AustenTherapy Podcast

Meet the hosts - Kate (she/they) and Theresa (she/they) as they start their journey reading Jane Austen.We will be starting our first episode with Chapters 1-4 of Pride and Prejudice!

Our first episode is here! Kate (she/they) managed to get Theresa (she/they) to start reading Pride and Prejudice!Listen to our completely historically inaccurate discussion of these first few chapters of Pride and Prejudice! :)Note: Age of majority and age of consent are different. In the Regency era the age of consent was 12 for girls and 14 for boys, but parental consent to marry by licence was needed for minors under the age of 21. Note: We got other things wrong too.

We discuss chapters 5-7 of Pride and Prejudice. In these chapters we discuss fathers checking out, stalker Darcy, and much more. Enjoy this episode with two siblings - Kate (she/they), a therapist and lover of Jane Austen, and Theresa (she/they), a social worker who has never read Jane Austen.

More historically inaccurate ramblings from these two siblings! In this episode we discuss chapters 8-9 of Pride and Prejudice. Is Caroline Bingley a narcissist? Does Mr. Bingley have issues with conflict? Will there be dancing? All that and more questions we do not give you answers to!

We continue our journey into Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Does Darcy have a humiliation kink? What's going on with Bingley's ADHD? Why does Caroline Bingley... why? All this and more questions we won't fully answer.

We continue with Chapters 13-15 by discussing the terrible communication between the Bennets, whether Mrs. Bennet is a feminist, whether Mr. Collins have a thing for older women, what's with this Wickham dude - and more.

WE FINALLY GET A BALL! In this episode we talk about our suspicions of Wickham, how much we hate Collins, the Bennets imploding, Lizzy in the role as family caregiver, Jane genuinely just being the nicest person ever, and how adorable Darcy is.

Trigger warning this episode for general discussion of rape culture, consent violations, and emotional abuse.In these chapters we discuss Collins proposal AND the fall out! Come down the rabbit hole with of anger about consent violations and patriarchal culture! Theresa has a moment where they almost likes Mr. Bennet. We also discuss Bingley leaving and how much we continue to dislike Caroline. It's a fun ride!

This week we touch on Charlotte's sexual identity, more bad parenting from the Bennets, thoughts on marriage and the patriarchy, and more fun thoughts. Come join us through chapters 22-26. :)