The Victorian Sex Scandal of Fanny & Stella

About this episode

The episode discusses the scandal involving Fanny Park and Stella Boulton, who challenged Victorian gender norms.

The Victorians are seen as the ultimate guardians of rigid gender boundaries. When Fanny Park and Stella Boulton transgressed those imagined lines, they triggered a scandal that reached the length and breadth of Britain. To tell this story Anthony is joined by HRH Aphrodite , historian, artist and drag queen. You can now watch After Dark on Youtube: www.youtube.com/@afterdarkhistoryhit Edited by Hannah Feodorov and Anna Brant. Produced by Stuart Beckwith. For tickets to see Anthony and Maddy talking about her new book, Hoax, click here: https://www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/event/hoax/ Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe .   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Anthony

Guest: HRH Aphrodite

Topics covered

• Victorian era
• gender boundaries
• scandal
• LGBTQ history
• drag culture

Keywords

• Victorian scandal
• Fanny Park
• Stella Boulton
• gender transgression
• LGBTQ history
• drag queen
• HRH Aphrodite

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: History Hit, Acast

Books & works: Hoax

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