🎧 Bond Girls
🎧 Betwixt the Sheets • 48m
‘Bond girl’ is quite a loaded term. Why aren’t they women? What makes them part of this homologous team? And what does it mean if they have red hair?
In this episode, Kate speaks to Dr Lisa Funnell, award winning author and expert on all things Bond. She is here to tell us about the different eras of Bond girls and why it’s so important to revisit our old favourites.
Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Pete Dennis.
Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society. A podcast by History Hit.
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