What do Iowa tourism slogans, college mascots, Mel Gibson movie corrections, Miami Dolphins draft options, and institutionalized racism all have in common? Probably more than you think but mainly they're all things we end up somehow talking about in the course of our episode on Sandra Cisnero's contemporary YA classic, The House on Mango Street. Hey, at least we managed not to talk about Pitbull for once.

76: The House on Mascot Street

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Megan and RJ are back (again)! And they swear it's really them and not a couple of criminal deviant androids. For real, they pinky-promise and everything. Join us for Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and discover the shame of electric pet ownership, the power of robo-snatch, and fun existential pranks to play on your friends. Join the Discord for a Different Podcast: https://discord.gg/aCwvMjxNSf Get Some Merch: https://ohnolitclass.threadless.com/ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OhNoLitClass

99: RJ Fails the Voight-Kampff Test

Um, hey, how's it going? Megan and RJ return from the void to bring you Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, a poem from Arthurian legend full of fun and games, including "Decapitation with Friends," "I'll Hunt and You Kiss," and "Please Have Sex with Me While My Husband is Gone." Megan gets accused of Horse Essentialism, RJ gets in touch with his inner Muppet, and Sir Gawain jizzes on a belt. Like, a lot. Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/aCwvMjxNSf Get Some Merch: https://ohnolitclass.threadless.com/ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OhNoLitClass

98: It's Not Easy Being the Green Knight

It's one fish, two fish, red fish, racism fish as we dive into the dark underbelly of Dr. Seuss (no, seriously). Learn which of his whimsical rhymes Have Not Aged Well and about his takes on Japanese internment camps, which were just always bad. Also: Sneetch Taint, Ted Cruz Fails to Understand Books for Babies, and why every Dr. Seuss book is better if you scream it in the voice of the guy from There Will Be Blood. I BIGGER YOUR MILKSHAKE, LORAX! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OhNoLitClass Get Some Merch: https://ohnolitclass.threadless.com/

97: How the Grinch Got Cancelled

We're blaming Rent: The Musical for mispronouncing Maya Angelou's last name all these years because we can. And because it's just another reason to hate Rent. We're also reading her poetry. That too. Join us and discover Angelou's cable-car aspirations, learn how to dance like you've got diamonds in your pants, endure Bad Takes from old white dude poetry critics, and RJ Goes On A Questionable Tangent About Barack Obama. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OhNoLitClass Get Some Merch: https://ohnolitclass.threadless.com/

96: Rent Owes Maya Angelou an Apology (and So Do We)

Happy 4th birthday to us! What did we get ourselves to celebrate? Ah, nothing much, just the epic tale of two pedantic idiots fighting over possession of The Last Brain Cell as they make their dramatic journey to Hell and back (which happens to involve a massive, hemisphere-shaking ween). ...We're talking about Dante and Virgil. Not Megan and RJ. In case that wasn't clear. We DID buy ourselves one of God's Unlimited Pasta Passes though.   Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OhNoLitClass Get Some Merch: https://ohnolitclass.threadless.com/

76: The House on Mascot Street

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