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The Story of WritingStory of Writing May 26, 2025The US House Un-American Activities Committee holds its first meeting and the birthday club includes Miles Davis, Jack Kevorkian, Levon Helm, Stevie Nicks, Alan Hollinghurst, Lauryn Hill, and Raina Telgemeier - with a reading from Hollinghurst's "The Line of Beauty."2025-05-2603 minThe Story of WritingStory of Writing May 26, 2024The House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities holds its first session, and the birthday club includes Miles Davis, Levon Helm, Stevie Nicks, Lauryn Hill, and Raina Telgemeier. Today's reading is from Ludmilla Petrushevskaya's "Immortal Love."2024-05-2603 min
Defend Your ShipEpisode 26: I Can't Believe I Got Wrecked by The SimpsonsRaina & Stevie welcome Viktor Devonne for some much needed education on The Simpsons. Specifically, Marge & Homer and #relationshipgoals. The Simpsons: They're Just People!
Questions, comments, concerns? Hit us up on Twitter @defendyourship, or email us at defendyourship@gmail.com.2021-02-101h 22Defend Your ShipEpisode 25: The Lord of the Rings Roundtable (Part 2)Ringing in 2021 the same way we ended last year - getting real about Lord of the Rings. This time we're talking about hobbits: how much we love them, and how disappointing the movies were. Featuring Caitlin with an army of quotes, and Betty Brash, who really really really loves hobbits.
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2021-01-131h 09Defend Your ShipEpisode 24: The Lord of the Rings Roundtable (Part 1)At the close of the year, we gathered our friends (from a distance) to discuss my favorite thing in the world - The Lord of the Rings. Because we know everyone always could stand to hear more about The Lord of the Rings. With us are Caitlin and Betty Brash to discuss linguistics, hobbits, and simping for Sauron.
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Content Warnings: Discussions of polyamory at varying levels of health and success.
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And don't forget to venmo Maggie @lastchancedancer!2020-12-1659 minDefend Your ShipEpisode 22: Godzilla Makes a MessThis week we welcome Henry from the wonderful podcast It Came From a Monster Movie to teach us all about the Godzilla fandom and its woes.
Content Warning: Discussion of racism and colourism in fandom. The hosts and guest on this episode are white.
Questions, comments, concerns? Hit us up on Twitter @defendyourship, or email us at defendyourship@gmail.com. 2020-12-0200 minDefend Your ShipEpisode 21: Into the Spider-Hole with America OnlineGet ready for a live reading of a brand new fanfiction! You'll never guess who it's about. I'll tell you: Spiderman, and J. Jonah Jameson. They're kissing, just get over it. Featuring America Online as our treasured guest.
Content Warning: A live reading of an erotic fanfiction, misuse of web, minor discussion of age gap relationship in fandom.
Want to rant to us about your favorite ship? Follow us on Twitter @defendyourship, or email us at defendyourship@gmail.com.2020-11-1800 minDefend Your ShipEpisode 20: So Mature.... Oh, god (The Paradise Kiss Story)Welcome to Season 2! Just in time to sooth your wrinkled brain from the doldrums of election night. Stevie & Raina welcome back Maggie McMuffin to discuss Paradise Kiss in all its haute couture teen glory. What's it like to revisit your favorite teen manga as a Grown Up (TM)? You're about to find out.
Content Warnings: Discussion of rape and sexual assault. Also discussions of misguided teenage expectations for romance.
Want to rant to us about your favorite ship? Reach out on Twitter @defendyourship, or email us at defendyourship@gmail.com.2020-11-0400 minDefend Your ShipWrapping up Season 1!A quick announcement from Raina & Stevie. We will be taking a season break, and hopefully see you again soon. Keep getting wrecked in a good way!2020-04-2902 minDefend Your ShipEpisode 19 : A Little More Beard, Please (Mass Effect)Welcome to our final episode of Season 1! Today we have the fantastic DJ Stormageddon discussing everything he loves about Mass Effect and gaming fandom. Specifically, Kaidan Alenko and Commander Shepherd. Bonus topics include: video game modding as fandom, and how much we love beards.
Content Warnings: Discussion of gender in Mass Effect and Mass Effect fandom, which often relies on male/female as differentiators.
Have any ideas for what you'd like to hear in our next season? Would you like to be a guest and share your ship? Reach out to us on...2020-04-2956 minDefend Your ShipEpisode 18: Gainax EndingThis week Raina and Stevie talk through their favorite iconic animes, courtesy of Gainax and Studio Trigger (complete with Gainax ending).
Follow us on Twitter @defendyourship or email us at defendyourship@gmail.com!2020-04-0147 minDefend Your ShipEpisode 17: Danganronpa for DummiesRaina explains the Danganronpa series to Stevie, who learned what Junko posing was this past week. One entire hour of Danganronpa, because this quarantine is doing strange things to all of us!
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Let us know what other topics and fandoms you'd like to hear about!2020-03-2657 minDefend Your ShipEpisode 16: Quarantine Watch ListRaina & Stevie's recommendations for what to watch while you're on quarantine. Stay healthy out there, friends! Bonus: Raina recaps the last two Steven Universe episodes.
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2020-03-1949 minDefend Your ShipEpisode 15: Clitoris B. Toklas on Books & the BBCCliortis B. Toklas brings us a trio of fandoms! We talk Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, and Call the Midwife (plus one long tangent about Dollywood) for our longest episode yet.
Content Warnings: Middle-aged white lady fandom, gently ragging on Laurie, and a reaaally long intro.
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Email defendyourship@gmail.com2020-03-111h 24Defend Your ShipEpisode 14: Riverdale vs. GreendaleWhich is better: Riverdale, or The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina? Neither. They're both trash, and that's why we love them. In this episode, Raina represents Sabrina, and Stevie enthusiastically trash talks Riverdale.
Content Warnings: Spoilers for The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Season 3. No hard spoilers for Riverdale, but there is discussion of events from early in Season 4.
Other warnings: Raina eats a wonton, Stevie's cats thunder up and down their cat tree, and Stevie hijacks the show to plug their new fandom.
"Hey what IS that pyramid scheme Stevie wouldn't...2020-02-261h 00Defend Your ShipEpisode 13: Cherik's Groovy MutationsToday we present Johnny Caligula on the greatest divorce story of all time: Professor X & Magneto, of The X-Men. They're playing chess, they're raising kids (kind off), they're ....madly in love. It's basically canon.
Content Warnings for: Not much! Except... Shrek-like Scottish accents. Apologies.
If you have any feelings about Cherik, (or "Profneto") find us on Twitter @defendyourship, or email us at defendyourship@gmail.com!2020-02-1953 minDefend Your ShipEpisode 12: Millennial Fandom and the Imploding InternetRaina and Stevie talk through the ups and downs of Millennials in Fandom, from the days of geocities, to AO3, to FOSTA/SESTA. Tl;dr, the kids are alright.
Thoughts about Millennials? Thoughts about Fandom? Find us on Twitter @defendyourship, or email us at defendyourship@gmail.com. 2020-02-1355 minDefend Your ShipEpisode 11 - Harley/Ivy: Rob a Bank, Buy a HouseWe brought back Maggie McMuffin for another round! This time we're talking femslash. Specifically, Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy, and all our queer fantasies for them.
Do you have some feelings about Harley Quinn? Find us on Instagram @defendyourship, or email us at defendyourship@gmail.com. Follow Maggie McMuffin on Instagram @MaggieMcMuff!
Content warnings: discussion of abuse and trauma in real life and fanficion. Light encouragement of criminal behavior (like robbing banks to pay your mortgage). Discussion of homophobia as it impacts women and femslash. 2020-01-2935 minDefend Your ShipEpisode 10: Fanspace vs. MeatspaceGet ready for a rambling conversation about all the wild tropes and topics that make us love fandom (and make real life media look super boring by comparison). Featuring discussion of polyamory, sexwork, BDSM, romance as psychological horror, and taking care of each other while exploring the dark weird stuff.
Additional topics include an 8-minute recap of the last Twilight movie (29:54 to 37:02), and an in-depth discussion of A/B/O, and its significance as a fandom trope that has developed a canon of its own (from 46:20 on). Plus, stay-tuned after the regular content as we...2020-01-221h 00Defend Your ShipEpisode 9: Can you sum up Homestuck? No.Would you believe that Homestuck was an innovative frontier for new storytelling and language? Well, we're defending it anyway. Or rather, Betty Brash is.
Content Warnings: Can't think of any! This is a fairly tame episode, aside from the fact that it's Homestuck we're discussing.
Want to tell us how nuts we are for talking about Homestuck in 2020? Tweet as us @defendyourship, or send us an email - defendyourship@gmail.com.
And don't forget Betty Brash and Mx Macabre's Homestuck Burlesque show! March 13th, at the Nest in Brooklyn.
2020-01-1550 minDefend Your ShipEpisode 8: Ladies and "Gentlemen," it's Killing EveHappy New Year! For our first instalment of 2020, we're bringing you murder, desire, obsession - but this time with femslash (well, technically it's canon). Our guest Shannon presents: Killing Eve.
Content Warnings: Murder, serial killers, gaslighting, obsession, stabbings and shootings, and spoilers for Killing Eve,
Have anything to add or share? Any fanfiction recs for Emily? Reach us on Twitter @defendyourship and by email at defenyourship@gmail.com.2020-01-0848 minDefend Your ShipEpisode 7: Cannibals for Christmas! (Hannigram)We're talking about cannibals for Christmas! This week Emily brings us Hannigram, and it's beautiful.
Content warnings: Cannibalism, serial killers, murder, gore, dubcon, gaslighting, and other spoilers for Hannibal.
Thoughts on Hannibal and Will? Have anything to add or share? Any fanfiction recs for Emily? Reach us on Twitter @defendyourship and by email at defenyourship@gmail.com.
Media referenced in this episode: Reapersun's coffee shop comic.
Merry Crisis!2019-12-251h 03Defend Your ShipEpisode 6: The Captain America Hanukkah SpecialHappy Hanukkah! In this special episode, Raina requested a conversation about patriotism, fandom, and Captain America's Jewish roots. Stevie and Raina discuss the difficult nature of a character who embodies America,, the importance of Captain America in a Jewish context, and what to do with cognitive dissonance between fanon and canon.
Content warnings for: Mention of explicit fanfiction, including anal play and gangbangs. Both are mentioned pretty briefly, although Stevie perhaps goes on a bit too long about tossing salads. Sorry about that
Any feedback about the episode? Thoughts, comments, concerns? We know you've got...2019-12-2246 minDefend Your ShipEpisode 5: Kalliope on Kirk/Spock (Gay Space Communists)It's gay, it's in space, it's Kirk/Spock. The guys who put the "slash" in slash fanfiction. Welcome to Defend Your Ship! Kalliope and Stevie freak out about Kirk and Spock, and Raina is extremely patient.
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Content Warnings: Discussion of on-screen misogyny and sexism
References:
The Ship's Closet on Youtube
2019-12-1839 minDefend Your ShipEpisode 4: Harley/Joker: So You Want to Try This at Home?Welcome our first guest - Maggie McMuffin! Sex worker, performer, and writer extraordinaire. Get wrecked over the many iterations of known "superpowered whackadoos" Harley Quinn & The Joker.
Content Warnings: This episode features in-depth discussion of "darkfic" and kink. The episode focuses on consensual enjoyment of kink and fandom, though the fan content itself may be involve dubious consent between the characters. We also discuss experiences as underage people participating in fandom. Specific topics include (but are not limited to):
Discussion of dubcon and noncon themes in fanfiction
Discussion of physical and emotional abuse of...2019-12-1140 minDefend Your ShipEpisode 3: Buffy/Spike/Angel/TherapyBuffy and Angel, or Buffy and Spike? What about all three at the same time? Even better - all three of them going to therapy. This week Raina gets real about threesomes, biphobia, and getting your shit together.
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No content alerts this week, just some discussion of biphobia in media.
2019-12-0425 minDefend Your ShipEpisode 2 - AkuRoku: Always Remember Everything ForeverDredging up the mid-2000s, Stevie defends Axel/Roxas! Assuming they can remember anything about Kingdom Hearts. Important lessons: have a legacy, never die, and always remember everything forever.
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Fanfics referenced in this episode are "The Light Underneath" and "Reckless and Impulsive," both by VIII of XIII on Fanficion.net.
Content alerts: Suicide ideation is discussed in the context of a fanfiction plotline (8:50 - 10:10). We also briefly discuss age gaps in pairings and IRL relationships. 2019-11-2724 minDefend Your ShipEpisode 1: Intro to ShippingOur first episode, featuring Raina Sinclair and Stevie (aka Sonickitty). We discus fandom, sexuality, and problematic moments of our youth, all through the lens of fandom and ships, ships, SHIPS. Welcome to Defend Your Ship! Hope you're ready to get wrecked.
Episode 1 covers Raina and Stevie's entry to fandom and shipping, featuring Sailor Moon, Kingdom Hearts, and some anime you never thought you'd care about again. Content warnings include discussion of shipping underage characters while we ourselves were underage, as well as light discussion of E-rated fanfic.
Visit Raina Sinclair on Instagram @rainasinclair28...2019-11-2035 min
CPR's ClubhouseCPR’s Clubhouse (Bonus Episode)CPR's Clubhouse (Bonus Episode) Listen to this bonus episode of Club House Dance Music recorded live on 90.7 FM in Springfield MA featuring 30 minutes of THE KING OF FREESTYLE, Stevie B. Hosted by CPR Jose Ortiz
Stevie B - In My Eyes
Stevie B - Young Girl
Stevie B - Different Kind of Love
Stevie B - You Gonna Be Mine (new song)
Stevie B featuring Pitbull - Spring Love
Stevie B - Stop The Love
Sito from Pain featuring Denisha - Share A Night (Current number 1 song in all of Freestyle)
A...2018-05-131h 25
Spilling RubiesEpisode 63: Favorite Live PerformancesThis episode was pre-recorded for airing on KWTF Sonoma County Radio for May 8, 2018. In this episode, I play recordings of some of my favorite live performances.Songs Played in this episode:- “Cactus†- a live Pixies cover by the Foo Fighters, live in Melbourne, Australia in 1988- “Boy†a live performance by Shannon & The Clams in March 2018- “Live Banter with Flight of the Conchords†recorded live in 2007- “Hey!†by the Pixies, live at the BBC in 1988- “Dress†by P J Harvey, recorded live on WHFS radio- “D...2018-05-0758 min