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Episode 34: The Thorn Necklace by Francesca Lia Block

February 14, 2019 by Marie Macula in Episodes

Happy 2019, Wayfinders! January was a heck of a year, but we still want to celebrate some sunshine and self help and return to a favorite author. It’s going to get meta up in here, while we talk KonMari, the Unicorn Club, writerly obsessions, playing 12 Questions with our WIP, and self help writer gossip. In this episode


Content Notes

This is a book about the oeuvre of Francesca Lia Block, so everything present in her books is present here: parent death, grief, eating disorders, mental and physical illness, miscarriage, terrible boys and terrible men, rape culture, antisemitism. There’s also a long rumination on David Bowie and his influence on the author’s writing and art, so caveat lector.


Show Notes

Parasol Protectorate Fan Group

Heavenly Creatures

Francesca Lia Block’s 12 Questions to Help Structure Your Novel, around which the book itself is structured

Julia Cameron Wants You to Do Your Morning Pages

Happy Birthday Judy Blume!

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Best Babysitters Ever by Carolina Cala

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Racefail ‘09


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Writing for Your Life: Discovering the Story of Your Life's Journey by Deena Metzger

Foolsgold: Making Something from Nothing and Freeing Your Creative Spirit by Susan G. Wooldridge


Current Reads

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Everything's Trash, But It's Okay by Phoebe Robinson

The Belladonna University series by Tansy Rayner Roberts

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February 14, 2019 /Marie Macula
sunshine and self help, Los Angeles, writing, grief, artists, urban fantasy, memoirs
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Episode 18: Hey, Day! by Super Clea and Keva Marie

January 23, 2018 by Marie Macula in Episodes

Sunshine and self help every day of the year! Carey and Marie turn back the (rhinestone) clock to 2001 for this fun, funky piece of post-riot-grrl/pre-Tumblr girl empowerment culture. Super Clea (Hantman) and Keva Marie (Dine) invite us to let down our hair and cover it in avocado, kick back in a hand-crafted hammock, and follow our bliss while honoring cool women from the past. After you listen, you'll wanna bedazzle something good for yourself (and bad for the patriarchy.)

Hey, Day!: Is out of print! We love BetterWorldBooks and Barnes and Noble,  or check your local used bookstore

Clea Hantman: SuperClea blog

Keva Marie: Keva Dine Agency

We love our readers and listeners! Send us an email or visit us at Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter!


Content Notes

Lots of early oughts "isn't this culture so WEIRD and COOL," which comes from a heartfelt place but we can do better in 2018. Approach other cultures with respect and compassion, and we're golden.


Show Notes

The Vicar of Dibley

What Would Mister Rogers Eat? Thanksgiving in the Neighborhood

How to play Exquisite Corpse

What is a drabble?

How to Make Pippi Longstocking Braids

How to Make a Zine (from one page of paper)

Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future

Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism

Make a Snow Globe

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Andrea Scher - Storybowl - Superhero Necklaces are back!

Clare Crespo - 2018 Hurray Today Calendar


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Elf Girl by Reverend Jen (Miller)

Rookie Yearbook series

Living Out Loud by Keri Smith

The Animated Thumbtack Railroad Dollhouse & All Around Surprise Book, Evening Edition by Louis Phillips

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Current Reads

Not Now, Not Ever  and The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You by Lily Anderson

The Neddiad: How Neddie Took the Train, Went to Hollywood, and Saved Civilization and Alan Mendelson, the Boy from Mars by Daniel Pinkwater


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January 23, 2018 /Marie Macula
sunshine and self help, crafty, zines, Los Angeles, California, make your own fun, daybook
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Episode 16: Fundamental Glitterature: Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block

January 09, 2018 by Marie Macula in Episodes

Lanky Lizards! Carey and Marie couldn't hold back from talking about the It Girl of Gen X lit, Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block. 

Weetzie Bat: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads

Francesca Lia Block: Website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Polyvore

Wanna chat? GoYourOwnYA at Gmail dot Com and everywhere else!


Content Warnings

Sex, death, rock and roll, skinheads, addiction, parent death, having a baby with your BFFs behind your partner's back, and some cultural issues well addressed by others. We talk a lot about how on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of publication, it would be a great time to address how things have changed and what would be different nowadays.


Show Notes

Did you know there's a Weetzie Bat cookbook? Check out Fairies in the Kitchen by Cameron Stanton!

Inside ElsaGate

Girl Power: Young Women Speak Out! by Hillary Carlip

The Zine Scene by Hillary Carlip and Francesca Lia Block

Girl Goddess #9 by Francesca Lia Block

WhimWham: Living a Life of Whimsy

Download Your LiveJournal as a PDF

Beloved Rookie did a whole series of posts on Weetzie Bat, including:

  • Magical Creature: An Interview With Francesca Lia Block

  • Secret Style Icon: Weetzie Bat

  • Friday Playlist: Hanging Out With Weetzie Bat

  • DIY Weetzie Nails

Vintage LA by Jennifer Brandt Taylor is a must read for fans of the Dangerous Angels books!

Pre-order The Thorn Necklace: Healing Through Writing and the Creative Process

Jeremiah's Vanishing New York

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Cynthia Heimel

A&B by J.C. Lillis

The Gallery of Regrettable Food - Spry Lard

Wendy McClure: Weight Watchers Recipe Cards from 1974

Charlotte Zolotow

Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom

Worlds Within: Children's Fantasy From The Middle Ages To Today

Irving Block at IMDB

Valencia Is The Most Masterful Dyke-Centric Artsy-Weirdo Film I’ve Ever Seen

Shock Value: A Tasteful Book about Bad Taste by John Waters

Love The Simpsons? We do too! Have a listen to Everything's Coming Up Simpsons

Eric Carle Museum


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Readalikes

Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour

When The Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore

Current Reads

Modern Tarot by Michelle Tea

Unf*ck Your Habitat by Rachel Hoffman


 

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January 09, 2018 /Marie Macula
1980s lit, Los Angeles, magical realism, queer ya
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Episode 10: The Matthue Roth Appreciation Extravaganza

November 21, 2017 by Marie Macula in Episodes

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


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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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November 21, 2017 /Marie Macula
Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New York City, contemporary fiction, Hollywood, writing, Jewish rep, San Francisco, memoirs
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