Join Carter, Erica, and special guest Brayden Stallman (Return to Camp Half-Blood) as they discuss Piper McLean’s journey through The Lost Hero, femininity, #internalizedmisogyny, and what it really means to be a child of Aphrodite.

Towards the end of this episode, we begin to ask questions about the kind of representation Piper brings into the Riordanverse. As Carter mentions, we are by no means a “qualified panel” to be discussing this, but we felt it was important to at least begin the conversation. 

Read more about Rick's process writing Piper here: https://rickriordan.com/2020/07/feathers-why-feathers/

Learn more about Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse and other Riordan Presents novels: https://www.readriordan.com/book/race-to-the-sun/

And as always, we recommend the All My Relations podcast to learn more about indigenous representation: https://www.allmyrelationspodcast.com/

We reference Rick’s real life love story in this episode a couple of times. In case you’d like to read about #BeckyAndRick: https://rickriordan.com/2017/05/a-mothers-day-appreciation/

Some more stuffs on Drew Tanaka and The Mean Girl (we don’t necessarily agree with all of this):

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/unintelligent-asians-representation-smart-for-television

https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/the-death-of-the-mean-girl

Representations of Aphrodite throughout world history:

https://www.ancient.eu/Aphrodite/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIUq0pfAskU

You can also check out Brayden’s podcast at https://returntocamp.com/

Okay, that should be all for now. Thanks for listening :)