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!!
Episode 22: Out of Cheese, Error, Redo from Start
Episode 21: Believing the Little Lies
Episode 20: Extravaganza
Episode 19: You and Me and Our Boyfriend Makes Three
Episode 18: Heist, Heist, Baby
Episode 17: A Bump in the Night (The Sexy Kind)
Episode 16: A Bump in the Night, and Not the Sexy Kind
Episode 15: My (Psychic, Firebreathing) Little Pony
Episode 14: Once Upon a Something
Episode 13: Machiavellian Overthinkers
Episode 12: Yes, It Goes On and On, My Friends
Episode 11: It's All About the Money, Money, Money
Episode 10: Extravaganza
Episode 9: Like Rome, But With Lasers
Episode 8: Once More, With Feelings!
Episode 7: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells the Story
Episode 6: Cross Your Stars and Hope to Bi
Episode 5: O Captain, My Captain
Episode 4: The Bastard's Lying to You!
Episode 3: Apocalypse Sometime, Maybe Next Tuesday
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