Christy does her best to stay chipper as she and Frankie Thomas discuss Ducky: Diary One, what the book could (and should?) have been about, second-person narration, and stereo cabinets. Content warning: this episode includes explicit language and discussion of depression, suicide, homophobia, and sexual repression.

Show Notes:

Christy is on Twitter @AdmiralChristy. The show is on Twitter @CaliDiarists.

Frankie's writing lives at https://about.me/frankiethomas.

Garrus (the cat) has an online presence, but you'll have to find him for yourself.

Sarah Wallin Wightman and Christy get very into Amalia: Diary One, examine why Amalia is their shared favorite character, and somehow forget to talk about that bizarre bracelet James bought Amalia. Content warning: this episode includes discussion of abusive relationships.

Show Notes:

Christy is on Twitter @AdmiralChristy. The show is on Twitter @CaliDiarists.

 Sarah is on Twitter @sarahbabble and Instagram @sarah_babble.

This was the Christy-written joke Sarah thought was funny: https://twitter.com/AdmiralChristy/status/46420652802056192

Phil Gonzales of Deep in Bear Country joins Christy to discuss Maggie: Diary One, teenage poetry, and terrible parents. Plus, Phil delivers a dramatic reading of "Hey, Down There."

 

Christy is on Twitter @AdmiralChristy. The show is on Twitter @CaliDiarists.

 

Phil is on Twitter @PCoryGonzales. His show is on Twitter @BStainBearcast. You can find his other podcasts here: Klickitcast with John McCoy and It's Del Toro Time with Phil's son Ollie.

Christy and Elizabeth Wendorf chat about Sunny: Book One, the on-the-nose factor of On the Road, and carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders at age 13.

 

Links/Show Notes:

 

Christy is on Twitter @AdmiralChristy.

 

Elizabeth is on Twitter @emwendorf.

 

The Toast archive is dead. Long live The Toast.

Whitney Johnson joins Christy to discuss Dawn's first Diary, when they both first realized that babies aren't always a good thing, and what 13-year-olds really sound like.

 

Links/Show Notes:

 

Christy is on Twitter @AdmiralChristy.

 

Whitney is on Twitter @EditrixW.

 

What Claudia Wore is a blog cataloguing (and sometimes updating) the BSC clotheshorse's wardrobe.

 

Ruth Barabe's Babysitters Fashion Club is no longer live, but you can read about it on The Billfold here.

 

The other sites mentioned have been lost to the sands of Internet time.

In this introductory episode, host Christy Admiraal discusses the Babysitters Club spinoff series that inspired this podcast and what to expect from future episodes.