Did you know Mary loves robots? To celebrate the upcoming release of Quantic Dream’s Detroit: Become Human, Mary lists some of her favorite robot movies.
Read moreBSG #15: Call Emily's Dad / Station Eleven
BSG #15: Call Emily's Dad / Station Eleven
If the world as we know it ended today, how would you survive? What would you miss? Who would you be? The squad explores these questions and more in our discussion of Emily St. John Mandel's 2014 novel Station Eleven. Join us and our special guest Todd (a man) as we wax philosophical, argue about which character is the best, and gush through every last detail of this book, which—spoiler alert—we liked a lot. At the end of the episode, check in with the BSG blog and hear about Susan's bookstore of the month: E. Shaver, Bookseller in Savannah, GA. Plus, listeners tell us why they identify as feminists, and we announce the winner of our MOXIE giveaway! It's all right here waiting for you, so you'd better hurry and listen before your device runs out of battery and is donated to the Museum of Civilization.
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Read moreRiverdale FINALE Recap! S2E22: Brave New World
This is it, everyone.
We’ve finally reached the season two finale of Riverdale. Like the Serpents traveling as refugees from the Whyte Wyrm to the North, we have finally escaped. We are on the other side. We are free.
Mary and Kelli are back one last time to bring you this, their 22nd recap. Oh, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, that has such people in’t! (said no one on Riverdale, ever.)
Read moreFeatured Bookstore: E. Shaver, Bookseller (Savannah, GA)
There’s really nothing quite like exploring a brand new city. Luckily, I had the opportunity to wander around Savannah, Georgia for a weekend in April, which was absolutely delightful (and not just because of the to-go mimosas I sipped on all day). And some of my favorite things to discover in a new place are the best little bookshops. After a little research, I came across E. Shaver, Bookseller, right in the heart of Savannah’s historic district.
Read moreRecipe Time!: Kimbap
This kimbap from MyKoreanKitchen is much more photogenic than what I made.
Learn how to make kimbap (or gimbap) with Mary!
Read moreRiverdale Recap! S2E21: Judgement Night
After last week’s BONKERS ep, we are back again this week, maybe one week closer to finding out who THE BLACK HOOD IS.
(Sadly, Kelli won’t be joining us this week because of Mother’s Day obligations, so Mary is flying solo.)
Read moreFive Summer 2018 Movies You Should Be Excited About
I have a hate/love relationship with summer.
I’m from Florida originally, and intense heat and humidity are conditions I’m all too familiar with — but now that I live in New York, the winters are long and stupid, and summer is something I genuinely look forward to. I daydream about all the tiny outfits I will wear, imagining my future self going to the beach, eating ice cream, and maybe even eating ice cream on the beach in a tiny outfit.
Of course, Summer has its drawbacks. Beaches are more crowded, ice cream melts faster, and sunburns are real. Half the time, it’s so hot outside that the most appealing option is to head straight to a movie theatre and settle in for 2+ blissful hours of powerful central AC. Unfortunately, shitty movies tend to ruin my bliss, and summer has a lot of those.
So many of “summer’s” biggest films technically premiere in spring and then linger in theatres for months, making the summer itself a bit of a dead zone when it comes to exciting new films to look forward to. It’s a season with a reputation for being chock-full of showy, expensive, and deeply terrible movies, and while that reputation is mostly deserved, I’m here to share five films premiering this summer that I’m actually really excited about. As a bonus, I’m gonna talk some shit about the ones that look bad, too, because what’s would a blog post be without a little light-hearted negativity? Written by someone else, probably.
Read moreRiverdale Recap! S2E20: Shadow of a Doubt
This week, Mary and Kelli bring you a very special recap of Riverdale: "Shadow of a Doubt," otherwise known as The Gun Violence Episode! We know what you're thinking - isn't that every episode? - but with two separate shootings in under 45 minutes, I think we've reached a new low.
Here we go again...
Read moreTwo Steps Forward, Two Steps Back
In light of the (not so shocking, sadly) news that author Junot Diaz is a total douche canoe, I feel like we need to have a talk about women's rights. Sit down, children.
Feminism is not the evil F-word it once was. Sure, plenty of people out there still claim to be "not feminist" even though they believe women deserve to be treated like people, which, okay, if that's the case, you're a feminist. Learn things. But for the most part, the world is starting to wise up and realize that women are people... people who have to deal with a lot of crap in their every day lives.
My response to this is duh. I've known this since I was ten years old and the boys at my middle school got to play flag football in PE class while the girls were forced to do Buns of Steel videos. What the actual fuck. This is a true story.
SNL also responded to this realization back in December when Saoirse Ronan and friends came out with the "Welcome to Hell" sketch (image featured above). Here's a sampling of some of the lyrics: "Cat's out of the bag, women get harassed all the time! And it's, like, dang, is this the world now? But here's a little secret that every girl knows. Oh, this been the damn world."
So yeah. We still need feminism, boys and girls. And every time we take two steps forward for women's rights, it seems like we take another two (thousand) steps backward. But here are some monumental steps forward and steps back for feminism that have happened recently in pop culture (because pop culture is what this blog is about, y'all).
Read moreOthersode #14: The Glitch Just Typed! / Unfriended
Othersode #14: The Glitch Just Typed! / Unfriended
Join the #Squad on a deep dive into the world of cyberbullying and spooky Internet things as we discuss the 2014 film Unfriended. We talk about how well the movie's conceit is working, why Blaire is kind of terrible, and the scariest parts of the story (The glitch just typed!). After that, take the "Who is Your Bookish Boyfriend?" quiz with us and find out about your literary lover. Plus, what's coming up on our next fullpisode: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. Don't forget to check out the #BookSquadBlog for extra content, and rate and review us on Apple podcasts!
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