Show tunes, wizards, and meats: Leviticus for the rest of us

In this episode we don our finest (rented) Victorian frocks (that you can see if you check out our TikTok) and dive into the 19th century feminist analysis of Leviticus. It's pretty much the how to live rules & regulations section of the bible and you will be amazed and depressed at how these thousand(s) of years old ideas are still running the show. These Woman's Bible gals tried to tell us 130 years ago. We shall finish their work!

Here's more info on some of the topics we discuss: 

Witch Trials

https://www.nesl.edu/blog/detail/a-true-legal-horror-story-the-laws-leading-to-the-salem-witch-trials

Lecky’s History of Rationalism

https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/lecky-history-of-the-rise-and-influence-of-the-spirit-of-rationalism-in-europe-vol-1

Pregnancy on TV

I Love Lucy - first pregnancy on TV 1952 - but they couldn’t say pregnant - episode was titled “Lucy Is Enceinte,” using the French word for “pregnant”.

https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/8631/i-love-lucy-first-tv-pregnancy-lucy-is-enceinte-1952/

and

https://www.avclub.com/more-than-60-years-ago-a-pregnant-lucille-ball-couldn-1798239435

The word "pregnant" is believed to be used first on The Dick Van Dyke Show. In "Never Name a Duck," written by Carl Reiner (who also created the series), an eccentric character says of her cat, "She thinks she's pregnant." The episode first aired on September 26, 1962. https://startrekfactcheck.blogspot.com/2017/01/was-star-trek-first-show-to-say.html

Climate change has been around y’all

How 19th Century Scientists Predicted Global Warming

https://daily.jstor.org/how-19th-century-scientists-predicted-global-warming/

And

Oct. 15, 1902: Chemist Warns Burning Coal May Lead to Boiling Earth

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/article-warns-of-burning-coal/

Philadelphia Bible Riots of 1844

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Credits

Recorded at Troubadour Studios in Lansing, MI

Audio Engineer Corey DeRushia

Edited by Rie Daisies at Nighttime Girlfriend Studio

Music: ‘Shifting pt. 2 (instrumental)’ by Rie Daises

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