Episodes
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Are you out there? Can you hear us? We kick off our Hometown Series with Carey's Baltimore read, How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford. A boy, a girl, and a bond over weirdos calling into a radio show to laugh, live, and ride a magic carpet over Ocean City while surviving some very harsh truths about growing up. We discuss the strangeness of big cities and small fandoms, as well as solving the public transit problem in Baltimore (see: title).
How to Say Goodbye in Robot: Goodreads
Natalie Standiford: Website (visit this, cause there's great background material on the book!)
Content NotesMental illness, mistreatment of the disabled, parental death, emotional abuser (parent/child), shitty teenage boys
Show NotesDaniel Pinkwater (he has a podcast too!)
How to Say Goodbye in Robot 8tracks mix
Fifi the Kinetic Poodle
Coast to Coast AM
WFMU
The Cotton Candy Road Trip
Everything Goes Book Cafe
The Secret Tree by Natalie Standiford
Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters by Natalie Standiford
The Only Girl in School by Natalie Standiford
The Secret Apartment by Natalie Fast
We collaborated with Fuse 8 n' Kate on Kay Thompson's Eloise, and it was super fun!
Foster of the Podcast Sweet Pea who found a forever home last week!
How Maryland's Enchanted Forest Got Its Own Storybook Ending
Land of Make Believe
Storybook Land
Gingerbread Castle
Sleep With Me Podcast
Lizard People's call-in episode
ReadalikesHow to Repair a Mechanical Heart by J.C. Lillis
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
Current ReadsEmergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choy
The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds by Diane Ackerman
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Somebody put a bra on the library dome! It's not a 90s comedy middle grade book; it's The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart. Join us for chat about art as protest, why girls should treat girls with respect, and what YA character we think will head the CIA.
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks: Goodreads
E. Lockhart: website
Content NotesThis is a book that deals with internalized misogyny, textually, and gender essentialism. There's a lot of both. There are teen boys dressing femme as a joke, and a lot of humor circling around what genders have what configurations. It can be a heavy read. We would love to see a 10th anniversary edition with an intro from the author on how things have changed...and how they haven't.
Show NotesTruly Devious by Maureen Johnson
Shelf Discovery by Lizzie Skurnick (the Harriet the Spy essay is in this one!)
We did an episode on The Boyfriend List
Frankie Landau-Banks on neglected positives and imaginary neglected positives
The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
You can get your own light up basset hound!
Readalikes
Persons of Consequence by K.D. Hume
Shrill by Lindy West
Current Reads
There's a Mystery There: The Primal Vision of Maurice Sendak by Jonathan Cott
The Summer of Jordi Perez by Amy Spalding
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Ostensibly this is an episode about the excellent Brigid Lowry and her excellent book, Juicy Writing. In real life, this is an episode about fatalism, childhood writing dreams, and the end of the world. Wayfinders, hold us to that poetry prompt!
Brigid Lowry: New Zealand Book Council , Interview at The Starfish
Juicy Writing: Inspiration and Techniques for Young Writers
Guitar Highway Rose
Abbacadabra
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Things You Either Hate or Love
Joanne Horniman
Still Life With Teapot
Anastasia Krupnick
Harriet the Spy
The Betsy-Tacy Series
Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself
The Magic Attic Club
Natalie Goldberg
Judy Blume's teaching a writing class!
Our episode on Cassandra Golds' book, The Museum of Mary Child
Readalikes
Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge
Turn Not Pale, Beloved Snail: A Book about Writing and Other Things by Jacqueline Jackson
Current ReadsThe Thorn Necklace: Healing Through Writing and the Creative Process by Francesca Lia Block
The Creative Tarot: A Modern Guide to an Inspired Life by Jessa Crispin
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Save the knight. Glamour your own self. Stay out of the forest. Easy enough, right? But Kaye Fierch, secret pixie heroine of Holly Black's Tithe, finds herself in a web of prophecy, deceit, and really wicked parties. Guest Heather Talty of Newtown Literacy Alliance joins us to talk Tam Lin, Asbury Park, the origins of dark fae in YA, and Labyrinth as a right of passage.
Tithe: Goodreads
Holly Black: Website, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest
Heather Talty is managing editor of Newtown Literacy Alliance, "a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting writers and writing in Queens, NY. Our flagship project is the publication of a semiannual literary journal featuring new work by writers living in or originally from the largest borough in New York City. We also hold free writing classes for adults, teens, and kids around the borough, and a biennial writing contest for kids and teens. Throughout the year, all over Queens, we hold readings, workshops, and other literary events." You can find her @heathertalty.
We shared promos with Genre Junkies! Check them out if you love scifi, fantasy, and reading past your bedtime.
Content Notes:This book is real dark. There's murder, there's attempted sexual assault, violence, mind control, sadism, terrible parenting, character deaths, and teenagers who try to solve problems with guns.
Lady Pod Squad on Facebook, Reddit, Twitter
Get a Job. Buy Your Own Shit. Stay Out of the Forest.
Bordertown
I Was a Teenage Fairy by Francesca Lia Block
Charles de Lint
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Tanya Huff
The Very Secret Diaries by Cassandra Claire
Glamourbombing "is acts of enchanted art or performance intended to raise ambient magic levels and crack people's heads open a little to admit the idea that Faerie exists and might even be interacting with them. It isn't random acts of kindness (but do those anyway!), making people feel warm and fuzzy or cheering them up, or just "inspirational" platitudes with glitter added. While these things can have a subtle glamour to them, glamourbombing should above all be magical, and as intense as you can make it be - and magical and intense doesn't necessarily mean happy or comforting!"
The Incryptid Series
Tam Lin, the ballad, and the Pamela Dean book . We also love The Perilous Gard, Fire and Hemlock, and Winter Rose.
Juniper, Gentian and Rosemary by Pamela Dean
Asbury Park Boardwalk, home of the Catsbury Convention
Nightshade on the Passaic
Suza Scalora
Baby Bestiary - keep an eye out for preorders!
Return to Labyrinth
“You Have No Power Over Me”: Female Agency and Empowerment in ‘Labyrinth’
Spooky, October-Infused Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt and Tony DiTerlizzi
ReadalikesWar for the Oaks by Emma Bull
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova
Seven Wild Sisters by Charles De Lint
Current ReadsJane Unlimited by Kristin Cashore
Writing Down the Bones and Wild Mind by Natalie Goldberg
Space Opera by Catherynne Valente
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Creative Vandalism! Extortion! Lots of Laughs! Carey and Marie revisit a favorite read a decade later to see how the madcap adventures of Edward Zanni's journey to Jilliard hold up in 2018. Witness Rie having a lot of feelings! Thrill to the 80s fashion and musical numbers! Practice sedate glamourbombing!
Marc Acito: Website, Twitter, Blog
How I Paid for College
Attack of the Theater People
Content WarningsWhere do we start? Book is from the point of view of an Italian-American bisexual teen in New Jersey in the early 80s. There's sexism, internalized homophobia, transphobia, racism, coercive sex, blackmail, drugging, underage drinking, terrible parents, and "creative vandalism"--aka making life terrible for retail workers. We talk about it more in the episode, so reader caveat, the honesty of the narrative means revealing the ugliness of being a suburban queer in the 80s.
Remember book trailers? We love book trailers!
The Ramona Books by Beverly Cleary
How the redesigned Judy Blume covers avoid nostalgia and embrace universal adolescent angst
10 things i say to preschoolers slash grown-ass men
Glamourbombing 101
Surprised by Joy by C.S.Lewis
Sharp precious claws
1980s Fashion: What Did It Look Like?
Dee Snyder's Teenage Survival Guide
Your Happiest Years by Dick Clark
Hey Ladies!: Tales and Tips for Curious Girls by Kennedy
15 Movies That Are the Epitome of ‘80s Fashion
Manic D Press
ReadalikesLife is Like a Musical by Tim Federle
I Married an Earthling by Alvin Orloff
Current ReadsLove and Other Train Wrecks by Leah Konen
The Merry Spinster by Daniel Ortberg
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It was so cold that Frienduary lasted into Smarch! This week, Laila Vafaeezadeh of Bigfoot and Bob joins us while we talk the Oz-infused, magic-stuffed, girl-empowered fantasy of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland by Catherynne M. Valente. What makes a uniquely American fantasy? How do alternative publishing schemes aid and abet children's lit? And who else wants a wyverary as a best friend?
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making: Goodreads, Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, Indiebound, Better World Books
Catherynne M. Valente: Website, Twitter, Patreon
Bigfoot and Bob is a monstrous comedy podcast out of Seattle, hosted by Ryan Brown (@RAlisterBrown) and Laila Vafaeezadeh (@LailaMaryV). Listen in all your podcast-y places, such as iTunes and PlayerFM. Find them on Twitter and Facebook, too!
Laila's Tumblr
Laila's Wattpad project, Danny and I Survived
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To celebrate International Women's Day, we're taking a look at all the ways we can be terrible to each other...and how we can break the cycles of oppression. Or, we're looking at the debut novel by E. Lockhart, discussing how life on a houseboat with a performance artist mom can prepare you for dating a sociopath and being shunned by the entire sophomore class. Or maybe it's just a really funny book about nihilism. Or maybe...all of the above?
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What happens when you're the oldest daughter of a hat-making family, destined for no fairytale adventures and cursed by a glamorous witch? Strike out your own fortune! Lisa Jenn Bigelow, author of Starting from Here and the upcoming Drum Roll, Please, joins us this Frienduary to talk terrible boys with magic powers, the undeniable gift of aging gracefully, and shouting as witchcraft. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones had us laugh, cry, and thank Calcifer we never had J.R.R. Tolkein as a professor.
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Happy Frienduary, readers and listeners! Our very first guest, librarian and author Kyle Lukoff, joins us to talk Sara Ryan's debut, Empress of the World. Find out why you should tell on terrible boys and why you shouldn't make creepy crush art while reminiscing about first loves, nerd camp, and bisexual folk music.
Sarah Ryan: Website, Blog
Empress of the World: Goodreads, Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Indiebound
We love to hear from our readers and listeners! Send us email, or visit us at Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter!
Kyle Lukoff teaches kids how to library well, writes fascinating children's books, and decides what books should get a Stonewall Book Award (along with a bunch of other cool people.) His first book, A Storytelling of Ravens, will be published May 1, 2018. You can find him on twitter @Shekels_Library
Content NotesPeople are real shitty about queer folks, even queer folks themselves! Battle has shitty judgemental Christian parents! The t-word that Frank-N-Further calls himself gets thrown around in a stupid way! Things that were all too commonplace in the era show up here.
Show NotesKatrina in "Me and Edith Head"
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 is the book with Ramona making the Fancy Feast commercial parody
Battle and Nic have their first kiss to this song!
Readalikes
Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler
Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde
Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties by Felicia Luna Lemus
Drum Roll, Please by Friend of the Podcast Lisa Jenn Bigelow
Current Reads
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Far from the Tree by Robin Benway
Rookie on Love edited by Tavi Gevinson
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LIBBA HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO US. Now that we have this out of our systems, join us as we close the Gemma Doyle trilogy, talking about our D&D alignments, Paris sapphists, and a light in the dark of winter.
Have you read the rest of the series? Check out our episodes about A Great and Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels!
The Sweet Far Thing: Goodreads, Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, IndieBound
Libba Bray: Website, Blog
Libba Bray answers Frequently Asked Questions About The Sweet Far Thing: Part 1, Part 2
We love to hear from our readers and listeners! Send us email, or visit us at Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter!
Content WarningsViolence! Gore! Sexual Harassment! Betrayal! This is a rough book, y'all, but it'll turn out well for our intrepid trio.Show NotesCelebrating Candlemas
Diviners Series
One Thing Leads to Another: An Interview with Libba Bray
Confessions of a Part-time Sorceress: A Girl's Guide to the D&D Game by Shelly Mazzanoble
Online D&D Alignment Test
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: The Lonely Doll by Dare Wright
- The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll: The Search for Dare Wright by Jean Nathan
Folk Horror Revival
Wild Girls: Paris, Sappho, and Art: The Lives and Loves of Natalie Barney and Romaine Brooks by Diana Souhami
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
ReadalikesThe Elemental Masters series by Mercedes Lackey
The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
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Sunshine and self help every day of the year! Carey and Marie turn back the (rhinestone) clock to 2001 for this fun, funky piece of post-riot-grrl/pre-Tumblr girl empowerment culture. Super Clea (Hantman) and Keva Marie (Dine) invite us to let down our hair and cover it in avocado, kick back in a hand-crafted hammock, and follow our bliss while honoring cool women from the past. After you listen, you'll wanna bedazzle something good for yourself (and bad for the patriarchy.)
Hey, Day!: Is out of print! We love BetterWorldBooks and Barnes and Noble, or check your local used bookstore
Clea Hantman: SuperClea blog
Keva Marie: Keva Dine Agency
We love our readers and listeners! Send us an email or visit us at Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter!
Content NotesLots of early oughts "isn't this culture so WEIRD and COOL," which comes from a heartfelt place but we can do better in 2018. Approach other cultures with respect and compassion, and we're golden.
Show NotesThe Vicar of Dibley
What Would Mister Rogers Eat? Thanksgiving in the Neighborhood
How to play Exquisite Corpse
What is a drabble?
How to Make Pippi Longstocking Braids
How to Make a Zine (from one page of paper)
Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future
Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism
Make a Snow Globe
Andrea Scher - Storybowl - Superhero Necklaces are back!
Clare Crespo - 2018 Hurray Today Calendar
Readalikes
Elf Girl by Reverend Jen (Miller)
Rookie Yearbook series
Living Out Loud by Keri Smith
The Animated Thumbtack Railroad Dollhouse & All Around Surprise Book, Evening Edition by Louis Phillips
Current ReadsNot Now, Not Ever and The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You by Lily Anderson
The Neddiad: How Neddie Took the Train, Went to Hollywood, and Saved Civilization and Alan Mendelson, the Boy from Mars by Daniel Pinkwater
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Hopping over to Arizona, land of the Crafty Chica, for Sunshine and Self-Help Month! We hop back in time to look at Kathy Cano-Murillo's oughts-tastic crafting books, the Crafty Diva series. Carey and Marie discuss formative crafts, New Year's resolutions, and what, exactly, can and should be glittered.
Kathy Cano-Murillo: Website
Content NotesBeyond your usual craft book content (sharp objects, etc), this book has the distinction of being our first without a content warning! Congrats!Show Notes TBC
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Lanky Lizards! Carey and Marie couldn't hold back from talking about the It Girl of Gen X lit, Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block.
Weetzie Bat: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads
Francesca Lia Block: Website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Polyvore
Wanna chat? GoYourOwnYA at Gmail dot Com and everywhere else!
Content WarningsSex, death, rock and roll, skinheads, addiction, parent death, having a baby with your BFFs behind your partner's back, and some cultural issues well addressed by others. We talk a lot about how on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of publication, it would be a great time to address how things have changed and what would be different nowadays.
Show NotesDid you know there's a Weetzie Bat cookbook? Check out Fairies in the Kitchen by Cameron Stanton!
Inside ElsaGate
Girl Power: Young Women Speak Out! by Hillary Carlip
The Zine Scene by Hillary Carlip and Francesca Lia Block
Girl Goddess #9 by Francesca Lia Block
WhimWham: Living a Life of Whimsy
Download Your LiveJournal as a PDF
Beloved Rookie did a whole series of posts on Weetzie Bat, including:
Magical Creature: An Interview With Francesca Lia BlockSecret Style Icon: Weetzie BatFriday Playlist: Hanging Out With Weetzie BatDIY Weetzie NailsVintage LA by Jennifer Brandt Taylor is a must read for fans of the Dangerous Angels books!
Pre-order The Thorn Necklace: Healing Through Writing and the Creative Process
Jeremiah's Vanishing New York
Cynthia Heimel
A&B by J.C. Lillis
The Gallery of Regrettable Food - Spry Lard
Wendy McClure: Weight Watchers Recipe Cards from 1974
Charlotte Zolotow
Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom
Worlds Within: Children's Fantasy From The Middle Ages To Today
Irving Block at IMDB
Valencia Is The Most Masterful Dyke-Centric Artsy-Weirdo Film I’ve Ever Seen
Shock Value: A Tasteful Book about Bad Taste by John Waters
Love The Simpsons? We do too! Have a listen to Everything's Coming Up Simpsons
Eric Carle Museum
ReadalikesEverything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
When The Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
Current ReadsModern Tarot by Michelle Tea
Unf*ck Your Habitat by Rachel Hoffman
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Sunshine and Self Help month kicks off with a groovy guide to life by the endlessly cool Jennifur Brandt (aka Jennifer Brandt Taylor). Were you a weirdo, nostalgic teen who admired both Riot Grrl culture and classic cinema? Do you love collage, paper dolls, and pissing off the patriarchy? Read along with us as we talk novelty stores, fashion tips from 2000, and the eternal appeal of Weetzie Bat.
Jennifer Brandt Taylor's website: The Librarian (also on Twitter and Instagram)
Pesky Meddling Girl Instagram
Life is a Movie Starring You: Out of print! Check your beloved local used bookstore, or some of these shops who can ship copies to you: Strand Bookstore, Montclair Book Center. Of course, there are used copies on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and the like!
Content NotesOld Hollywood movies means Old Hollywood values! That means racism, sexism, and all sorts of -isms. Otherwise, a happy, kind, and supportive guide whose advice we endorse to this day!
Show NotesCelebrating Chalica
"MAMA IT'S COLD OUTSIDE!" Sure is, #princessringding -time to cuddle up with a good book (or our latest episode-link in the profile!)
Foster Ring Ding loved this book! She found it delicious. Adopt her via Brooklyn FAT Cats!
Girl Power: Jennifur Brandt’s New Lifestyle Brand
‘Pesky Meddling Girls’: ’Zine touts pop culture
50 Things to Do in Baltimore
American Visionary Art Museum
Jeremiah's Vanishing New York: Tah-Poozie
End Comes for Love Saves the Day
Toy Tokyo
Vintage L.A.: Eats, Boutiques, Decor, Landmarks, Markets & More by Jennifer Brandt Taylor
Listen to Friends of the Podcast on Secrets of Story and Fuse 8 n' Kate!
Bob Baker Marionette Theatre
True Grease: The unvarnished story behind my favorite girl gang, the Pink Ladies.
Through the Labyrinth, and What Sarah Found There
Wise Children by Angela Carter
My Life (And Nobody Else's): A Personal and Private Fill-In-The-Blanks Record Book
The Late Great Me by Sandra Scoppetone
12 Deadly Cyns...and then Some
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
How to Live Life with Fantastic Aliveness: Remembering Amy Krouse RosenthalDewdrops in the Garden playlist
Qoya
The Year That Skin Care Became a Coping Mechanism
Rachel Wilkerson Miller/ The REWM - "How to Spend Christmas Alone"
Shout out BSCC and Baby Bees!
You should be listening to Carey's Music!
Jennifer Brandt Taylor's House Tour
A Girl Like I by Anita Loos
ReadalikesThe Rookie Yearbooks by Tavi Gevinson and editors of Rookie
Queen of the Oddballs by Hillary Carlip
Current ReadsThe Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
Under Her Spell by Bridget Essex
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Happy Hols, Readers and Listeners! This episode is all about the classic Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace and their wonderful, homey Christmas chapters. We talk holiday memories, stories about childhood friendship, and just a little bit of terrible boys, creepy elves, and talking trains.
Content WarningsForever YA goes into detail about the racial, class, and other issues which color these books, and what you, the modern reader, should need to know. Read here for Betsy and Tacy go Downtown, and here for Betsy and Joe.
Show NotesThe Betsy-Tacy Society
Betsy-Tacy Convention 2018: August 3-5, Minneapolis, MN
The return of Maud Lovelace’s Betsy-Tacy books.
"Isn't That Just like Tib?": Betsy and Tacy Confront the Other
The Long Secret by Louise Fitzhugh
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Lillian Russell and Mrs. Poppy via The Betsy-Tacy Encyclopedia, who also share A Very Mer-Ray Christmas describing happy scenes from Heaven to Betsy
Betsy-Tacy's Deep Valley: All things Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy and Deep Valley
Photo by Damien Walmsley
The Most Festive Things to Do in Milwaukee this Holiday Season
Ten Beloved German Christmas Traditions
A Smoke-Free Goodnight Moon
Christkindlmarket Chicago
Five Good Things from the Christmas Fair on Staten Island Catholic school Christmas Fairs, by Dinosaur Dracula
Italian Christmas Traditions: The Legend of La Befana
ReadalikesThe Wondrous World of Violet Barnaby by Jenny Lundquist
The Emily Byrd Starr series by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Current ReadsThe Ghost of a Chance by Natalie Vivien
The Authentics by Abdi Nazemian
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The month of dark becoming light and whitefish become lutefisk continues! Kate Bjorkman uses her Romance Writer's Handbook, with its three paragraph kisses and dashing heroes, to capture her winter romance. Along the way we get to experience the Bjorkman family Christmas, love in the time of broken glasses and six layers of fleece and wool, and the affectionate embrace of a nerdy, quirky family.
The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman: Goodreads
Louise Plummer: Blog
Happy First Night of Hanukkah!Here are the recommendations we made in this episode:
How to Be a Heroine by Samantha Ellis: Goodreads
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli: Goodreads
Fearless by Shira Glassman: Goodreads, website
Content WarningsSide character death, casual 90s homophobia (fruit boots?!), assault of a male character by a female character, friendship aggression and slut-shaming. There's also a horrifying anecdote about baby mice.
Show NotesThe true story of how Teen Vogue got mad, got woke, and began terrifying men like Donald Trump
How Sassy Changed my Life: A Love Letter to the Greatest Teen Magazine of All Time by Kara Jesella and Marisa Meltzer
Want a modern take on The Romance Writer's Handbook? Try Romancing the Beat: Story Structure for Romance Novels by Gwen Hayes
Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare
Courtney Milan
Beverly Jenkins
Is A Muppet Family Christmas the Best Holiday Special Ever? (Spoiler: Yes.)
Just as Long as We're Together and Here's the You, Rachel Robinson by Judy Blume
Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block
Code Words For Lesbianism In Classic Films
The Something Awful Christmas Albums
Photo by Marco Verch
Scandinavian Christmas Traditions
10 Nordic Christmas Traditions You Can Try at Home
17 Ideas for a Merry Scandinavian Christmas
The Year of Hygge, the Danish Obsession with Getting Cozy
Lagom: This Swedish Lifestyle Trend Will Help Balance Your Life
Announcing the Danziger Awards for Hilarious Kids Books
ReadalikesDash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Remember Me to Harold Square by Paula Danzinger
7 Days to a Brand New Me by Ellen Conford
Current ReadsGenuine Fraud by E. Lockhart
Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M.Montgomery
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Happy Yule and Saturnalia! It's a Winter Wonderland at Go Your Own YA, where everything festively terrible happens to Gemma Doyle in Rebel Angels by Libba Bray. Carols, presents, wraiths and horrible fates in the classic about monstrous teen girls. We talk about Buffy the Vampire Slayer as the heroine's journey and folk horror Christmas traditions as we gear for a festive month of reads.
Rebel Angels: Goodreads
Beauty Queens: Goodreads
Libba Bray: Website
Content WarningsDrug addiction in a family member, general Victorian racism,classism, and sexism, parental incest, blood and gore, suicide, and a whole lot of plot set in an asylum
Show NotesParadise Lost by John Milton at Project Gutenberg
Cassandra Clare scoops £1m for first adult novels
A Victorian [England] Christmas
Saturnalia: The December Festival of Joy and Merriment in Ancient Rome
The Winter Solstice - Yule Lore
Folk Horror Revival
Jólakötturinn, The Christmas Cat of Iceland
8 Legendary Monsters of Christmas
15 Fascinating Facts About The Wicker Man
Picnic at Hanging Rock
One Thing Leads to Another: An Interview with Libba Bray
Monstrous Bodies: Feminine Power in Young Adult Horror Fiction
Who are the Baby Bees? Listen to Baby-Sitters Club Club to find out
Actually it was Lizzie Skurnick that talked about friends of proximity in Are You There God? It's Me Margaret
Internet Anagram Server
From Bethlehem to Bedlam - England's First Mental Institution
Here's a playlist of the BBC's videos on Victorian Christmas How Tos!
Libba Bray blogs on depression
The Finishing School series by Gail Carriger
A Gemma sighting in Lair of Dreams! Thank you to allthesmallwords.tumblr.com for the photo
ReadalikesThe Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
Blood Rose Rebellion by Rosalyn Eves
Current ReadsHere We Are: Feminism for the Real World edited by Kelly Jensen
Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
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What do marauding vampires, teen restaurant impresarios, small town politics and grieving families have in common? Cynthia Leitich Smith, writer and scholar extraordinaire. Carey and Marie talk about the inescapable legacy of Twilight, Native American kidlit and YA, photography as a catalyst for self-exploration and expression, and really terrible men who dress like they did a walk of shame from a Hot Topic.
Rain is Not My Indian Name: Goodreads
Tantalize: Goodreads
Cynthia Leitich Smith: Website
Content WarningsRain is Not My Indian NameRacism, small town prejudice, anti-Native prejudice, grief (long term and short term), girl on girl relational agression
TantalizeGore, physical violence, vampirism, sexualization of teenagers, drugging and forcibly turning a teenager into a vampire. Also the baby squirrel thing.
Show NotesRain is Not My Indian Name readers' guide
Cynsations Blog: The Tantalize Series
11 Most Haunted Places in Austin
Austin Book Store: Book People
Nowadays, Cassidy can attend one of these programs: These Revolutionary Programs Are Helping Native American Kids Chase Careers In Science, Technology, And Engineering
A real life Aunt Georgia: Czarina Salido fighting to help young Native American girls discover STEM
10 STEM Summer Camps for Students of Color
Native Now: Contemporary Indian Stories: article by by Cynthia Leitich Smith (contemporary to Rain is Not My Indian Name)
A real-life Sanguini's in Tokyo, Japan
Weekend Update: Pete Davidson on Staten Island
ReadalikesSunshine by Robin McKinley
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Current ReadsMy Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows
The Mindful Child by Susan K Greenland
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Carey and Marie discuss the myriad works of Matthue Roth! From teen punk sitcom stars, slam poets in San Francisco, and boys trying to find their way from Hebrew school to Rocky Horror, Matthue Roth writes music, faith and friendship in an unimitatable style.
Never Mind the Goldbergs: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads, Better World Books
Yom Kippur a Go-Go: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads, IndieBound, Better World Books
Rules of My Best Friend's Body: It's free! Go download it here
Matthue Roth: Website
Content WarningsNever Mind the Goldbergs: Creepy predatory older man creeping on a teen girl. Lots of confusions around identity and general punk anger.
Yom Kippur a Go-Go: Matthue uses some words that are really only used intra-communally nowadays when talking about his very loved friends. There is also a theme of confusion around feelings about girls in conflict with his faith.
Rules of My Best Friend's Body: This book is about the best friend's character surviving rape. It is from the viewpoint of a teen boy, and the experience is based on the experience of the author. It is realistic, heartfelt, and also had some moments that made me, a thirtysomething woman and assault survivor, go WHAT THE HELL. It is an important viewpoint, but if sexual violence is in your past, proceed with caution.
What happened to Never Mind the Goldbergs? It has more to do with The Goldbergs than we thought. :
http://www.matthue.com/2013/10/goldbergs-meet-goldbergs.html
Fault Line by Christa Desir
Matthue Roth's writing on Hevria
Hevria’s mission is to become the go-to community for Jewish and spiritual people who are “creators”.
Lizard People podcast
The Toast, may it rest in peace
7-Up: The Up Series of Documentaries
Readalikes:Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn
Sister Mischief by Laura Goode
Current Reads:The Weight of Sound by Peter McDade
Rocket Romance by Sophia Chester
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Travel to magical utopian New Jersey with Carey and Marie in this groundbreaking queer YA romance. For such a sweet book, we spend a lot of time talking about mental health issues and our dead parents! But don't let that take away from this very sweet, very romantic magical realist story where boy meets boy and transphobes meet the Jersey Devil (in our hearts).
Boy Meets Boy: (You want the tenth anniversary edition!) Goodreads, Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, IndieBound, Better World Books
David Levithan: Website
Content Warnings:Infinite Darlene is a wonderful trans girl character that the narrative--and Paul's point of view--doesn't serve. The short story at the end of the anniversary edition puts some of this to right, but yeah, it was slim pickings in mainstream YA for a really long time. We'll be addressing this! This is also a pretty white book, and there's a lot of diminishing the abusive relationship of one best friend and abusive parents of another, because you're getting inside the head of a sheltered white cis gay teenage boy. Queer YA--and the author--has grown a lot in the past 12 years, and we're really happy about that, despite the long way we still have to go.
This is Paul's Elsewhere song. It's also from Robot Unicorn Attack.
Datable cryptids? Learn more about them on the Cryptid Keeper podcast!
The Adventures of the REAL Winnie-the-Pooh - visit them at the Central Children's Room!
Did you know there is Boy Meets Boy fanfic? That's what Host Rie learned while making these shownotes!
David Levithan, editor extraordinaire, talks with Ann M. Martin as the Baby-sitters Club Turns 30 on Scholastic Reads podcast
Strand Bookstore where Paul and Tony meet
A-Camp, Host Rie's family reunion
Montclair Book Center
Cheaper by the Dozen
Weird NJ magazine: why we love New Jersey and why you should too
Feed transphobic boyfriends to the Jersey Devil
Captain Awkward
"Tony" by Patty Griffin. Content warning for gay slurs and suicide.
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A Short List of LGBTQAI Teen ResourcesResources for LGBTQ Youth By State from Lambda LegalPFLAG NYC Links to Recommended Resources for TeensScarleteen LGBT ResourcesTrans Life LineCrisis Text Line
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