The Guests:

Madeleine Lloyd-Davies

The Books: “Classical Mythology” lectures of Professor Elizabeth Vandiver, Ph. D through “The Great Courses” http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/classical-mythology.html, “On the Move” by Oliver Sacks, Kate Beaton, “Oh Joy Sex Toy” by Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan http://www.ohjoysextoy.com/, Tom of Finland, “Dune” by Frank Herbert, “Holy Sonnets: Batter my heart, three-person’d God” by John Donne, “Gravity’s Rainbow” by Thomas Pynchon, “Alexander Hamilton” by Ron Chernow, Romanian Folktales, Harry Bush, “Massive” by Anne Ishii, Leah Wishnia, "Graphic Women" by Hillary Chute, “About Writing” by Samuel R. Delany

The Music: “Buzzcut Season” by Lorde and “Sexual Healing” by My Bubba

Actionable Takeaway: Explore something that hitherto-now you have not. Ask yourself why you read the things you read.

Polari, Gay Dialect link: http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/07/28/polarithegaydialectcanbeheardinthisgreatshortfilmputting_on.html

Jia's Jezebel:

Cortez “Burn the Ships”

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