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April 24, 2025 27 mins

Season 4 - Ep. 3 "Is It Okay I Haven't Shaved..."

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Historical Sources for this episode:

 

Fissell, Mary E. “Hairy Women and Naked Truths: Gender and the Politics of Knowledge in Aristotle’s Masterpiece.” WMQ 3d series, 60, no. 1 (January 2003): 43–74.

 

Herzig, Rebecca M. Plucked: A History of Hair Removal. New York: University Press, 2015.

 

King, Helen. “An ancient Greek bearded lady’s role in the evolution of feminism.” The Conversation May 30, 2014.

Perdue, Theda. “Columbus Meets Pocahontas in the American South.” Southern Cultures 3, no. 1 (1997): 4–21.

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