In this week's episode, Shannon tells us all about Yetis.

It's spooky time, bitches.

The greatest love stories according to Shannon and Elizabeth. Jane Eyre, Emily Henry, and loving yourself.

Let's get one thing straight and two things gay; romance is for everyone and everyone loves romance.

SOURCES

Nytimes.com I Just Want Something That’s Gay and Happy: L.G.B.T.Q. Romance Is Booming by Elizabeth A. Harris

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/books/lgbtq-romance-novels.html

Theguardian.com Queer, hilarious, and full of joy: the rise of LGBTQ+ romance fiction by Ella Braidwood

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/21/the-rise-of-lgbtq-romance-fiction

Them.us Sapphic Literature Is on the Rise. Hopefully, It’s More Than Just a Trend by Abby Monteil

https://www.them.us/story/sapphic-literature-lgbtq-publishing

https://pen.org/report/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor-books-in-schools/

Please enjoy this awesome episode all about the romances of Jane Austen and William Shakespeare.

This episode is all about the names for different genitalia and why we care so much.

SOURCES

Word Slut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montel

Bbc.com The Case for Renaming Women’s Body Parts by Leah Kaminsky

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180531-how-womens-body-parts-have-been-named-after-men

Gizmodo.com How Genitals Got Their Names, or Why a Penis Is Called a Pizzle by Keith Veronese

https://gizmodo.com/how-genitals-got-their-names-or-why-a-penis-is-called-5966703

Theestablishment.co A Brief History of The C-Word by Mina Moriarty

https://theestablishment.co/a-brief-history-of-the-cunt-a755b5df4a4/index.html

Shannon explains, once and for all, why so many romance novel heroines have red hair.

Young women, the experts in bubble lettering on poster board and the innovators of language.

SOURCES

Word Slut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/teenage-girls-have-been-revolutionizing-language-16th-century-180956216/

https://esl.uchicago.edu/2021/10/27/who-leads-linguistic-change/#:~:text=William%20Labov%20has%20long%20researched,lead%2090%25%20of%20linguistic%20change.

https://www.thecut.com/2015/07/can-we-just-like-get-over-the-way-women-talk.html

https://esl.uchicago.edu/2021/10/27/who-leads-linguistic-change/#:~:text=William%20Labov%20has%20long%20researched,lead%2090%25%20of%20linguistic%20change.

https://lithub.com/the-unexpectedly-subversive-world-of-romance-novels/