Episode notes:

• transcript link

• buy Heated Rivalry here!

• Rachel Reid's website (and bonus link to her blog post about Parkinson's, which Iliria really appreciated)

• Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu

• Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei

• bonus link to hockey romances by Iliria's friend, Ari Baran :)

• Eros the Bittersweet by Anne Carson

• The Riveters 😢

• "There are no out NHL players. Could Heated Rivalry change that?" by Mey Rude (Out.com, Dec 2025)

• Untitled (You Construct Intricate Rituals) by Barbara Kruger

• "'I felt bad about it': The complicated origins of Rachel Reid’s Game Changers series" by Anna Good (Daily Dot, Dec 2025)

• Orientalism by Edward Saïd

• "Negotiating New Asian American Masculinities: Attitudes and Gender Expectations" by Peter Chua and Diane Fujino

• What we're reading: Solaris by Stanislaw Lem (and bonus, Roadside Picnic by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky), the rest of the Game Changers series by Rachel Reid

• Where you can find us: Patreon, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and thebadbooksbookclub at gmail dot com!

• Read along with us for next time...The Housemaid by Freida McFadden!