What would happen if women actually gave into their desires? Tayler has a chat with author Lauren Rae about her book LOVE, WINE, AND OTHER HIGHS and how desire affects all things dating and everything else in our lives.

What Lauren is reading: How to Think about Sex by Alain de Botton

Buy her book!: Love, Wine, and Other Highs: A Kind of Memoir

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This episode was edited and produced by Niba on the ancestral land of the Ohlone people.

Original music by @iam.onyxrose

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Do you believe in soulmates? Jordy sits down with Sophie Cousins, author of This Time Next Year, Just Haven’t Met You Yet, and her newest novel, Before I Do. In this podcast, Jordy and Sophie discuss Before I Do, the idea of soulmates, signs from the universe, and how our past relationships and trauma form who we are today.  

Books mentioned:

Books/Resources Mentioned:

Before I Do by Sophie Cousens

This Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens

Just Haven’t Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens

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This episode was edited by Angel Akurienne and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

Original music by @iam.onyxrose

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Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey is a game-changing book about our relationship to work, capitalism, and the grind of everyday life. Curl up with a cup of tea and an extra soft blanket while you listen to Renee, Sally, and Rah discuss what this book meant to them.

Books mentioned:

Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey (Our Radical Self Care bundle launches the week of Nov. 14!)

Octavia’s Brood, edited by adrienne maree brown and Walidah Imarisha

Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown

All About Love by bell hooks

We Do This ‘Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba

Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price

Burnout by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski (listen to our interview here!)

How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell

How to Not Always Be Working by Marlee Grace

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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

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Jordy sits down to discuss one of her favorite books of this year. Love in the Time of Serial Killers gives us the spice we need, the laughs we want, and the insight we weren’t expecting.

Wanda M. Morris’ sophomore thriller, Anywhere You Run, comes out this week and Renee wants to shove it in EVERYONE’s hands. Wanda chats with Renee about what it means to be a good girl, especially a good Black girl in the South, whiteness and class, and the parallels Wanda sees between then and now. 

Books mentioned:

Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson

Author Interview: Alicia Thompson and Love in the Time of Serial Killers – Feminist Book Club

Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris

All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris

Times Undoing by Cheryl Head

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This episode was edited by Angel Akurienne and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

Original music by @iam.onyxrose

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In the first segment Jordy sits down to discuss the Jane Wunderly mystery series. This cozy yet suspenseful series is perfect for anyone looking for a spooky season recommendation that won’t leave you with nightmares. If you’re an Agatha Christie fan, this is for you. 

Then, Mariquita talks with Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson about their new book, Toil & Trouble: A Women’s History of the Occult, which explores the roles women and non-binary people have historically played in the occult. They touch on how to respectfully uplift cultural practices without appropriating them, why it is necessary to expand beyond womb-centric language, and what might have been happening in the White House during the Satanic Panic of the 1980s. 

Books mentioned by Jordy: 

Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer

Murder at Wedgefield Manor by Erica Ruth Neubauer

Danger on the Atlantic by Erica Ruth Neubauer

Books and Media mentioned by Mariquita, Lisa, and Melanie: 

Toil & Trouble: A Women’s History of the Occult

Spectrality in the Novels of Toni Morrison by Melanie R. Anderson

Monster, She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson

The Know Fear Cast podcast

Monster, She Wrote podcast

Artwork by Caitlin Keegan 

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Melanie R. Anderson: Instagram // Website

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This episode was edited by Rah Hernandez and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

Original music by @iam.onyxrose

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Mariquita and Steph get together to talk about their favorite books for creepiest season of all, and they get a little carried away (oooo! By ghosts!!)

Books mentioned:

Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste

Grievers by adrienne maree brown

Maroons by adrienne maree brown (forthcoming)

The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

Cackle by Rachel Harrison

The Return by Rachel Harrison

Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

The Between by Tananarive Due

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

The Hamster Princess Series by Ursula Vernon

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

Also mentioned:
The Strength of Grief and Joy of Rage by Sally Mercedes for Feminist Book Club

Reflecting Colonialism in Horror: A Discussion of Postcolonial Gothic and The Hacienda with Dr. Isabel Cañas by Mariquita Guerrera for Feminist Book Club

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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

Original music by @iam.onyxrose

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With all the books out there to discover, it’s understandable that so many feel it’s a waste of time to reread something they’ve already read. Sally shares why she loves rereading books and what she learns when she does it. 

Speaking of revisiting the past, Ashley interviewed Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, author of “On the Rooftop”. Ashley asked about writing about characters who dream and own their voice, using food as gathering and remembrance of family, how the characters nourish themselves, and writing about gentrification in 1950s San Francisco. 

Books mentioned:

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire

Up-and-Under series by A. Deborah Baker

The Passage by Justin Cronin

On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

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This episode was edited by Angel Akurienne and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

Original music by @iam.onyxrose

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Nora McInerny has built a career shining a light on people’s deepest pains through her writing and her podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking. Her latest book Bad Vibes Only (and Other Things I Bring to the Table) is a collection of essays that will make you laugh, cry, and think… but mostly laugh. Listen in on Renee’s conversation with Nora as they discuss the joy of mediocrity, raising kids in an online world, and embracing the ordinary mess of everyday living.

Books and podcasts mentioned:

Bad Vibes Only (and Other Things I Bring to the Table) by Nora McInerny

Terrible, Thanks for Asking (Nora’s podcast)

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This episode was edited by Rah Hernandez and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

Original music by @iam.onyxrose

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Ashley interviewed Candice Carty-Williams about her novel, “People Person”. Ashley asked about creating kinship within long-lost family, using social media for validation, and Candice’s thoughts on romantic relationships. Ashley and Candice also share their big 3 in astrology. 

Book content warning: death, mention of blood, revenge porn

Book Mentioned: People Person

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This episode was edited by Angel Akurienne and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

Original music by @iam.onyxrose

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Ashley, Rah, Mariquita, and Alana Amore discuss the memoir, I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy. The conversation gets into thoughts about how Jennette wrote her experiences including her relationship with her siblings, going to therapy, and healing after her abusive relationship with her mother. 

There are spoilers in this conversation. There are also conversations about the book content warnings. 

Book content warning: eating disorder (anorexia and bulimia), child abuse, emotional abuse, alcoholism 

Get a copy of I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy 

Additional memoir recommendations: 

Finding Me by Viola Davis

Mean Baby by Selma Blair

Open Book by Jessica Simpson 

Miss Me With That by Rachel Lindsay

March: Book One by John Lewis

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This episode was edited by Rah Hernandez and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

Original music by @iam.onyxrose

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