The Countess di Castiglione, the Selfie Queen of Paris | Episode 68

s02e68_CountessDiCastiglione.jpg

The Countess di Castiglione, sometimes referred to as the original Selfie Queen, was a socialite in Paris who established herself there by having an affair with Napoleon. From then on, she had many affairs with society men, but she was most known by everyone in Paris society as the woman who meticulously (and some would say narcissistically) art-directed hundreds of photos of herself - in the mid-1800's.


INTRO - 4:53 | Deanna tells us about the rise and hopefully permanent fall of the creepy and lame technology, “deep nudes.”

5:53 - 28:23 | Hannah tells us about a strange and interesting person of the week, the Countess Di Castiglione.

Like what you hear?

We’re now on Patreon! Are you a Good Witch? Or a Bad Bitch? You decide when you become a Patron! The first 10 patrons to support us will get an enamel pin corresponding to their choice!

https://www.patreon.com/join/gwbbpodcast?

OR

Buy us a coffee on Ko-Fi: http://ko-fi.com/gwbbpodcast

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GWBBPodcast

IG: https://www.instagram.com/gwbbpodcast/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gwbbpodcast

Please leave us a review and subscribe!

If you have comments/things you want to mention, email us at GWBBPodcast@gmail.com!

Produced by Moonbounce

View fullsize Episode 92, witches! Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see us?! If you've never heard of Mae West, then listen to this podcast and then go watch one of her films, stat! She's an actress and writer like no one else of her time, br
View fullsize Episode 91, witches! Today, @hannahfergesen and @msdeannaelise talk about the until-recently enigmatic Dido Elizabeth Belle! She was the biracial daughter of a British naval officer and Maria Belle, a woman enslaved in the West Indies. She became a w
View fullsize Episode 90, witches! This week, we continue Black History Month with a visionary storyteller who is not only making history herself, she is reshaping the mold for the Hollywood director paradigm — the incredible Ava DuVernay! She is the first b
View fullsize Episode 89, witches! Let’s continue Black History Month with America’s first self-made black millionaire — the one and only Madam C.J. Walker! She was born Sarah Breedlove on a sharecropping in the post-Civil War South. She found he


Public Figure, Artists, RoyalsGWBB PodcastCountess di CastiglioneComment