I was transfixed by Jamey's incredibly moving, compassionate, thoroughly researched paper that I put my phone down and listened to every single word. I'm sorry there aren't more tweets, but this was too important, too compelling to miss. Jamey Jesperson is a wonderful scholar.

'The gloominess of the flat is secondary to the freedom it provides the women'.

Tasha moves on to discuss the idea of 'romantic friendship', which listeners may be familiar with from their reading of Henry James's 'The Bostonians'. Key theoretical texts on this concept include Marcus and Faderman.

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