In this episode, Megan talks about The Pansy Craze - a period of increased LGBT visibility in popular culture from the late 1920s until the mid-1930s, that came to an end following the Great Depression, The Hays Code and the rise of World War Two.

During the "craze," drag queens, drag kings, masculine women and femme queer men — known as "pansy performers" — experienced a surge in underground popularity, especially in US cities such as New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

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images:
1 front page of 'Breveties'
2 illustration of "pansy" stealing a sailor from a "working girl" - Breveties
3 #GladysBentley
4 #JeanMalin out of drag
5 Jean Malin in 'Arizona to Broadway'
6 #KarylNorman
7 Karyl Norman
8 #RaeBourbon
9 Rae Bourbon out of drag
10 #WilliamDorseySwann

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In Part Two of our 3 part episode about teenage thrill killers, #LeopoldAndLoeb Megan and Thomas discuss what would become known as #TheCrimeOfTheCentury

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/4WTgBtAwzTkgQprBejHDem?si=8dl9NO5_Q_6kpStQe-SR6g

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*Special thanks once again to #ErikRebain from whom all these images were sourced*

1 Loeb, Sbarbaro, Crowe, Leopold and Savage in the front row, with other employees of the State’s Attorney’s office behind them

2 Loeb digging up Bobby Franks’ belt

3 Hall, Brown, Hickson alienists examine Leopold in prison accompanied by Ben Bachrach

4 Leopold and Leopold sharing a look on July 25th

5 Phrenology diagram of Leopold

6 Phrenology diagram of Loeb

7 #ClarenceDarrow addresses court

8 Crowe questions Lorraine Nathan in court

9 Leopold and Loeb listening to testimony

10 Judge Caverly, Leopold, Loeb and Crowe outside on July 25th

Sources:

Baatz, Simon. For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb and the Murder That Shocked Chicago. HarperCollins. October 13, 2009.

Higdon, Hal. The Leopold and Loeb: The Crime of the Century.Chicago. University of Illinois Press. 1995, 1999 & 2010.

Fass, Paula S. Kidnapped: Child Abduction in America. Oxford University Press. November 20, 1997.

Rebain, Erik. Arrested Adolescence: The Secret Life of NathanLeopold. Rowan & Littlefield Publishers. April 15, 2023.

Crimes of the Centuries with Amber Hunt. S1Ep2: Leopold & Loeb: Jazz Age Killers.

Bad Gays. Episode 9: Leopold and Loeb. May 14, 2019.

“Deadly Alliance: Leopold & Loeb – A Chicago Stories Documentary.” YouTube, uploaded by WTTW Chicago. November 1, 1924,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=i6Og5

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With Part One of our 3 part episode about teenage thrill killers, #LeopoldAndLoeb we examine the early lives of #NathanLeopold and #RichardLoeb in the lead-up to the senseless killing of young #BobbyFranks in what would become known as the #crimeofthecentury

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*Special thanks to #ErikRebain for sources

1 Leopold & Loeb
2 Leopold Family - Patricia Stern
3 Young Nathan Leopold - 1920 Harvard School for Boys yearbook
4 Ernest and Richard with tennis rackets – Richard Loeb Papers; Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Libraries
5 a postcard showing the patio of “The Big House”, Charlevoix
6 Richard Loeb (center) with some of his fraternity brothers in the 1922 UoM yearbook
7 Leopold feeding a Kirtland’s Warbler in 1923
8 Bobby Franks – Chicago Daily News
9 A culvert along the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks near Wolf Lake where Bobby’s body was concealed – Getty
10 Bobby Franks funeral, Jon Blackwell @100YearsAgoNews

Thomas tells us about young #Quaker woman, #JemimaWilkinson, who after a grave illness was reborn as the #genderless , spiritual being the #PublicUniversalFriend.

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images:

1 Portrait from David Hudson's 1821 biography

2 1796, Western New York

3 depiction of the Quaker concept of the “Peaceable Kingdom” – Edward Hicks

4 First Great Awakening – Hugh Bridport

5 Quaker woman orating at a Friend’s Gathering – G.Schouten

6 The Public Universal Friend – John Mathies, 1816

7 Public Universal Friend sticker - unknown

8 The Public Universal Friend's House - unknown

Sources:

Cleveland, Stafford. History and directory of Yates County [...] and a narrative of the Public Universal Friend, her society and doctrine. Pen Yan, New York: S. C. Cleveland, 1873.

Gordon, Colby. Interview on "Gender Reveal," October 7, 2024. Podcast episode 179, season 13.

Larson, Scott. "'Indescribable being': theological performances of genderlessness in the Society of the Public Universal Friend, 1776-1819." Critical Approaches to Sex and Gender in Early America, vol. 12, nr. 3 (2014): 576-600. (Special Issue, Beyond the Barriers).

Moyer, Paul. The Public Universal Friend: Jemima Wilkinson and religious enthusiasm in Revolutionary America. Ithaca: Cornell University Press: 2015.

Wisbey, Herbert. Pioneer prophetess: Jemima Wilkinson, the Publick Universal Friend. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1964.Kawamoto, Hanna. “'Spiritually unsexed': believers, critics, and early histories of the Publick Universal Friend, 1776-1835. UC Santa Barbara, 2024. (Winner of The Library Award for Undergraduate Research).

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Hi all! In this first episode of #TheseOldQueers we introduce ourselves, discuss our queer coming-of-age experiences and why we identify as #queer. Have a listen, and say hi! We'd also love to know what you'd like us to cover. Listen via the link or wherever you get your podcasts.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/74hZXGpP32Ly3fEsBEpuus?si=_y4JQic2RL-dxiEdkLnJuA