On this episode of Be the Serpent, we're talking about gender, relationships, and the worldbuilding thereof! The tentpoles this week are a selection of Steven Universe episodes, The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang, and “An Ever Fixed Mark” by imperfectcircle.
What We’ve Been Reading
Heroine Complex series by Sarah Kuhn
A Perfect Spy by John le Carre
Empresses in the Palace
Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World
Nirvana in Fire
Le Guin short stories
The Royal Tailor
The Grand Heist
Thugs of Hindostan
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Mad Max: Fury Road
“The Answer” (the episode of Steven Universe with Garnet’s origin story)
“Now We’re Only Falling Apart” (the episode where Garnet unfuses)
“Jail Break” (the episode with Lapis Lazuli/Jasper fusion)
The Tensorate series by J.Y. Yang
“An Ever Fixed Mark” by imperfectcircle
Merlin
“A Fisherman of the Inland Sea” by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
City of Lies by Sam Hawke
Homestuck by Andrew Hussie
Baahubali
Magic Mike XXL
The Harwood Spellbook series by Stephanie Burgis
The Underwater Ballroom Society edited by Stephanie Burgis
Hark! A Vagrant comics by Kate Beaton
Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey
Temeraire series by Naomi Novik
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Ancillary Justice by Anne Leckie
For Next Time
Ulysses by girlbookwrm
Transcription:
The transcript for this episode can be found here! Thank you to our darling scribes, Sara, Neharika, Kelly, and Millie!!
Episode 101: Jumping the Shark
Episode 100: Superstravaganza
Episode 99: Detective Boyfriends
Episode 98: [SPOOKY NOISES]
Episode 97: A Symphony of Serpents
Episode 96: Changing Places
Episode 95: The Jasmine Throne
Episode 94: Into the Woods
Episode 93: The Glamorous Authorial Life
Episode 92: Podcasting: The Musical!
Episode 91: Anything You Can Do, We Can Do Better
Episode 90: Extravaganza
Episode 89: A Particularly Heartless Wizard
Episode 88: Singing a Song of Angry Men
Episode 87: Let the Games Begin!
Episode 86: 9 to 5 (What a Way to Make a Living)
Episode 85: Girl Meets House
Episode 84: Not With a Bang...
Episode 83: Space Sweepers!
Epsode 82: On Wednesdays, We Wear Pink
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The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame