Chapter 3: The Laurence Boy with Morgan Bimm

Episode 3 March 18, 2022 00:48:16
Chapter 3: The Laurence Boy with Morgan Bimm
Jo's Boys: A Little Women Podcast
Chapter 3: The Laurence Boy with Morgan Bimm

Mar 18 2022 | 00:48:16

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Show Notes

This week, we're joined by special guest Dr. Morgan Bimm, a writer and scholar in York University's School of Gender, Feminist, and Women's Studies. We dive into the third chapter of Little Women, "The Laurence Boy," where Jo and Laurie meet one another before committing to a gender. You can visit Morgan online at morganbimm.com and on Twitter at @bimmbles.

Our cover art is by Mattie Lubchansky. It interpolates the cover art for Bethany C. Morrow's book "So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix," with permission from Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. It also interpolates the cover art for Hena Khan's book "More to the Story," with permission from Simon & Schuster. Our theme music is Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major. This episode was edited by Peyton Thomas and transcribed by Lou Balikos.

A transcript of this episode is available here

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