you can help some ‘strangers’ through a group like the International Rescue Committee.

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https://www.rescue-uk.org/article/what-strangers-case

https://qz.com/786163/the-banned-400-year-old-shakespearean-speech-being-used-for-refugee-rights-today/  - The full text of the speech can be read here, and there are also two videos not linked here: One of Ian McKellan performing it, and another featuring Harriet Walter.

https://www.rescue-uk.org/video/strangers-case-shakespeares-rallying-cry-humanity - Filmed at Shakespeare’s Globe in 2018.

https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/research/currentprojects/multiculturalshakespeare/news/?newsItem=8a17841a6411e8b401642243e1b859b6 - a different take, turning it into a local pub scene, also filmed in 2018.

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Music: "String Impromptu Number 1" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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