Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-12-21
Books mentioned on Part Two: Keep the Yuletide Gay: Saturnalia & the Puritan War on Christmas
In part two of this week's episode, Margaret continues her conversation with Garrison Davis about how the Church tried, and largely failed, to stop the wild revelry of the winter solstice. See omnystudio.
Margaret Killjoy recommended Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture by Arthur Evans.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture
Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture by Arthur Evans is a historical and cultural study examining the intersection of queer history, paganism, and medieval European witchcraft persecutions.
Recommended“There's this book that rules. It's called Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture. And it was basically a love letter written to me and you Garrison. Okay. Um [laughter] it was by Arthur Evans”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Canterbury Tales
“people in Canterbury, which is actually a city in England and not just the name of a book I was supposed to read in high school Uh they rioted.”