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The author of the iconic lesbian \u2013\u2013 and trans \u2013\u2013 novel\xa0The Well of Loneliness was born to privilege before consorting with suffragettes and radicals, embarking on scandalous lesbian affairs with singers, and writing the novel whose release and censorship would turn it into "the Lesbian bible" and them into "sapphic Jesus." But what problematic racial politics \u2013\u2013 and flirtations with Fascism \u2013\u2013 lie lurking in the biography of Radclyffe Hall, who offers a non-gay perspective on early 20th century theories of sexual inversion? Ben discusses these questions with special guest Dr. Jana Funke, co-editor of a critical edition of\xa0The Well of Loneliness set to be published by Oxford University Press in 2023.\xa0\n\xa0\nVisit our website for t-shirts, an episode archive, and a link to our Patreon.\n\xa0\nOur intro music is\xa0Arpeggia Colorix\xa0by Yann Terrien, downloaded from WFMU's Free Music Archive and distributed under a Creative Commons\xa0Attribution-ShareAlike License. Our outro music is by DJ\xa0Michaeloswell Graphicsdesigner.