Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the queen herself @goingmedieval.bsky.social about the medieval mess that was Heloise and Abelard. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Kate Lister
@k8lister.bsky.social
Sex Historian. Writer. Presenter. Columnist. Host of (award winning) Betwixt the Sheets Podcast. FLICK: A History of Female Pleasure, Out Now https://linktr.ee/drkatelister
Wearing historic artefacts as jewellery or wearing historic garments on the red carpet can fuck off into the sun. inews.co.uk/opinion/thin...
Of all the things rich people have ruined, one thing infuriates me
Kate Lister: The privatisation of history enrages me like nothing else
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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the totally delicious Gareth Russell about the Tudor Queen Catherine Howard, as well as how to best turn down a dinner invitation Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
I haven’t spent 10 years fighting cyclopes, Laestrygonians, and monsters of the underworld to get home BUT I have travelled from Birmingham to Leeds on a Sunday with CrossCountry trains, which is basically the same thing.
Did the hobbits have to get up super early to diffuse and scrunch their hair on the morning of a battle, because damn!
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the Classically fabulous, Professor Ruby Blondell, about the story of #HelenOfTroy Why didn’t she get it on with Achilles? Did she go willingly with Paris? And Was she just a pretty face? Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Have a listen / watch of me talking to Anthony Delaney about one of my most favourite historical heroines, Ida Craddock. She was a 19th century sex education pioneer, yoga legend, and fearless campaigner against censorship … and yes, she had sex with ghosts as well. youtu.be/nCre2osx0NI?...
The Woman Who Had A GHOST LOVER | After Dark
YouTube video by After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal
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Sometimes I think I’d like a partner to look after me when I’m sick, cook nice food, and ask me how my day was. Then I realise what I really want is to be rich, single and have a staff.
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the fire-breathing legend that is Jasmine Elmer about her brand new book on women who slayed dragons 🐉
Lovely review of FLICK in the Irish Times. Ta very much xxx www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Flick by Kate Lister: Lively and funny deep-dive into the history of female pleasure
Lister argues that women have never been less sexual than men, but the narrative has been controlled with a firm male grip
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“But there is another PM symptom I want to share with you, because I don’t see it being discussed.. Off-the-chart levels of horniness – and it’s getting out of control. Last week, a delivery guy asked me where I wanted my package and I called him “daddy”. inews.co.uk/opinion/trut...
The truth about perimenopause and a raging libido
I simply do not have the time my hormones are currently requiring me to spend thinking about Jason Momoa or Magic Mike
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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the fabulous Jennifer Brier about the SanDiego “lesbian blood sisters, who set up a blood drive to donate blood to support gay men during the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am back once again talking to the fabulous Mick LaSalle about one and only, Marlene Dietrich. Was her reputation for promiscuity well deserved? (Spoiler: no, it wasn’t. She was much worse than that)
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the rootin tootin fabulous Brian Castner about sex work and the Alaska Goldrush Listen wherever you get your podcasts
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the wonderful, the amazing Professor Julie Wheelwright about the legendary courtesan and completely crap spy, Mata Hari. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
"These silly, silly women, not reading Proust and James Joyce on their lunch breaks. How dare they enjoy a simple plotline with a happy ending and a werewolf getting rogered along the way!" AHAHAHAHAHA, what a breath of fresh air is this article?! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Kate Lister@k8lister.bsky.social · 2mo agoMy response to the two articles dragging women reading romantasy novels, last week. “Christ! Can’t a girl enjoy a vampire orgy in peace anymore? Is the world not miserable enough without demanding we grapple with post-modern, literary fragmentation in our down time?” inews.co.uk/opinion/new-...
My response to the two articles dragging women reading romantasy novels, last week. “Christ! Can’t a girl enjoy a vampire orgy in peace anymore? Is the world not miserable enough without demanding we grapple with post-modern, literary fragmentation in our down time?” inews.co.uk/opinion/new-...
There’s a new moral panic about women’s sexual preferences
Can’t a girl enjoy a vampire orgy in peace?
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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, we are getting frilly and fabulous with Marissa Vigneault to discuss the history of #Burlesque Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Had a ton of fun doing this podcast; @k8lister.bsky.social is a terrific interviewer. Find out what Madame Du Barry was really like! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Supersluts of History: Royal Mistress Madam du Barry
Podcast Episode · Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society · June 12 · 46m
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Whenever anyone says something like, “historians believe…” please remember that I’m a historian and I still won’t eat apple pips in case a tree grows out my head and I die.
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the biblically epic Dr Dylan Johnson about the historical origins of the Adam and Eve creation story. What does it mean? Who first wrote about it? Do other religions have similar stories? And was Eve really to blame? Listen wherever you get your podcasts
Thank you so much to Suzanne Harrington for this fab write up of FLICK: The Story of Female Pleasure in the Irish Examiner. I’m thrilled you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/pe...
I'm a sex historian — here's what we can learn about female pleasure from history
Why do we still believe women don’t experience as much desire as men? In a new book, sex historian Kate Lister examines enduring myths about female pleasure, revealing how culture — rather than biolog...
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Really enjoyed this conversation with @k8lister.bsky.social about Theodora, my research for my 2 books on her life, and her general brilliance.
Kate Lister@k8lister.bsky.social · 2mo agoToday on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to Stella Duffy about the one and only Empress Theodora, or, as she was known to her enemies “Theodora from the Brothel.” Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to Stella Duffy about the one and only Empress Theodora, or, as she was known to her enemies “Theodora from the Brothel.” Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Tomorrow in Harrogate - come and see me, @k8lister.bsky.social and Monica Feria-Tinta talk as part of @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social Tickets still available: harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/event/rawort...
Raworths Salon North | Harrogate International Festivals
Book tickets for Raworths Salon North with Harrogate International Festivals online today!
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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the utterly pleasurable Jean Menzies about her new book on sex and pleasure in the ancient world. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.