herland

In light of the pending rollback of abortion rights by the US Supreme Court's conservative majority, Stefanie Schäfer and her guest Judith Rauscher turn to a world without men--as imagined in literary texts from the turn of the 20th century. Reading feminist utopias such as Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Herland (1915) and Mary E. Bardley's Mizora. A Prohpecy (1880/9), they discuss literary representations of an ideal same-sex state, whiteness, beauty standards, and the interlacing of progressivism and conservative views of womanhood in the US at a time when women fought for suffrage and civic equality.

GRACE MCLEOD, a twenty-four-year-old chicago based playwright and screenwriter, discusses her achievement as the youngest recipient of a national new play network rolling world premiere of her fascinating work HERLAND about coming of age and coming out May 30 – June 23 at LA’s Greenway Court theatre. LISA BLAKE RICHARDS not only talks about her theatre career and her co-starring role in HERLAND but her veteran status at the Greenway Court theatre, her television career and successful son Alex Ebert of IMA Robot and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

Chapter 5 | Call-in Line | 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment! | Current Book | Chapter 5 of by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Book talk begins right away. . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the , the Premium Member Audio stream can be found and on the free CraftLit smart phone apps. | Links | | Bits | No links to speak of, really, this week. Just the book. Newsletter Links The (just one at start of the month—or if there's some wacky audio emergency I'll send info out) The (you'll only hear from us when there's a trip to go on) The   | BOOK TALK | right away | chapter 5   The Picture of Dorian Gray Premium Audio covers the mysterious chapter 4 of The Picture of Dorian Gray this week. | | Different from but still awesome fun! | |   Episode Sponsors Want a button?

Chapter 4 | Call-in Line | 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment! | Current Book | Chapter 4 of by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Book talk begins right away. . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the , the Premium Member Audio stream can be found and on the free CraftLit smart phone apps. | Links (mostly in order of appearance) | | Crafty Bits | with cute EPP bits. Newsletter Links The (just one at start of the month—or if there's some wacky audio emergency I'll send info out) The (you'll only hear from us when there's a trip to go on) The Our next will start in January 2015 and the Audible link:   | BOOK TALK | right away | chapter 4 #LikeaGirl Peter Pan & pockets? Anyone? ^Devil's Postpile^   The Picture of Dorian Gray Premium Audio covers the mysterious chapter 3 of The Picture of Dorian Gray this week. | | Different from but still awesome fun! | |   Episode Sponsors Want a button?

Chapter 3 - Herland | Call in Line| 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment! | Current Book | Chapter 3 of by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the , the Premium Member Audio stream can be found and on the free CraftLit smart phone apps. | Links in order of appearance | Mailing List links below , , +  +  | Crafty Bits | Katie's Quilts There's the first one! The thimble that fits my finger (size Large) kickin' recipe   The book Katie mentions Newsletter Links The (just one at start of the month—or if there's some wacky audio emergency I'll send info out) The (you'll only hear from us when there's a trip to go on) The The ! and Michelle is the winner! YAY! New Raffle in January!   | BOOK TALK | 32:22 min | chapter 3 Esperanto - the movie that will make your head explode Found it! The Picture of Dorian Gray Premium Audio covers chapter 1 of The Picture of Dorian Gray. | | Different from but still awesome fun! | |   Episode Sponsors Want a button?

| Call-in Line | 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment! | Current Book | Chapter 2 of by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Book talk begins at 18:40. . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the , the Premium Member Audio stream can be found and on the free CraftLit smart phone apps. | Links (mostly in order of appearance) | | Crafty Bits | Kiffles—, , Bryndzové Halušky—, and video help Links to EPP tutorial videos: (which may be all you need) full-of-EPP-bits Sheepy Bag from Nanette The coupon-holder EPP caryall Newsletter Links The (just one at start of the month—or if there's some wacky audio emergency I'll send info out) The (you'll only hear from us when there's a trip to go on) The The !   | BOOK TALK | 18:40 min | chapter 2   The Picture of Dorian Gray Premium Audio covers the famous prologue to The Picture of Dorian Gray this week. It's the last weekend of the month so Download Members, your new newsletter will be on its way with audio awaiting you on the Download page! If I can pull it off, I'll release a Dorian sneak peek for everyone later this week. | | Different from but still awesome fun! | |   Episode Sponsors Want a button?

| Call-in Line | 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment! | Current Book | Chapter 1 of by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Book talk begins at 18 minutes. . If the iTunes feed ever goes down, please head over to the , the Premium Member Audio stream can be found and on the free CraftLit smart phone apps. | Links (mostly in order of appearance) | | Crafty Bits | The Rend and the Mend Before, during and after on the Hexagon Quilt Ana's retreat: : a casual retreat for knitters at Purity Lake in New Hampshire, May 1–3, 2015 Varian's retreat: , January 15–18, 2015 (with optional Jan 19th stay over) in North Carolina Mountains And a little and Diane Newsletter Links The (just one at start of the month—or if there's some wacky audio emergency I'll send info out) The (you'll only hear from us when there's a trip to go on) The The !   | BOOK TALK | 18 min | chapter 1 Seneca Falls Convention The probably apocryphal Cinnabar: Cinnabar has a rhombohedral bravais lattice, and belongs to the hexagonal crystal system, trigonal division. But you already knew that, right? SHERLOCK is done DORIAN appears! Premium Audio is getting the intro to The Picture of Dorian Gray this week.     Episode Sponsors Want a button? CraftLit is an affiliate of Amazon.com. Anytime you click on an Amazon link here and buy anything, Amazon pays us a bit. It keeps the show going. Thank you!

Grab your coziest blanket, your favorite snack, and get ready to escape into the enchanting realms of Herland, a mythical land of mystery and wonder, where the rivers flow with lemonade, the trees bear cupcakes, and the WiFi signal is always five bars strong! Alright, alright, maybe we got a little carried away, but trust us, this place is still pretty darn magical!