Femmes Macabres

About Femmes Macabres

A podcast about life's mysteries, oddities and of course, the macabre. Hosted by Stephanie Meloche and Erin Vance.

Publisher

Femmes Macabres

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

8 Feb 2020

Latest episode

3 Nov 2022

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Nov 2022

   28: Two Rings to Rule None at All (Part 2)

   In part two of Steph and Erin's series on weddings, the girls chat about the wedding industry in general, because what is more macabre than diet culture and capitalism? Episode Resources CURRIE, DAWN H. “‘Here Comes the Bride’ : The Making of a ‘Modern Traditional’ Wedding in Western Culture.” Journal of Comparative Family Studies, vol. 24, no. 3, 1993, pp. 403–21. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41602301 (http://www.jstor.org/stable/41602301). Fetner, Tina, and Melanie Heath. “Do Same-Sex and Straight Weddings Aspire to the Fairytale? Women’s Conformity and Resistance to Traditional Weddings.” Sociological Perspectives, vol. 59, no. 4, 2016, pp. 721–42. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/26340178 (http://www.jstor.org/stable/26340178). Howard, Vicki. “A ‘Real Man’s Ring’: Gender and the Invention of Tradition.” Journal of Social History, vol. 36, no. 4, 2003, pp. 837–56. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3790353 (http://www.jstor.org/stable/3790353).

2. 

   3 Nov 2022

   27: Two Rings to Rule None at All (Part 1)

   Join Steph and Erin as they delve into the often curious history of wedding and engagement rings in the early twentieth century in the first of TWO BRAND NEW EPISODES! Episode Resources CURRIE, DAWN H. “‘Here Comes the Bride’ : The Making of a ‘Modern Traditional’ Wedding in Western Culture.” Journal of Comparative Family Studies, vol. 24, no. 3, 1993, pp. 403–21. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41602301 (http://www.jstor.org/stable/41602301). Fetner, Tina, and Melanie Heath. “Do Same-Sex and Straight Weddings Aspire to the Fairytale? Women’s Conformity and Resistance to Traditional Weddings.” Sociological Perspectives, vol. 59, no. 4, 2016, pp. 721–42. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/26340178 (http://www.jstor.org/stable/26340178). Howard, Vicki. “A ‘Real Man’s Ring’: Gender and the Invention of Tradition.” Journal of Social History, vol. 36, no. 4, 2003, pp. 837–56. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3790353 (http://www.jstor.org/stable/3790353).

3. 

   8 May 2021

   Episode 26: The Case of the Cottingley Fairies

   No, your eyes do not deceive you.  This IS a new episode of Femmes Macabres!  In this week's episode, Erin and Steph are dancing with the fairies!  Tune in to learn about the history of fairies and the most famous fairy hoax of all, the Cottingley Fairies. SUPPORT US Buy us a coffee! FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram Facebook Twitter OUR WEBSITE www.femmesmacabres.com MUSIC Dark Hallway by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Allegro by Emmit Fenn is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) SOURCES Branagan, Mark, and Stephen Jones. “A Professor Fell for a Hoax about Fairies - and His Life Was Shattered.” Irish Mirror, 15 Jan. 2017, www.irishmirror.ie/news/weird-news/curse-cottingley-fairies-how-professors-9626260. “Cottingley Fairies Fake Photos to Go under the Hammer.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 31 Mar. 2019, www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/mar/31/cottingley-fairies-fake-photos-go-under-the-hammer. Forsberg, Laura. “Nature's Invisibilia: The Victorian Microscope and the Miniature Fairy.” Victorian Studies, vol. 57, no. 4, 2015, pp. 638–666. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/victorianstudies.57.4.03. Accessed 14 Apr. 2021. Hewitt, Alden. “The Fairy Lore of the Elizabethans.” The Elementary English Review, vol. 11, no. 1, 1934, pp. 1–29. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41380900. Accessed 14 Apr. 2021. Maher, FR. The Secret of the Cottingley Fairies. Amazon Publishing, 2017. Saunders, Michèle J. “A Small Trip Through Tooth Lore, or Where Did the Tooth Fairy Come From?” Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging, vol. 40, no. 3, 2016, pp. 16–18. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/26556210. Accessed 14 Apr. 2021.