{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Historical Homos","title":"Butt Pirates: A History of Queer Piracy (feat. Rebecca Simon)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/0e3d231f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3881,"description":"🏴‍☠️ Before there was BRAT, there were Butt Pirates. 🏴‍☠️\nThis week we're hoisting our slutty sails – that's what I call my underpants – to plunder the treacherous homosexual deep, with pirate historian and author Dr. Rebecca Simon (Pirate Queens; The Pirate’s Code) to answer the age-old question:\nWhy are men on a ship always kinda gay?\nFirst of all, when we say \"pirate,\" we mean the real 17th- and 18th-century swashbucklers who sailed the high seas. This is not Johnny Depp in eyeliner, but actual rum-soaked, textile-stealing anarcho-queers of the Caribbean.\nJoin us as we dive into the Golden Age of Piracy (c.1650–1730), and reveal the surprising egalitarianism of pirate society (it was pretty democratic and they had health insurance!) and its complex manifestations of queer desire — from situational sodomy to full-on civil unions (bonjour, matelotage 👬).\nWe also discuss:\nThe difference between freelance pirates and government-backed privateers\nHow pirate ships fucked up the burgeoning capitalism (and monopolistic tendencies) of 17th century imperial powers\nTheir extraordinarily lush accessories budget\nHow to board and charge a ship naked\nThe 1720s pirate Anne Bonny's discovery that her crush “Mark” was actually a \"Mary\"\nThe romance of John Swan and Robert Culliford: gay historical roommates... who were, tragically, actually roommates\nAnd, finally, a story about a French colony that proves the bonds of sodomy may be stronger than the bonds of (straight) marriage\n\n🎧 Listen now on ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠, or wherever you pod. Parrot and peg leg sold separately.\n📚 Grab a copy of Rebecca's book ⁠The Pirate Queens at our shop on Bookshop.org\n📱 Follow Historical Homos on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and do ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sign up to our newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ if you care about gay people, like, at all.\nMost importantly, if you like what you hear, please do leave us a ⭐ FIVE STAR ONLY ⭐ review.\nEpisode Credits\nWritten and hosted by Bash....","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/o92facaUR1b1tdVy-0yJpC7Dki6zYO3m9CVcZY48Hq0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMDZm/OTQ2MzU0Y2Y3OGMz/ZTQxYzViMmQ4Yzll/Y2IwZC5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}