{"id":1270,"date":"2016-01-18T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2017-01-26T14:16:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:16:02","slug":"episode-40-twilight-life-and-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-40-twilight-life-and-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 40 &#8211; Twilight Life and Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/lifedeath.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1271\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1271 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/lifedeath-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"Twilight Life and Death by Stephenie Meyer\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/lifedeath-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/lifedeath-768x1129.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/lifedeath-697x1024.jpg 697w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/lifedeath.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For this special episode, Kait, Renata, and their guests <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/amydieg\">Amy<\/a> (of <a href=\"http:\/\/jointhegirlgang.tumblr.com\">Join the Girl Gang <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.panels.net\">Panels<\/a>), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/CarolinePruett\">Caroline <\/a>(of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fantasticfangirls.org\/\">Fantastic Fangirls<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.panels.net\">Panels<\/a>), and Samuel (a dazzling youth) all read <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1ZuNpAL\"><em>Twilight Life and Death,<\/em><\/a> the 10th anniversary, gender-swapped edition of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-01-twilight\/\">Twilight<\/a><\/em> by Stephenie Meyer. We broke down what we liked about the gender swapped version (Julie of the Werewolves) and what we didn&#8217;t (Jeremy is a real downgrade from Jessica) and attempted to unpack teenage sexuality in the world of the <em>Twilight<\/em> saga. Most importantly: Stephenie Meyer played The Rock, Paper, Snikt with us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spoiler warning: <\/strong>In this episode we briefly discussed <em>Star Wars: The Force Awakens,<\/em> just in case you haven&#8217;t seen it yet and are still concerned about spoilers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers advisory<\/strong>: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-01-twilight\/\">Twilight<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-31-new-moon\/\">New Moon<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Footnotes: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ew.com\/article\/2015\/10\/06\/twilight-life-and-death-character-guide\"><em>Twilight<\/em> vs. <em>Life and Death<\/em>: A sexy vampire glossary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jenrothschild.com\/2015\/11\/fan-girls-guide-to-galaxy.html\"><em>Fangirl&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy<\/em> review<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twifeordeath.tumblr.com\/\">Twife or Death<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fusion.net\/story\/209903\/twilight-gender-swap-life-death\/\">36 Ways <em>Twilight<\/em> changes when the genders are reversed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twilightsaga.wikia.com\/wiki\/Sulpicia\"><em>Twilight<\/em> Wiki: Sulpicia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twilightsaga.wikia.com\/wiki\/Life_and_Death_to_Twilight_book_differences\"><em>Twilight<\/em> Wiki: <em>Life and Death<\/em> to <em>Twiligh<\/em>t Book Differences<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ew.com\/article\/2015\/07\/14\/storytellers-new-voices-twilight-saga-shorts\">Storytellers: New Voices of the <em>Twilight<\/em> Saga<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/fanfiction-101\/\">Fanfiction 101<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">oh my god, I can go on record saying that one difference between old and new twilight is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRock\">@TheRock<\/a> oh my god <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/azCqpn5EJL\">pic.twitter.com\/azCqpn5EJL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 alexis nedd (@alexisthenedd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexisthenedd\/status\/651441916014428161\">October 6, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexisthenedd\">@alexisthenedd<\/a> haha I would whistle at her&#8230;!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRock\/status\/651444874940649472\">October 6, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Saw the new Twilight book.. just call me &#8220;The Whistler&#8221;;) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BG6NnWgaMZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/BG6NnWgaMZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRock\/status\/651780040863166464\">October 7, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming up next:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1SXldGQ\"><em> Gerald&#8217;s Game<\/em> by Stephen King.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* <em>Worst Bestsellers<\/em> <em>is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;node=1000&amp;site-redirect=&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=Z2A4ORUYFZJ4UA6Q\">Amazon.com<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(But no pressure, we\u2019re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" 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