Mar 22, 2021
In this episode of History is Gay Leigh and guest host Amanda Helton discuss Mary Edmonia “Wildfire” Lewis, the first internationally recognized African American and indigenous artist in the United States. Join us while we ponder how exactly a literal 2-ton sculpture goes missing, discuss the merits of lesbian drama in 1800s Rome, and did you know that blister beetles have been used as aphrodisiacs for centuries? Yeah... neither did we….
Our wonderful guest host for this episode, Amanda Helton, can be found at www.amandahelton.com or @oryxbesia on Instagram. You can also hear Amanda in our episode on Michelangelo!
Outline
0:00
– Introduction
7:18
– Socio-Historical Context
20:58 – Who were they? Bio
Time
25:06 – 26:18 — Content warning: racial
violence
30:29 – Fun Segment: Word of the
Week
58:27 – Why do we think they're gay?
1:22:52 – Main Takeaways and Final
Conclusions
1:27:51 – How Gay were They?
1:30:53 – Closing and Where to Find us
Online
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