SPEAKER_05: Reboot your credit card with Apple Card. It gives you unlimited daily cash back that can earn 4.15% annual percentage yield when you open a savings account. A high yield, low effort way to grow your money with no fees. Apply for Apple Card now in the Wallet app on iPhone to start earning and growing your daily cash with savings today. Apple Card subject to credit approval. Savings is available to Apple Card owners subject to eligibility. Savings accounts by Goldman Sachs Bank USA. Member FDIC, terms apply.
SPEAKER_02: Warning, the following message contains an app recommendation you won't be able to resist.
SPEAKER_00: Girl, how do you keep getting all these things for free? Coffee, makeup, and now lunch?
SPEAKER_01: You haven't heard of the Drop app? Drop is a free app that rewards you for shopping at places like Ulta, Adidas, and Sam's Club. I've already earned $100 this month.
SPEAKER_10: Download the Drop app and get $5. Use invite code GETDROP222.
SPEAKER_06: My name is Diana Hock and I'm an operations manager at Morgan & Morgan. At Morgan & Morgan, we've made it really easy. Anything that we need from you, you're able to do from the comfort of your home. You can just dial pound law and you talk to someone like me.
SPEAKER_07: If you or any one of your family has been injured, call Morgan & Morgan, America's largest injury law firm. We've collected over $15 billion for our clients. It's easy. Visit forthepeople.com for an office near you.
SPEAKER_03: This August on Womanica, we're taking a trip through history to discover the stories of muses, women whose lives inspired work that's shaped our culture in small ways and large. Special thanks to this month's sponsor, Mercedes-Benz, whose own famous namesake was inspired by a young muse named Mercedes. Join us all month long for fascinating stories of women who are drivers of creativity, inspiration, and artistic expression. ["Womanica"] Hello, from Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan, and this is Womanica. This month, we're talking about muses, women who are drivers of creativity and inspiration. Today's muse is perhaps best known for inspiring Virginia Woolf's novel, Orlando, but she was also a prolific author in her own right, writing more than 35 books and keeping famously sensual diaries. Let's talk about Vida Sackville-West. Vida Sackville-West's lineage is something out of a fairy tale. Her grandmother was a famed Romani ballerina who had five children outside of marriage with a British baron. Vida, whose parents were also first cousins, grew up at her family's ancestral estate in England, which was called Knoll. When Vida was born in 1892, the Sackville's had been at Knoll for almost 300 years. Vida was a rough-and-tumble child who loved adventuring around the estate's 1,000 acres with her trusty pocket knife. She was also insatiably creative. By the time she was 18 years old, she'd written eight novels and five plays. But at 18, Vida had to enter society. That meant four balls every week, luncheons every day. It also meant a line of suitors eager to charm this mysterious beauty. But Vida wasn't charmed by any of them, partially because money and influence were normal to a future baroness, and partially because she'd already had several relationships with other women. After two years of balls and luncheons and suitors, Vida finally found her match. Harold Nicholson was the youngest officer in Britain's diplomatic service. He was shy and steady, and like Vida, he was bisexual. The two were married the next year in 1913. Vida decorated Knoll like a feeder. One of her girlfriends, Rosamund, was a bridesmaid. Vida and Harold agreed to have an open marriage. They could pursue relationships with whomever they wanted, but they needed to be honest about it. Soon, Vida became entangled with a woman named Violet. The two had dated on and off since they were young. They rekindled their romance and decided to run off to Monte Carlo and France together. Vida began dressing as a man and assumed the identity of Julian, a wounded soldier. She lived as Julian for four months, diving headfirst and deeply into the relationship with Violet. Vida even wrote a last will for herself as though she were dying, and Julian was a survivor. Then Julian and Violet decided to elope. On Valentine's Day, Violet's husband and Harold flew to France in a two-seater plane. After much convincing, they returned eventually with their respective wives. Vida and Harold soon rebalanced their relationship. Both of them continued to pursue outside romances just with a bit less passion. That is, until Vida met the writer, Virginia Woolf. Vida was instantly drawn to Virginia's brilliance. Virginia was enchanted by Vida's worldly grace. In a diary entry, Virginia wrote about Vida, stalking on legs like beech trees, pink glowing, grape clustered, pearl hung. There is her maturity and full-breastedness, her being in short what I have never been, a real woman. Virginia ended up writing her 1928 novel, Orlando, out of inspiration from Vida. Some have named Orlando as the first trans novel in the English language. In it, the titular character, a poet, shifts between genders. Orlando ends up living for hundreds of years meeting key literary figures amid many adventures. Vida's son, Nigel, later described the novel as the longest and most charming love letter in literature. Over the course of Vida and Virginia's relationship, the two women also sent each other scores of love letters. Their physical affair eventually ended. Vida was seeing other women too. But Vida and Virginia remained close for decades until Virginia's death. Virginia also proved something of a muse for Vida. Vida started publishing her own work with Hogarth Press, which Virginia had started with her husband, Leonard. In 1930, Hogarth Press published one of Vida's most successful novels, The Edwardians. She was seen as a popular writer at the time, even more so than Virginia.
SPEAKER_03: But even then, Vida knew that Virginia's writing was transcendent. Vida and Harold remained married until Vida's death in 1962. The couple was entwined in companionship until the end. Between the two of them, they published more than 70 books. And Vida, who later in life found endless mystery and stillness in botany, wrote a gardening column until the last year of her life. All month, we're highlighting muses. For more information, check us out on Facebook and Instagram at Womanica Podcast. Special thanks to Liz Kaplan, my favorite sister and co-creator. Talk to you tomorrow.
SPEAKER_04: Since 2020, Pure Leaf's Know is Beautiful platform has encouraged women to embrace the word know in ice tea and in life. Just like Pure Leaf says no to artificial flavors and tea powders, Know is Beautiful empowers mothers to say no to doing it all. And yes, to the things that matter most. This year, Pure Leaf's Know Grants program will give away $400,000 in grants to help moms reduce the financial burden at home. Apply for a Pure Leaf Know Grant now at PureLeaf.com slash KnowGrants.
SPEAKER_08: If the Caribbean is calling, but your wallet is keeping you from answering, here's some great news. Now you can get more sand for your dollar on your next all-inclusive beach vacation with the cheap Caribbean.com Budget Beach Finder. Just set your price range and the Budget Beach Finder will show you the best deals across tons of different beach destinations. Easily compare vacay packages in Mexico, Jamaica, Punta Cana and more to find exactly what you're looking for at the best price possible.
SPEAKER_09: This year, Hyundai features their all-electric Hyundai IONIQ lineup as a proud sponsor of the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas with two high-tech models. The IONIQ 5 can take you an EPA-estimated 303 miles on a single charge and has available two-way charging for electronic equipment inside and outside the car. The IONIQ 6 boasts a mind-blowing range of up to 360 miles and can deliver up to an 80% charge in just 18 minutes with its 800-volt DC ultra-fast charger. Check out Hyundai at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas as their all-star IONIQ lineup hits the stage like you've never seen before. Hyundai, it's your journey.
