Wondermine

On our final episode of Season 3, Elizabeth and Larissa discuss the ideas of plenty and enough--how do we know we've had enough? What does plenty feel like?

Mentioned on this episode:

Ripe Time Substack

Thistlefoot by Gennarose Nethercott

Louis Penny

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingslover

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

https://virginiasolesmith.substack.com/p/jeans-science-part-1

www.buynothingproject.org

Tressie McMillan Cottom

Mia Birdsong

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On this episode, Larissa and Elizabeth break down the idea of "big community": not your friend group, but primarily place-based communities like your hometown, neighborhood, office, etc.

Mentioned on this episode:

The Part That Burns by Jeannine Ouellette
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Aviv
Families We Choose: Lesbians, Gays, Kinship by Kath Weston
The Durham HEART program

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Swiping a title from adrienne maree and Autumn Brown, we're talking about what goes into loving our friends, and why it's so important to do so.

Mentioned in this episode:
Praise by Sara Cate

And Yet by Kate Baer

Billy Collins https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/billy-collins

Mary Oliver https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-oliver

Maggie Nelson https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/maggie-nelson

https://www.endoftheworldshow.org/ 

The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi

We also talked about Phoebe’s Snack Service and Vimala’s Curryblossom Café, for you Durham-area folks who love food.

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Elizabeth and Larissa discuss how interpersonal trauma affects the way that we're able to show up for and be present in community.

Referred to in the show:
Robin Coste Lewis, Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems

Elizabeth reads the poem “The Mothers," which you can read here:  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/58757/the-mothers

Alexis Hall, A Lady for a Duke

Dr. Marisa G Franco, Platonic

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Elizabeth and Larissa break down the definitions of "community" that they're using. Community includes more people than you might think!

Mentioned on this episode:

Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon by Kate Andersen Brower

"You Just Need to Lose Weight": And 19 Other Myths about Fat People by Aubrey Gordon

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides by Geoffrey L Cohen

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We're kicking off Season Three of Wondermine with a quick review of what we've discussed over the previous two seasons. Then we introduce the Season 3 theme. Hint:  When we feel safe, we're able to move our perspective beyond ourselves to include a wider community.

Mentioned on the show:

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Don’t Cry for Me by Daniel Black

Alienated America by Timothy P. Carney

https://www.maintenancephase.com/ - workplace wellness episode

Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey

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Elizabeth and Larissa sum up this season's themes and leave us with some ideas about how to keep going, even when things seem hopeless.

Show notes (book links are affiliate links to Bookshop):

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner 

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Hollow City by Ransom Riggs (Peregrine, book 2) 

Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs (book 3)

A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs (book 4) 

The Conference of the Birds by Ransom Riggs (book 5) 

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On this episode, Elizabeth & Larissa talk about ambition--why we don't talk about it, and why maybe we should. Please note: This episode was recorded prior to the Supreme Court's decision to strike down Roe v. Wade, so if it sounds out of date, it is!

Show notes:
The Swimmers Julie Otsuka 

The Buddha in the AtticJulie Otsuka

Ann-Marie Slaughter “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” 

Larissa’s 2012 response to the Slaughter piece: https://mixed-metaphor.blogspot.com/2012/07/having-it-all.html

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez - House website 

Lizzo

Lean In

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Elizabeth and Larissa tackle self-care: what it is, what it isn't, and how to make it more doable and accessible.

Robert Kolker, Hidden Valley Road

Melissa Bashardoust, Girl, Serpent, Thorn

Audre Lorde’s self care quote is from A Burst of Light

Tamela Gordon’s Instagram post about how self-care needs to be accessible

Maintenance Phase Michael Pollan episode

NATO Cafeteria SNL skit

Robert Jones, Jr. on Substack

Noreena Hertz, The Lonely Century

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Quick note: the audio on this episode is a bit spotty (thanks, Zoom!). Check out the transcript if it's too hard to listen!

On this episode, Elizabeth and Larissa discuss "female troubles"--the things we don't talk about when we talk about having a uterus.

Mentioned in this episode:
Margo Jefferson, Deconstructing a Nervous System

From Blood and Ash, Jennifer L. Armentrout

Turning Red (also check out the excellent bts piece, Embrace the Panda)

Are You There God, it's me, Margaret, Judy Blume

anything Beverly Cleary 

Redstart Foods 

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