Feb 22, 2022
Happy 2022 and welcome to
another episode of History is Gay! This time, we’re picking up
where we left off with Meghan Rose and S.C. Lucier in our
discussion of Amazons and real-life warrior women in history! It’s
not just the Greco-Roman world that marveled at fierce, strong
female fighters, but all over the world! This episode, we’re
visiting Benin, Africa to learn about the real-life
dora milaje
of Black Panther fame, the
gender-bending Dahomey Amazons; badass female samurai defending
their homesteads in Japan, and Viking shieldmaidens and mythical
Valkyries– who may have been a third gender? Strap-in for a
whirlwind worldwide tour of gender transgression and badass
real-life Xenas we want to see all the movies about!
You can learn more
about our guest hosts Meg and Luce, Xena: Warrior Musical, and more of their forthcoming projects
at www.xenawarriormusical.com,
@XenatheMusical on Twitter, and @XenaWarriorMusical on
Instagram,
Facebook, and YouTube!
Outline
0:00
– Introduction
4:27
– Announcements
7:51 – Follow-Up from Last Episode
12:48 – Main Topic: Warrior Women Across the World
13:33 – Word of the Week
18:54 – Amazon-Like Women in
Africa: Dahomey Amazons/mino
43:22-44:13 – Content warning: Discussion of
slave trade
46:22 –
Amazon-Like Women in Japan: onna-bugeisha
1:06:50 – Amazon-Like Women in Scandinavia: the
Vikings!
1:30:48 – Pop-Culture Tie-In
1:33:43 – How Gay were They?
1:39:07 – Closing and Where to Find us
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