In this spooky spectacular episode, Maggie and Harmony sit down to talk with screenwriter Amaris Gagnon about all things horror. They delve into problematic horror tropes-- such as the virginal final girl-- and figure out how horror can (and is) being used to subvert expectations and challenge the status quo. In this episode: The Thing (1982) It (2017) Get Out (2017) Us (2019) Breaking In (2018) Halloween (2018) Into the Dark: Pure (2019) Check out our friend at the Perhaps It's You Podcast https://perhapsitsyou.wordpress.com/and https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/perhaps-its-you/id1279107395 

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Depression, class, and the concept of women who bare the emotional labor of men collide in this episode. Harmony and Maggie read "The Sacrifice of Darkness" by Roxane Gay. They talk about the value of women bearing children, women who love "hard men" and hope as an act of resistance.  

What we're reading: 

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780765356154 

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781514640807 

The Dragon Keeper (The Rain Wild Chronicles #1) by Robin Hobb 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780061561658 

Check out our buddies The Cutaways Podcast at https://thecutaways.com 

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It's new book time! This week Maggie and Harmony take a terrifying look at complacency in the face of white supremacy when they read the short story "Noble Things" by Roxane Gay. To lighten their dread about the U.S.'s dystopian future they also explore power dynamics in heterosexual relationships in "Open Marriage," which is also by Gay. Both stories can be found in the book Difficult Women. 

What we're reading: 

Borne by Jeff VanderMeer 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780374537654  

Berserk, Vol. 1 by Kentaro Miura, Chris Warner (Editor), Jason DeAngelis (Translator) 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781506711980 

My Struggle #3 by Karl Ove Knausgård, Don Bartlett (Translator)

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780374534165 

Cat Call: Reclaiming the Feral Feminine (An Untamed History of the Cat Archetype in Myth and Magic) by Kristen J. Sollee, Morgan Claire Siréne (Illustrations) 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781578636624 

Check out our buddies at CritterCast 

http://crittercastpodcast.blubrry.net/  

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In this episode, Maggie and Harmony read from page 501, October 12, 1880, Waxing Moon, to the end of The Witches of New York by Ami Mckay. We talk about the erasure of misdeeds done by powerful men, Beatrice's self-empowerment and our overall thoughts on the book. 

What we're reading: 

Borne by Jeff VanderMeer 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780374537654 

Berserk, Vol. 1 by Kentaro Miura, Chris Warner (Editor), Jason DeAngelis (Translator) 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781506711980 

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780765356154 

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781101885956

Check out our buddies over at Books & Booze http://stitcher.com/podcast/books-and-booze/books-booze-2 

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In this episode, Maggie and Harmony start to wrap up The Witches of New York by Ami Mckay after reading pages 407 to 497, October 10, 1880, Waxing Moon to October 11, 1880, Waxing Moon. They use the book as a catalyst to talk about creepy but well-meaning old men, the downsides to being powerful or “strong,” the book’s depiction of poverty, institutionalized bias, and writing as an act of defiance. 

What we’re reading: 

The Light Bearer by Donna Gillespie 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/479519.The_Light_Bearer 

Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam Grossman 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781982100704 

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781514640807

HausMagick: Transform Your Home with Witchcraft 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780062906151

Check out our buddies over at Books & Booze 

http://stitcher.com/podcast/books-and-booze/books-booze-2 

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In this section, we read pages 348 to 407, October 9th Waxing Moon to October 10 Waxing Moon, of The Witches of New York by Ami McKay. In this section, we explore whether there's such a thing as feminine courage, the white knight complex, street harassment, and society’s butchification of women who love other women. 

What we're reading:  

Shanghai Girls by Lisa See 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780812980530

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781555977887

Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam Grossman

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781982100704

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781514640807

Cyber Sexy: Rethinking Pornography by Richa Kaul Padte 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39809069-cyber-sexy?ac=1&from_search=true 

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Maggie and Harmony read pages 255 to 347, September 25, 1880, Third Quarter Moon to October 8, 1880 Waxing Moon, of The Witches of New York. In this episode, Maggie gets a little tipsy but is still a badass genius … and accidentally forgets her own age; we dive into the gendered nature of mediums; we explore the in-book lore surrounding witchcraft and what it means to be a witch, the importance of solidarity, consent issues, the ritualized nature of femininity, gendered selflessness, and Beatrice’s mommy issues. 

What we're reading: 

The Nix by Nathan Hill 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781101970348

Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam Grossman 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781982100704 

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Maggie and Harmony discuss from pg. 139 to pg. 252, September 18, 1880, Gibbous Waning Moon to September 25, 1880, Third Quarter Moon, of The Witches of New York. In this episode we dive deep into grief in capitalist culture, romance tropes, the importance of friendships, domestic violence, unreliable narrators, and Maggie is broken by the existential question of free will. 

If you or someone you know is dealing with domestic and dating abuse here are some resources: 

https://www.loveisrespect.org/

https://www.thehotline.org/ 

What we're reading: 

Three Women by Lisa Taddeo 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781451642292

Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam Grossman 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781982100704 

Apocalyptic Witchcraft by Peter Grey 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18680114-apocalyptic-witchcraft?ac=1&from_search=true  

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Harmony and Maggie discuss up to pg. 136, September 18th the waning moon, of The Witches of New York. We talk about the maiden archetype, Insta-love, cultural appropriation, violence against women, gay relationships in the 1800s, abortion, the use of a certain word to describe Romani people, and more.  

In this episode:  

“Eight women on abortion” by Harmony Birch 

https://link.medium.com/PqgbD44rlZ  

Amy Sherman Paladino "I’ve been helped in my career more by men than women. Always." 

https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a13957186/amy-sherman-palladino-interview-marvelous-mrs-maisel-gilmore-girls/  

What we're reading: City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780553419719  

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780812982947  

Queering the Tarot by Cassandra Snow 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781578636488 

Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781945053030  

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