ILL REPUTE! with Sovereign Syre & Ela Darling
Writer and comedian Sovereign Syre teams up with VR innovator and former librarian Ela Darling to chronicle the lives of women and gender nonconformists that got a bad rap. Whether they were pioneers in male dominated fields, criminal masterminds, or just epic sl*ts, we here at ILL REPUTE! support women's rights, but more importantly we support women's wrongs.
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Gretchen Whitmer | 1 Big Gretch
09/29/2024
Gretchen Whitmer | 1 Big Gretch
Growing up in a bipartisan household, with a father who worked for Republican Governor Milliken and a mother who was involved with Democratic administrations, Whitmer was exposed to different political perspectives. This upbringing taught her the importance of working across the aisle and contributed to her pragmatic, results-driven approach to governance. Her parents’ careers in law and public service also gave Whitmer a firsthand understanding of the power of government to affect people’s lives, a lesson that has been a guiding principle in her political career. Support Us: More Info: Credits: Compiled by Sovereign Syre Hosted by Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling Produced by Joshua Anderson Sources: True Gretch by Gretchen Whitmer
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BONUS: The Debates
09/24/2024
BONUS: The Debates
This is a preview of a bonus episode. Sovereign and Ela rate the debate. See the full episode at
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Tradwives!
09/23/2024
Tradwives!
"Trad wife" is short for "traditional wife." It refers to women who embrace ultra-traditional gender roles, often associated with 1950s-style domesticity. These women typically prioritize homemaking, child-rearing, and supporting their husbands over pursuing careers or personal ambitions outside the home. We've got three women to discuss today: Lauren Southern, born in 1995 in British Columbia, was a prominent figure in the alt-right movement of the 2010s. Hannah Neeleman, known online as Ballerina Farm, is a 34-year-old mother of eight who lives on a 328-acre farm in rural Utah. Nara Smith, a 22-year-old South African and German model based in LA, who's a mother of three under three and known for her elaborate homemaking content Support us: Credits: Compiled by Sovereign Syre Hosted by Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling Produced by Joshua Anderson Sources:
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Kamala Harris | 2: From Senator to Presidential Nominee
09/17/2024
Kamala Harris | 2: From Senator to Presidential Nominee
This episode was recorded before the historic debate between Harris and Trump. In 2016, Harris set her sights on the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Barbara Boxer. This was California's first open Senate seat in 24 years. Harris ran a strong campaign, emphasizing her record as Attorney General and her progressive stance on issues like criminal justice reform, immigration, and climate change. She won the election decisively. Harris quickly made a name for herself in the Senate, particularly through her incisive questioning during committee hearings. One of her most notable moments came during the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Support Us: Credits: Compiled by Sovereign Syre Hosted by Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling Produced by Joshua Anderson See Sovereign Syre doing stand up comedy live!: Sources: The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris
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Kamala Harris | 1: Falling Out Of A Coconut Tree and Landing in the Attorney General's Office
09/08/2024
Kamala Harris | 1: Falling Out Of A Coconut Tree and Landing in the Attorney General's Office
A few weeks ago Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling talked about Kamala Harris entering the presidential race and the memefication of her campaign. This week we do a deep dive on the life of Kamala Harris. Get tickets to see Sovereign Syre doing stand up comedy live, September 27, 2024: Support Us: Credits: Compiled by Sovereign Syre Hosted by Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling Produced by Joshua Anderson Sources: The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris
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Olympics 2024 | 2 Imane Khelif and Racheal "Raygun" Gunn
09/02/2024
Olympics 2024 | 2 Imane Khelif and Racheal "Raygun" Gunn
It's August 1st, 2024. The women's welterweight boxing tournament is underway at the Paris Olympics. In the ring, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif faces off against Italy's Angela Carini. What happened next would spark a firestorm of controversy, misinformation, and heated debate about gender in sports. This week on ILL REPUTE! Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling discuss the low-lights of the Olympics. Support: More Info: Credits: Compiled by Sovereign Syre Hosted by Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling Produced by Joshua Anderson Sources:
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Olympics 2024 | 1 Everyone Watches Women’s Sports
08/26/2024
Olympics 2024 | 1 Everyone Watches Women’s Sports
2024 was a banner year for women in the Olympic Games. This week, Sovereign and Ela explore the historic equal gender representation at the 2024 Summer Olympics and the fiery debates over women’s uniforms—from France’s hijab ban to barely-there track gear. We also spill the tea on the high-stakes drama in gymnastics centered on Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles, and cheer on the fierce women who dominated the global stage. Support Us: For more about us: Credits: Compiled by Ela Darling Hosted by Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling Produced by Joshua Anderson Sources:
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The Memefication of Kamala Harris: An Election of Vibes
08/19/2024
The Memefication of Kamala Harris: An Election of Vibes
While Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling spend the next few months writing episodes for the next season, they are starting a new format for our weekly episodes. Covering current events each week. In our -inaugeral- episode, we talk about the campaign for the presidency from Kamala Harris's entrance into the race to the DNC this week. And we do it by looking at the various memes and soundbites that have taken over an election that is very much about vibes and viral content. For more about us: Credits: Compiled by Sovereign Syre Hosted by Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling Produced by Joshua Anderson Sources: Kamala is announced as the candidate and coconut tree memes: Original: Mixes: Trump hates her: Kamala gives her stump speech: Tim Walz gives his speech: Donald Trump questions her Blackness: Donald Trump gives a weird speech from Mar a Lago Donald Trump has a disastrous Elon Musk twitter spaces thing
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Juana Maria | Island of the Blue Dolphins
08/15/2024
Juana Maria | Island of the Blue Dolphins
Hi guys. sovereign accidentally forgot to upload this episode. This week, Sovereign syre and Ela Darling finish their two part episode about Juana Maria, the last Nicoleno. Today we focus on what happened to her story long after her death when it was reimagined as the popular children's novel Island of the Blue Dolphins. Since its publication, Island of the Blue Dolphins, a fictionalized telling of the story of a Nicoleno woman abandoned on San Nicolas Island for twenty years, often credited as the last of her tribe, the book has been a staple in American curriculum. The very sanitized story told in the book, featuring a twelve year old girl who learns to survive on her own by finding harmony with the land and animals that surround her, manages to tell the story of the Lone Woman, without telling us anything about her at all. In effect the book serves as colonialist propaganda. And today, we’re going to correct the record. For more about us: Credits: Compiled by Sovereign Syre Hosted by Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling Produced by Joshua Anderson Sources:
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Juana Maria | The Lone Woman of San Nicolas
08/05/2024
Juana Maria | The Lone Woman of San Nicolas
This week on the podcast Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling discuss Juana Maria, better known to history as the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island. Juana Maria was a Native Californian woman who was the last surviving member of her tribe, the Nicoleño. She lived alone on San Nicolas Island off the coast of Alta California from 1835 until her removal from the island in 1853. Scott O'Dell's award-winning children's novel Island of the Blue Dolphins was inspired by her story. She was the last native speaker of the Nicoleño language. Support the pod: patreon.com/illrepute More about the pod: Credits: Compiled by Sovereign Syre Hosted by Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling Produced by Joshua Anderson Sources:
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Lisa Frank | 2 The Rainbow Gulag
07/29/2024
Lisa Frank | 2 The Rainbow Gulag
In 2005 Lisa Frank filed for divorce. She filed a second lawsuit to oust James Green from the company. What followed was a protracted legal battle that made the psychodrama that had been taking place at LFI for over a decade, a matter of public record. The following is from the article The Rainbow Gulag, published on Jezebel.com in 2013 by Tracy Egan Morrissey.: “[James] really turned that place into a shit hole,” said Justin, who added, “The guy’s kind of dick.” Support Us: More About Us: Credits: Script: Sovereign Syre Hosts: Sovereign Syre & Josh Anderson Production: Josh Anderson Sources:
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Lisa Frank 1 | Gumballs and Interplanetary Ice Cream Cones
07/22/2024
Lisa Frank 1 | Gumballs and Interplanetary Ice Cream Cones
Today we’re discussing Lisa Frank, the artist behind the eponymous brand Lisa Frank Inc. If you were alive in the 80s and 90s, the psychedelic, neon airbrushed designs of unicorns and teddy bears and dolphins had a chokehold on your childhood. From stickers to binders to pencil cases, Lisa Frank merchandise was what divided the cool from the broke. Lisa Frank was one of the first fine artists to gear her designs toward children rather than wealthy art collectors. And her gamble paid off big, at the peak of her popularity, Lisa Frank Inc was taking in more than $150 million dollars a year. Support Us: Sources:
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Cass Elliot 2 | Make Your Own Kind Of Music
07/15/2024
Cass Elliot 2 | Make Your Own Kind Of Music
This week is part two of our two parter on Cass Elliot. Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling talk about Cass's life after the break up of The Mamas And The Papas and her vindication as a solo singer. Once money started coming in, Cass hosted artist salons at her large Laurel Canyon estate. She was kind and charismatic, easily making her the most popular one of the group. Joni Mitchell wrote several songs in her living room. At a soiree at her home one night, she urged her friends David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash to sing together at her place, thus forming Crosby Stills and Nash. She was also the only other person to sing on the first Crosby Stills and Nash album. David Crosby described her life, “She had possibly the nicest house of any of us, and she liked having people over… I remember an afternoon when I took Eric Clapton up there and he and Cass and Joni Mitchel played tunes.” Credits: Hosted by Ela Darling and Sovereign Syre Written by Ela Darling Produced by Joshua Anderson Support Us: More About Us/Contact: Sources: Fiege, Eddi. Dream a Little Dream of Me : The Life of 'Mama' Cass Elliot. Pan Macmillan, 2005 Elliot-Kugel, Owen. My Mama, Cass. Elm Streeet Books, 2024. AutumnBay. “Make Your Own Kind of Music: A Cass Elliot Documentary Part 1. Mar 31, 2021. AutumnBay. “Make Your Own Kind of Music: A Cass Elliot Documentary Part 2. August 26, 2021. CassElliot.com Pochocki, Regina. Don’t Call Me Mama Anymore: The Story of Cass Elliot. Stinger News, May 5, 2021. "Biography" Mama Cass. Directed by Joan Owens, featuring Cass Elliot, Tom Smothers, Dave Mason, and Leon Bing. A&E Network, 2003. Kloman, William. "Sink Along with Mama Cass." Esquire Magazine, June 1969.
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Cass Elliot 1 | Don't Call Me Mama!
07/08/2024
Cass Elliot 1 | Don't Call Me Mama!
This week on the podcast, Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling talk about Cass Elliot, in our opinion, the most important member of The Mamas and The Papas. Credits: written by Ela Darling hosted by Ela Darling & Sovereign Syre produced by Joshua Anderson Contact/Support/More: Sources: Fiege, Eddi. Dream a Little Dream of Me : The Life of 'Mama' Cass Elliot. Pan Macmillan, 2005 Elliot-Kugel, Owen. My Mama, Cass. Elm Streeet Books, 2024. AutumnBay. “Make Your Own Kind of Music: A Cass Elliot Documentary Part 1. Mar 31, 2021. AutumnBay. “Make Your Own Kind of Music: A Cass Elliot Documentary Part 2. August 26, 2021. CassElliot.com Pochocki, Regina. Don’t Call Me Mama Anymore: The Story of Cass Elliot. Stinger News, May 5, 2021. "Biography" Mama Cass. Directed by Joan Owens, featuring Cass Elliot, Tom Smothers, Dave Mason, and Leon Bing. A&E Network, 2003. Kloman, William. "Sink Along with Mama Cass." Esquire Magazine, June 1969.
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Anna Nicole Smith | 2 It's Very Expensive To Be Me
07/01/2024
Anna Nicole Smith | 2 It's Very Expensive To Be Me
In the flash of the paparazzi's cameras, Anna had gone from stripper, to Playmate, to Playmate of the year, to the face of Guess Jeans. A contract rumored to have been worth millions of dollars. Anna’s beauty, sex appeal and supernatural charm had carried her to the edge of the finish line, all she had to do was cross it. In this week's episode, Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling conclude the story of Anna Nicole Smith's life. Support Us: More About Us: Credits: Script by: Joshua Anderson Hosted by: Ela Darling & Sovereign Syre Produced by: Joshua Anderson Sources:
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Anna Nicole Smith | 1 She Was Born Beautiful
06/24/2024
Anna Nicole Smith | 1 She Was Born Beautiful
In part one of a two parter, Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling delve into the origins of a 2000s icon. Anna Nicole Smith was a polarizing, misunderstood figure. Often remembered for being an absolute trainwreck. Her rise to fame, from the girl next door to supermodel, made her a media darling, her campy, over the top persona, and ditzy girl humor on one of the earliest reality shows made her a queer icon, and her slide into addiction and despair made her a tragic figure of mythic proportions. I mean, she’s become a trope in rap songs alongside the likes of Donald Trump and Monica Lewinsky. Iconic. Support Us: More About Us: Credits: Script: Joshua Anderson Hosts: Sovereign Syre & Ela Darling Producer: Joshua Anderson Sources:
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The Bombshell
06/17/2024
The Bombshell
From the silent era's vamps to the Golden Age goddesses of Hollywood, the bombshell has always been an enchanting figure, shaped and reshaped by societal desires and anxieties. The bombshell is not a static ideal. It has morphed and adapted, mirroring the shifting landscapes of culture and feminism. Today, in the digital age, the bombshell exists in a new dimension, where social media amplifies both empowerment and objectification. We are left to question: Is the bombshell a symbol of female agency, or merely a construct designed to titillate and control? This exploration will delve into the complex history of the bombshell inits various incarnations, and examine the power it wields. Support: Contact: Learn More: Credits: Script by Joshua Anderson Hosted by Sovereign Syre & Ela Darling Produced by Joshua Anderson Sources: The Online Etymology Dictionary by Douglas Harper: "Bombshell (slang)" Wikipedia: Jean Harlow Dorothy Dandridge Josephine Baker Ertha Kitt Hallie Berry Mariyln Monroe Theda Bara Louise Brooks Rita Hayworth Lana Turner Ava Gardner Bridget Bardot Sophia Loren Jayne Mansfield Raquel Welch Ann Margaret Jane Fonda Diane Keaton Faye Dunaway Farah Fawcett Bo Derek Cheryl Teigs "Pamela Anderson" Biography.com. A&E NetworksTelevision. "Carmen Electra" Wikipedia "Salma Hayek" Biography.com. A&E Networks Television. "Anna Nicole Smith" Biography.com. A&E Networks Television.
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Michael Dillon: The First Trans Man
06/10/2024
Michael Dillon: The First Trans Man
His transition required thirteen operations and took place over four years, with no one the wiser. Dillon went on to be a surgeon himself, and traveled the world with various naval vessels for six years, living life as a man, with no one suspecting his origins. He was ultimately outed because of his nobility. There are peerage records that are made of everyone's descendancy and changing one’s names in those had been impossible and eventually someone noticed the discrepancy. After living as Michael Dillon for fifteen years, he was onboard a ship when he got a cable from England. It was from The Daily Express as said “Do you intend to claim the title since your change-over?” Sources: Out of the Ordinary by Michael Dillon Info:
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Harold Gillies: The Father Of Plastic Surgery
06/03/2024
Harold Gillies: The Father Of Plastic Surgery
Today, we are taking on our first man. Because sometimes men do important stuff for women. Like creating the field of plastic surgery. He’s a saint that changed the lives of thousands of wounded soldiers during WWI and pioneered many of the cosmetic procedures that are used today…primarily on women. Ladies and Gentlemen, Dr. Harold Gillies Sources: The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris Credit: Written by Sovereign Syre Hosted by Sovereign Syre & Ela Darling Produced by Joshua Anderson Contact: Follow: IG @eladarling69 @sovereign_syre @weareillrepute TikTok @illreputepod @callmesovvy @eladarlingx Twitter/X: @sovereignsyre @eladarling @illreputepod Facebook: ILL REPUTE! A podcast Watch: Shop:
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Prozac Nation
05/27/2024
Prozac Nation
“Prozac Nation is a young person’s book, both in terms of its author and its target audience…What seemed most important to me about Wurtzel’s writing was that she had been messy, and she was willing to detail that mess without apology…It was a radical departure from how I’d seen women write about themselves…Whether we like it or not, Prozac Nation really did change the landscape when it comes to the way women write about themselves. It laid the groundwork for the what Jia Tolentino called the “personal-essay boom” of the early 2010s, an era when no detail was too graphic, no humiliation too private for sharing.” It’s important to understand what was going on in the culture at this time. Prozac had just become popular, and record numbers of people were being diagnosed with depression. The chart topping artists were Depeche Mode, Nirvana, and Nine Inch Nails, bands whose messages were those of apathy and wallowing in despair, and a few months before Prozac Nation was published, Kurt Cobain committed suicide. There was a problem, but people were also wary of how we were treating it. Contact Us: Follow Us: ILL REPUTE! links: Sovereing Syre’s links: Ela Darling’s links: Merch: Support Us: Sources:
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Elizabeth Wurtzel: The "It" Girl of Generation X
05/19/2024
Elizabeth Wurtzel: The "It" Girl of Generation X
This week Sovereign Syre and Ela Darling profile writer and icon, Elizabeth Wurtzel. A beautiful, young, Harvard graduate whose memoir Prozac Nation got her on the New York Times Bestseller List and made her an overnight celebrity. She also suffered from major depression and was one of the first people to be prescribed the drug Prozac. She was both a media darling, and roundly mocked by others, for what was precieved as a kind of narcissism endemic of a news generation, a cohort labeled Gen X. Support Us: Contact Us: Follow Us: ILL REPUTE! links: Sovereing Syre’s links: Ela Darling’s links: Sources: Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America by Elizabeth Wurtzel
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The Hustlers at Scores
05/13/2024
The Hustlers at Scores
Roselyn “Rosie” Keo was the daughter of Cambodian refugees. When she was younger, her parents got caught up in gambling and nightlife, taking off for Atlantic City, leaving Rosie and her siblings to be raised by their elderly grandparents. She was a wild child, getting in fights, having bad boyfriends, typical teenage rebel stuff. She was growing up Rockland County, and by the age of 17, she dropped out of school and got a job working at New York City Diner to help with expenses at home. There was a gentleman’s club nearby called, Lace, and the dancers would often come into the diner after their shifts. One night a manager at Lace tipped her $20 bucks on a $20 dollar ticket and told her she should hit up the club if she was interested in making “real money.” Soon after she went to the club, lied about her age, and started working the pole. What followed became the basis for the hit film Hustlers starring Jennifer Lopez, Lizzo and Cardi B. Contact Us: Follow Us: ILL REPUTE! links: Sovereing Syre’s links: Ela Darling’s links: Merch: Support Us: Sources:
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Ada Lovelace |2 The Analytical Engine
05/06/2024
Ada Lovelace |2 The Analytical Engine
It's the end of Season Two! We did it! This week we conclude our series on Ada Lovelace. In September 1843, Ada Lovelace published her paper on the Analytical Engine in Scientific Memoirs under the title "Sketch of the Analytical Engine, with Notes from the Translator.". Ada was 27 years old, an aristocratic, married mother of three children at the time. Her final published paper included seven important Notes labeled A-G that contained her observations, her assertions, and, it turns out, her legacy...she also cooked up a scheme to use her mathmatical skills to run a gambling operation to fund the building of said engine. Depsite her mother's efforts, Ada Lovelace would turn out to be just as corruptable as her notorious father, Lord Byron. Contact Us: Follow Us: ILL REPUTE! links: Sovereing Syre’s links: Ela Darling’s links: Merch: Support Us: Sources Bromley, Allan G.. "Analytical engine." Encyclopedia of Computer Science. John Wiley and Sons Ltd., GBR, 2003, pp. 65–67. Essinger, James. Ada’s Algorithm. Gibson Square, Ltd, London, 2014. Hammerman, Robin, and Andrew L. Russell. Ada's Legacy: Cultures of Computing from the Victorian to the Digital Age. ACM Books. Morgan & Claypool, 2015. Hollings, Christopher, Ursula Martin, and Adrian Rice. "The early mathematical education of Ada Lovelace." BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics, vol. 32, no. 3, 2017, pp. 221-234, DOI: 10.1080/17498430.2017.1325297. Hollings, Christopher, Ursula Martin, and Adrian Rice. "The Lovelace–De Morgan mathematical correspondence: A critical re-appraisal." Historia Mathematica, vol. 44, no. 3, 2017, pp. 202-231, ISSN 0315-0860, . Horvat, Robert. "Five Interesting Portraits of Ada Lovelace, the First Pioneer of Computer Science." The Rearview Mirror, November 6, 2022. Accessed April 5, 2024. Hughes, Matthew. “How Ada Lovelace, the First Computer Programmer, Changed the World.” Make Use Of, Oct 13, 2015. Accessed April 5, 2024. Mayne, Ethel Colburn, and Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron Byron. The Life and Letters of Anne Isabella, Lady Noel Byron, from Unpublished Papers in the Possession of the Late Ralph, Earl of Lovelace. C. Scribner’s Sons, 1929. Robledo, Edqin. "What Was the First Computer?" Autodesk, Nov 8, 2022. Accessed April 6, 2024. Seymour, Miranda. In Byron’s Wake. Pegasus Books, 2018. Stein, Dorothy. Ada: A Life and a Legacy. MIT Press, 1987. Wolfram, Stephen. "Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace." Wired, December 22, 2015. Accessed April 11, 2024. Woolley, Benjamin. The Bride of Science: Romance, Reason, and Byron's Daughter. AU: Pan Macmillan, February 1999. ISBN 978-0-333-72436-1, retrieved 4 April 2024. Zarevich, Emily. "When Lord Byron Tried to Buy a Twelve-Year-Old Girl." JSTOR Daily, August 9, 2023. -------- Ada Lovelace: A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of Women in History). 2019. Hourly History. Adams, Beverly. Ada Lovelace: The World's First Computer Programmer. Pen & Sword Books Limited. 2023. Essinger, James (2013). A Female Genius: How Ada Lovelace Started the Computer Age. UK: Gibson Square Books Ltd. Moore, Doris Langley. Ada, Countess of Lovelace: Byron's Legitimate Daughter. Harper & Row, 1977. Bromley, Allan G. (1990). "Difference and Analytical Engines" (PDF). In Aspray, William (ed.). Computing Before Computers. Ames: Iowa State University Press. Tamboukou, M. (2023). ‘Ever yours, mathematically’: women’s letters and the mathematical imagination. Gender and Education, 35(8), 742–757. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2023.2265283
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Flowers In The Attic: The Birth of Dark Young Adult
04/29/2024
Flowers In The Attic: The Birth of Dark Young Adult
“Plot: A young wife is suddenly widowed. Left with four children. She is totally unskilled for the labor market, and deeply in debt. Her home and all she has are repossessed. However… she has one choice. She is the sole heir to a tremendous fortune. If she can deceive her dying father, and never let him know she is the mother of four children whom he would despise. “Four children are imprisoned in an upstairs room of a huge mansion. Their playground is the attic. The two older children are twelve and ten, named Christopher and Cathy. The younger two are twins, age three when they go to live upstairs. “Without sunlight, Cory and Carrie cannot grow. Their lives become a virtual endurance test to outlive the dying grandfather, who stays always on the first floor, taken care of by a private duty nurse, and a staff of servants. “The years pass. The grandfather doesn’t die. The mother marries again and gradually drifts away from her children.” In her letter, Virginia emphasizes that the children’s grandmother considers them “the devil’s issue. Born out of unholy wedlock between half-niece and half-uncle. I call my novel, which is not truly fiction… FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC.” Contact Us: Follow Us: ILL REPUTE! links: Sovereing Syre’s links: Ela Darling’s links: Merch: Support Us: Sources: The Woman Beyond The Attic: The V.C. Andrews Story by Andrew Neiderman
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V.C. Andrews: IFYKYK
04/22/2024
V.C. Andrews: IFYKYK
In today's episode, we discuss VC Andrews, a writer who created her own genre of fiction and scandalized a generation of young female readers. We cover Virginia's early life, her emergence as a writer, and the real life inspiration for her most famous novel, Flowers In The Attic. Contact Us: Follow Us: ILL REPUTE! links: Sovereing Syre’s links: Ela Darling’s links: Merch: Support Us: Sources: The Woman Beyond The Attic: The V.C. Andrews Story by Andrew Neiderman
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Ada Lovelace | 1: Born of Scandal
04/15/2024
Ada Lovelace | 1: Born of Scandal
When one of the smartest women in England, Anne Isabella Milbanke, fell in love with the most scandalous, and handsome, creative genius of his time, Lord Byron, the fallout was nothing less than a national scandal. Their young daughter, Ada, was caught in the crossfire. Ada spent her early childhood being used as a bargaining chip in her parents divorce, and a bitter reminder to Anne Milbanke, of Lord Byron's many betrayals. Desperate not to have her daughter turn out like her drunken, whore of an ex-husband, Milbanke insisted on Ada having the most exclusive STEM education money could buy. While Ada still showed the libertine tendencies of her father, she was almost predestined to become the Mother of Computer Science. This week, we look at the turbulent childhood and rigid education that brought Ada Lovelace right up to the doorstep of technological innovation. Support Us: Contact Us: Follow Us: ILL REPUTE! links: Sovereing Syre’s links: Ela Darling’s links: Merch: Credits: Script: Ela Darling Hosts: Ela Darling & Sovereign Syre Producer: Joshua Anderson Sources: Sources Bromley, Allan G.. "Analytical engine." Encyclopedia of Computer Science. John Wiley and Sons Ltd., GBR, 2003, pp. 65–67. Essinger, James. Ada’s Algorithm. Gibson Square, Ltd, London, 2013. Hammerman, Robin, and Andrew L. Russell. Ada's Legacy: Cultures of Computing from the Victorian to the Digital Age. ACM Books. Morgan & Claypool, 2015. Hollings, Christopher, Ursula Martin, and Adrian Rice. "The early mathematical education of Ada Lovelace." BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics, vol. 32, no. 3, 2017, pp. 221-234, DOI: 10.1080/17498430.2017.1325297. Hollings, Christopher, Ursula Martin, and Adrian Rice. "The Lovelace–De Morgan mathematical correspondence: A critical re-appraisal." Historia Mathematica, vol. 44, no. 3, 2017, pp. 202-231, ISSN 0315-0860, . Horvat, Robert. "Five Interesting Portraits of Ada Lovelace, the First Pioneer of Computer Science." The Rearview Mirror, November 6, 2022. Accessed April 5, 2024. Hughes, Matthew. “How Ada Lovelace, the First Computer Programmer, Changed the World.” Make Use Of, Oct 13, 2015. Accessed April 5, 2024. Mayne, Ethel Colburn, and Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron Byron. The Life and Letters of Anne Isabella, Lady Noel Byron, from Unpublished Papers in the Possession of the Late Ralph, Earl of Lovelace. C. Scribner’s Sons, 1929. Robledo, Edqin. "What Was the First Computer?" Autodesk, Nov 8, 2022. Accessed April 6, 2024. Seymour, Miranda. In Byron’s Wake. Pegasus Books, 2018. Stein, Dorothy. Ada: A Life and a Legacy. MIT Press, 1987. Wolfram, Stephen. "Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace." Wired, December 22, 2015. Accessed April 11, 2024. Woolley, Benjamin. The Bride of Science: Romance, Reason, and Byron's Daughter. AU: Pan Macmillan, February 1999. ISBN 978-0-333-72436-1, retrieved 4 April 2024. Zarevich, Emily. "When Lord Byron Tried to Buy a Twelve-Year-Old Girl." JSTOR Daily, August 9, 2023.
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Misery Lit | 2: Ethics of Exploitation
04/08/2024
Misery Lit | 2: Ethics of Exploitation
In the conclusion of our series on Misery Lit and Literary Fraud, we discuss two more famous cases of fabricated memoir and what our conspicuous consumption of trauma porn tells us about ourselves and the cultural narratives around female suffering. Contact Us: Follow Us: ILL REPUTE! links: Sovereing Syre’s links: Ela Darling’s links: Merch: Support Us: Sources Metdepenningen, Marc.Misha Defonseca’s Confessions, Le Soir. Feb 29, 2008. Accessed March 12, 2024 via Wayback Machine: Bury, Liz. Tugging at Heart Strongs. Bookseller.com 2/22/2007. Accessed March 7, 2024 via Wayback Machine: Lomax, John Nova. Coal Miner Mother of a Mess. Houston Press. Aug 25, 2005.
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Zone of Tolerance: The Murder of Sheila Anderson
04/01/2024
Zone of Tolerance: The Murder of Sheila Anderson
On a very special episode of ILL REPUTE! we interview Ret. Constable Tom Wood of Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1983, Constable Wood was called to investigate the murder of Sheila Anderson, a local sex worker. During his investigation, he came to understand that the sex industry had changed, and so did the way they needed to police it. Tom tells us how he came to see the problem as one of public safety before criminal justice, and he met the challenge head on. While Sheila's death goes unsolved, it also saved countless lives. Support Us: Contact Us: Follow Us: ILL REPUTE! links: Sovereing Syre’s links: Ela Darling’s links: Tom Wood's links:
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Misery Lit | 1: Memoir Meets Marketing
03/25/2024
Misery Lit | 1: Memoir Meets Marketing
Misery Literature is a genre of memoir that details the real-life struggles and adversities of individuals, focusing particularly on themes of abuse, poverty, addiction, and survival against the odds. They are usually harrowing stories of the author's survival through complex trauma, usually told from the first person perspective, which generally end in, if not a happy conclusion, at least a ray of hope as the abuse cycle is broken...but when Tragedy becomes profitable, charlatans reach for their quills. Support Us: Contact Us: Follow Us: ILL REPUTE! links: Sovereing Syre’s links: Ela Darling’s links: Merch: Sources Metdepenningen, Marc.Misha Defonseca’s Confessions, Le Soir. Feb 29, 2008. Accessed March 12, 2024 via Wayback Machine: Bury, Liz. Tugging at Heart Strongs. Bookseller.com 2/22/2007. Accessed March 7, 2024 via Wayback Machine: Lomax, John Nova. Coal Miner Mother of a Mess. Houston Press. Aug 25, 2005.
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The Witch Hunts 2| The Black Death and The Hammer of Witches
03/18/2024
The Witch Hunts 2| The Black Death and The Hammer of Witches
The plague led to a drastic reduction in population, labor shortages, and social upheaval. Entire villages and towns were depopulated, and some regions saw a collapse of agricultural and economic systems. People in the 14th century had little understanding of the causes of the plague, and various responses were attempted, including quarantine measures, flagellant movements, and persecution of minority groups, such as Jews and lepers. None of these measures were effective in halting the spread of the disease. This disruption of the social and economic order created a climate of fear, uncertainty, and hardship. In times of crisis, people often sought explanations and scapegoats for their suffering, which could include the persecution of perceived outsiders and those accused of witchcraft. Support Us: Contact Us: Follow Us: ILL REPUTE! links: Sovereing Syre’s links: Ela Darling’s links: Sources: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici Witchcraft, Lycanthropy, Drugs and Disease by Homayun Sidky Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault Credits: Script by Sovereign Syre Hosted by Sovereign Syre & Ela Darling Produced by Joshua Anderson
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