In this episode we talk about gender nonconforming people throughout history, and ASOIAF. We cover everyone from Joan of Arc, genderqueer Viking era people, possible trans saints, and a Polish gender criminal (of sorts). And we compare them to characters like Brienne of Tarth, Morna White Mask, Alleras the Sphinx, Arya Stark, Brave Danny Flint, and more. Join us as we discuss how the gender binary is fake and heteronormativity is bullshit! You can contact us at: [email protected] BlueSky Thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com! Content, sources and ressources: Lo talks about Late Iron Age/Viking age archeology, Saint Marinos, and Wojciech of Poznán: “Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography” edited by Alicia Spencer-Hall & Blake Gutt (including chapters by M.W. Bychowski and Lee Colwill) “Were there Transgender People in the Middle Ages?” - M.W. Bychowski “Wojciech of Poznán and the Trans Archive, Poland, 1550-1561” by Anna Kłosowska (in “Trans historical: Gender plurality before the modern”, edited by Greta LeFleur, Masha Raskolnikov & Anna Kłosowska) “Magic, Genderfluidity, and queer Vikings, ca. 750‐1050” - Jacob Bell Virginie talks about Joan of Arc and Saint Eugene/Eugenia: “Les genres fluides - De Jeanne d'Arc aux saintes trans” by Clovis Maillet “Passionnément Moyen Âge - Plaidoyer pour le petit peuple” by Claude Gauvard
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