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Banned Books Conversations: Where Radical Readers Discuss Prohibited Prose

Banned books are works that have been removed from a library shelf or school curriculum. Over the course of Banned Books Week, this series covers seven different books, the reasons they were banned, and the value in reading them.

Guest Links:
Amanda Skenandore
Website: www.amandaskenandore.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amandaskenandore/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmandaSkenandoreAuthorPage

Lisa Rayne
Website: https://lisarayne.com/
https://www.bookbub.com/profile/lisa-rayne
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authorrayne/
Threads: https://www.threads.com/@authorrayne
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorrayne

Kristian Horn
Website: https://parttimefanboy.com/
https://periwinklepuss.com/
Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/parttimefanboy.bsky.social

Previous collaborations:
Part-Time Fanboy Podcast: Ep 516 Tonya Todd Connects Comics With Literature In Comics Lit!

https://parttimefanboy.com/part-time-fanboy-podcast-ep-516-tonya-todd-connects-comics-with-
literature-in-comics-lit/

Time With Love: May Celebration with guest Amanda Skenandore
https://www.youtube.com/live/0YdPKrF7oA8?si=881QQ9Q5ymsr0C7M

Femme on Creatives: Lisa Rayne
https://www.femmeon.show/166

Banned Books Conversations (Season 1) - Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram Kendi with guests Lisa Rayne, Alyson Shelton, and Dave Horrocks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj3ZcXrSrRI

Banned Books Conversations (Season 2) - Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult with guests Lisa Rayne, Gregory Kompes, and Heather Young https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaDuPSHaAFE

Banned Books Conversations (Season 3) - Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (2020) with guests Lisa Rayne and Alyson Shelton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eilP2raNaXc

Banned Books Conversations (Season 1) - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie with guests Amanda Skenandore, Rochelle Merrill, and Mary Morris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoXjykPRUZI

Banned Books Conversations (Season 2) - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini with guests Amanda Skenandore, Ria Carrogan, and Sherry Rosenthal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvX6NFKNxO8

Banned Books Conversations (Season 3) - Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume (1970) with guests Amanda Skenandore, Vogue Robinson, and Mike Burton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEI7pUDUYrk

The 52 Love Podcast with Host Tonya Todd - Episode 44 (Vote with your partner) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxI83j6-gaE

Resources:
https://www.ala.org/bbooks
https://bannedbooksweek.org/
https://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/
https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/
https://www.booksnotbans.org/

Host: Tonya Todd
Video Producer: JP Butler
Audio Producer: Ria Carrogan
Graphics: Mike Burton

Catch the video version at https://youtu.be/ZuDqFLjhn_g

The Banned Movie Month collaboration concludes here! As co-hosts Tonya Todd of The Femme On Collective & Spider-Dan of The Secret Bores explore and discuss films that have been banned or restricted around the world. In each episode they will ask their guests for their uncensored opinions on censoring and whether these films should have even been banned at all? 

All four episodes will alternate between both channels every Friday in September, so be sure to either subscribe to Dan's Youtube Channel ​⁠ https://youtube.com/@dan_bores?si=Bj918XgXb2JNhLzY  or subscribe to his podcast on your favourite podcast app of choice. https://pod.link/danbores 

In this final episode we’re joined by Ria Carrogan producer of Femme On & Veronica Klash of Small Things Bedtime Love Stories to discuss the deathbird himself #CountOrlok in 1922’s #Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Horror! Join us as we discuss over the top acting, the recent remake & Veronica asks hat or no hat?

Be sure to listen Ria’s most recent smutty endeavour, The Romantasy Coven with her Co-hosts Jess & B https://pod.link/1799664171

Also follow Veronica’s Small Things Bedtime Love Stories to help you fall asleep https://pod.link/1780248056

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#NosferatuASymphonyOfHorror #Nosferatu1922 #MaxShreck #FWMurnau #BannedMovieMonth #BannedMovies #RestrictedMovies #CensoredMovies #BannedFilms #RestrictedFilms #CensoredFilms  #BramStoker #Dracula #FemmeOn #TheFemmeOnCollective #TheRomantasyCoven #SmallThingsBedtimeLoveStories  #PrepareForPrattle #SpiderDanAndTheSecretBores

*CONTENT WARNING! THIS PODCAST WILL FEATURE THE DISCUSSION OF THE KU KLUX KLAN, PROBLEMATIC STEREOTYPES & RACIALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE!!

The Banned Movie Month collaboration continues! As co-hosts Tonya Todd of The Femme On Collective & Spider-Dan of The Secret Bores explore and discuss films that have been banned or restricted around the world. In each episode they will ask their guests for their uncensored opinions on censoring and whether these films should have even been banned at all? 

All four episodes will alternate between both channels every Friday in September, so be sure to either subscribe to Dan's Youtube Channel ​⁠ https://youtube.com/@dan_bores?si=Bj918XgXb2JNhLzY  or subscribe to his podcast on your favourite podcast app of choice. https://pod.link/danbores 

In this episode we’re joined by film expert Fly & Professor Tony Holt Jr. to discuss arguably the most controversial film of all time D.W. Griffith’s The Birth Of A Nation! Join us as we discuss racist revisionist history, pioneering filmmaking techniques & whether this is more or less relevant a 110 years on…

Listen or watch the first time The Banned Band got together during last year’s Banned Books Week as we covered Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man on Femme On https://tinyurl.com/3rjhzkrw & Tonya’s Youtube Channel https://tinyurl.com/yeyvwk9s

Head over to Tony’s link tree to see what he’s been up to since then https://linktr.ee/tonyholtjr

Follow Fly on her Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/flyinhd?igsh=eGRqaHU3MXE5anlm

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#TheBirthOfANation1915 #DWGriffith #WoodrowWilson #ThomasDixonJr #TheClansman #KuKluxKlan #BannedMovieMonth #BannedMovies #RestrictedMovies #CensoredMovies #BannedFilms #RestrictedFilms #CensoredFilms  #FemmeOn #TheFemmeOnCollective  #PrepareForPrattle #SpiderDanAndTheSecretBores

In this episode of Femme On Creatives, Ada speaks with author and visual artist Amie Souza Riley, discussing her book Human/Animal. They speak about the genesis of Amie's book Human / Animal: A Bestiary in Essays and discuss if there is a catharsis in writing and publishing personal work.

Find out more about Amie: https://amiesouzareilly.com/

Thank you for listening.

Ria speaks with Femme On co-host Alyson Shelton about her amazing poetry series, Where I'm From. As Alyson nears her 200th episode she shares the importance of sharing stories and how she started the series for herself.

George Ella Lyon's Where I'm From started as a poetry prompt for Alyson, and after completing her poem, she thought, “What if I shared these prompts and people shared their poems with me? Could be fun.” And it was. Alyson has had nearly 200 guests share their poems on Instagram Live, making space for people's voices and hearing people's stories.

Find out more about Alyson's series: https://www.alysonshelton.com/where-im-from.html#/
And find out more about Alyson, of course! https://www.alysonshelton.com/#/

It's time for another Ria's questions! This time, the collective answers the age old question of... Would you rather fridge cold chocolate or room temperature chocolate?

There's a split in the collective with this question, mostly between those who want to eat chocolate straight away and those who are surprisingly specific about how they eat chocolate.

Our host, Jess speaks with friend of the podcast and author A R Farina about Becky Chambers’ Psalm for the Wild Built. Jess and Tony chat about having respectful conversations with humans (or robots) that don’t share your experiences, why having a purpose is not the end of the world, and hope. 

Tony also talks us through his second Austen Chronicles book, That Other Dashwood Girl, widely available to buy! Don’t forget to leave a review if you read it, it really helps other people discover it. 

Find Tony on Instagram @a.r.farina

Find Jess on Instagram @jess_bdavies

This episode was first published in March 2023

With season two of The Last of Us in full swing, we are resharing this awesome episode.

Ria leads a discussion with Alyson, Tonya and special guest Michelle Yang about the women of HBO's The Last of Us. They discuss the naunced female characters, all who have their own agency and point of view and how this enhances the overall story.

Michelle is a writer and mental health advocate and you can follow Michelle's amazing work at michelleyangwriter.com or via Instagram: @michelleyangwriter

This episode was first published in February 2023

Alyson and Ria Carrogan (host of Femme on Film and founder of the Femme On Collective) talk about the HAND FLEX from Joe Wright’s film adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (watch the scene here on YouTube here) starring Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennett and Matthew MacFadyen as Mr. Darcy. They talk about how this is the sexiest non-sexual scene in the world, thank you female gaze! And how they appreciate watching a scene and a movie that taps into the mystery of attraction. And of course, they can’t help but fangirl out a bit on Jane Austen. We’re guessing they’ll be a full episode of Femme on Film devoted to this very movie sometime soon.

Come have a listen!

Ria’s Instagram: @riacarrogan

Alyson’s Instagram: @byalysonshelton - Alyson’s Website: www.alysonshelton.com

This episode was first published in May 2023

In this episode, Ria, her Femme on co-hosts Alyson and Tonya and guests Suzan Aiken and Wendy Wimmer discuss Joe Wright's 2005 Pride and Prejudice starring Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen and Rosamund Pike. They discuss how this film has obsessed generations of film lovers, the hand flex (obviously) and how each actor bring their roles alive.

This conversation was inspired by Ria and Alyson's chat about said hand flex in Alyson's show, Fine Cut. Listen to the hand flex episode https://www.femmeon.show/episodes/fine-cut-with-alyson-ria-carrogan