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Of Prurient Interest

J. Davis

Kaelyn Davis

This episode is a different format than we've done before. Although both my guest and I did read Cherie Dimaline's Empire of Wild, we barely spoke about the story itself. Not for any lack of merit on the side of the story--far from it. Empire of Wild is a thrilling story of werewolves and love, evangelicalism and colonial greed, community and ancestral support and indigenous medicine. However, the guest, who happens to be my grandmother, thought it would be most interesting to focus on the part of the story she knew something about: the sexuality of elderly people. So what follows is exactly that: a conversation on sex after 80 and the challenges and pleasures therein. Trigger warning: we do talk about sexual assault and rape within this conversation, so be warned.

"A Métis Woman's Husband Disappeared--Or Did He?" by Tobias Carroll

"A Native Woman Battles Neocolonialism and Werewolves in 'Empire of Wild'" by Melissa Michal

"'Empire of Wild' Tells a Small Story--But Not a Slight One" by Jason Sheehan

Cherie Dimaline's website

Media Mentioned: 

Albert Schweitzer

Taylor Caldwell

"Soulsex with John & Annie" by Erika Lust Films

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Other Media Mentioned: 

Resources Used: 

Of Prurient Interest social media:

Insta: @ofprurientinterest

Twitter: @highlyprurient

FB: /ofprurientinterest

Litsy: @prurientinterest

Email: [email protected]

Patreon: /ofprurientinterest

Website: ofprurientinterest.com

Kaelyn's Instagram: @lalatiburona

Score by Rose Droll: @myhandsarepaws

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In this episode, my guest Joel, of the podcast Crip & Chronic, and I discuss Amanda LeDuc's Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space (2020) and how it pertains to the subject of the last couple of episodes, Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber. This conversation centers around how representations of disability in popular media, including fairy tales, have a serious influence on the way we conceptualize disability in society at large. We also veer off into arguments about whether Chris Evans is better than Chris Hemsworth... I fell in favor of the latter. What can I say? I have a weak spot for himbos. 

Books Referenced: 

Dune by Frank Herbert

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Feminist, Queer, Crip by Alison Kafer

Slow Man by J. M. Coetzee

The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffery

Growing Up Disabled in Australia

Films Referenced:

Pulse (Australian film)

Captain America

Friday the 13th, Pt. 2

Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

Other References:

Amanda LeDuc's website

"The Stories We Tell About Disability: A Conversation with Amanda LeDuc" by Sara Black McCulloch

In this episode, Kaelyn and her guest (and longtime booknerd friend), Jena, talk about Angela Carter and her collection The Bloody Chamber, a reimagining of some of the most well-known fairy tales. Of course, we also get largely off topic and talk about the concept of virginity, the unsexiness of the word "underpants" and the history of women's undergarments...

The Socials:

Jena's Instagram: @jena_bakes or @jena_sews (for historical costume stuff!)

Other Podcasts Jena "Co-Hosted" On: Chasm Quest

Books Mentioned:

-Tamora Pierce YA series (The Immortals, Lioness, Circle of Magic... all are great)

-Get in Trouble by Kelly Link (who wrote the introduction to Jena's copy of The Bloody Chamber)

-The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter

Artists Mentioned:

-Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806), arguably most famous for "The Swing"

-Felicien Rops (1833-1898), "The Librarian"

-"50 Fascinating Works of Angela Carter Fan Art" on LitHub

-Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665)

Films Mentioned:

-Scary Stories Documentary (2019)

Further Recommended Reading If You Like The Bloody Chamber:

-Kissing the Witch by Emma Donaghue

-Francesca Lia Block's Weetzie Bat series

-Get in Trouble and Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link

-In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

References:

"Angela Carter's Feminist Mythology" by Joan Acocello

-The Sadeian Woman by Angela Carter

-"Femme Fatale: Angela Carter's 'Bloody Chamber'" by Helen Simpson

-Marxism Today Interview with Angela Carter

-"Anthony Burgess's Banned Books" by Graham Foster

In this episode, Kaelyn and her guest (and longtime booknerd friend), Jena, talk about Angela Carter and her collection The Bloody Chamber, a reimagining of some of the most well-known fairy tales. Of course, we also get largely off topic and talk about the concept of virginity, the unsexiness of the word "underpants" and the history of women's undergarments...

The Socials:

Jena's Instagram: @jena_bakes or @jena_sews (for historical costume stuff!)

Other Podcasts Jena "Co-Hosted" On: Chasm Quest 

Books Mentioned: 

-Tamora Pierce YA series (The Immortals, Lioness, Circle of Magic... all are great)

-Get in Trouble by Kelly Link (who wrote the introduction to Jena's copy of The Bloody Chamber)

-The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter

Artists Mentioned: 

-Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806), arguably most famous for "The Swing"

-Felicien Rops (1833-1898), "The Librarian" 

-"50 Fascinating Works of Angela Carter Fan Art" on LitHub

-Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665)

Films Mentioned: 

-Scary Stories Documentary (2019)

Further Recommended Reading If You Like The Bloody Chamber:

-Kissing the Witch by Emma Donaghue

-Francesca Lia Block's Weetzie Bat series

-Get in Trouble and Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link

-In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

References: 

"Angela Carter's Feminist Mythology" by Joan Acocello

-The Sadeian Woman by Angela Carter

-"Femme Fatale: Angela Carter's 'Bloody Chamber'" by Helen Simpson

-Marxism Today Interview with Angela Carter

-"Anthony Burgess's Banned Books" by Graham Foster

For more on racism in porn, there are a few things I recommend:

For a short article that I feel covers a lot, at least briefly, read Tracy Clark-Flory's, "Porn's Race Problem". For an in-depth, highly researched study, read Mireille Miller-Young's A Taste of Brown Sugar. For a podcast that features Mickey Mod, turn to my perennial favorite, Why Are People Into That?!, hosted by Tina Horn, in the episode titled: Interrobang: Mickey Mod on Porn Stigma & Love.

Media Mentioned:

Why Won't You Date Me? podcast with Nicole Byer

P-Valley, streaming on Starz

Seduction of the Minotaur by Anaïs Nin

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak

On Being Podcast with Krista Tippett

Rose's Instagram: @rcgutters

Of Prurient Interest social media:

Insta: @ofprurientinterest

Twitter: @highlyprurient

FB: /ofprurientinterest

Litsy: @prurientinterest

Email: [email protected]

Patreon: /ofprurientinterest

Website: ofprurientinterest.com

Kaelyn's Instagram: @lalatiburona

Score by Rose Droll: @myhandsarepaws

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In this two-part episode of Of Prurient Interest, my friends Victoria, Rose, and I discuss Anaïs Nin's 1954 novel, A Spy in the House of Love. We talk female sexuality, promiscuity, "race chasing", toxic masculinity, live nuns, and much more. Please join us!

Books Mentioned:

Little Ego Vittorio Giardino

Auletris by Anaïs Nin

Essays Mentioned:

"Open Arms: The Fantastical Pull of Tentacle Porn" by Cameron Glover

Films Mentioned:

The Lover (1992), based on The Lover by Marguerite Duras

Miscellanea Mentioned:

Primal Hardwere (your sex toy spot for all things fantasy/furry/tentacle porn-y)

Resources: 

"Amazon Slammed for Censoring Female Erotica Writer Anaïs Nin" by Dana McCauley

The Anaïs Nin Society

"The Wild, Impassioned World of Anaïs Nin's Diaries: Revolutionary Writing that Bridged the Public and Private" by Kim Krizian

"Shaming the Shameless: What Is Dangerous about Anaïs Nin?" by Ruth Charnock

"Before Lena Dunham, There Was Anaïs Nin--Now Patron Saint of Social Media" by Sady Doyle

"Anaïs Nin on Reproductive Rights: A Prescient Perspective from 1940" by Maria Popova

"In Defense of the Fluid Self: Why Anaïs Nin Turned Down a Harper's Bazaar Profile" by Maria Popova

Rose on Instagram: rcgutters

Of Prurient Interest social media:

Insta: @ofprurientinterest

Twitter: @highlyprurient

FB: /ofprurientinterest

Litsy: @prurientinterest

Email: [email protected]

Patreon: /ofprurientinterest

Website: ofprurientinterest.com

Kaelyn's Instagram: @lalatiburona

Score by Rose Droll: @myhandsarepaws

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In this episode of Of Prurient Interest, my dad and I explore themes of sexuality, female autonomy, race, and privilege in Kate Chopin's 1899 novel, The Awakening. You do not need to have read the book to enjoy the podcast, but there will be spoilers! I mean, it's been over a century since its publication sooooo.... Next episode will be on Anais Nin's A Spy in the House of Love. 

Bookstores Mentioned:

Beach Town Books, San Clemente, California, USA

Further Recommended Reading:

Quicksand by Nella Larsen

Nightwood by Djuna Barnes

Sula by Toni Morrison

Our Nig by Harriet Wilson

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass

I mentioned my old blog in which I covered The Awakening and made a meal thematically attuned to it. Those posts are here and here.

What We're Reading Now:

Noli Me Tángere by José Rizal

When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Resources Used:

"Women in Nineteenth-Century America" by Dr. Graham Warder

"The Classic Novel that Saw Pleasure as a Path to Freedom" by Claire Vaye Watkins

"15 Facts about Kate Chopin's The Awakening" by Kristy Puchko

Living a Feminist Life by Sara Ahmed

Secrets and Lies: Race and Sex in The Awakening by James O'Rourke

Edna the Oblivious Oppressor: An Intersectional Analysis of Privilege and Its Lack Thereof in The Awakening by Jessica L. Rosenthal

"Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature" by Toni Morrison

J. Davis:

The Whole Book Experience

Leaves of Cha

Donation-based Meditation

Instagram: @leavesofcha

Of Prurient Interest social media:

Insta: @ofprurientinterest

Twitter: @highlyprurient

FB: /ofprurientinterest

Litsy: @prurientinterest

Email: [email protected]

Patreon: /ofprurientinterest

Website: ofprurientinterest.com

Kaelyn's Instagram: @lalatiburona

Score by Rose Droll: @myhandsarepaws

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Books mentioned: 

The Period Book by Karen Gravelle and Jennifer Gravelle

Song of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce

Princess Nevermore by Dian Curtis Regan

Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Uncle Wiggily by Howard R. Garis

Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne

Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Conan series by R. H. Howard

Gor series by John Norman

Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Little Birds and Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin

The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A. N. Roquelaure (aka Anne Rice!)

Crimes of Love and Philosophies in the Boudoir by the Marquis de Sade

The Sadeian Woman by Angela Carter

Essays Mentioned:

"The Best Sex I Ever Read Was By the Famously 'Dick-Centric' Henry Miller" by Mary Gaitskill, as told to Lila Shapiro

"Porn: An Effective Vehicle for Sexual Role Modeling and Education" by Nina Hartley

"Exclusive: An Investigation into Algorithmic Bias in Content Policing on Instagram"

Podcasts Mentioned: 

American Sex Podcast, Ep. 151 

Fangasm/Potterotica

Legal Cases, Etc. Mentioned:

Attorney General v. The Book Called Tropic of Cancer (1962)

Jacoblellis v. Ohio (1964)

A Book Named John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure v. Attorney General of Massachusetts (1966)

Ginzburg v. United States (1965)

Attorney General v. A Book Called Naked Lunch (1966)

Stanley v. Georgia (1969)

Miller v. California (1973)

The case against Tom Arthur and the Mr. Double website

The Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography (1976)

The Meese Commission on Obscenity (1985)

Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1997)

SESTA (Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act)/FOSTA (Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act) (2018)

EARN IT (Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies) Act (2020)

Instagram Community Guidelines

J. Davis:

The Whole Book Experience 

Leaves of Cha 

Donation-based Meditation

Instagram: @leavesofcha

Of Prurient Interest social media:

Insta: @ofprurientinterest

Twitter: @highlyprurient

FB: /ofprurientinterest

Litsy: @prurientinterest

Email: [email protected]

Patreon: /ofprurientinterest

Website: ofprurientinterest.com

Kaelyn's Instagram: @lalatiburona

Score by Rose Droll: @myhandsarepaws

Logo by @irizofen

If you like this podcast, consider becoming a patron either here on Anchor or on Patreon. You can also make a one-time donation through the website. Lastly, subscribe, rate, and review!