Ep 198: Shark Week, Pt. 1
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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:
A for Alone by Curtis Sittenfeld
Wednesday’s Child by Yiyun Li
Our episode on White Noise by Emma Cline and The Assistant (2019)
Cat Person by Kristen Roupenian
The mounting, undeniable Me Too backlash by Constance Grady
Sexual assault allegations seem to be a badge of honor in Trump’s America. Was #MeToo an epic failure? by Carter Sherman
On Heteropessimism by Asa Seresin
The First Stone by Helen Garner
The Women’s Room by Marylin French
The Ghost in the Martini by Anthony Hecht
Was Casual Sex Always This Bad? by Emily Leibert
The 4B movement
Secret show notes
The Infinite Pussy Glitch: The Data Behind Dating as an Eligible Man in NYC by Lana Li
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi
Disobedience (2017)
Frequently mentioned names:
Other Ratbag Poetry Pods:
Poetry Says by Alice Allan
I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall
Versecraft by Elijah Blumov
Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed
Alice: In Future
Brian: @BPlatzer
Cameron: Minor Tiresias
Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com
Music by ETRNL
Art by Daniel Alexander Smith
