The girlies recount the history of humanity's most romantic creation — the love letter — and its contemporary counterpart, the sext. They talk James Joyce’s fart fetish, what revenge porn looked like in the 70’s, and why the American public waged war on teen sexting in the 2000’s. Digressions include raising awareness about The Great Vyvanse Shortage of 2023, a lament about the failure of American language education, and one listener’s poet boyfriend from hell.
SOURCES:
What history’s love letters reveal
Famous Love Letters Throughout History
A Brief History of Love Letters
Love letters in Shakespeare: As You Like It, Hamlet, and The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Napoleon’s Love Letters to Josephine
Oscar Wilde’s Stirring Love Letters to Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas
Forbidden love: The WW2 letters between two men
A Brief History of Erotic Photography
A Brief, Dirty History of Sexting
The Self-Porning of American Youth
How Reggie Brown Invented Snapchat
Plus... Eliza getting cyberbullied on main
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