BSG #11: Men Are Canceled / The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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Come with us to the glamorous world of old Hollywood as we discuss Taylor Jenkins Reid's "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo." The Squad talks about the narrative framing of...
show more0:30–Mary is missing and sad!
1:23–book intro
2:53–general impressions and ratings
10:05–the twist!!
14:40–frame narratives and how Evelyn is more interesting than Monique
16:45–Emily’s workshop corner
21:10–Monique as a character
25:46–women are renewed, men are canceled
29:20–bi-erasure
32:22–race and passing
34:48–“book club books” and women’s fiction
42:45–speaking of shitty men—Hollywood!
49:26–bookstore of the month-ish
52:48–Susan feedback
- Link to Stephanie Meyer/Twilight video essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O06tMbIKh0
59:46–listener feedback!
- Link to the "Rape Joke" poem: https://www.theawl.com/2013/07/patricia-lockwood-rape-joke/
1:04:30–what’s on the blog?
1:06:34–next ep—ROMANCE
1:19:40–next book—American War
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