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Biting All The ApplesA Holiday Hello: Stanton's Christmas Story for Kids and The Bah Humbug PuritansOh it's been a minute but you'll be glad you listened to this episode. Yes there are podcast updates, yes there's a cool new eZine/book you have to get: The Biting All The Apples Holiday (and any day) Book of 19th Century Inspired Home Amusements & Creative Endeavors here's the direct link if it's not showing up: https://payhip.com/b/75vhYThe holiday joy doesn't stop there. We've got a short hype message for all of your holiday emotional and physical labor AND you'll find out that puritans really hated Christmas and Stanton wrote a revisionist hi...
2025-12-2519 minBiting All The ApplesThe She-Showdown: Inside The 1896 Vote To Disown The Woman’s BibleA suffrage convention, a censored book, and a friendship that held the line—this is the 1896 showdown few of us were ever taught. We open the appendix to The Woman’s Bible and step into the room where NAWSA leaders tried to distance the movement from Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s fiercest work. The resolution’s catty phrasing calling it the “so-called Woman’s Bible” was more than shade; it was strategy, signaling a turn toward (so-called) respectability and away from the root critique that Stanton believed blocked every legal gain: scripture used to justify women’s subordination.We trace the fau...
2025-11-0742 minBiting All The ApplesIt Takes A Delicate Constitution: Victorian Feminists and The Occult - Bonus EpisodeA late October check in bonus episode with a spooky theme. Well, that is if you thinking chit chatting with the dead is spooky. Lots of Victorian people thought it wasn't spooky but important. Serious. There was a huge surge of interest in spiritualism in the 19th century. We thought maybe we should see if any of our Victorian feminists that we've been reading were also into the occult. It has opened up a can of worms. Won't you join us?Discussed in this episode:Ms Magazine - excerpt of WAKING THE WITCH: Re...
2025-10-2723 minBiting All The ApplesThe Real Deal on Revelation: Women, astrology, and dragons ruleThe 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 J...
2025-10-0353 minBiting All The ApplesMarriage As A Source of Church Revenue and Other Fun Timothy TidbitsIf you like your podcasts with a side of crashout then this episode is for you. If not, this is still the episode for you but you may want to jump to around 18 minutes to get straight to the part where we talk about the book.You're going to love the victorian feminist takes on the Epistles to the Ephesians, Phillipians, and Timothy. I mean, someone had to respond to all the men-win doctrine and instructions for women in marriage, appearance, and widowhood. You'll get to enjoy classic lines such as: "Wives, submit yourselves unto yo...
2025-09-1958 minBiting All The ApplesHead Coverings & Holy Mansplaining: Paul's Letters to the Romans & CorinthiansNot even a back to school headcold could keep us away for too long. In this episode we analyze (in our own analytic fashion and with the help of witty Victorian feminists)) the Apostle Paul's letters (epistles) to the Romans and Corinthians from Elizabeth Cady Stanton's "The Woman's Bible," revealing how biblical passages about women have been weaponized to limit their rights throughout history. We expose the contradictions in Paul's writings, from praising women leaders in Romans to commanding women's silence in Corinthians, and examine how these texts still influence gender inequality today.Here are some highlights...
2025-09-1252 minBiting All The ApplesYielding The Ghost and Other Things Women Did in The Book of ActsUncovering the hidden history of women in the early church, this episode dives deep into the Book of Acts as viewed through Elizabeth Cady Stanton's groundbreaking feminist lens. Sara Kaye and Joanna V reunite to explore what Victorian feminists discovered about women's roles in spreading Christianity – roles that male religious authorities have systematically erased over centuries.Through stories like Sapphira (who died for obeying her husband's deception), Rhoda (whose truthful words were dismissed by men), and Lydia (a successful businesswoman), we discover that women were far more central to early Christianity than traditional interpretations admit. The hosts ex...
2025-08-2946 minBiting All The ApplesA Hogshead Worth of Miracles and a Hairy Foot Bath: The Book of JohnWe’re pondering the book of John today by golly. And the selections our Victorian Feminists chose to critique cover sizzling hot topics like miracles, mothers, prejudice, and hogsheads to cover.This is a tidy zippy episode that will reveal deeper questions about the tales we've been told. Did you know Jesus only speaks to his mother three times in the entire Bible? Or that Mary Magdalene's devoted presence at the tomb contrasts sharply with the male disciples' absence? As Christian nationalism continues to ruin the last bits of anything good in American poli...
2025-08-2234 minBiting All The ApplesThe Unnatural Arrogance of Mark and Luke and Everyone ElseIn this seriously-worth-your-time episode, we explore how Elizabeth Cady Stanton's 1895 "The Women's Bible" called out religious justifications for female subordination that mirror today's Christian nationalist rhetoric.Here's what you get:• Examining the books of Mark and Luke, which address marriage, divorce, and women's status in early Christianity• Stanton reveals how the New Testament made divorce laws even more restrictive for women• Challenging the prioritization of self-sacrifice over self-development for women• Ellen Battelle Dietrick uncovers women erased from Christian history like Thecla and Paula• Documentation of how a woman's crucial role in creating t...
2025-08-1554 minBiting All The ApplesVirgins, Lanterns, Host Bodies and the Supernatural Book of MatthewThe battle for reproductive rights and women's autonomy isn't just modern politics—it's a struggle with deep historical roots. In this episode, we dive into the New Testament section of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's revolutionary Woman's Bible, where Victorian-era feminists dissect biblical patriarchy with remarkable insight and surprising humor.Their analysis strips away supernatural elements while preserving Jesus's moral authority, describing him as a "mountainous man" who perceived truths before others could. As one anonymous contributor boldly states, Jesus "commands far more love and reverence as a true man with human possibilities than as a God superior to al...
2025-08-0847 minBiting All The ApplesYou'll Want to Hear About Victorian Feminists and the Kabbalah's Sacred Gender BalanceWhat if everything you thought you knew about biblical gender roles was based on deliberate mistranslations? We dive deep into a brilliant 1895 feminist analysis that exposes how religious authorities systematically erased the divine feminine from scripture. Frances Ellen Burr, founder of Connecticut's first Women's Suffrage Association, boldly declared "the Bible is an occult book" while revealing how the ancient Kabbalah actually teaches perfect gender equality in the divine nature. Her commentary in Elizabeth Cady Stanton's groundbreaking Woman's Bible demonstrates that Hebrew words like "Elohim" are actually feminine in origin, and that biblical translators deliberately changed feminine references to masculine...
2025-08-0144 minBiting All The ApplesTinkling, Sackclothing, and Some Cranky Old Kings: We're Finishing Up The Old TestamentWe're back after our short summer podcast pause to bring you the very last books of the Old Testament through the lens of our favorite Victorian Feminists. They rip through the last six or so (who's counting?) books of the OT and we're covering it for you in under an hour. We start with the book of Job and that's great because we're kind of living in the book of job right now. Then we move on to the books written by King David and King Solomon and man are they cranky and lord above the...
2025-07-2559 minBiting All The ApplesBiting All The Apples TrailerPeople said but you can't fit all of the genius and hilarity and nuance of Biting All The Apples in a short trailer! And we said hey we will try because people really need to get a sense of what it is all about. Biting All The Apples is an unhinged bookclub-ish conversation that channels the sassy wisdom of long dead victorian feminists to analyze the puritanical influences still messing with our world today. We start off with the 1895 best seller "The Woman's Bible" by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Each week we cover their 19th century feminist analysis of...
2025-07-1408 minBiting All The ApplesThe "Just The Genesis Gems" Bonus Episode!It's our first bonus/recap/review episode! We wanted to do a couple recap episodes in case it has been too long and you barely remember words like Genesis, Exodus, and Deuteronomy! This is a great episode to listen to if you just want the dirt on The Woman's Bible and Genesis. We're pulling up our first episodes and digging out the gems. And listen, they are sparkling! You'll hear all about how Eve was actually the hero and how men got so freaking weird about pregnancy. Most of all - you'll get a taste of the main philosophical conc...
2025-06-2833 minBiting All The ApplesBonus Episode: No Kings, Hamiltons Writing Desk, and Dogma FangirlingWe're taking a quick detour this week with a bonus episode. Join us as we swap stories from the No Kings day events and do our best to convey how wild it is that small conservative towns showed out. Then we get giddy over the second coming of the 1999 Kevin Smith movie Dogma in theaters. Dust (His Dark Materials) https://hisdarkmaterials.fandom.com/wiki/DustDogma Film https://dogmamovie.com/Kevin Smith says he was in full faith when he made the film and was surprised that peo...
2025-06-2025 minBiting All The Apples"If I perish, I perish" and other main character energy moments in the Book of EstherAren't we all a little bit Vashti? Let us ask that question as the Victorian feminists guide us through their favorite passages in the book of Esther. It's one of JV & SKs favorite Old Testament Books so far. Today we are coming at you with the Book of Esther! Don’t let the senior center name fool you, this is another throne wars book in the bible and it is full of salaciousness, sin, and slaughter. We get to see a woman defying King’s orders and learn the story behind the feast of Purim. We’ll go over...
2025-06-1348 minBiting All The ApplesHalved babies, balloon art, and radical gals in the book of KingsWe're talking about Kings before No Kings Day - just in time. When all is said and done, we end up talking about the fascinating women in the chapter more than all the kings - because really, Kings are quite predictable. And ya never know what smart resourceful women will do.Our brilliant victorian feminists shed a light on the nuances buried in the book of Kings. It's another dramatic book in the bible. It is full of, well, kings and all their wives and lovers and concubines and conniving deeds. We are certain George RR Martin wa...
2025-06-0644 minBiting All The ApplesHoney traps, fish gods, and the ark of the covenant: The soap opera of SamuelIf we could buy the exclusive film rights to just one book in the bible, it'd be Samuel. What? You'd say Genesis? Well that'd be a fun debate for a listener to start. But first, listen to this episode. We start by extending an invite to Pope Leo to come on the show as our first guest. Then we get into the Woman's Bible chapter on the book of Samuel and boy is it full of danger and dastardly deeds. The victorian feminists tell us how the whole thing is just more dudes breaking the laws they wrote while w...
2025-05-3056 minBiting All The ApplesThe busy hands and not-overly-pleasing face of RuthWho doesn't love a sturdy woman? We imagine they were beloved before the book of Ruth made them holy, but boy did that bible chapter seal the deal. Greatest PR campaign for the selfless busy lady archetype, rivaled only by, maybe, the Marlboro Man. Join us for this lively episode where we discuss what the victorian feminists discussed about the book of Ruth. Double discussion! Ruth is one of only two books in the whole bible titled with a woman's name (the other one is Esther). You'll see how as long as you're willing to give up your beliefs a...
2025-05-2344 minBiting All The ApplesA woman’s victory is punishment for a man who lacked faith & other nuggets from the book of JudgesAfter a little trip down first communion memory lane with your cradle catholic cohosts, we dive into the book of Judges. Holy moly is it full of female baddies. Unfortunately, they are used much like a mob wives in the picture shows: as a plot points. In the case of the book of Judges, their heroism is even used to humiliate a guy for not believing in gods direction. Stanton and some freethinking victorian babes have some sharp, zippy, and insightful analysis. By the end of this episode you won't wonder where all that fragility comes from. Ex...
2025-05-161h 00Biting All The ApplesSonic warfare, pyrotechnics, and hailstones in everyone's favorite sequel: JoshuaIn this not to be missed episode, SK & JV marvel at the 19th century literary reviews of the the first part of The Woman's Bible before digging into the book of Joshua. It includes remakes of all of Moses greatest feats and tricks! And phrases like, "whinst not whence they were". The Victorian feminists respond with equal eloquence and spice. More info on hot topics mentioned in this episode:John Stuart Mill Wrote The Subjection of Women Sir Henry Rider Haggard KBEHis sci-fi novel She
2025-05-0958 minBiting All The ApplesIf you're going to be so strict, you could at least tell us where to find stoning stones: DeuteronomyIf you take your victorian feminism with a heavy dose of sassy brilliance, this is the episode for you. The laws in the previous Old Testament books were so good, they created a dupe chapter called Deuteronomy. It is full of rules and evidence of a cranky god. We discuss the exasperated, yet fiery wit of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's criticisms. She takes on tithing, commandments, laws, parenting, and more. You won't believe it wasn't written on a Substack yesterday. Here's more info on some of the topics we discuss:The Pentateuch - what is...
2025-05-0254 minBiting All The ApplesIf there's one thing you can count on, it's the book of NumbersThe hosts of this episode are using organic performance enhancement: recording way later in the evening than usual. Side effects include increased cusses. Makes sense for an episode that covers the chapter of the Woman's Bible about Numbers. The book that covers the no-nonsense directives of the big guy in the sky on hot topics like inheritance, concubines, and taxes. Of course our Victorian thought leaders want us to know that when it comes to Numbers, there isn't much sense to it at all. Other stuff we mention:Hostile Government Takeover EDM Remix - song by...
2025-04-251h 04Biting All The ApplesShow tunes, wizards, and meats: Leviticus for the rest of usIn this episode we don our finest (rented) Victorian frocks (that you can see if you check out our TikTok) and dive into the 19th century feminist analysis of Leviticus. It's pretty much the how to live rules & regulations section of the bible and you will be amazed and depressed at how these thousand(s) of years old ideas are still running the show. These Woman's Bible gals tried to tell us 130 years ago. We shall finish their work!Here's more info on some of the topics we discuss: Witch T...
2025-04-1850 minBiting All The ApplesThe one where women ignore the rules and act for the greater good (again) - ExodusIf you've ever wondered why women are terrified of being seen as selfish or why others judge women by how much they do for other people, you need not look any further than everyone's favorite two thousand year old book. “We are so accustomed to the assumption that men alone form a nation, that we forget to resent texts such as these.” - Elizabeth Cady Stanton Oh we won't forget Elizabeth. Especially not after reading the chapter in The Woman's Bible on Exodus . This one has it all -- birth, Pharaoh bullies, thievery, violence, circumcision, escape, law...
2025-04-1152 minBiting All The ApplesCain & are you Abel to stand how good this episode IsThe knowledge quest continues. Our 19th century writer pals have yet to find a single place in Genesis where anyone anywhere says women are inferior and subordinate to men. We crack open the rest of the chapter and discuss the sass attacks our Victorian luminaries launched on the wiley translators over things like floods and pregnancy. Additional info about The Woman's Bible contributors mentioned in this episode:Clara Bewick Colby (CBC) Bio: https://womeninwisconsin.org/profile/clara-bewick-colby/She was also the first female valedictorian of the University of Wisconsin: http...
2025-04-0451 minBiting All The ApplesEve Derangement SyndromeOk now we are getting into it with Genesis! Listen in on our reaction to reading The Woman's Bible take on the start of everything. The beginning of earth, animals, humans, and of course, sin. Stanton and her pals make some convincing points about reading Eve as the complex main character. They highlight where the wiley english interpreters took liberties and tell us more about the gorgeous allegories hidden in the classic creationist tale of how it all started. Plus other stuff that still affects us to this very day. Did you know woman is the ancient form...
2025-03-2848 minBiting All The ApplesA bible, you say? Hear us out.It's our intro episode! The one where we tell you why you should be jazzed about revisiting Elizabeth Cady Stanton's The Woman's Bible with us. Even if you aren't particularly religious, your life is still impacted by the morality and hierarchy dictated in the Bible. 130 years ago, Stanton and some of her scholarly friends took a look at how the gentleman who translated the bible may have taken a few liberties. Join us - Sara Kaye and Joanna, two reunited childhood friends who are curious about all the fuss - as we break down, admire, and yeah, ok...
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