On today's episode we're talking about Harry Potter, the unbearable TERFness of JK Rowling, and the power of fanfic to reclaim and transform problematic canons: We're doing a deep-dive on the fanfic "Transfigurations" by Resonant!
What We’re Into Lately
Greenlight by Benjamin Stevenson
The Letdown TV series
Pink Slip by Katrina Jackson
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
What married people do by Shamelesscooper, a Scum Villain/Untamed crossover fanfic
The Black Calhouns by Gail Lumet Buckley
The 1619 Project
TorCon 2020 panel: A Whole Universe in Pages — Worldbuilding for SFF
The Devil In America by Kai Ashante Wilson
Watchmen miniseries on HBO
Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi
"White Bears in Sugar Land: Juneteenth, Cages, and Afrofuturism" essay by Tochi Onyebuchi
"I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream: The Duty of the Black Writer During Times of American Unrest" essay by Tochi Onyebuchi
Queer Eye
Good Omens
Other Things We Mentioned
Juneteenth
Black Lives Matter
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson
The Stabby Queer Ladies Anthology, Silk & Steel
Kerin Cunningham’s Kickstarter
My Chemical Romance
The Unbearable TERFness of J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Witchmark by C. L. Polk
Lumos by birdsofshore
The Untamed
Star Trek
In Flanders Fields, by John McCrae
Eclipse by Mijan
A Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell
Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat
Alexander the Great’s sex life
tissue of silver by fearlessdiva
Maya’s Harry Potter fics
For Next Time
Mating the Huntress by Talia Hibbert
Transcription
The transcript for this episode is available here. Thank you to our amazing team of scribes, as always!!
Episode 81: An Apology, and a Collection of Recs
Episode 80: Extravaganza
Episode 79: These Newfangled Toys
Episode 78: Baby, Remember My Name
Episode 77: Sneks Bless Us, Everyone!
Episode 76: Structure?? I Don't Even Know 'Er!
Episode 75: Bread and Roses
Episode 74: Darling, It's Better Down Where It's Wetter
Episode 73: Game, Set, and Match
Episode 72: Fangs for the Memories
Episode 71: Back To School (feat. Naomi Novik)
Episode 70: Extravaganza
Episode 69: Nice Nice Nice
Episode 68: Who Wants to Live Forever?
Episode 67: Toss a Coin to Your Serpents
Episode 66: You Break It, You Bond It
Episode 64: The Art of War
Episode 63: Hugo Award Slate Review -- Best Novels of 2019
Episode 62: Overwhelming Ancestral Nostalgia
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