Jessica tells Christine how Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe came to be the most banned book in the US, in part one of a two-part series.

"The Beautiful and Banned" is produced by Jessica Goudeau and Christine Renee Miller. Follow us on social media: @beautifulandbannedpod, @christinereneemiller, and @jessica_goudeau.

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Our co-producer, Rob Heath, wrote and performed our theme music. Kalin Siegwald designed our logo. Jackson Rodriguez is the amazing assistant to the podcast. This is A Sisters By Different Misters Production.

Tune in next week for the second half of our discussion about Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe! 

Links to episode 3 quotations and further reading:

• Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
• Further reading on the Comstock Act
• The Nov. 1, 1970 New York Times review of The Bluest Eye by Haskel Frankel
• Miller v. California, January 18, 1972, and the definition for "legal obscenity"
• Further reading about Spivak pronouns (and a great resource for trans and nonbinary teens about other types of pronouns)
• Further reading about Waldorf schools
• 2022 Publishers Weekly article about Oni-Lion Forge Publishing
• "How a Debut Graphic Memoir Became the Most Banned Book in the Country," New York Times, by Alexandra Alter, June 22, 2023

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Christine tells Jessica about the history and reception of Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye--still one of the most banned books in the US--in a surprisingly emotional conversation.

"The Beautiful and Banned" is produced by Jessica Goudeau and Christine Renee Miller. Follow us on social media: @beautifulandbannedpod, @christinereneemiller, and @jessica_goudeau.

You can find out how to support us at our Patreon link. If you’d like to advertise with us, visit the "Contact Us" page on our website. If you liked our show, please rate and subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or anywhere you listen to podcasts. The best way to support a new podcast is to share it with your friends!

Our co-producer, Rob Heath, wrote and performed our theme music. Kalin Siegwald designed our logo. This is A Sisters By Different Misters Production.

Tune in next week when we discuss Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe! 

Links to episode 2 quotations and further reading:

• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• The Nov. 1, 1970 New York Times review of The Bluest Eye by Haskel Frankel 
• The federal lawsuit filed by Penguin Random House against Escambia County, FL 
• Toni Morrison on language – Toni Morrison’s full Nobel Prize for Literature speech
• More about the first Black doll company in the United States and the history of Shindana Toys and Black dolls

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Jessica explains to Christine about F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and Damned--a book that was not only banned, it gives a fascinating critique of censorship in the 1920s (plus it's where we got the name of our podcast!).

"The Beautiful and Banned" is produced by Jessica Goudeau and Christine Renee Miller. Follow us on social media: @beautifulandbannedpod, @christinereneemiller, and @jessica_goudeau.

Our co-producer, Rob Heath, wrote and performed our theme music. Kalin Siegwald designed our logo.

Special thanks this episode to Mackenzie Brady Watson, Ruthie Ackerman, Caren George, Mandy Pennington, and Wilkes University.

If you liked our show, please rate and subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or anywhere you listen to podcasts. The best way to support a new podcast is to share it with your friends!

You can also find out how to support us at our Patreon link. If you’d like to advertise with us, visit the "Contact Us" page on our website.

Tune in next week when we discuss The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison! This is A Sisters By Different Misters Production. 

Links to episode 1 quotations and further reading: 

• The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• PEN America poll about the rise of book bans in 2022-2023
• NPR/Ipsos poll about public thinking on book banning
• Further reading on Anthony Comstock
• Further reading on the Comstock Act
• Further reading on Jim Crow Laws
• Scholarly quotation from Tanfer Emin Tunc, "This Side of Sexuality: Reproductive Discourse in the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald." The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review, vol. 13, 2015, p. 184-201. Project MUSE, muse.jhu.edu/article/604457.
• Special thanks to Beth Widmaier Capo, Matthew Broccoli, Linda C Pelzer, and many others, particularly in the F. Scott Fitzgerald Review, whose scholarship informed our thinking in this episode.

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Trailer for "The Beautiful and Banned," a weekly podcast diving into banned books, plays, and films now and throughout history with Christine Renee Miller and Jessica Goudeau. Find out more at beautifulandbannedpod.com. Subscribe now so you don't miss an episode! 

Episode 1 is coming Tuesday, 2.27.2024.

We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text to suggest books, plays, films, or guests, or just share your thoughts!