Jordan Redwine, co-host of A Novel Adaptation podcast, is back on the mic for her second guest appearance on the pod! Melissa kicks off the show by introducing King Christina of Sweden, the 17th century troublemaking genderqueer king who helped put an end to the Thirty Years’ War on religion. Jordan tells the story of Carlota and Fermina Lucumí, machete wielding rebels who led the 1843 slave rebellion in Matanzas, Cuba.
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Special shout out to the Lili Bernard, the illustrator of this beautiful drawing of Carlota and Fermina Lucumí
In this episode, we talk about:
- The shit show of 2020 and beyond
- Jordan’s podcast, A Novel Adaptation
- Melissa’s favorite book of all time, The Silent Patient
- Pinot Gris wine reviews
- King Christina of Sweden’s privileged upbringing + her wild family dynamics
- PCOS, intersex, sexual fluidity, and more
- Religion during the 1600s + Sweden’s involvement in Thirty Years’ War
- Bankrupted and bougie, nervous breakdowns, and new beginnings
- Carlota and Fermina Lucumí’s life as kidnapped Africans sold into slavery
- The harsh and brutal conditions working for Spanish plantation owners in Cuba
- Plotting the rebellion and communicating to other slaves via coded messages in drum beats
- The 1843 uprising at the Triunvirato sugar mill plantation in Cuba + the “Year of the Lashes”
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