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  • Episode 213 - Found Books

    Episode 213 - Found Books
    2025/06/03

    It’s episode 213 and time for us to talk about “Found Books,” that is books that we’ve found in public little free libraries, book exchanges, and book swaps! We discuss the recently returned book cart, getting books for free, getting rid of books, and more!

    You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.

    In this episode

    Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards

    Things We Read (or tried to…)

    • Aya: Life in Yop City by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie
    • The Long Walk: The True Story Of A Trek To Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz
    • What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad
    • House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
    • The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, translated by William Weaver
    • Wicked Autumn by G.M. Malliet

    Other Media We Mentioned

    • Yiddish for Pirates by Gary Barwin
    • Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
    • Returnal
    • Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, translated by Nancy Forest-Flier
    • The Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta and Ralph Masiello
    • White Dwarf (Warhammer magazine)

    Links, Articles, and Things

    • #UBCnoox
    • Meghan’s map
    • Public bookcase (Wikipedia)
    • Little Free Library (Wikipedia)
    • Against Little Free Libraries
    • Vegetarian Peanut Soup
    • Cottage: North America
    • Sudoku (Wikipedia)
    • Paper embossing (Wikipedia)

    Give us feedback!

    • Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read!

    Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email!

    Join us again on Tuesday, July 1st when we’ll be discussing the genre/format of Non-Traditional Storytelling (e.g. not prose).

    Then on Tuesday, July 15th it’s time for our “Battle of the Books!” We’ll each pitch a book, and our listeners (that means you) will get to vote on which one we all read.
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  • Episode 212 - Language & Linguistics

    Episode 212 - Language & Linguistics
    2025/05/06
    It’s episode 212 and time for us to talk about excellently complicate the non-fiction genre of Linguistics & Language! We discuss 🤔, our academic backgrounds, the power of words, accents, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCullochFifty Sounds by Polly BartonIn Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri, translated by Ann GoldsteinI is an Other: The Secret Life of Metaphor and How it Shapes the Way We See the World by James GearyBabel: Around the World in Twenty Languages by Gaston Dorren Other Media We Mentioned 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei: With More Ways by Eliot Weinberger Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages by Guy DeutscherOtherwords - Inside the Fiercest Debate in Linguistics Your Computer Is on Fire edited by Thomas S. Mullaney, Benjamin Peters, Marie Hicks, and Kavita Philip What the Font?! - A Manga Guide to Western Typeface by Kuniichi AshiyaGiga Town: A Guide to Manga Iconography by Fumiyo Kouno, translated by Ko Ransom The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondō, translated by Cathy Hirano Occasional reminder that whenever you say "sparks joy" you are not quoting Marie Kondo.You are quoting her translator, Cathy Hirano. She invented "sparks joy" out of whole cloth. What Marie Kondo says is "This makes my heart go pitter pat.” -Zack Davisson Eine wie Alaska [Looking for Alaska] by John Green, translated by Sophie Zeitz “I would read it in German, for a few reasons” - John Green Die kleine Fledermaus Wegda by Nanna Nesshöver and Wiebke RauersLingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe by Gaston Dorren, translated by Alison Edwards Links, Articles, and Things Great Vowel Shift (Wikipedia)Lolcat (Wikipedia)Kinokuniya There are four Kinokuniya shops in Texas. Four! Put one in Denver! Abugida (Wikipedia)Episode 209 - Design 15 Language & Linguistics Books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Otter's Journey Through Indigenous Language and Law by Lindsay Keegitah Borrows The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom edited by Joanne Kilgour Dowdy and Lisa Delpit Tongues: On Longing and Belonging Through Language edited by Eufemia Fantetti, Leonarda Carranza, and Ayelet Tsabari Living Language Rights: Constitutional Pathways to Indigenous Language Education by Lorena Sekwan Fontaine Grammar Matters: The Social Significance of How We Use Language by Jila Ghomeshi A Tale of Monstrous Extravagance: Imagining Multilingualism by Tomson Highway My Broken Language: A Memoir by Quiara Alegría Hudes Et Cetera: An Illustrated Guide to Latin Phrases by Maia Lee-Chin with illustrations by Marta Bertello Translating Myself and Others by Jhumpa Lahiri Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter – Then, Now, and Forever by John McWhorter The Ecology of Language Evolution by Salikoko S. Mufwene Mâci-Nêhiyawêwin / Beginning Cree by Solomon Ratt with illustrations by Holly Martin Living Pidgin: Contemplations on Pidgin Culture by Lee A. Tonouchi Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern by Jing Tsu Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, June 3rd when we’ll be discussing “Found Books,” that is books that we’ve found in public little free libraries, book exchanges, and book swaps. Then on July 1st we’ll be talking about Non-Traditional Storytelling (e.g. fiction that’s not prose)!
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  • Episode 211 - Spring Media Update 2025

    Episode 211 - Spring Media Update 2025
    2025/04/15
    It’s episode 211 and we’re talking about books and other media we’ve enjoyed recently! We discuss early internet chatrooms, shuttlecocks, haunted dolls, what constitutes a “banger”, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards What We’re Into: Anna Acid West by Joshua WheelerTwo Point Museum Trailer R.E.P.O. || Crossing the Streams R.E.P.O. on Stream Matthew Never a Sidekick: Exploring the Dynamic History of Batgirl by Tim HanleyYakuza: Like a Dragon 7 Weirdest Yakuza: Like a Dragon Quests That Were Bizarre Even by Yakuza Standards Mantracks: a True Story of Fake Fossils Jam WEBFISHING Trailer Murdle Volume 1 by G.T. KarberRuPaul’s Drag Race adjacent media Runnereye (YouTube)Drag Her (podcast)UpUntil Dawn (YouTube)I Got Dr*nk and Built the Lego Tuxedo Cat (Crashout Included)Crystal Envy & Lexi Love’s “Alter Ego” Lip SyncArrietty & Lydia B Kollins’ “Boogie Wonderland” Lip Sync Meghan Hex by Thomas Olde HeuveltBadminton Pilou Meeting Infinity and Infinity Wars (short story collections) Other Media We Mentioned Didi (film)Doechii - Denial is a River Links, Articles, and Things RA in a Dayfolio - 019 - immanence 01 - with jam edwards & garbageface aka gnostic front aka karol orzechowskiSpaceport America 15 Fairy Tales, Fables, Legends, Myths, and Folklore books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Women Wide Awake: Stories, Sculptures and Poems From Sindhi Folklore by Nimra Bandukwala and Manahil Bandukwala Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy and Romance by Osamu Dazai, translated by Ralph F. McCarthy The Annotated African American Folktales by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria Tatar Blackberry Blue: And Other Fairy Tales by Jamila Gavin Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Diane Dillon and Leo Dillon The Dragon Slayer: Folktales From Latin America by Jamie Hernandez Laughing with the Trickster: On Sex, Death, and Accordions by Tomson Highway Legends of Vancouver by E. Pauline Johnson Living Ghosts & Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories by Dan SaSuWeh Jones, illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre An Introduction to Yōkai Culture: Monsters, Ghosts, and Outsiders in Japanese History by Komatsu Kazuhiko, translated by Matt Alt and Hiroko Yoda Rediscovering Turtle Island: a First Peoples' Account of the Sacred Geography of America by Taylor Keen Night Stories: Folktales From Latin America by Liniers Mangoes, Mischief, and Tales of Friendship: Stories From India by Chitra Soundar, illustrated by Uma Krishnaswamy Vietnamese Folktales for Children: Stories of Adventure and Wonder in Vietnamese and English by Phuoc Thi Minh Tran, illustrated by Dong Nguyen and Hop Thi Nguyen The Little Hummingbird by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, May 6th when we’ll be discussing the genre/topic of Linguistics and Language! Then on Tuesday, June 3rd we’ll be discussing “Found Books,” that is books that we’ve found in public little free libraries, book exchanges, and book swaps.
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  • Episode 210 - Romantasy

    Episode 210 - Romantasy
    2025/04/01
    It’s episode 210 and time for us to talk about the genre of Romantasy! We discuss romance series, happily ever afters, tropes, social media, and more! Plus, special guest romance fiction researcher Christine Larson! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis, narrated by Amanda Leigh Cobb A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty The Significance Of S.A. Chakraborty’s Name Adjustment In Upcoming Book One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Newt’s Emerald by Garth Nix (not mentioned in episode) The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen (not mentioned in episode) Order of Swans by Jude Deveraux (not mentioned by name) Other Media We Mentioned Love in the Time of Self-Publishing: How Romance Writers Changed the Rules of Writing and Success by Christine Larson Ender’s Game / Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott CardThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasGraceling by Kristin CashoreRedwall by Brian Jacques Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini TaylorThe Cruel Prince by Holly BlackThe Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold Empty Crown by Rosemary Edgehill A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamiton Links, Articles, and Things RA in a DayEpisode 057 - Nordic/Scandinavian Noir Episode 202 - A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking Let Them Eat Tropes: Why Romantasy Needs to Grow Beyond Trends Did a Best-Selling Romantasy Novelist Steal Another Writer’s Story? 15 Romantasy books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. This Monster of Mine by Shalini AbeysekaraA Broken Blade by Melissa Blair Sing Me to Sleep by Gabi Burton Once More Upon a Time by Roshani Chokshi Faebound by Saara El-Arifi Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko Sinner's Isle by Angela Montoya Witchmark by C.L. Polk Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli The Prince Without Sorrow by Maithree Wijesekara The Scorpion and the Night Blossom by Amélie Wen Zhao Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, April 15th for our Spring Media Update! We’ll let you know about the media we’ve been enjoying recently that we haven’t experienced for the podcast. Then on Tuesday, May 6th we’ll be discussing the genre/topic of Linguistics and Language!
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  • Episode 209 - Design

    Episode 209 - Design
    2025/03/04
    It’s episode 209 and time for us to talk about the genre of Design! We discuss graphic design, interior design, the line between design and art, fonts, kerning, footnotes, and more! Plus: Anna talks about evidence synthesis and search design! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Make Your Own Pixel Art: Create Graphics for Games, Animations, and More! by Jennifer Dawe and Matthew HumphriesThe Wright Style: Re-Creating the Spirit of Frank Lloyd Wright by Carla Lind The Design of Books: An Explainer for Authors, Editors, Agents, and Other Curious Readers by Debbie BerneMaker Comics: Design a Game! by Bree Wolf and Jesse FuchsPatternalia: An Unconventional History of Polka Dots, Stripes, Plaid, Camouflage, & Other Graphic Patterns by Jude StewartDesign: The Definitive Visual Guide Other Media We Mentioned Graphic Wit: The Art of Humor in Design by Steven Heller and Gail AndersonBear and BreakfastTwo Point CampusCat Cafe Manager 2Soviet Bus Stops by Christopher Herwig The Man in the Glass House: Philip Johnson, Architect of the Modern Century by Mark Lamster The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design by Roman Mars and Kurt Kohlstedt Links, Articles, and Things Folio - 019 - immanence 01 - with jam edwards & garbageface aka gnostic front aka karol orzechowskiJam's Pokémon design KerningRiver (typography)Ampelmännchen (East German pedestrian walk signal) 16 Design Books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. The Power of Style: How Fashion and Beauty Are Being Used to Reclaim Cultures by Christian Allaire More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech by Meredith Broussard Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines by Joy Buolamwini The Layered Edible Garden: A Beginner's Guide to Creating A Productive Food Garden Layer by Layer by Christina Chung Exploring Game Mechanics: Principles and Techniques to Make Fun, Engaging Games by Maithili Dhule Salish Blankets: Robes of Protection and Transformation, Symbols of Wealth by Janice George, Leslie H. Tepper, and Willard Joseph Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-Racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers by Josh A. Halstead, Leslie Xia, Farah Kafei, Kaleena Sales, Ellen Lupton, Valentina Vergara, and Jennifer Tobias Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design by Kat Holmes Reimagined Worlds: Narrative Placemaking for People, Play, and Purpose : A Designer's Manifesto by Margaret Chandra Kerrison The Creative Gene: How Books, Movies, and Music Inspired the Creator of Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid by Hideo Kojima User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play by Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by Safiya Umoja Noble Now You See Me! An Introduction to 100 Years of Black Design by Charlene Prempeh Just Enough Design: Reflections on the Japanese Philosophy of Hodo-Hodo by Taku Satoh Side Quest: A Visual History of Roleplaying Games by Steenz and Samuel Sattin Decolonizing Design: A Cultural Justice Guidebook by Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, April 1st we’ll be talking about the genre of Romantasy! Then on Tuesday, April 15th it’s time for our Spring Media Update, as we talk about books and other things we haven’t read for the podcast.
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  • Episode 208 - 2025 Reading Resolutions

    Episode 208 - 2025 Reading Resolutions
    2025/02/18
    It’s episode 208 and time for us to talk about our Reading Resolutions for 2025! We discuss our love of spreadsheets, the churn of books in public libraries, literacy, unschooling, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards 2025 Goals/Intentions/Etc. Jam Theme of the year: “Cultivation”Use Storygraph instead of Goodreads Jam on Storygraph Maybe put a book on the nightstand so I’ll read it before bed Meghan Subscribe to print reading material Anna Track favourite reads of the year in the spreadsheetTry to figure out why she reads less fiction than she used to Matthew Read every book on fiction to-read list published before the year 2000Record the “why” when adding books to TBR Other Media We Mentioned Folio podcast Jam’s episode isn’t out yetImmanence British Library Tales of the Weird The Year of the Locust by Terry HayesThe Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan, translated by Yuri Machkasov X-Men Classic Omnibus by Chris Claremont and othersRole Models by John WatersRadical Unschooling: We NEED to Talk About This! Sold a Story podcast Links, Articles, and Things Episode 190 - Reading Resolutions and Rantsr/AmItheAsshole (Wikipedia)If Books Could Kill (Wikipedia) 50 Recent Short Story Collections by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. For this list of short story collections, we’ve focused on titles published within the past four years. Ghostroots by ‘Pemi Aguda (2024) Coexistence: Stories by Billy-Ray Belcourt (2024) Death by a Thousand Cuts by Shashi Bhat (2024) Your Utopia by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur (2024) Green Frog by Gina Chung (2024) Weird Black Girls by Elwin Cotman (2024) Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil by Ananda Lima (2024) Peacocks of Instagram by Deepa Rajagopalan (2024) Convergence Problems by Wole Talabi (2024) Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte (2024) A Kind of Madness by Uche Okonkwo (2024) Tomb Sweeping by Alexandra Chang (2023) Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (2023) Every Drop Is A Man's Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto (2023) No One Will Come Back for Us: And Other Stories by Premee Mohamed (2023) Drinking From Graveyard Wells by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu (2023) Jackal, Jackal by Tobi Ogundiran (2023) Tiger Work by Ben Okri (2023) Skin Thief by Suzan Palumbo (2023) Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror edited by Jordan Peele (2023) Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go by Cleo Qian (2023) New Suns 2: More Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color edited by Nisi Shawl (2023) The Goth House Experiment by SJ Sindu (2023) Chrysali by Anuja Varghese (2023) Tell Me Pleasant Things About Immortality by Lindsay Wong (2023) The Hive and the Honey by Paul Yoon (2023) Girlfriends by Emily Zhou (2023) Gods of Want by K-Ming Chang (2022) Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho (2022) God's Children Are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu (2022) Self-Portrait with Ghost by Meng Jin (2022) The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories by Jamil Jan Kochai (2022) Bliss Montage by Ling Ma (2022) Uncertain Kin by Janice Lynn Mather (2022) The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monae (2022) The Consequences by Manuel Muñoz (2022) Man Made Monsters by Andrea Rogers (2022) Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty (2022) Her First Palestinian by Saeed Teebi (2022) Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight (2022) Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel (2022) Home of the Floating Lily by Silmy Abdullah (2021) Skinship by Yoon Choi (2021) Tainna: The Unseen Ones by Norma Dunning (2021) Eat The Mouth That Feeds You by Carribean Fragoza (2021) My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson (2021) The Rock Eaters by Brenda Peynado (2021) 100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell (2021) Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So (2021) Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap (2021) Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, March 4th when we’ll be talking about the genre of Design! Then on Tuesday, April 1st we’ll be talking about the genre of Romantasy!
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  • Episode 207 - Monster Romance

    Episode 207 - Monster Romance
    2025/02/04
    It’s episode 207 and time for us to talk about the genre of Monster Romance! We discuss what counts as a “monster,” massive hogs, Beautify and the Beast, listening to audiobooks at 3.5x speed, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta A Blue Ribbon Romance by C.M. NascostaSworn to the Orc by Evangeline Anderson, narrated by Ada Sinclair That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly LemmingStrange Love by Ann Aguirre How to Marry a Marble Marquis by C.M. NascostaBull Moon Rising by Ruby Dixon, narrated by Felicity Munroe and Hiro Diaz Other Media We Mentioned In the Arms of the Spider Hunk by Nova WrytzwellThe Shape of Water (Wikipedia)The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro and Daniel KrausSlave to Sensation by Nalini Singh I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly LemmingMistlefoe by Kimberly LemmingGargoylesTaken by my TBR: A Sentient Object Story by Holly Wilde Links, Articles, and Things Where To Get Started With Monster Romance15 Monster Romance Books That Will Make You the Biggest FanMonster Romance 101Minotaur Sex: The Best New Smut Genre Bad Dragon (Wikipedia) There are lots of other companies doing similar things Hark! Episode 374: Biblically Accurate KrampusWere|House - We Try to Date a Kelpie - Friday Night Spooktacular Visual Novel StreamBaba Yaga (Wikipedia) 11 Monster Romance Books by BIPOC Authors: Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. I Married a Lizardman by Regine AbelMy Summer Girl by Maeve Black The Captive Merman's Promise by Zoey Castile I Accidentally Summoned a Demon Boyfriend by Jessica CageQueenie & the Krakens by Aleera Anaya Ceres How to Fail at Avoiding an Alpha Demon by Liz E. Cooper Threads of Fate by Lexi EsmeSasquatch Summer by Talia Greer That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly LemmingSweet Vengeance by Viano OniomohTantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, February 18th when we’ll be discussing our reading goals and resolutions for 2025! Then on Tuesday, March 4th we’ll be talking about the non-fiction genre of Design!
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  • Episode 206 - Cultural Studies

    Episode 206 - Cultural Studies
    2025/01/07
    It’s episode 206 and time for us to talk about the genre of Cultural Studies! We discuss bureaucracy, affluenza, dinosaurs, Dungeons & Dragons, Batman, The Fast and the Furious, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil PostmanThe Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy by David Graeber Clever Girl: Jurassic Park by Hannah McGregorThey Came to Slay: The Queer Culture of D&D by Thom James CarterAffluenza: How Overconsumption Is Killing Us--and How to Fight Back, 3rd Edition Mutation by John De Graaf, David Wann, and Thomas Naylor Second Language Learning and Identity: Cracking Metaphors in Ideological and Poetic Discourse in the Third Space by Mika YoshimotoOn Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint by Maggie Nelson 2 Trans 2 Furious: An Extremely Serious Journal of Transgender Street Racing Studies edited by Tuck Woodstock and Niko Stratis Other Media We Mentioned Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body by Susan BordoBullshit Jobs: A Theory by David GraeberThe Argonauts by Maggie NelsonThe Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning by Maggie Nelson Suicide Squad IsekaiDimension 20: Never Stop Blowing Up Links, Articles, and Things Tartan NoirSecret Feminist AgendaJurassic ParkExtreme Championship WrestlingPyotr KropotkinChainmailPathfinder Roleplaying GameLambda Literary AwardsGirl Dad Press 30 Cultural Studies by BIPOC Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib Aboriginal TM: The Cultural and Economic Politics of Recognition by Jennifer Adese The Cultural Politics of Emotion by Sara Ahmed Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria E. Anzaldúa The Location of Culture by Homi K. BhabhaThe Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates Producing Sovereignty: The Rise of Indigenous Media in Canada by Karrmen CreyLog Off: Why Posting and Politics (almost) Never Mix by Katherine CrossAberrations in Black: Toward a Queer of Color Critique by Roderick A. Ferguson Long Live Queer Nightlife: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution by Amin GhazianiImpossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures by Gayatri Gopinath White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby HamadMinor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park HongCrip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid by Shayda Kafai Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World by Cheuk KwanImmigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics by Lisa LoweUnassimilable: An Asian Diasporic Manifesto for the Twenty-First Century by Bianca Mabute-LouieThe Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGheeDisidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics by José Esteban MuñozDecolonize Hipsters by Gregory PierrotBlack Meme: A History of The Images That Make Us by Legacy Russell Introducing Cultural Studies by Ziauddin Sardar The Afterlife is Letting Go by Brandon ShimodaWînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre by Niigaan SinclairShine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop by Danyel SmithBlack on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton Big Brands Are Watching You: Marketing Social Justice and Digital Culture by Francesca SobandeMusic Is History by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space by Irvin Weathersby Jr.Gaza on Screen edited by Nadia G. Yaqub Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Instagram, join our Facebook Group or Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, February 4th we’ll be talking about the genre of Monster Romance! Then on Tuesday, February 18th we’ll be discussing our reading goals and resolutions for 2025!
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