Host Tayla is joined by Alicia Vaandering from the University of Rhode Island, James Rosenzweig from Eastern Washington University, and Amanda Melilli from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to share their research project focusing on queer representation in picture books and the creation of the Rainbow Representation Rubric. They also talk about queer subtext in classic films and novels and finding comfort (or not!) in dystopian fiction. In the Last Chapter they discuss: would you rather have a personal library with unlimited space but only filled with books you've never read, or a small collection of books you've read and loved but no space for new books?

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Books

Orsinian Tales by Ursula K. LeGuin

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

Sunrise On the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

It's a Love/Skate Relationship by Carli J. Corson

Bobby and the Big Valentine by Timmy Woitas & Addy Rivera Sonda

Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild & Charlene Chua

Apothecary Diaries by Natsu Hyūga

Blue Period by Tsubasa Yamaguchi

Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa

Lunar Boy by Jes and Cin Wibowo

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Zone One by Colson Whitehead

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff & Kaylani Juanita

Salma the Syrian Chef by Ahmad Danny Ramadan & Anna Bron

Bathe the Cat by Alice B. McGinty & David Roberts

Mr Watson's Chickens by Jarrett Dapier & Andrea Tsurumi

I Am Jazz! by Jessica Herthel, Jazz Jennings & Shelagh McNicholas

My Rainbow by Trinity Neal, DeShanna Neal & Art Twink

Prince and Knight: Tale of the Shadow King by Daniel Haack & Stevie Lewis

Media

Taskmaster (2015- )

The Handmaid's Tale (2017-2025)

Station Eleven (2021-2022)

Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020-2024)

World of Warcraft (videogame)

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022- )

Blank Check (podcast)

Daredevil: Born Again (2025- )

Little Women (2019)

The Witcher (2019- )

Other

The Rainbow Representation Rubric

Rainbow Book List

Stonewall Book Awards