Biting All The Apples

The battle for reproductive rights and women's autonomy isn't just modern politics—it's a struggle with deep historical roots. In this episode, we dive into the New Testament section of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's revolutionary Woman's Bible, where Victorian-era feminists dissect biblical patriarchy with remarkable insight and surprising humor.

Their analysis strips away supernatural elements while pr...

What if everything you thought you knew about biblical gender roles was based on deliberate mistranslations? We dive deep into a brilliant 1895 feminist analysis that exposes how religious authorities systematically erased the divine feminine from scripture. Frances Ellen Burr, founder of Connecticut's first Women's Suffrage Association, boldly declared "the Bible is an occult book" while revealing how the ancie...

We're back after our short summer podcast pause to bring you the very last books of the Old Testament through the lens of our favorite Victorian Feminists. 

They rip through the last six or so (who's counting?) books of the OT and we're covering it for you in under an hour.  We start with the book of Job and that's great because we're kind of living in the book of job right now. 

Then we move on to the books ...

People said but you can't fit all of the genius and hilarity and nuance of Biting All The Apples in a short trailer! And we said hey we will try because people really need to get a sense of what it is all about. 

Biting All The Apples is an unhinged bookclub-ish conversation that channels the sassy wisdom of long dead victorian feminists to analyze the puritanical influences still messing with our world today.   We start off wi...

It's our first bonus/recap/review episode!  We wanted to do a couple recap episodes in case it has been too long and you barely remember words like Genesis, Exodus, and Deuteronomy! This is a great episode to listen to if you just want the dirt on The Woman's Bible and Genesis. We're pulling up our first episodes and digging out the gems.  And listen, they are sparkling!  You'll hear all about how Eve was actual...

We're taking a quick detour this week with a bonus episode. Join us as we swap stories from the No Kings day events and do our best to convey how wild it is that small conservative towns showed out. Then we get giddy over the second coming of the 1999 Kevin Smith movie Dogma  in theaters. 

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Kevin Smith says he was in full fai...

Aren't we all a little bit Vashti?  Let us ask that question as the Victorian feminists guide us through their favorite passages in the book of Esther. It's one of JV & SKs favorite Old Testament Books so far. 

Today we are coming at you with the Book of Esther! Don’t let the senior center name fool you, this is another throne wars book in the bible and it is full of salaciousness, sin, and slaughter. We get to see a w...

We're talking about Kings before No Kings Day - just in time.  When all is said and done, we end up talking about the fascinating women in the chapter more than all the kings - because really, Kings are quite predictable.  And ya never know what smart resourceful women will do.

Our brilliant victorian feminists shed a light on the nuances buried in the book of Kings. It's another dramatic book in the bible. It is full of, ...

If we could buy the exclusive film rights to just one book in the bible, it'd be Samuel. What? You'd say Genesis? Well that'd be a fun debate for a listener to start.  But first, listen to this episode. We start by extending an invite to Pope Leo to come on the show as our first guest. Then we get into the Woman's Bible chapter on the book of Samuel and boy is it full of danger and dastardly deeds. The victorian...

Who doesn't love a sturdy woman? We imagine they were beloved before the book of Ruth made them holy, but boy did that bible chapter seal the deal. Greatest PR campaign for the selfless busy lady archetype, rivaled only by, maybe, the Marlboro Man.  Join us for this lively episode where we discuss what the victorian feminists discussed about the book of Ruth. Double discussion! Ruth is one of only two books in the whole bible ...

After a little trip down first communion memory lane with your cradle catholic cohosts, we dive into the book of Judges. Holy moly is it full of female baddies. Unfortunately, they are used much like a mob wives in the picture shows: as a plot points. In the case of the book of Judges, their heroism is even used to humiliate a guy for not believing in gods direction.  Stanton and some freethinking victorian babes have some sharp, z...

In this not to be missed episode, SK & JV marvel at the 19th century literary reviews of the the first part of The Woman's Bible before digging into the book of Joshua. It includes remakes of all of Moses greatest feats and tricks!  And phrases like, "whinst not whence they were".   The Victorian feminists respond with equal eloquence and spice. 

More info on hot topics mentioned in this episode:

John Stuart Mill <...

If you take your victorian feminism with a heavy dose of sassy brilliance, this is the episode for you. The laws in the previous Old Testament books were so good, they created a dupe chapter called Deuteronomy. It is full of rules and evidence of a cranky god. We discuss the exasperated, yet fiery wit of Elizabeth Cady Stanton's criticisms. She takes on tithing,  commandments, laws, parenting, and more. You won't believe ...

The hosts of this episode are using organic performance enhancement: recording way later in the evening than usual.  Side effects include increased cusses.  Makes sense for an episode that covers the chapter of the Woman's Bible about Numbers. The book that covers the no-nonsense directives of the big guy in the sky on hot topics like inheritance, concubines, and taxes. Of course our Victorian thought leaders want us to know t...

In this episode we don our finest (rented) Victorian frocks (that you can see if you check out our TikTok) and dive into the 19th century feminist analysis of Leviticus. It's pretty much the how to live rules & regulations section of the bible and you will be amazed and depressed at how these thousand(s) of years old ideas are still running the show. These Woman's Bible gals tried to tell us 130 years ago. We shall fi...

If you've ever wondered why women are terrified of being seen as selfish or why others judge women by how much they do for other people, you need not look any further than everyone's favorite two thousand year old book.  

“We are so accustomed to the assumption that men alone form a nation, that we forget to resent texts such as these.” - Elizabeth Cady Stanton      

Oh we won't forget Elizabeth. Especially not after r...

The knowledge quest continues.  Our 19th century writer pals have yet to find a single place in Genesis where anyone anywhere says women are inferior and subordinate to men.  We crack open the rest of the chapter and discuss the sass attacks our Victorian luminaries launched on the wiley translators over things like floods and pregnancy. 

Additional info about The Woman's Bible contributors mentioned in this episode:

Clara Bewic...

Ok now we are getting into it with Genesis!  Listen in on our reaction to reading The Woman's Bible take on the start of everything. The beginning of earth, animals, humans, and of course, sin.   Stanton and her pals make some convincing points about reading Eve as the complex main character.  They highlight where the wiley english interpreters took liberties and tell us more about the gorgeous allegories hidden in the classic...

It's our intro episode!  The one where we tell you why you should be jazzed about revisiting Elizabeth Cady Stanton's The Woman's Bible with us.  Even if you aren't particularly religious, your life is still impacted by the morality and hierarchy dictated in the Bible. 130 years ago, Stanton and some of her scholarly friends took a look at how the gentleman who translated the bible may have taken a few liberties...