On this week's episode we’re discussing classics rewritten by women! The tentpoles are Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott, The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo, and Beowulf, translated by Maria Dahvana Headley.
What We’re Into Lately
Subtle Blood by KJ Charles
For the Wolf by Hannah F. Whitten
Luca
“Choosing” by Susan Taitel
The Imaginary Corpse by Tyler Hayes
Victoria Goddard’s books:
Tales of the Nine Worlds series
Greenwing & Dart series
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Will Darling Adventures by KJ Charles
Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare
The Good Place (see Janet with a cactus behind her back)
Moana
Carmina Burana (text)
Carmina Burana (cantata by Orff)
Hamilton
“Saltwashed” by Jennifer Mace
The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Empresses in the Palace
The Heroine's Journey by Gail Carriger
Rule 63 of the internet
Persona 5 videogame
Peter Darling by Austin Chant
Peter Pan by JM Barrie
Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
E. Jade Lomax’s fanfic reinterpretations of The Susan Problem
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
Genderswap in fanfiction
Mad Max: Fury Road
Atomic Blonde
For Next Time
Wicked the musical
Content Warnings
Domestic abuse in The Chosen and the Beautiful
Warfare and gore in Beowulf and Unconquerable Sun
Discussion of trans and nonbinary erasure
Transcription
The transcript for this episode can be found here. Huge thanks to our amazing team of scribes!!
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Episode 41: The Democratic Republic of Serpents
Episode 40: Extravaganza
Episode 39: The Serpents' School of Witchcraft and Wizzzardry
Episode 38: A Hugo Award Special -- The Novels of 2018
Episode 37: Emotions Are Hard, Let's Do Murder!
Episode 36: There's No Place Like Home
Episode 35: Well, Canaveral, I Don't Think We're in Kansas Anymore
Episode 34: Misethere
Episode 33: Turn In Your Badge and Gun!
Episode 32: Save the McGuffin, Save the World
Episode 31: A Podcast of Three Cities
Episode 30: Extravaganza
Episode 29: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Bi
Episode 28: Genderpalooza
Episode 27: I'm Not a Lady, I'm a Witch!
Episode 26: Alien Fucking, or Where There's a Will, There's A Way
Episode 25: Kill Your Darlings
Episode 24: The Room Where It Happens
Episode 23: Drastically Redefining Protocol
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