Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
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Episode 219 – Without You
Hey, we’ll be honest: we kind of phoned this one in. On a landline. You screened it? On your answering machine? Haha, a topical reference. See, we read Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and The Musical Rent by Anthony Rapp. He was in Rent! Listen to this episode while waiting in line for rush tickets for Rent. Or, honestly, don’t listen to this episode if you don’t care about Rent the musical. You’ve been warned!
Content warning: Sexual assault, death of a parent.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: This American Life: Hoaxing Yourself
‘Without You’ Review: Anthony Rapp’s Seasons of Love, and Loss by Elisabeth Vincentelli
“Actor Anthony Rapp: Kevin Spacey Made A Sexual Advance Toward Me When I Was 14” by Adam Vary
Coming up next: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume.
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Episode 218 – Love, Pamela
Pamela Anderson: model, actress, activist…poet. Dame Karen Corday (of Two Bossy Dames and elsewhere on the internet!) joined us to read Love, Pamela, which…we kinda loved. Join us as we revisit the 90s with increased feminist rage!
Content warning: Child abuse/child sexual abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault.
Readers advisory: Here.
Pamela Anderson Blue Zone Girl ad
Pamela Anderson’s Playboy Covers Through the Years
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Episode 217 – Spare
As Americans, it’s our right to not pay attention to the British royal family. However, we’re waiving that right in order to read Spare by Prince Harry. We were thrilled to be joined by Dame Sophie of Two Bossy Dames–even more thrilled than Harry was to meet Will Arnett at a party at Courtney Cox’s house. Listen to this episode on your way to throw more tea into Boston Harbor.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Prince Harry Holds Spike the Echidna
The Victorian Society in America
“Royal Bodies” by Hilary Mantel
Jimenez’s “Wolverine” Savages the Poaching Trade
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Episode 216 – The Other Boleyn Girl
Divorced, beheaded, subjected to an extremely long and boring work of historical fiction. Ann Foster from Vulgar History joined us to discuss The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. We were glad for Ann’s expertise, because now we now that it’s historically inaccurate in addition to being super boring. Listen to this episode on your way to your next gay witchcraft circle!
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Brimping.
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Episode 215 – Beauty Fades, Dumb Is Forever
Did you read Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus and think, “This could really use more victim blaming?” If so: have we got a book for you! Kristen and Jolenta from How To Be Fine (and By the Book) joined us to discuss Beauty Fades, Dumb Is Forever: The Making of a Happy Woman by Judge Judy Sheindlin. Listen to this episode on your way to pick up your husband’s dry cleaning!
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: By The Book: Beauty Fades, Dumb Is Forever
Judge Judy To Megyn Kelly: ‘I’m Not A Feminist’
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