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Sweetbitter | Women & LGBTQIA+ History
Hosted by Leesa Charlotte, Ellie Brigida & Alyse Knorr · EN
About Sweetbitter | Sweetbitter is an investigative history podcast with a focus on queer & women's history. Each season, we explore a different corner of history, using historical figures and texts as a starting point to discuss a broader story of erasure of people with marginalized identities. Along with the listener, in collaboration with multidisciplinary experts, we untangle untold histories for a modern audience.
Season 3 | This season, we explore the history of the Bible, unsettling assumptions about the text and religious tradition. With interviews from LGBTQIA+ clergy and scholars, we break down, re-frame, and re-imagine Bible passages to reveal untold stories of queer resilience, love, and liberation. From the gay monks of the Middle Ages to the trans Pastors breaking norms in the Church today, demonstrating the women, queer people and social justice values that have always been at the heart of the Christian faith.
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Sappho: Fragment 58
Jan 14, 2021Tap to summarizeYou, children, be zealous for the beautiful gifts of the violetlapped Musesand for the clear songloving lyre.But my skin once soft is now taken by old age,my hair turns white from black.And my heart is weighed down and my knees do not lift,that once were light to dance as fawns.I groan for this. But what can I do?A human being without old age is not a possibility.There is the story of Tithonos, loved by Dawn with her arms of rosesand she carried him off to the ends of the earthwhen he was beautiful and young. Even so was he grippedby white old age. He still has his deathless wife.Translation by Carson (2005) Thank you for listening! You can follow us on Twitter & Instagram @sweetbitterpod. You can support us on patreon.com/sweetbitter.You can read Carson’s thoughts on the 2004 discovery in the New York Review here. Roberta Mazza’s blog, Faces and Voices, can be found here.Our guests this episode were Roberta Mazza, Sandra Boehringer (trans. by Annie McCarthy), Marguerite Johnson, Malcolm Choat, Mike Sampson & Ariel Sabar. You can learn more about our guests and where to find them on our website.You can find the episode transcript here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sappho: Fragment 16
Oct 15, 2020Tap to summarizeSome men say and army of horses and some men say an army on footand some men say an army of ships is the most beautiful thingon the black earth. But I say it is what you love.Easy to make this understood by all.For she who overcame everyonein beauty (Helen) left her fine husbandbehind and went sailing to Troy.Not for her children nor her dear parentshad she a thought, no- ]led her astray ]for ]lightly ]reminded me now of Anaktoria who is gone.I would rather see her lovely stepand the motion of light on her facethan chariots of Lydians or ranks of footsoldiers in arms] not possible to happen] to pay for a share]]]]]toward[]]]out of the unexpected.Translation by CarsonSappho, , and Anne Carson. If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho. , 2002.Thank you for listening to our first episode! You can follow us on Twitter & Instagram @sweetbitterpod. You can support us on patreon.com/sweetbitter - sign up before November 1st at any level for a free Sweetbitter tote bag.Our guests this episode were Chris Mason from Olds Songs, Marguerite Johnson and Diane Rayor. You can learn more about our guests and where to find them here.You can find the episode transcript here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sappho: Ode to Aphrodite
Oct 15, 2020Tap to summarizeOn the throne of many hues, Immortal Aphrodite,child of Zeus, weaving wiles: I beg you,do not break my spirit, O Queen,with pain or sorrowbut come--if ever before from far awayyou heard my voice and listened,and leaving your father'sgolden home you came,your chariot yoked with lovely sparrowsdrawing you quickly over the dark earthin a whirling cloud of wings downthe sky through midair,suddenly here. Blessed One, with a smileon your deathless face, you askwhat have I suffered againand why do I call againand what in my wild heart do I most wishwould happen: "Once again who must Ipersuade to turn back to your love?Sappho, who wrongs you?If now she flees, soon she'll chase.If rejecting gifts, then she'll give.If not loving, soon she'll loveeven against her will."Come to me now--release me from thesetroubles, everything my heart longsto have fulfilled, fulfill, and yoube my ally.Translation by Rayor Rayor, Diane. Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works, Cambridge University Press, 2014. Introduction & notes by André Lardinois.Thank you for listening to our episode zero! You can follow us on Twitter & Instagram @sweetbitterpod. You can support us on patreon.com/sweetbitter - sign up before November 1st at any level for a free Sweetbitter tote bag.Click here for episode transcript Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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