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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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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

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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 17: Practice Safe Sparkle: The Crafty Diva series by Kathy Cano-Murillo

January 18, 2018 by Marie Macula in Episodes

Hopping over to Arizona, land of the Crafty Chica, for Sunshine and Self-Help Month! We hop back in time to look at Kathy Cano-Murillo's oughts-tastic crafting books, the Crafty Diva series. Carey and Marie discuss formative crafts, New Year's resolutions, and what, exactly, can and should be glittered.

Kathy Cano-Murillo: Website


Content Notes

Beyond your usual craft book content (sharp objects, etc), this book has the distinction of being our first without a content warning! Congrats!


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Episode 15: Life is a Movie Starring You: The Pesky Meddling Girls' Guide to Living Your Dreams by Jennifur Brandt

January 02, 2018 by Marie Macula in Episodes

Sunshine and Self Help month kicks off with a groovy guide to life by the endlessly cool Jennifur Brandt (aka Jennifer Brandt Taylor). Were you a weirdo, nostalgic teen who admired both Riot Grrl culture and classic cinema? Do you love collage, paper dolls, and pissing off the patriarchy? Read along with us as we talk novelty stores, fashion tips from 2000, and the eternal appeal of Weetzie Bat.

Jennifer Brandt Taylor's website: The Librarian (also on Twitter and Instagram)

Pesky Meddling Girl Instagram

 

Life is a Movie Starring You: Out of print! Check your beloved local used bookstore, or some of these shops who can ship copies to you: Strand Bookstore, Montclair Book Center. Of course, there are used copies on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and the like!


Content Notes

Old Hollywood movies means Old Hollywood values! That means racism, sexism, and all sorts of -isms. Otherwise, a happy, kind, and supportive guide whose advice we endorse to this day!


Show Notes

Celebrating Chalica

"MAMA IT'S COLD OUTSIDE!" Sure is, #princessringding -time to cuddle up with a good book (or our latest episode-link in the profile!)

19 Likes, 3 Comments - Go Your Own YA (@goyourownyapodcast) on Instagram: ""MAMA IT'S COLD OUTSIDE!" Sure is, #princessringding -time to cuddle up with a good book (or our..."

Foster Ring Ding loved this book! She found it delicious. Adopt her via Brooklyn FAT Cats!

Girl Power: Jennifur Brandt’s New Lifestyle Brand

‘Pesky Meddling Girls’: ’Zine touts pop culture

50 Things to Do in Baltimore

American Visionary Art Museum

Jeremiah's Vanishing New York: Tah-Poozie

End Comes for Love Saves the Day

Toy Tokyo

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Vintage L.A.: Eats, Boutiques, Decor, Landmarks, Markets & More by Jennifer Brandt Taylor

Listen to Friends of the Podcast on Secrets of Story and Fuse 8 n' Kate!

Bob Baker Marionette Theatre

On March 9th, be a warrior. Watch the brand-new trailer for Disney's A Wrinkle in Time. Website and Mobile site: disney.com/wrinkleintime Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WrinkleinTimeMovie/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WrinkleinTime Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wrinkleintime/ Hashtag: #WrinkleinTime From visionary director Ava DuVernay comes Disney's "A Wrinkle in Time," an epic adventure based on Madeleine L'Engle's timeless classic which takes audiences across dimensions of time and space, examining the nature of darkness versus light and, ultimately, the triumph of love.

True Grease: The unvarnished story behind my favorite girl gang, the Pink Ladies.

Through the Labyrinth, and What Sarah Found There

Wise Children by Angela Carter

My Life (And Nobody Else's): A Personal and Private Fill-In-The-Blanks Record Book

The Late Great Me by Sandra Scoppetone

12 Deadly Cyns...and then Some

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

How to Live Life with Fantastic Aliveness: Remembering Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Dewdrops in the Garden playlist

Qoya

The Year That Skin Care Became a Coping Mechanism

Rachel Wilkerson Miller/ The REWM - "How to Spend Christmas Alone"

Shout out BSCC and Baby Bees!

You should be listening to Carey's Music!

Jennifer Brandt Taylor's House Tour

A Girl Like I by Anita Loos


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The Rookie Yearbooks by Tavi Gevinson and editors of Rookie

Queen of the Oddballs by Hillary Carlip

Current Reads

The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper

Under Her Spell by Bridget Essex


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January 02, 2018 /Marie Macula
sunshine and self help, zines, crafty, classic movies, Hollywood, riot grrrl
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