34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting History

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Will our spirited heroine be able to guide our brooding hero through a world of forbidden passion to a matriarchal paradise?  Or will he simply think this stuff is a bunch of hooey? Join tempestuous Lady Dawn and rascally Lord Sean and they show us what, if anything, romance novels tell us about how our views of romance and courtship are shaped in our (patriarchal) culture.  Bodices and codpieces abound. 

Who doesn't love Wonder Woman? We all love the mighty Amazon! So join us for a fun and lively discussion with writer Teresa Jusino as we talk about this matriarchal superhero and the film which tells the story of her creation, "Professor Marston and the Wonder Women." William Moulton Marston, the creator of Wonder Woman, was a Harvard psychologist who co-created the lie detector. With his two life partners, psychologist Elizabeth Holloway Marston and psychology student Olive Byrne, the trio pursued a stable polyamory lifestyle and a continual quest of spread the gospel of matriarchy to the world. Elizabeth was a gifted scholar in her own right and created the lie detector alongside William. Olive was also a student of psychology and part of a lineage of Suffragettes-- her aunt was Margaret Sanger. Elizabeth and Olive had their own amazing relationship with each other which lasted several decades after William's death. An incredible story behind the creation of an incredible hero... Wonder Woman!

Misunderstandings around miscarriages threaten women's lives. The guilt and isolation is an unnecessary addition to the grief and loss that they experience. In today's episode Dawn "Sam" Alden talks with women who have had miscarriages and how they navigated their tragedy.

The Warrior Women are back! This episode we discuss the amazing story of Rani of Jhansi, a 19th Century queen in India who bravely took up arms against the colonial British rulers who tried to depose her. Much as Boudica was for the sovereignty of the British tribes, Rani was for her people in India. Dawn "Sam" Alden is our guide for this episode. Sean Marlon Newcombe hosts.

"The Goddess refuses to die... She will only fade away for good when we devise an alternative grand history that accounts for large-scale coherences." -- Prof. Richard Lesure, UCLA With those words began an attack on the very truth of matriarchal history. From the halls of American and British academia has come a call to arms to CONSPIRE to deny the archaeological facts that indicate a long period of matriarchal civilization and to eliminate the very discussion of matriarchal existence once and for all. Join us as Vicki Noble sheds light on this important and dangerous development in scholarship and culture and its potential to distort and destroy both the past achievements of women and their future hopes. Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden host.

A preview of upcoming shows on the 34 Circe Salon Make Matriarchy Great Again for the end of March and month of April in 2021.

Female Sexual Pleasure-- the great fear of patriarchy since the first man made the first law. Controlling female sexual pleasure has been central to male-centric civilization. Join us as we discuss how women's eroticism has been suppressed and stigmatized throughout history. Dawn "Sam" Alden hosts.

Join us as we discuss the fascinating world of cosplay and it's portrayal of women with our guest, model Bunny Bombshell. Bunny takes a feminist approach to the characters that she portrays, choosing to play roles that she feels show the strength and power of female heroes and that challenge misogynistic views of women in society. Sean Marlon Newcombe hosts.

In this episode we talk with Jen, a creator and podcaster who looks to bring diversity to the work that she shares with the world. A native of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area, her parents immigrated to the US from Hong Kong before she was born. She was raised with a strong sense of the power of women in both a spiritual and temporal realm. She shares with us how her cultural heritage has influenced her perspective on women in society. Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.