Feminist Survival Project

Let’s talk about something pleasant. Emily and Amelia discuss the books, videos and what have you that are making them happy this year. It’s time to get ventral.Links:Libby app (borrow library books and audiobooks)Brandon SandersonTHE STORMLIGHT ARCHIVEThursday Murder Club seriesAlexis Hall10 Things That Never HappenedBoyfriend MaterialParis Daillencourt Is About To CrumbleThe Affair of the Mysterious LetterNicholas Boulton (the world's best audiobook narrator)Come As You Are: Revised and Updated (audiobook)This is the one Nicholas Boulton is inLaura KinsaleFlowers from the StormAudiobook narrated by Nicholas BoultonAlexis HallA Lady for a DukeKJ CharlesWill Darling AdventuresThe Charm of Magpies seriesGreat audiobook narrators:Steven CrossleyJulia Whelan (also an author!)Mary Jane WellsAbby JiminezYours TrulyKimberly LemmingThat Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a WerewolfMisha PoppPies Before Guys Mystery SeriesHelena GreerSeasons of LoveAlyssa ColeReluctant Royals seriesCourtney MilanThe Turner SeriesThe Duke Who Didn’tThe Devil Comes CourtingCat SebastianNon-romance books:Maggie O’Farrell I Am, I Am, I AmRebecca HardimanGood EggsEmily St. JamesWoodworkingSarah Rees BrennanLong Live EvilAli WongDear GirlsYahtzee CroshawThings That Aren’t BooksDrGluon (Youtube)Jessica Kellgren-FozardThe Dogs Were Good (Again) PodcastDropoutGame ChangerDimension 20 (A Starstruck Odyssey)Critical RoleCampaign IVDropoutDimension 20 (Escape From the Bloodkeep)BritboxSister Boniface MysteriesAnd back to books for a moment:Alexis HallGlitterlandJohn ScalziBen AaronovitchRivers of London

The holidays are coming. What do you do if you have family whose politics you abhor? Turns out it depends. Stick around to the end for Amelia’s highly specific take on The Grinch.Links:Knitting Cult Lady:YoutubeInstagramUncultured (book)The Culting of America (pre-order!)Thought-terminating clichéGreen Dot program bystander interventions:• Direct• Delegate• DistractLindsay Ellis: The Unforgivable Sin of Ms Rachel (Youtube)Kaelynn Partlow (Youtube)FSP S01 E08: The MonitorPodcastYoutubeCharlemagne (Holy Roman Emperor)

Turns out Emily actually does have a Shadow. And she’s a half-orc wizard.Links:The Science of Saving Your Sex LifeTo Maximize Your Potential, Maximize PleasureSign up for Emily’s mailing listHow AIDS Remained an Unspoken—But Deadly—Epidemic for YearsBrennan Lee MulliganAabria IyengarEmily & Amelia Nagoski, Burnout - XOXO Festival (2019)Vivian Gussin PaleyThis American Life - Dolls

Do you have a bubble of love? Do you know how to build one? Emily and Amelia discuss how they managed to do it, and how Frozen is more than just a kiddie movie.Links:BurnoutFSP 2020 episode 11: The Bubble of LoveThe Burnout Workbook, by AmeliaDo You Want to Build a Snowman? (Youtube)FSP 2020 S2 E27: Diving into the Shadow: An Introduction

The days are getting shorter. It’s going to be colder soon. It’s time to get cozy. It’s time to get… hygge. Candles and pumpkins and cheese, oh my!Links:Books by Tricia Hersey:Rest Is ResistanceWe Will Rest!Nothing Much Happens podcastNeuromaVermont Creamery CremontTasting History on real eggnog (Youtube)