Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) welcome Caro (she/they) to discuss Gideon the Ninth, Chapter 10. We dig into the seventh's claim that she never lied and what that means about the text. Speculations are made about possible animal agriculture (cannibalism??) in the Empire. Late in the episode we promise to share a link to this artist. We talk about in-world taboos and address which ships make us personally the most uncomfortable as readers.

Content Warning: death, calorie mention, cannibalism, necrophilia, war crimes, self-harm, addiction, ableism, murder, incest

Further Reading:

Volker H.W. Rudolf & Janis Antonovics (2007) Disease Transmission by Cannibalism: Rare Event or Common Occurrence?

Nicholas Fabiano (2024) Is Exercise a Form of Self Harm?

Susan Schweik (2010) The Ugly Laws: Disability in Public

[Jack] Halberstam (1998) Female Masculinity

Carolyn A. Day (2017) Consumptive Chic: A History of Beauty, Fashion, and Disease

Harry M. Benshoff (1997) The Monster and the Homosexual, from Monsters In the Closet

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