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In the wake of the United States election, we want to use this episode as a space to have conversation with you and each other. Lauren processes her fear and anger, while Haylie gets vulnerable about the betrayal she and many others are feeling. On the other side of the coin, on Haylie's mind has also been community, mutual aid and joy, which she brings to the discussion today. Our call to action for you today: participate in your community, check on your people, and share your joy.
At the end of the episode, Lauren shares the poem Etiquette Leash by beloved Andrea Gibson. You can read it here.
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It’s Election Day in the United States, and as we await results with bated breath we invite you to listen to our timely conversation with Margaret Vandenburg, author of Craze. We hear from her about Henri’s story and how the centennial of the Queer Craze and crackdown inspired her to write this cautionary tale. She speaks to us about being willing and ready to stand up for ourselves as a community, and how fun, joy, and desire not only define who we are, but are acts of rebellion.
Lauren promised to link her favorite spoken word she was referencing in this week's episode. However Lauren did get the quote and the author wrong. The spoken word poet she was thinking of was Valerie Kaur while the poem she was referring to was Etiquette by Andrea Gibson. Both are linked below.
Valerie Kaur's @ Watch Night 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCenwgheIBs
Etiquette Leash by Andrea Giboson with the quote Lauren was referring to about it "never being polite to throw back the tear gas" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDCF7eh7lWQPlease download, share and leave a review. Get in touch with us on Instagram, TikTok or email!
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Truly, we cannot emphasize enough how stunning this book by Margaret Vandenburg is. This episode, we talk the Queer Craze of the American 1920s in NYC, underground speakeasies, and the balancing act of queer people walking between heteronormative day life and queer culture. We discuss how growing up with shame impacts the development of queer adults, and delicate family dynamics. Artists and visionaries populate our world this episode, and we invite you to join.
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This week, our hosts have an allergic reaction to new character Annette, who makes Haylie like Jenny in comparison. Dana's apparently closeted mother rejects her when she comes out, Bette and Tina face harsh truths, and Haylie gives a lesson on hygiene and shame. Let's go!
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Our next book is CRAZE by Margaret Vandenburg, and as Haylie was reading she couldn't help but look up the many characters who are REAL historical figures. So, this episode is full of information on these queer icons of the 1920s and 30s, so that you can have an enriched reading experience! Let's get CRAZy!
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*TRIGGER WARNING FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT*
Welcome back to the Lesbian Book Club Podcast for another L Word episode, where we discuss women's health issues that we weren't taught in health class, i.e. vaginal suppositories! We get a very special visit from a real live circus mouse, Dana ruins her life for Subaru only to find that they liked her life how it was, and we become the judges of if Bette and Tina really are boring.
There are two sexual assaults in this episode, so please listen with discretion and take care of yourselves.
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This week on the pod, we have the first book in the Halycon Division series, Integrity by E.J. Noyes. This is a sapphic thriller filled with chemical weapons attacks, secret agents (or not technically agents, you be the judge), and romance! Join us as we talk all things intelligence agents, and not just what we learned from Miss Congeniality 😝
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This week on the pod we are covering the very funny, very camp movie Bottoms! Join us for our mostly unserious discussion of this film starring the incredible Ayo Edebiri and Rachel Sennott.
Also, get reading because our next book is the first book in the Halcyon Division series, Integrity by E.J. Noyes
Trigger Warnings: discussions of rape, sexual assault, and the gay panic defense
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Coming at you with a mini episode this week! If there's one thing Lauren loves other than yapping about books, it's yapping about movies and shows. So if you've been looking for some streaming recs, she has you covered. Also, please someone talk to her about Gentleman Jack!
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We hope you are as obsessed with this book as Haylie is, because she wants companionship embarking on the painful journey of waiting for Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner (they/them) to become a series. Listen in as we talk about egregious miscommunications, smut, and the extremely Taurus way of keeping your living space as a temple - just like Grace Henderson. Also, if you've been dying to find out what Lauren's type is, this is the episode for you.
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Do you love the group storylines, or the individual Jenny "off on her own, doing shrooms" storyline? Is Tim aggressive or aggressive? Has Lauren finally taken off her rose-colored glasses and decided Bette is actually the villain? I mean Bette did drink the slurpee...
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If Haylie is Dana for Halloween, who should Lauren be? Is Bette actually... the worst? Is Subaru really for the gays, what is Shane's mysterious past, and how should Jenny have handled getting caught cheating? We address all of these very important questions in this episode covering the L Word.
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*TRIGGER WARNING* - This book contains subject material of sexual violence, rape, homophobia, transphobia, gender dysphoria, and police violence. Please take care of yourselves and make a decision that is healthy for you before listening to this episode.
In this episode, we discuss the life-changing Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg. Jess's story of not fitting into the gender binary during the 1960s and early 1970s in the United States left us profoundly impacted by the truth that was so clearly present. We talk about community, organizing, identity, and hope in this episode, and want to leave you with a call to action: go do something to help your community.
In honor of Leslie, we would like to provide you with these links to donate if you have the resources:
The Center For Black Equity
The Trevor Project
LAMBDA Legal
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This week's episode was quite a doozy 🙃 If you want to hear about the one lesbian movie Lauren will never watch again, this episode is for you! Haylie on the other hand loved it and with very good reason! A24, what are you all smoking in that writer's room! Kristen Stewart, you are so loved!
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Next book: Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg.
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Lauren and Haylie debate the use of male lesbianism in this episode, Alice rejects lesbianism, and, of course, we gush over Holland Taylor.
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This week's episode on the Bloodwood Society may be an all-time favorite. We have declared this the next Hunger Games-esque type book. It was absolutely thrilling! If you want to hear Lauren make 100 disney references, or hear Haylie discuss how she knows about ornithology, this is the episode for you 😜
Come along with us as we talk about this dystopian, futuristic, and sci-fi action packed book!
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Hi everyone! Lauren, here! We don't have a new episode this week. But next week we'll be covering the Bloodwood Society, and we cannot wait to discuss it all with you! Hope you have a great week!
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In our return with Episode 4 of The L Word, Haylie recaps how tortured she was by the bad choices of... half the ensemble. And why she cried over a snail. Lauren gets sucked up in the romance of it all: Dana and Lara, Bette and art, AND a crush for Lauren other than Bette enters the chat!
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Hi Everyone! We have a slightly different episode for you this week! Haylie is on vacation but also got a little sick so this is a bit of a mini episode where we read a few of our favorite sapphic poems and give our thoughts! Please let us know what you think!
Poems:
Poem #1: For the Goddess Too Well Known
Poem #2: A Poem for Haruko
Poem #3: Twenty-One Love Poems [Poem III]
Poem #4: The Only
As I crawled back into bed, into you, not ready
to leave, I realized how well our bodies
matched and melted into each other.
We fit like puzzle pieces--my keys falling into
your locks--how your legs know to open so
mine can move between, how your arms
lay perfectly on my waist.
How can I leave where my body belongs?
But if by chance, or expectation, or heartbreak,
our pieces end up being a mismatch...
please let us be in the same row,
close enough so our fingertips can reach out and touch.
But if the same row is too close and it hurts
too much to feel your fingers woven into mine,
then maybe we could be in the same column?
I'll be just slightly below you so I can look
upon your jawline, so maybe, sometimes,
my fingers can trace it's edges while I watch
a slow smile form across your lips.
But if by circumstance, i cannot be close enough to see your jaw,
please just let me be in the same box as you,
to be painted from the same picture as you,
to be near to you even from afar.
Becasue in a box of what seems is made up of infinite peices,
you are the only one I want.
You're the only one i want next to me.
You're the only piece that fits into me.
Poem #5: Petals
Had we been in grade school together,
Had wed been at the same 4 square court, or vou at the basketball court, while I played hand games with my girl friends,
I would have seen vou.
I would have noticed you.
Your deep brown eyes.
The way you looked at the basketball like a math problem.
I would have seen you.
And on my walks home,
Id pick the daisies and Id count the petals. before the rhyme,
to hide from myself that I wanted you, wanted to insure Id always land on "she loves me.
What else could I wish for, hope for, but your love?
And that flower,
she held my my happiness in the number of her petals that day.
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Part 2 of our episodes on Last Night at the Telegraph Club, written by Malinda Lo. Lily and Kath get to delight in their newfound love and Lauren and Haylie delight right along with them. This book was a stunning look at the themes of queerness, intersectionality of identities, and what expectations put on us by others can really feel like.
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