Go Your Own YA Podcast

Carey and Marie discuss the myriad works of Matthue Roth! From teen punk sitcom stars, slam poets in San Francisco, and boys trying to find their way from Hebrew school to Rocky Horror, Matthue Roth writes music, faith and friendship in an unimitatable style.

Never Mind the Goldbergs: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads, Better World Books

Yom Kippur a Go-Go: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads, IndieBound, Better World Books

Rules of My Best Friend's Body: It's free! Go download it here

Matthue Roth: Website

Content Warnings

Never Mind the Goldbergs: Creepy predatory older man creeping on a teen girl. Lots of confusions around identity and general punk anger.

Yom Kippur a Go-Go: Matthue uses some words that are really only used intra-communally nowadays when talking about his very loved friends. There is also a theme of confusion around feelings about girls in conflict with his faith.

Rules of My Best Friend's Body: This book is about the best friend's character surviving rape. It is from the viewpoint of a teen boy, and the experience is based on the experience of the author. It is realistic, heartfelt, and also had some moments that made me, a thirtysomething woman and assault survivor, go WHAT THE HELL. It is an important viewpoint, but if sexual violence is in your past, proceed with caution.

What happened to Never Mind the Goldbergs? It has more to do with The Goldbergs than we thought. :

http://www.matthue.com/2013/10/goldbergs-meet-goldbergs.html

Fault Line by Christa Desir

Matthue Roth's writing on Hevria

Hevria’s mission is to become the go-to community for Jewish and spiritual people who are “creators”.

Lizard People podcast

The Toast, may it rest in peace

7-Up: The Up Series of Documentaries

Readalikes:

Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn

Sister Mischief by Laura Goode

Current Reads:

The Weight of Sound by Peter McDade

Rocket Romance by Sophia Chester

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Girls Kiss! Flashmobs Happen! Adults Hate This One Hilarious Book About Addiction, The Internet, and Finding Yourself! Carey and Marie talk about Very LeFreak by Rachel Cohn, seeing Very through her career as social media star, ESCAPE artist, and soul-searcher. Also, the girls get together in the end.

Very LeFreak: Goodreads, Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, IndieBound, Better World Books

Rachel Cohn: Website

Content Warnings:

General white girl exoticizing her POC classmates nonsense, slut-shaming, internalized homophobia, sexual molestation of a minor (not graphic, mentioned in passing), hospitalization, addiction treatment. Cohost Rie also talks about her inpatient experience a bunch!

Movies Referenced: Meatballs, The Apple, Wet Hot American Summer, But I'm a Cheerleader

The "David" video mentioned in-episode.

Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole. Host Rie reviewed it with Danika of the Lesbrary a long time ago!

Art Metrano

Actually, it was Improv Everywhere that did The MP3 Experiment, not Newmindspace

The Danzinger Award for Hilarious Kids Books

A Black Woman Created the “Me Too” Campaign Against Sexual Assault 10 Years Ago

We call back to our episodes on Chicks with Sticks and Born Confused! Catch up if you'd like!

Doll theory? Bees? Listen to Babysitter's Club Club if you dare to learn the secrets of the New (Babysitter's) World Order. Wake up, Sheeple are IN.

Readalikes

Marie: Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis

Carey: Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes

What We're Reading

Marie: Pie in the Sky by Wendy Mass

Carey: You Know Me Well by David Levithan and Nina LaCour

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