Kris and Tara are back from the annual GCLS conference. They're energized, motivated, and… suffering from Covid, in Kris's case. They talk all about their experiences at the best sleepaway camp for sapphic fiction fans before getting deep into those recommendations.

Official Recommendations

From Kris: The Man with 1000 Kids (Netflix)

This week, Kris recommends The Man with 1000 Kids, a limited documentary series that tells the real-life story of a Dutch scammer, accused of traveling the world and deceiving mothers into having his babies on a mass scale. Kris came into this series "completely naive" on the fertility industry and found the scale of the man's crimes and the laws around it horrible, but in a way that also made it a compelling watch.

From Tara: Loser of the Year by Carrie Byrd

This week, Tara recommends Carrie Byrd's debut novel Loser of the Year. Mattie is a Jewish lesbian working at a Catholic school with a morality clause in its contract, which she didn't notice when she took the job. Shouldn't be a problem except for the soccer coach, Jillian, who starts as an enemy and over time becomes (you guessed it) a lover. Tara loved this one and thinks you will too.

Works/People Discussed

• The Perfect Match (Netflix)
• Sapphic World Book Club
• Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024)
• Dimension 20 (Dropout TV)
• Hot Summer by Elle Everhart, narrated by Marisa Calin
• A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence by Jess Everlee
• The Black Bird of Chernobyl by Ann McMan

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