Alright, we hear you. We're bringing you weekly episodes from here on! We'll be in your ears, alternating between news and main topics every week. Starting this week! Today you get to hear Kali defend Buzzfeed, libraries, the south, and Gone Girl.
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Sources:
Ten years since the iconic Cool Girl monologue: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a40079306/gone-girl-legacy/
VA lawsuit says that books with mature themes should require a parent's consent before purchase: https://www.salon.com/2022/05/20/book-ban-jumps-from-public-schools-to-private-stores-like-barnes-and-noble/
Voices from prisons, where books are tightly controlled, often for arbitrary reasons: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/book-bans-prison-cut-inmates-lifeline-world-rcna29097
A history of gender-exclusionary speculative fiction here, and a good breakdown of the current market. She also defends herself: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/may/25/sandra-newman-female-utopian-fiction
The swan song of BuzzFeed Investigations: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/05/a-battered-buzzfeed-news-forges-on
Ukraine fatigue reminding us that news is a business: https://pressgazette.co.uk/ukrainecast-bbc-podcast/
List of scifi and fantasy from trans authors (not all feature trans characters, but this is a good time to support our trans author friends): https://www.themarysue.com/science-fiction-and-fantasy-books-by-trans-authors-sff-poc/
