The Worst Thing We Read This Week

SEQUEL: Welcome back listeners! What shenanigans have Gay Damien, Zoey, and her three boyfriends gotten up to now? Spoiler alert- it involves nuns, sexy murders, and Savanah’s fourth least favorite thing: birdophilia. Tune in for some truly wild mythology and some truly creepy monsters.

TW: Referenced sexual assault, violent death scenes

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Book rec: The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas. Non-book rec: The Life and Death of Marsha P. Johnson (Netflix doc) or the latest season of Queer Eye.

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SEQUEL: Hello fellow clowns, we’re finishing off the Caraval series with some wild reveals that will make us question everything we thought we knew. This week, Kaitlyn reveals her knowledge of sexy French words, Savanah shares some really uncomfortable Science, and we discuss the cons of sentient clothing.

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Book rec: Witches of Ash and Ruin, E. Latimer. Non-book rec: Whatever shit’s been going down with the Call Her Daddy podcast. Go catch up.

(CUT- 30:51) HEY YOU- yes you, lovely listener. Hello. This episode is a bit different. We still have a lot of fun: James Patterson is a ghost in a skin suit, Savanah really wants to wear a brown suit and sit on a fancy stool, and Kaitlyn tries to take Cursed Child out of the Void. But reading this book led to a Big Discussion AND some important announcements. We do go into some detail about abusive relationships and sexual assault scenes portrayed in the beginning of this book, so if you’d prefer to instead hear some lovely book recs this week, skip to the cut time posted above! Take care of yourselves, y’all!  

TW: Mentions of sexual assault, domestic violence, abusive relationships, and body shaming. 

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Book recs: Shout, Laurie Halse Anderson; Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town, John Krakauer; A Girl Made of Stars, Ashley Herring Blake; Shrill, Lindy West.

Hello friends, it’s the super special BONUS quarantine episode! The world is on fire, so we could all use some extra Harry Potter. This is the dumping ground for everything we didn’t have time to cover in the main episode, so tune in for Snape/Dumbledore discourse, nostalgic murder, and a lot of suspicious hugging.

TW: Death.

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This week, Kaitlyn recommends the book I’m Thinking of Ending Things, and Savanah recommends The Penumbra Podcast (http://www.thepenumbrapodcast.com/).

Okay, so we’re cheating a bit and this one’s actually a screenplay. If you haven’t read the first seven Harry Potter books, what are you doing with your life?!? (Just kidding, we don’t judge. We do however discuss spoilers from the main series, so be warned.) Also on the table: Albus is Really Bad at making plans, Cedric is a balloon that just wants to fly, and all your favorite characters are one straw away from becoming a Death Eater. Were you wondering about the Trolley Witch? What about Voldemort’s dick? Neither were we, listeners. Neither were we. 

TW: Death, mild violence. 

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Book rec: Kaitlyn recommends all the Harry Potter books (but not this one). Movie (and book) rec: Cloud Atlas.

SEQUEL: Well folks, it’s the end of an era. Savanah is now a person who has read the entire Twilight series, and Kaitlyn is a person who can’t remember basic High School Musical lyrics. Join us for the creepy and decidedly un-sexy conclusion to Bella “Danger” Swan and Edward “Melodramatic” Cullen’s love story. If you thought the time-space continuum was twisted before, you ain't seen nothing yet. 

TW: Violence, death, references to abortion. 

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Book rec: The Cruel Prince series, Holly Black. TV Series rec: Feel Good, Netflix.

SEQUEL: Welcome to the third installment of Shatter Me: originally the finale, but it was too lame so now there’s a fourth book on the way. We’ve got some Grey’s Anatomy level soap opera going on. Will Adam and Warner find out that they’re brothers? Was Warner really a Nice Guy all along? Why does Tahereh Mafi hate Adam so much all of a sudden? Maybe the real bird was the psychopath we fell in love with along the way. 

TW: Child abuse, suicidal thoughts, mental illness, violence. 

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Book rec (and movie rec): Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List, David Levithan.

SEQUEL: There might be a lack of toilet paper, but luckily we will never run out of bad vampire books to distract us from the pending apocalypse. This week ominous Christmas cards are delivered, Kaitlyn ruins the children’s cartoon Spirit, and Damien gays around gayly with his boyfriend (who is a boy). Also, Kaitlyn really, really, really wants everyone to know that she’s in self-quarantine. 

TW: Teacher/student relationship, violence, classism, implied homophobia, religious extremism. 

On a more serious note, we hope you’re all safe and well. The link below will take you to Kaitlyn’s non-book rec this week, This Podcast Will Kill You, a podcast on diseases with a useful episode about COVID-19. If you’d prefer fantasy, cars, and magic, the second link will take you to the website of one of Savanah’s favorite authors.  https://open.spotify.com/show/7cujpkzRygYyLylnv5SVFu https://maggiestiefvater.com/ 

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