Last episode, we said we love you and to take care of yourself. That's more true than ever. 

This week, Tara and Kris trade stories about the week of the US election, its aftermath, and more importantly, what comes next. They settle on being pirates.

We’re still here, folks, and we’re going to be here until the wheels fall off this thing. Kris doesn’t have a recommendation this week, but Tara has come through with not one but two Christmas romances.

Official Recommendations

From Tara: A New Leash on Love and Frosted by the Girl Next Door by Jaime Clevenger and Aurora Rey

This week, Tara is recommending two Christmas romances that take place in a small Colorado town and run in parallel with each other.

A New Leash on Love by Jaime Clevenger and Aurora Rey (Bella Books) is about an interior designer who's back in the hometown she hates, only to fall for Shawn. Shawn is as sweet as the cupcakes her sister bakes for the family business and can't help falling for Kit right back.

Frosted by the Girl Next Door by Aurora Rey and Jaime Clevenger (Bold Strokes Books) features Shawn's sister Tara falling for Kit's friend Casey. Casey's new to town and opens a sex shop next door to their cupcake store. Is the shop a town scandal or the best thing that's happened to it in a long time? Read it to find out!

Works/People Discussed

• Rebecca Solnit's post
• Rachel Maddow clip
• Jen Psaki on Tiktok
• On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
• Lambda Legal
• National Center for Lesbian Rights
• Lee (2023)
• The Great British Baking Show (BBC)
• The Great Canadian Baking Show (CBC) 
• Baroness Von Sketch Show (CBC)
• Disclaimer (Apple TV+)
• RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, season 6 (BBC Three, BBC One)
• Drag Race Down Under, season 4 (WOW Presents Plus)
• Will & Harper (2024)
• Martha (2024)
• Agatha All Along (Disney+)
• Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit

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