My media this week (11-17 Feb 2024)
📚 STUFF I READ 📚
😠 A Damsel in Distress (PG Wodehouse) - via Serial Reader app; hadn't read before. mostly a pretty standard PGW but the final chapter was off the charts fatphobic even for PGW ☹️
😍 Dishonor on Your Cow (mandarou) - reread, forever fave. shrunkyclunks canon-adjacent AU
🥰 "Pistol Grip" (Vina Jie-Min Prasad) - described in tumblr post as "m/m pwp super soldier gunfucking" and they are telling no lies. This was fantastic.
😊 Howitzer (spacebuck) - 111K, stucky, college hockey AU - got some OMGCP inspo for the set up but very much its own tale; very enjoyable.
💖💖 +99K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖
Duende (astolat) - Master & Commander: Aubrey/Maturin, 14K -a truly impressive amount of worldbuilding in so few words
The One Where They Adopt a Selkie (mikkimouse) - Teen Wolf: Sterek, 7K - a fun accidental (supernatural) baby acquisition fic
perne in a gyre (enemyofrome) - Punic Wars RPF, Ancient History RPF: Scipio Africanus/Hannibal Barca, 7K - brilliant & hilarious modern AU for fucking PUNIC WARS RPF! hannibal's taking a gap year/getting away from being the rich kid & ends up staying at Scipio's family AirBnB. and there's only one bed. Fave quotes: 'He was sharing a room with some kind of glittery Italian twink, and there was a grumpy eagle glowering at him from the headboard as if he’d offended it in a past life, but at least he couldn’t see the wolf piercings anymore, so it was fine. It was all just fine.' and 'Then Mago came back. “Soggy twink at the door for you.” “Didn't order one,” said Hannibal. Then the word twink sank in, and he looked up. “Is he glittery?” “Like a unicorn.” “Mierda,” said Hannibal. “That’s my twink.”'
📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺
The Graham Norton Show - s31, e14 (Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Kingsley Ben-Adir)
The Repair Shop - s1, e1
QI - series S, ep 6
Ghosts (US) - s2, e8-15
Game Changer - s6, e1
Dirty Laundry - s3, e12
D20: Fantasy High: Junior Year - "Party Politics" (s21, e6)
D20: Adventuring Party - "You Are The Chosen None" (s16, e6)
🎧 PODCASTS 🎧
⭐ Up First - The Sunday Story: More Than Friends
What Next: TBD - Breaking Up with Dating Apps
The Allusionist - 189. Mouthful of Fortune
⭐ Hit Parade - Hello, Gorgeous Edition
Vibe Check - UsherBowl…and Beyoncé?!
Pop Culture Happy Hour - 2024 Super Bowl, Plus Beyoncé's New Singles
Throughline - The Hindu Text That Continues to Influence Indian Politics
Short Wave - The Shared History Of The Chinese And Gregorian Calendars
The Sporkful - Can A Stanley Drinking Cup Really Withstand A Car Fire?
⭐ The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Robert Is Here
I Said No Gifts! - Joel Kim Booster Disobeys Bridger
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Toy Story
NPR's Book of the Day - 'Toxic' looks back on Janet Jackson, Britney Spears and tabloid culture in the 2000s
All Songs Considered - Mix messages: Listeners share the songs that say 'I've got a crush on you'
Switched on Pop - The Star Spangled Banger!
I Said No Gifts! - Emma Thompson Disobeys Bridger
Vibe Check - Rollercoaster of Love (and Hate)
Short Wave - Celebrate Valentine's Day With These Queer Animals
Outward - The Inherent Queerness of Poetry
⭐ Code Switch - Before the apps, people used newspapers to find love
Pop Culture Happy Hour - Platonic Love In Pop Culture
Culture Gabfest - We’re Saving Our Own Lives
⭐ The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Owamni
Decoder Ring - Why Do So Many Coffee Shops Look the Same?
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week - Government Cheese, Mitochondria NOT Powerhousing, Dawn of the Cockroach
Ologies with Alie Ward - Hydrochoerology (CAPYBARAS) with Elizabeth Congdon
Throughline - Love, Throughline
The Assignment with Audie Cornish - Gen Z In the Workplace: Rethinking Business Etiquette
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Damanhur
Up First - KC Parade Shooting, Russian Space Nukes, Migrant Crossings Drop
Films To Be Buried With - Eddie Marsan
⭐ 99% Invisible #570 - The White Castle System of Eating Houses
Welcome to Night Vale #242 - The New Branch
Short Wave - The U.N.'s First-Ever Analysis Of World's Migratory Species Just Dropped
Dear Prudence - How Do I Get Over Someone I Never Dated? Help!
Pop Culture Happy Hour - Feud And What's Making Us Happy
Endless Thread - Dinner and a (Slide) Show
All Songs Considered - New Music Friday: 5 albums out Feb. 16, plus 'Rhapsody in Blue' still thrills at 100
⭐ You're Dead to Me - History of Bollywood
Sound Up! - Audience reaction to Rock Hall Noms, Mark reviews Stevie Nicks live and Chris Molanphy breaks down how Beyonce will impact country music and radio.
It's Been a Minute - Legendary choreographer Fatima Robinson on moving through changes in dance
99% Invisible - The Power Broker #2: Jamelle Bouie
Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! - WWDTM: Sleater-Kinney
🎶 MUSIC 🎶
Presenting Barbra Streisand
Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox
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