BSG #63: The Bear Was Framed / My Heart Is a Chainsaw

January 24, 2022 The Squad

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Fundamentalist YouTube is My True Crime

January 22, 2022 Mary

Almost too many of them to put on this page.

There’s a stereotype that a lot of women love listening to true crime podcasts. It’s possible that consuming true crime media is a way for some people to deal with the trauma they’ve experienced in their own lives, and that makes a lot of sense. We often try to confront things that we don’t understand, things that disturb us. I think that’s why I’ve been so tuned in to a very specific side of the internet lately, one related to but not directly part of the surge of interest in true crime: fundamentalist Christianity YouTube.

Board Games to Play While Trapped Inside

January 16, 2022 Mary

There are plenty of great reasons to stay inside right now. If you’re not worried about catching covid (and, let’s be clear, you absolutely should be), there are several winter storms wreaking havoc across America that should serve to keep you locked in with a cup of tea and a good book. Sometimes, though, the cabin fever starts to settle in, and a book just isn’t going to cut it anymore. Yes, I said it. Sometimes it’s okay to not want to read! That might not be the advice you’d expect from a book podcast, but here we are.

The Best (and Worst) Books of 2021, According to a Person who Read Books in 2021

January 15, 2022 Emily

Actual photo evidence of Phantom helping me pick out books to read in 2021

Friends, I know this might seem like late in 2022 to be looking back at the best of 2021, but our episode on our favorite things of 2021 just dropped, and I needed some time to reflect on what I truly loved and hated about my reading in 2021. I love that for the first time I read 100 books, which beat my highest ever record of last year’s 75 books. I know that still doesn’t seem like a lot to many, but for me, a person who is a self-proclaimed slow reader, I feel pretty great about it. The pandemic has been good to my reading life.

But that doesn’t mean all the books I read this year were great. So here I give you my top 10 favorite books I read in 2021, and then we’ll end with my least favorite books of 2021 (since that’s what y’all are all here for anyway).

Kelli's 10 Most-Anticipated Movies of 2022

January 11, 2022 Kelli

live footage of me risking my life to go to AMC

I didn’t make very many New Years resolutions for 2022 because A) I don’t have a great track record when it comes to follow-through and B) we are still technically in 2020, but an unofficial resolution of mine for this year is to watch 100 movies. I probably accomplished this at some point as a teenager, but for the last few years I’ve hovered around 70, which is frankly not very many for claiming to be a person who “enjoys film” or whatever. Below, I have compiled my ten most-anticipated films of 2022. I promise to check back in December and let you know if I actually watched any of them.

Othersode #62: It Made Me Want to Die / Our Favorite Things of 2021

January 10, 2022 The Squad

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One to Watch: A Chatty Review

January 7, 2022 Mary & Emily

Mary: Okay, so here we are, not doing any kind of YA book club or anything, just talking about a ROMANCE novel we’ve read. I think—and Emily correct me if I’m wrong—that romance is one of those genres that neither of us would pick up first, but we sometimes get one we really enjoy.

BSG #62: Misandry: The Episode / Everyone Knows Your Mother's A Witch

December 28, 2021 The Squad

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Crying in H Mart, My Mom, and a Recipe

December 23, 2021 Mary

Pls ignore the Halloween costume. And yes, I was a very ugly child.

I’m getting ready to celebrate another holiday season without my mom, and it feels just as weird this year as it did last year.

I normally don’t write posts that are so personal, but more and more I’m thinking it’s important to see how other people experience grief, especially during times that are traditionally happy and full of cheer. Earlier in 2021, I read Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (who I got to know first as Japanese Breakfast).

Othersode #61: For Virgins, By Virgins / The 2000s Made Me Gay

December 13, 2021 The Squad

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