On this week's episode we're discussing the use of fashion and clothing in works of deep literary merit! The tentpoles are Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal, the 2015 film Cinderella, and the graphic novel The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang.
A piece of news!! Macey is running a kickstarter for SILK AND STEEL, an amazing fantasy anthology of queer women! Come getchur sword lesbians!
Duchess by Design by Maya Rodale
Spellbound by Allie Therin
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens by Jack Weatherford
The whistleblower complaint, annotated by CNN
How to Belong with a Billionaire by Alexis Hall
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Magpie Lord by KJ Charles
The Fifth Element (1997)
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Contouring 101 by Sailor J
The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
Into the Woods (2014)
Hustlers (2019)
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Goblin Emperor by Kathrine Addison
The Magnificent Century (2011-2014)
Empresses in the Palace (2015)
Ghostbusters (2016)
The transcript of this episode is available here. Thank you, delicious scribes!!!