Ill Repute

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.

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, class conflict, Texas and the elections.  

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.  

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.    

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.

Me and Siouxsie Q. talk about Marsha P. Johnson, her life, her death, and her impact on the trans movement. 

Me and Siouxsie Q. talk about Marsha P. Johnson, her life, her death, and her impact on the trans movement. 

"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 real life case of Sally Horner that inspired the controversial masterpiece Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov.  Siouxsie and I discuss the impact of the book and the hijacking of a narrative about sexual abuse.  

"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 real life case of Sally Horner that inspired the controversial masterpiece Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov.  Siouxsie and I discuss the impact of the book and the hijacking of a narrative about sexual abuse.  

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 to talk about Maya Angelou, the smudging of her sex worker past, black womanhood, and the narratives that shape us as women.  What makes a hero, and icon, the voice of generation, a saint, a legend?  What do these stories tell us about ourselves.   Follow us on Twitter: @sovereignsyre @siouxsieqmedia @MxstressX @hersdayatoms Visit the site: illrepute.libsyn.com Support our patreons: patreon.com/thewhorecast patreon.com/sovereignsyre

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 to talk about Maya Angelou, the smudging of her sex worker past, black womanhood, and the narratives that shape us as women.  What makes a hero, and icon, the voice of generation, a saint, a legend?  What do these stories tell us about ourselves.   Follow us on Twitter: @sovereignsyre @siouxsieqmedia @MxstressX @hersdayatoms Visit the site: illrepute.libsyn.com Support our patreons: patreon.com/thewhorecast patreon.com/sovereignsyre

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 nature of revolutions, what beauty means and where power comes from. 

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 in history class for awhile, this might be a good refresher.  Follow us on Twitter: @illreputepod! Ela Darling: @ElaDarling Sovereign Syre: @sovereignsyre Siouxsie Q. James: @siouxsieqmedia  

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 talk a little Inside Baseball about academia. Heather says its not gossiping, it's being in community.

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.  She ruled so well she was made into a saint after she died.  Talk about a glow up! 

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, he asked renowned botanist Philibert Commerson to join him. Commerson couldn't leave behind his lover and assistant, Jeanne, so they disguised her as a teenage boy...everything was going to plan until they arrived in Tahiti.

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 first Madame to be sued by the state.

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 Angelique and her lover, a white houseboy that worked in the same house.  Although the trial was swift as was her execution, scholars still can't decide what really happened that fateful night.  

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 needed to survive.  We talk about the burdens of war on women, and just who they should give fealty to...  Patreon: Patreon.com/sovereignsyre patreon.com/thewhorecast Twitter: @sovereignsyre @siouxsieqmedia @illreputepod Website: illreputepod.com