She Speaks Volumes
She Speaks Volumes
Feral Culture Lab
Short and sweet summaries of fundamental feminist texts from the past 500+ years. She Speaks Volumes provides a primer for critical moments in the history, theory, and philosophy of feminism. Each episode explores a writer, and their contribution to modern feminism.
Perspectives on the Witch Trials
She Speaks Volumes is created by Daniella SorrentinoCREDITS:Voice-Actors + NarratorsMargaret Alice Murray, excerpts from witchcraze read by Verna SorrentinoScottish Witches: Marnie Thompson, JP Wright, Susan Harden Joan of Arc: @katsukyInterviews with: Yvonne OwensDr Liz WilliamsLINKS TO PURCHASE or READ BOOKS REFERENCED: detailed bibliography below. Witch Cults in Western EuropeWitchcrazeAbject Eroticism in Northern Renaissance Art Miracles of Our Own MakingResearchBBC Bitesize. “Case Study: James vi and the North Berwick Witch Hunt.” Accessed May 29, 2023. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zj77xbk/articles/zmr6hcw.Dictionaries of the Scots Language. “Dictionary of the Scots Language,” n.d. https://dsl.ac.uk/.King, James, G B Harrison, and James Carmichael. King James the First, Daemonologie (1597) : Newes from Scotland, Declaring the Damnable Life and Death of Doctor Fian, a Notable Sorcerer Who Was Burned at Edenbrough in Ianuary Last (1591). San Diego, Ca: Book Tree, 2002.Llewellyn Barstow, Anne . Witchcraze : A New History of the European Witch Hunts. New York, N.Y.: Harperone, 1994.Murray, Margaret Alice. The Witch-Cult in Western Europe, 1921.Owens, Yvonne. Abject Eroticism in Northern Renaissance Art : The Witches and Femmes Fatales of Hans Baldung Grien. London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020.saint-joan-of-arc.com. “Joan of Arc: Trial of Condemnation Searchable Transcipt,” n.d. https://saint-joan-of-arc.com/trial-condemnation.htm.Williams, Liz. MIRACLES of OUR OWN MAKING : A History of Paganism. S.L.: Reaktion Books, 2021.
Feb 1, 2024
34 min
The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington: Surrealist Storytelling and female friendship
She Speaks Volumes: A primer for a millennia of often neglected writings by female philosophers, artists, and scientists. created by Daniella Sorrentino Donate Here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SheSpeaksVol S2:E2: The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington: Surrealist Storytelling and Female Friendship. Excerpts from The Hearing Trumpet are ready by Verna Sorrentino This episode is based on The NYRB edition of The Hearing Trumpet published in 2021.The Hearing Trumpet was written in the 1950s, and was originally published in 1974.Listen to the SSV episode on Carrington's Down BelowFROM WIKIPEDIA: Mary Leonora Carrington OBE (6 April 1917 – 25 May 2011[1]) was a British-born Mexican artist, surrealist painter, and novelist. She lived most of her adult life in Mexico City and was one of the last surviving participants in the surrealist movement of the 1930s.[2] Carrington was also a founding member of the women's liberation movement in Mexico during the 1970s.[3][4] read moreResearch Links:Leonora Carrington's - Art work: https://www.wikiart.org/en/leonora-carringtonMuseo Leonora Carrington: https://www.leonoracarringtonmuseo.orgArticle about Carrington and Varo: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/leonora-carrington-7615/love-friendship-rivalry-surreal-friendsBooks I used for research:The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington by Joanna Moorhead.Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art by Susan L. AlberthMagia,...
Jul 4, 2022
23 min
Down Below: Leonora Carrington - surrealism + feminism
She Speaks Volumes: Season 2 Episode 1. Down Below: Leonora Carrington - surrealism + feminism Down Below written by Leonora Carrington published by NYRB 2017 (originally published 1972).Excerpts read by: Verna Sorrentino. https://www.nyrb.com/products/down-below?variant=29716648135Leonora Carrington was born in April 6, 1917 in Lancashire, England, and died May 25th, 2011 in Mexico City. She studied art in London, and in Italy. In 1937 Carrington moved to Paris, and was a central figure in surrealist circles. She lived in Sant Martin d’Ardeche with her lover Max Ernst before fleeing to Spain as the Nazi’s encroached on France. In Madrid she was involuntarily committed to an asylum. After her treatment she managed to evade being sent to a sanatorium in South Africa by her parents. She married Renato Leduc and moved to Mexico City, where she would live for most of the rest of her life. A complete biography is available here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonora_Carrington#MexicoIf you liked this episode please consider supporting my work! You can ‘Buy Me a Coffee’ right here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SheSpeaksVol
May 20, 2022
18 min
Rags. Petrol. Matches. Virginia Woolf's Three Guineas.
To support the podcast please donate at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/FeralCultureShe Speaks Volumes:&nbsp; The Primer for 500 years of feminist philosophy, historySeason 1 Episode 8: Three Guineas by Virginia Woolf.&nbsp;Created by: Daniella Sorrentino for the Feral Culture Lab: feralculturelab.com , dsorrentino.com&nbsp;Virginia Woolf is voiced by Fiona Thraille: https://thraille.weebly.comIn this episode we are listening to excerpts from the essay Three Guineas written by Virginia Woolf in 1938. Three Guineas is a satirical book length essay written as England is on the brink of World War 2. The essay is in response to a letter she has received asking her for a donation towards peace efforts, and posing the question, ‘how can women help prevent war?For this episode I used:Virginia Woolf: A Room of One’s Own and Three Guineas published by Penguin Classics - April 2019 Introduction by: by Michèle BarrettListen to the She Speaks Volumes episode: A Room of One’s OwnI also Used the following sites as references:&nbsp;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Woolfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939https://www.bl.uk/people/virginia-woolf&nbsp;http://www.virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk&nbsp;Credit to:SFX:&nbsp;freesound.org&nbsp;00489 Aircraft Run 2 - Robinhood76&nbsp; &nbsp;https://freesound.org/people/Robinhood76/sounds/62049/O1777 machine gun - Robinhood76https://freesound.org/people/Robinhood76/sounds/96376/#Military-alarm - kizilsungur&nbsp;https://freesound.org/people/KIZILSUNGUR/sounds/96973/#Music:&nbsp;https://www.soundstripe.comSweata Weatha - Dresden, The Flamingo<a href="https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/10379" rel="noopener noreferrer"...
Feb 11, 2022
23 min
The Most Dangerous Woman in America: Emma Goldman
When the failure of modern dictatorship and authoritarian philosophies becomes more apparent and the realization of failure more general, Anarchism will be vindicated. &nbsp;~ Emma Goldman&nbsp;She Speaks Volumes: Season 1 Episode 7Emma Goldman, The Most Dangerous Woman in America.&nbsp;Episode created by: Daniela Sorrentino, for Feral Culture Lab&nbsp;Your donations help me the voice actors! DONATE HERE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/FeralCulture Living My Life Volume 1 - written By Emma Goldman&nbsp;Published by Dover Publications, New York, 1970.&nbsp;Emma Goldman is voiced by: Halia Hirniak.Emma Goldman was born June 27th 1869 in Kovno in the Russian Empire. She died May 14th 1940 in Toronto Ontario, Canada. In her almost 70 years she witnessed, often firsthand, World War 1, the early part of World War 2, the Russian Revolution, The Spanish Civil War, the rise and fall of the American Trade Unions, the depression, and the rise and rise of capitalism. she fought for workers rights, wealth distribution long before it was a thing, campaigned for birth control and the rights of women. At heart she was an anarchist, and idealist and most surprisingly a romantic.&nbsp; Yet she was called the most dangerous woman in America...but dangerous for who?&nbsp;For research and references I also used:&nbsp;https://theanarchistlibrary.org/special/indexhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Goldman&nbsp;https://jwa.org/womenofvalor/goldman&nbsp;The interview with Ruth Kinna is the bonus episode. Her books can be found here:&nbsp;https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/128925/ruth-kinna.htmlAnd an essay herehttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/professor-ruth-kinna-the-theory-and-practice-of-anarchism&nbsp;Check out the Anarchist Library for tons of essays and publications on anarchy, including the works of Emma Goldman.&nbsp;MUSIC:Dresden, The Flamingo; An Old Fashioned Magic Show:https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/12943SFXInchadney: Northsea. https://freesound.org/s/587759/Plantmonkey: Gulls on the isles of Sicily; https://freesound.org/s/377107/Canardo55: Herring Gull 1: https://freesound.org/s/538016/
Feb 3, 2022
23 min
The Cage of Obscene Birds: Harriet Jacobs - Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
She Speaks Volumes:&nbsp; The Primer for 500 years of feminist philosophy, historySeason 1 Episode 6: In the Cage of Obscene Birds: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs.&nbsp;Created by: Daniella Sorrentino for the Feral Culture Lab: feralculturelab.com , dsorrentino.com&nbsp;Harriet Jacobs is voiced by Portia Cue, VoiceOnCue.com &nbsp;To support the podcast please donate at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/FeralCulture&nbsp;For this episode I used two editions:Jacobs Harriet, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself,&nbsp; Penguin Books, London, Eng 2000&nbsp;Jacobs Harriet, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, (Enlarged Edition), The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge Massachusetts, and London Eng. 2009I also used the following web-pages as references:&nbsp;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Jacobshttps://www.humanitiestexas.org/news/articles/before-and-after-civil-warhttps://www.britannica.com/event/American-Civil-Warhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_narrative&nbsp;https://www.britannica.com/art/slave-narrativeHere is the link ton the slave narratives from the Federal Writers Project in the Library of Congress:&nbsp;https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938/about-this-collection/&nbsp;BIO: Harriet Jacobs was born into slavery around 1813, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, is her auto-biography, her own account of her life in slavery, and the harrowing years, decade she spent on the run, after her escape.“You may believe what I say; for I write only that whereof I know. I was twenty-one years in that cage of obscene birds. I can testify, from my own experience and observation, that slavery is a curse to the whites as well as to the blacks.” Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave GirlMUSIC:&nbsp;Swing Low Sweet Chariot: written by Wallace Willis, c1865, performed by Antioch Mass Choir, licensed via soundstripe. https://app.soundstripe.com/artists/563&nbsp;Oh, Freedom: writer unknown. c1865 performed by Antioch Mass Choir, licensed via soundstripe. https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/13065Sound Effects:&nbsp;Rain on a Summer Day"Vlatko Blažek Varaždin, Croatia e-mail: [email protected]<a...
Jan 26, 2022
25 min
Vindication of the Rights of Woman: the foundation of modern feminism
She Speaks Volumes, the primer for over 500 years of feminist philosophy, history, and writing is produced by the Feral Culture LabWritten and created by Daniella Sorrentino.&nbsp;Mary Wollstonecraft is voiced by Fiona ThrailleIn this episode we are listening to excerpts from the book that would lay the foundation of western feminism, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, written by Mary Wollstonecraft, and originally published in 1792.Episode extracts from Project Gutenberg edition&nbsp;Research from the&nbsp; Penguin Classic edition.Mary Wollstonecraft was born April 27, 1759 in Spitalfields, now part of London’s East End. Instability in the family’s finances, and her father’s drunken rages prompted her to seek employment outside of London as soon as she was able. She worked first as a ladies companion in Bath, and as governess in Ireland, she also briefly started her own school. Finding none of these careers suitable she returned to London to embark on a career as a writer. ‘The first of a new genus’, she would write in a letter to her sister.&nbsp;A complete list of her works can be found in the bibliography on her wikipedia entry.Music:Mandoline Concerto in C, Vivaldo (1729) from the Internet ArchiveLa Marseillaise, (1792 ) Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, from Wikimedia CommonsSoundscape source credits:&nbsp;"Rain on Windows, Interior, B.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org"Wind, Realistic, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org“Dry Thunder”, by JusKiddink of Freesound.org
Oct 12, 2021
21 min
She Speaks Volumes - Trailer
A brief introduction to the She Speaks Volumes podcast. Learn more at: shespeaksvolumes.ca
Jul 4, 2021
1 min
Volume 2-Living My Life Emma Goldman
Thank for listening to She Speaks Volumes, a primer for 500 years of feminist writings. feralculturelab.com This episode is an excerpt from Emma Goldman's autobiography Living My Life - Vol 2. Anarchist Emma Goldman was called the most dangerous woman in America, she emigrated from Russia at the age of 17, the Romanov's were still in power. By the time she was 20 she was an active member of the New York anarchists movement and was speaking at union and worker rallies. Through her life Goldman fought against injustices and for the cause of anarchy, through the union movements, conscription and birth control in the US, the rebuilding of a new Russia after the revolution, fighting against conscription and militarism leading up to World War 1. She was also an avid student and lecturer on modern theatre. Read her books an essays for free at Project Gutenbergand articles by and about Emma Goldman at The Anarchist LibraryRead her biography on Wikipedia here.Visit our website to learn more about other episodes: feralculturelab.comAND contribute to the conversation an Facebook
Dec 13, 2020
17 min
ANARCHY - what does it stand for?
She Speaks Volumes - a primer for 500 years of feminist writing. Feral Culture Labwritten and produced by Daniella SorrentinoThis Episode, #8 explores what anarchy is through an excerpt of Emma Goldman's essay 'Anarchy: What it Really Stands For - Anarchy and an interview with the author of several books on anarchy including The Government of No One, the Theory and Practice of Anarchism Ruth Kinna, professor of political philosophy at Loughborough University. The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism can and should be purchased at a local bookstore but you can read about it here.Here is a list of anarchist resources: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/special/indexhttps://neighborhoodanarchists.org/anarchism/https://www.paperrevolution.org/library/
Nov 29, 2020
45 min
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