# Two Lesbians, 1 Castle: A Tale of Two "Romantic Friends" (feat. Indigo Dunphy-Smith)

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Podcast: [Historical Homos](https://stenobird.com/podcast/historical-homos-6385451)
Published: 2026-02-20T11:18:43+00:00
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Duration seconds: 5030

## Resource

To access the extended version of this episode, join our Patreon . Our community awaits with legs open and lips parted 🤤 www.patreon.com/historicalhomos When history says "they were just friends," what do we say back? We say: SHUT UP IDIOT HAVE YOU READ THEIR GAY LITTLE DIARIES? Ahem. Sorry. I get so passionate. This week's episode is about two women who lived in a castle together, wrote each other poetry, decorated each other's rooms, said they openly loved and were obsessed with one another in diaries and funerary monuments, and, after refusing to marry or have children, spent all their money (which was a lot) on trips to Europe together. Historians call them "romantic friends." A phrase that I find...hilarious. (Is a "romantic friend" my friend I want to...fuck? And what, sort of, does that mean?) It's only by diving into the long, storied past of Highland lesbianism that we're going to find out. If anyone holds the secrets to romantic friendship it's Elyza Fraser and Mary Bristow. So break out the single malts and your snazziest kilt/sporan combo, because the Scottish lesbian water is a pipingly warm human temperature , and it's time to dive in. 🎧 Listen now on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or wherever you pod. Solid 18-ct gold sporan sold separately. 📱 Follow Historical Homos on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and sign up to our newsletter if you care about gay people, like, at all. ⭐ FIVE STAR ONLY ⭐ reviews are welcome, encouraged, and financially rewarded. (Kidding.) (Maybe.) Episode Credits Written and hosted by Bash. Edited by Alex Toskas. Produced by Dani Henion. Guest host: Indigo Dunphy-Smith ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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