The gods of our fathers are our devils. That's what the victorian feminists say an ancient Arabic proverb says. Knowing how much the people of the 19th century liked to embellish the mystical and such, we're not sure if that's actually a thing but it's a thing now because MJG said it. In this episode we tackle Peter and John’s epistles, then flip the script on Revelation with Matilda Joslyn Gage, reading it through symbols, numbers, and stars to uncover a fiercely feminist core. We push back on literalism, call out control, and dream of a world full of Jezebels.
Some highlights:
• subjection verses in Peter and John, Stanton’s rebuttal to wealth and “weaker vessels”
• apostles and patronage, “elect ladies,” class and comfort
• contested authorship of Revelation, the 9,200-word “letter”
• astrology, numerology, Kabbalah as interpretive keys
• the woman, the dragon, twelve stars: feminine principle vs material power
• literalism as a tool of control, symbolism as a path to agency
• speech, censorship, and why we refuse to quiet down
• closing the book proper; next up, Stanton’s appendix and letters
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This episode recorded in Bob's Basement Studios.
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 Daisies
Executive Producer Kathleen ML Rogers
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