Podcasts by ILL REPUTE! with Sovereign Syre
Writer and comedian Sovereign Syre teams up with VR innovator and former librarian Ela Darling to chronicle the lives of women and gender nonconformists that got a bad rap. Whether they were pioneers in male dominated fields, criminal masterminds, or just epic sl*ts, we here at ILL REPUTE! support women's rights, but more importantly we support women's wrongs.
Further podcasts by Sovereign Syre and Siouxsie Q. James
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Botox: Is Anti-Aging Anti-Feminist? from 2023-12-11T05:01
(No. It's not.)
It’s 1983 and our heroine, an ophthalmologist, is treating a patient with a condition called blepharospasm, a painful neurological disorder that causes...
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Calamity Jane |2 From Rolling Scum to Army Scout from 2023-12-04T05:01
In her lifetime Calamity Jane was the most famous woman in the world, and her name still evokes the spirit of the WIld West. She has been a character in countless dime novels, television shows, ...
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Calamity Jane |1 Born To Run from 2023-11-27T06:00
In her lifetime Calamity Jane was the most famous woman in the world, and her name still evokes the spirit of the WIld West. She has been a character in countless dime novels, television shows, ...
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Hedy Lamarr |4 Mother of Invention from 2023-11-20T05:00
In the final installment in our series on Hedy Lamarr, Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling discuss Hedy Lamarr's most famous invention, frequency hopping, and how the US government f*cked her in the ...
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Borderline Personality Disorder: The Gender of Diagnosis from 2023-11-13T14:47
This week on the pod Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling discuss Borderline Personality Disorder. Why? Because 75% of those diagnosed with BPD are women, and it is the most stigmatized mental illness...
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Hedy Lamarr |3 A Gilded Cage from 2023-11-06T08:43
This week on ILL REPUTE! Ela Darling and Sovereign Syre discuss Hedy Lamarr's Gilded Cage of a marriage to the richest man in Austria. Plus, we take some side journies to debate the merits of su...
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Men, Women and Chainsaws: The Theory of the Final Girl from 2023-10-30T08:32
This week on ILL REPUTE! the podcast, Ela Darling and Sovereign Syre discuss the book Men, Women and Chainsaws by Carol J. Clover and what the Final Girl trope in slasher films tells us about ho...
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A Quick And Dirty History Of Horror Films: From Nosferatu to The Final Girl from 2023-10-23T07:00
For the next two weeks ILL REPUTE! takes a break from Hedy Lamarr to celebrate Spooky Season. This week Ela Darling and Sovereign Syre deliver a quick and dirty history of horror films....and El...
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Hedy Lamarr |2 Avant-Garde Darling from 2023-10-16T10:30
This week, Ela Darling continues to teach Sovereign Syre about Hedy Lamarr. It's the early thirties and the precocious teenager is a rising star in Austrian cinema. After convincing her parents ...
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Hedy Lamarr |1 “The Most Beautiful Girl In The World” from 2023-10-09T07:03
In 1933, an unknown actress starred in one of the most controversial films every made. Ecstasy was a Czech erotic romantic drams directed by Gustav Machaty that went on to be banned in multiple ...
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Sarah Baartman |2 The African Queen from 2023-10-02T16:00
In 1809, Sarah Baartman, an indentured servant from South Africa, was smuggled into England. She was put on display as the "Hottentot Venus" in Picadilly Square. Dressed in an elaborate costume ...
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Sarah Baartman |1 From Camdeboo to Capetown from 2023-09-25T16:00
Before Nicki Minaj, before Kim Kardashian, before Marilyn Monroe, there was a South African woman whose voluptuous physique captured the European imagination. In 1809, Sarah Baartman an indentur...
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Olive Oatman |2 The Girl With The Blue Tattoo from 2023-09-18T16:00
In 1854 Olive Oatman, a white settler, was found living among the Mohave. She had been living among the natives for five years. She was forced to leave her adoptive family and return to settler ...
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Olive Oatman |1 On The Road To Utopia from 2023-09-11T16:00
In 1849, Olive Oatman's father sold everything he owned and started out west with his wife and children. He was following a twenty-one year old Mormon prophet in search of Utopia, which he said ...
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J.Z. Knight |3 What The Bleep Do We Know about Virginia Woolf? from 2023-09-04T16:03
"In one statement from “Ramtha”, the spirit declares that the person behind QAnon “is divine intelligence.”
In the final installment in our series on ...
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J.Z. Knight |2 Ramtha's School Of Enlightenment from 2023-09-04T16:02
"It only takes one thought to give a man a hard-on!"
In part two of our series on J.Z. Knight we follow the progress of a middle-class housewife as she encounters an i...
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J.Z. Knight |1 From Roswell to Ramtha from 2023-09-04T04:01
Judith Darlene Hampton was born March 16, 1946, which makes her a Pisces and a boomer. In the first part of our series on JZ Knight, we follow her from her humble beginnings in rural New Mexico,...
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The Trotula: Wandering Wombs and Humours from 2020-06-27T03:44:21
This week Sov and Siouxsie Q discuss the first medical manual written by a woman, The Trotula! With special guest Dr. Ryan Byrne!
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Tara Nephthys Binah: Radical Rest for Black Women from 2020-06-19T04:00
This week Siousxie Q and Sovereign sit with guest Tara Nephthys Binah to talk about radical rest for Black women, holistic healing and reclaiming feminine energy during a time of great social un...
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The Magdalene Laundries: Social Welfare or Womens' Prisons? from 2020-06-17T04:00
This week Siouxsie Q and Sovereign take a look at Magdalene Laundries, workhouses set up by the Catholic church to look after extraneous women; those who fell pregnant, were indigent, in debt or...
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Dorothea Dix: The child genius that became a world famous activist! from 2020-05-29T16:00
This week Sovereign Syre and Souixsie Q talk about Dorothea Dix, an early advocate and activist for the treatment of the mentally ill. Dix escaped a troubled home as a child, displayed all the ...
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Anne Lister: Gentleman Jack from 2020-05-22T16:00
This week Souixsie Q and Sovereign Syre talk about Victorian lesbian, landowner, and bon vivant Anne Lister!
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Florence Nightingale: Tenderheart or Iron Lady? from 2020-05-15T16:00
In this week's episode Sovereign Syre and Siouxsie Q James sit down to talk about the complicated legacy of Florence Nightingale. Once known as the Lady of the Lamp and the mother of modern nur...
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The Women of the Spanish Flu from 2020-05-08T16:00
In this episode Siouxsie Q and Sovereign Syre discuss the Spanish Flu Pandemic at the turn of the 20th century and the role of nurses in dealing with the brunt of care and life saving measures a...
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Typhoid Mary: Killer or Victim? from 2020-04-30T16:00
Sovereign Syre and Siouxsie Q James explore the life and death of Typhoid Mary from the perspective of life in quarantine and the uncertainty of a novel virus. Exploring themes of social welfar...
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Trump's Accusers: allegedly. from 2019-07-25T02:00
CONTENT WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS FRANK DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT. SENSITIVE LISTENERS MAY WISH TO SKIP THIS EPISODE.
This week Sov and SQ catch up on what's been happening...
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Ivana Trump: The Second Installment, from Divorcee to Icon from 2019-05-28T07:00
This week Sovereign Syre and Siouxsie Q dissect Donald Trump's first marriage and expound on the virtues and mysteries of American icon Ivana Trump.
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Ivana Trump: The first installment; from immigrant to socialite. from 2019-05-21T07:00
This week Sovereign Syre and Siouxsie Q dissect Donald Trump's first marriage and expound on the virtues and mysteries of American icon Ivana Trump.
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Heauxs in Real Time: Catching up with Siouxsie Q and Sovereign Syre from 2019-05-07T07:00
Me and Siouxsie Q catch up on life and plot out the episodes for Season Three of ILL REPUTE! focusing on the women of Trump.
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Xica da Silva: The Slave Who Became Queen from 2019-04-16T07:00
This week @sovereignsyre and @siouxsieqmedia talk about the Brazilian legend of Xica da Silve, the slave who became queen.
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Calamity Jane: Drunken History from 2019-04-09T07:00
This week @sovereignsyre and @siouxsieqmedia talk about Calamity Jane and the mystique of life on the frontier in early America.
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Lizzie Borden Took An Ax: Part One... from 2019-04-02T07:00
A crime that still captures the American imagination. Queerphobia, sexism, class struggle, the industrial revolution...it's all ready to be unpacked.
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The Legend of Coco Darling: Every Heaux has her familiar! from 2019-03-26T07:00
Sada Abe: Lust Killer and Cultural Icon from 2019-03-05T08:00
This week we discuss Sada Abe, the famous Japanese courtesan who killed her lover and carried around his penis in her pocket. She became a cultural icon after her autobiography was published.
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ILL REPUTE! Living History: catching up on porn laws and after AVN! from 2019-02-17T02:13:19
Anne Bonny and Mary Read, Part 2: Lesbian fantasy or hardcore history? from 2019-02-01T08:00
Siouxsie Q and Sovereign Syre dive into the mysterious adventures of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, two of the most famous female pirates in history.
In this two part episode, these two nerdy...
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Anne Bonny and Mary Read, Part 1: Lesbian fantasy or hardcore history? from 2019-01-15T08:00
Siouxsie Q and Sovereign Syre dive into the mysterious adventures of Anne Bonny and Mary Read, two of the most famous female pirates in history.
In this two part episode, these two nerdy...
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Pocahontas: Conquest and Empire from 2018-12-17T08:00
This week me and Siouxsie Q. James discuss the many iterations of the story of Pocahontas and what they tell us about our ideas about womanhood, identity, conquest and empire.
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Bonnie Parker: Class Conflict and True Romance from 2018-11-09T14:33:19
In the final episode of the first season of ILL REPUTE! Sovereign Syre and Siouxsie Q. James sit down and reflect on what we've learned, where we're going...and the legacy of Bonnie Parker, clas...
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Alice: Memoirs of a Barbary Coast Prostitute from 2018-11-02T07:00
Dr. Heather Berg returns to talk about prostitution in progressive era San Francisco after the goldrush. We talk about how much and how little has changed.
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Tanya Harding, Part 2: Femininity and the Olympic Athlete from 2018-10-20T02:13:16
Sovereign Syre and Siouxsie Q James discuss the rise and spectacular fall of Tanya Harding and how the narrative of her story has changed with the culture.
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Tonya Harding, Part 1: Femininity and the Olympic Athlete from 2018-10-16T07:00
Me and Siouxsie Q James discuss the wild life of Tonya Harding and how class and gender played into the narrative of her Olympic career and fall from grace.
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The Story of Ys! Sunken City, Fallen Woman. from 2018-10-09T07:00
This week we only have one episode. Dr. Heath Berg is back and we're talking about the Breton myth of Ys, a sunken city brought down by the daughter of a warrior king. We get into the politics o...
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Marsha P. Johnson, Part 2: The woman who threw the first stone at Stonewall from 2018-10-04T07:00
Me and Siouxsie Q. talk about Marsha P. Johnson, her life, her death, and her impact on the trans movement.
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Marsha P. Johnson: The first woman to throw a stone at Stonewall from 2018-10-02T07:00
Me and Siouxsie Q. talk about Marsha P. Johnson, her life, her death, and her impact on the trans movement.
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Sally Horner, Part 2: Vladimir Nabokov and the Real Lolita from 2018-09-27T07:00
"I need you, the reader, to imagine us, for we don't really exist if you don't.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
There's a new book out about the...
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Sally Horner, Part 1: Vladimir Nabokov and the Real Lolita from 2018-09-25T07:00
"I need you, the reader, to imagine us, for we don't really exist if you don't.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
There's a new book out about the...
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Maya Angelou, Part 2: Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. from 2018-09-20T07:00
Oscar Wilde once quipped that "every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future." In this episode of ILL REPUTE! Sovereign and Siouxsie sit down with guest co-hosts Mistress X and Sparkle ...
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Maya Angelou, Part 1: Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. from 2018-09-18T07:00
Oscar Wilde once quipped that "every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future." In this episode of ILL REPUTE! Sovereign and Siouxsie sit down with guest co-hosts Mistress X and Sparkle ...
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Madame Tallien Pt.2: From Prisoner of the French Revolution to Icon from 2018-09-13T07:00
In the second installment of this episode of ILL REPUTE! me and guest host Ela Darling discuss Madame Tallien, the overthrow of Robespierre, Occupy Wall Street, womanhood, aristocracy, and the n...
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Madame Tallien Pt. 1: A Quick and Dirty History of the French Revolution and the Birth of Madame Tallien from 2018-09-11T07:00
My guest co-host this week is Ela Darling. I give a quick and dirty history of the French Revolution and the early life of Madame Tallien, the Kim Kardashian of her time. If you haven't been i...
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Caliban and the Witch: Were the witch trials a product of capitalism? from 2018-09-04T16:04:01
This week my guest co-host is Heather Berg, a professor from USC that studies feminism, marxism, precarity, labor and porn. We talk about the witch trials and the birth of capitalism. We also ta...
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Aileen Wuornos: The First Female Serial Killer? from 2018-08-28T07:00
We talk about the fascinating case of Aileen Wuornos, a woman whose tragic life became the fodder for books and documentaries, and who was brought to the screen by Charlize Theron, an ironic fat...
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The Black Dahlia: Aspiring starlet or harlot? from 2018-08-21T07:00
The Black Dahlia murder galvanized a post-war America and cemented the image of Hollywood as a den of sin that would eat up innocent girls full of big dreams. But what we know about the Black D...
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Empress Theodora: The harlot that became a saint! from 2018-08-14T07:00
Empress Theodora began a prostitute in a brothel in the Eastern Roman Empire, but when she began performing on the stage, she quickly caught the eye of the Emperor, and he made her his co-regent...
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Jeanne Baret: The first woman to circumnavigate the globe...disguised as a man! from 2018-08-07T07:00
Jeanne Baret was the first woman to circumnavigate the globe despite it being illegal for women to board French Navy vessels in 1766. When Bougainville was commissioned to sail around the world,...
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Lizzie Lape: The Madame who married eight times! from 2018-08-07T07:00
Lizzie Lape was an Ohio Madame who was a pioneer in every way. She married eight times, ran a chain of bordellos, was involved in political intrigue, was sued for child support and was the firs...
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Marie-Joseph dite Angelique: The slave that set fire to Montreal! from 2018-08-07T07:00
In 1734 a massive fire gutted Montreal. The fire burned so fast and so fierce that in the end over half the town had been destroyed. The blame quickly came down on the head of a slave named An...
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La Malinche: hero or harlot, war bride or traitor? from 2018-01-01T08:00
Sovereign Syre and Siouxsie Q James discuss the legend of La Malinche, the native woman that helped Cortez conquer Mexico. Some see her as a traitor, others as a victim doing whatever was neede...
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