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Tea & Vulgarity

Talley Gale•www.instagram.com
Fiction
Comedy Fiction
"It's BRIDGERTON meets THIS AMERICAN LIFE" Fetch your smelling salts! The Victorians were right naughty! Lady LeTITcia and other members of the social register clink cups and read scintillating erotica from...Victorian-era England. NSFW. 18+. Cover art: Taylor Hopkins. All music under a Creative Commons License. Opening and closing clips: Mendelssohn's String Quintet No.2, Op.87, Musicians from the Ravinia Festival's Stean Institute
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Episodes

Lesbians, or, The Reprise of Mossy

This episode is the first of several dedicated to women loving women. The selections are naughty but also frequently sweet. We also include some non-Anglo works. Did you know the woman who wrote "In the Bleak Midwinter" also wrote a homoerotic nursery rhyme? BY MY TROTH, SHE DID. With Lady Axe-wound, aka Jillian Leff

Mar 23, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 8

"And flourishes her jutting arse"

Lady Axewound makes her teatime debut! Along with Lady Letitcia, she indulges in: "Arithmetician: a Fact," an ode to an opera dancer, a couple dirty acrostics, more Lady Pokingham (a derriere affair), and a warning to ladies about violet powder. Unbutton your bustiers! Featuring Jillian Leff

Mar 17, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Footnotes 2: Art, Seattle, Strange Laws

Molly Wagner joins Talley again for more thoughtful footnote talk. Queen Victoria was a racy lady. Have we "cleaned up" our interpretation of the nude in Western art? Seattle thrives all thanks to a Madame.

Mar 09, 2021•21 min

Hot Priest: A Man of the Cloth is Still a Man

Sins of the flesh? My dear child! The Venerable Reverend Myakovsky graces Lady LeTITcia's parlour and incandescently illuminates the dogmas of toys, anal sex, cigars, STIs, and the best time of life to ascertain one's predilections. He also enjoys lifting his voice in dulcet tones to the heavens. Featuring Matthew Duncan

Mar 04, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Where's My Barrister?

The tireless Lady Taintbury is back to nosh crumpets and spill the tea with Lady Letitcia. Our friends recite poetry and read more about Lothair, who's gamahuching before he becomes a man of the cloth. Lady T fills us in on her own sordid past. Lady L hopes Dave's Killer Bread won't sue her. Featuring Molly Wagner!

Feb 24, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Footnotes 1: Other Racy Publications

THE PEARL wasn't the only publication the Victorians salivated over. Molly Wagner (aka Lady Taintbury) joins Talley in the first of our "educational real-talk" episodes to discuss the other...um...literature published during this period.

Feb 14, 2021•16 min

Speculum in Batches

Lady PlumPudding (from the penal colony) attends tea with Lady Letitcia to read a letter, muse on syphilis (let's bring it back!), and dissect a ballad about the Contagious Diseases Act. Featuring Amy Nasseri of Orgasm Lab

Feb 03, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Vibrator Chair

Lady Blossombosom reluctantly joins Lady LeTITcia to sing a bawdy song to the tune of an old hymn. Featuring Ian Katee Gale. All music under a Creative Commons License.

Jan 29, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Mossy

Lady Taintbury, an old schoolfellow of Lady LeTITcia's, puts her wit to work reading about Mister Pego, moss, beavers, and other names for our genitalia. Featuring Molly Wagner All music under a Creative Commons License.

Jan 29, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Crumpet

Welcome to Tea & Vulgarity! Grab your smelling salts, and be ready to meet Ladies Letitcia and Blossombosom as they read tittilating tales from Victorian England. Music: Musicians from the Ravinia Festival Stean's Intstitute; Benjamin Moser; BNTT

Jan 23, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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