Of Prurient Interest

Books Mentioned: Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe George by Alex Gino Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiehly Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Maus by Art Spiegelman A Poet and Bin Laden by Hamid Ismailov References:  "How the New Banned Book Panic Fits America's History of School Censorship" by Constance Grady Book Ban Busters Interactive Map Censorship Attacks Spreadsheet ALA List of Banned & Challenged Books by Year "What Banning Maus Means for the Generation of Artists It Inspired" by Amy Kurzweil "What Book Censorship Looks Like Outside the United States" by Arvyn Cerezo Educational Gag Orders from PEN America "How to Use FOIA to Uncover Book Challenges" by Kelly Jensen "How to Fight Book Bans and Challenges: An Anti-Censorship Toolkit" by Kelly Jensen Of Prurient Interest Instagram: @ofprurientinterest Website: www.ofprurientinterest.com Twitter: @highlyprurient Patreon: www.patreon.com/ofprurientinterest Facebook: /ofprurientinterest Email: ofprurientinterest@gmail.com J. Davis The Whole Book Experience Instagram/Twitter/Facebook: @LeavesOfCha Kaelyn Davis Instagram: @lalatiburona (personal) or @viragobaking (baking, obvi)

This episode is a different format than we've done before. Although both my guest and I did read Cherie Dimaline's Empire of Wild, we barely spoke about the story itself. Not for any lack of merit on the side of the story--far from it. Empire of Wild is a thrilling story of werewolves and love, evangelicalism and colonial greed, community and ancestral support and indigenous medicine. However, the guest, who happens to be my grandmother, thought it would be most interesting to focus on the part of the story she knew something about: the sexuality of elderly people. So what follows is exactly that: a conversation on sex after 80 and the challenges and pleasures therein. Trigger warning: we do talk about sexual assault and rape within this conversation, so be warned. "A Métis Woman's Husband Disappeared--Or Did He?" by Tobias Carroll "A Native Woman Battles Neocolonialism and Werewolves in 'Empire of Wild'" by Melissa Michal "'Empire of Wild' Tells a Small Story--But Not a Slight One" by Jason Sheehan Cherie Dimaline's website Media Mentioned:  Albert Schweitzer Taylor Caldwell "Soulsex with John & Annie" by Erika Lust Films

Books Mentioned: Folio Society edition of The Handmaid's Tale, illustrated by Anna and Elena Balbusso (2012) The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James (2020) You by Anonymous (1975) Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (1996) The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (2005) Other Media Mentioned:  "[you fit into me]" by Margaret Atwood (1971) The Handmaid's Tale TV series (2017) Resources Used:  "Banned Books Week: The Handmaid's Tale" by catieannelockhart "The Handmaid's Tale has been feared, banned and loved. Now it's scaring the bejeezus out of us again" by Monica Hesse "Margaret Atwood: The Prophet of Dystopia" by Rebecca Mead www.margaretatwood.ca Of Prurient Interest social media: Insta: @ofprurientinterest Twitter: @highlyprurient FB: /ofprurientinterest Litsy: @prurientinterest Email: ofprurientinterest@gmail.com Patreon: /ofprurientinterest Website: ofprurientinterest.com Kaelyn's Instagram: @lalatiburona Score by Rose Droll: @myhandsarepaws Logo by @irizofen If you like this podcast, consider becoming a patron either here on Anchor or on Patreon. You can also make a one-time donation through the website. Lastly, subscribe, rate, and review!

In this episode, my guest Joel, of the podcast Crip & Chronic, and I discuss Amanda LeDuc's Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space (2020) and how it pertains to the subject of the last couple of episodes, Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber. This conversation centers around how representations of disability in popular media, including fairy tales, have a serious influence on the way we conceptualize disability in society at large. We also veer off into arguments about whether Chris Evans is better than Chris Hemsworth... I fell in favor of the latter. What can I say? I have a weak spot for himbos.  Books Referenced:  Dune by Frank Herbert Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Feminist, Queer, Crip by Alison Kafer Slow Man by J. M. Coetzee The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffery Growing Up Disabled in Australia Films Referenced: Pulse (Australian film) Captain America Friday the 13th, Pt. 2 Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge Other References: Amanda LeDuc's website "The Stories We Tell About Disability: A Conversation with Amanda LeDuc" by Sara Black McCulloch

In this episode, Kaelyn and her guest (and longtime booknerd friend), Jena, talk about Angela Carter and her collection The Bloody Chamber, a reimagining of some of the most well-known fairy tales. Of course, we also get largely off topic and talk about the concept of virginity, the unsexiness of the word "underpants" and the history of women's undergarments... The Socials: Jena's Instagram: @jena_bakes or @jena_sews (for historical costume stuff!) Other Podcasts Jena "Co-Hosted" On: Chasm Quest Books Mentioned: -Tamora Pierce YA series (The Immortals, Lioness, Circle of Magic... all are great) -Get in Trouble by Kelly Link (who wrote the introduction to Jena's copy of The Bloody Chamber) -The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter Artists Mentioned: -Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806), arguably most famous for "The Swing" -Felicien Rops (1833-1898), "The Librarian" -"50 Fascinating Works of Angela Carter Fan Art" on LitHub -Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) Films Mentioned: -Scary Stories Documentary (2019) Further Recommended Reading If You Like The Bloody Chamber: -Kissing the Witch by Emma Donaghue -Francesca Lia Block's Weetzie Bat series -Get in Trouble and Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link -In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado References: "Angela Carter's Feminist Mythology" by Joan Acocello -The Sadeian Woman by Angela Carter -"Femme Fatale: Angela Carter's 'Bloody Chamber'" by Helen Simpson -Marxism Today Interview with Angela Carter -"Anthony Burgess's Banned Books" by Graham Foster

In this episode, Kaelyn and her guest (and longtime booknerd friend), Jena, talk about Angela Carter and her collection The Bloody Chamber, a reimagining of some of the most well-known fairy tales. Of course, we also get largely off topic and talk about the concept of virginity, the unsexiness of the word "underpants" and the history of women's undergarments... The Socials: Jena's Instagram: @jena_bakes or @jena_sews (for historical costume stuff!) Other Podcasts Jena "Co-Hosted" On: Chasm Quest  Books Mentioned:  -Tamora Pierce YA series (The Immortals, Lioness, Circle of Magic... all are great) -Get in Trouble by Kelly Link (who wrote the introduction to Jena's copy of The Bloody Chamber) -The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter Artists Mentioned:  -Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806), arguably most famous for "The Swing" -Felicien Rops (1833-1898), "The Librarian"  -"50 Fascinating Works of Angela Carter Fan Art" on LitHub -Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) Films Mentioned:  -Scary Stories Documentary (2019) Further Recommended Reading If You Like The Bloody Chamber: -Kissing the Witch by Emma Donaghue -Francesca Lia Block's Weetzie Bat series -Get in Trouble and Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link -In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado References:  "Angela Carter's Feminist Mythology" by Joan Acocello -The Sadeian Woman by Angela Carter -"Femme Fatale: Angela Carter's 'Bloody Chamber'" by Helen Simpson -Marxism Today Interview with Angela Carter -"Anthony Burgess's Banned Books" by Graham Foster

For more on racism in porn, there are a few things I recommend: For a short article that I feel covers a lot, at least briefly, read Tracy Clark-Flory's, "Porn's Race Problem". For an in-depth, highly researched study, read Mireille Miller-Young's A Taste of Brown Sugar. For a podcast that features Mickey Mod, turn to my perennial favorite, Why Are People Into That?!, hosted by Tina Horn, in the episode titled: Interrobang: Mickey Mod on Porn Stigma & Love. Media Mentioned: Why Won't You Date Me? podcast with Nicole Byer P-Valley, streaming on Starz Seduction of the Minotaur by Anaïs Nin 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak On Being Podcast with Krista Tippett Rose's Instagram: @rcgutters Of Prurient Interest social media: Insta: @ofprurientinterest Twitter: @highlyprurient FB: /ofprurientinterest Litsy: @prurientinterest Email: ofprurientinterest@gmail.com Patreon: /ofprurientinterest Website: ofprurientinterest.com Kaelyn's Instagram: @lalatiburona Score by Rose Droll: @myhandsarepaws Logo by @irizofen If you like this podcast, consider becoming a patron either here on Anchor or on Patreon. You can also make a one-time donation through the website. Lastly, subscribe, rate, and review!

In this two-part episode of Of Prurient Interest, my friends Victoria, Rose, and I discuss Anaïs Nin's 1954 novel, A Spy in the House of Love. We talk female sexuality, promiscuity, "race chasing", toxic masculinity, live nuns, and much more. Please join us! Books Mentioned: Little Ego Vittorio Giardino Auletris by Anaïs Nin Essays Mentioned: "Open Arms: The Fantastical Pull of Tentacle Porn" by Cameron Glover Films Mentioned: The Lover (1992), based on The Lover by Marguerite Duras Miscellanea Mentioned: Primal Hardwere (your sex toy spot for all things fantasy/furry/tentacle porn-y) Resources:  "Amazon Slammed for Censoring Female Erotica Writer Anaïs Nin" by Dana McCauley The Anaïs Nin Society "The Wild, Impassioned World of Anaïs Nin's Diaries: Revolutionary Writing that Bridged the Public and Private" by Kim Krizian "Shaming the Shameless: What Is Dangerous about Anaïs Nin?" by Ruth Charnock "Before Lena Dunham, There Was Anaïs Nin--Now Patron Saint of Social Media" by Sady Doyle "Anaïs Nin on Reproductive Rights: A Prescient Perspective from 1940" by Maria Popova "In Defense of the Fluid Self: Why Anaïs Nin Turned Down a Harper's Bazaar Profile" by Maria Popova Rose on Instagram: rcgutters Of Prurient Interest social media: Insta: @ofprurientinterest Twitter: @highlyprurient FB: /ofprurientinterest Litsy: @prurientinterest Email: ofprurientinterest@gmail.com Patreon: /ofprurientinterest Website: ofprurientinterest.com Kaelyn's Instagram: @lalatiburona Score by Rose Droll: @myhandsarepaws Logo by @irizofen If you like this podcast, consider becoming a patron either here on Anchor or on Patreon. You can also make a one-time donation through the website. Lastly, subscribe, rate, and review!

In this episode of Of Prurient Interest, my dad and I explore themes of sexuality, female autonomy, race, and privilege in Kate Chopin's 1899 novel, The Awakening. You do not need to have read the book to enjoy the podcast, but there will be spoilers! I mean, it's been over a century since its publication sooooo.... Next episode will be on Anais Nin's A Spy in the House of Love.  Bookstores Mentioned: Beach Town Books, San Clemente, California, USA Further Recommended Reading: Quicksand by Nella Larsen Nightwood by Djuna Barnes Sula by Toni Morrison Our Nig by Harriet Wilson Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass I mentioned my old blog in which I covered The Awakening and made a meal thematically attuned to it. Those posts are here and here. What We're Reading Now: Noli Me Tángere by José Rizal When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Resources Used: "Women in Nineteenth-Century America" by Dr. Graham Warder "The Classic Novel that Saw Pleasure as a Path to Freedom" by Claire Vaye Watkins "15 Facts about Kate Chopin's The Awakening" by Kristy Puchko Living a Feminist Life by Sara Ahmed Secrets and Lies: Race and Sex in The Awakening by James O'Rourke Edna the Oblivious Oppressor: An Intersectional Analysis of Privilege and Its Lack Thereof in The Awakening by Jessica L. Rosenthal "Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature" by Toni Morrison J. Davis: The Whole Book Experience Leaves of Cha Donation-based Meditation Instagram: @leavesofcha Of Prurient Interest social media: Insta: @ofprurientinterest Twitter: @highlyprurient FB: /ofprurientinterest Litsy: @prurientinterest Email: ofprurientinterest@gmail.com Patreon: /ofprurientinterest Website: ofprurientinterest.com Kaelyn's Instagram: @lalatiburona Score by Rose Droll: @myhandsarepaws Logo by @irizofen If you like this podcast, consider becoming a patron either here on Anchor or on Patreon. You can also make a one-time donation through the website. Lastly, subscribe, rate, and review!

Books mentioned:  The Period Book by Karen Gravelle and Jennifer Gravelle Song of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce Princess Nevermore by Dian Curtis Regan Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Uncle Wiggily by Howard R. Garis Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs Conan series by R. H. Howard Gor series by John Norman Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas The Awakening by Kate Chopin The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Little Birds and Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin The Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A. N. Roquelaure (aka Anne Rice!) Crimes of Love and Philosophies in the Boudoir by the Marquis de Sade The Sadeian Woman by Angela Carter Essays Mentioned: "The Best Sex I Ever Read Was By the Famously 'Dick-Centric' Henry Miller" by Mary Gaitskill, as told to Lila Shapiro "Porn: An Effective Vehicle for Sexual Role Modeling and Education" by Nina Hartley "Exclusive: An Investigation into Algorithmic Bias in Content Policing on Instagram" Podcasts Mentioned:  American Sex Podcast, Ep. 151  Fangasm/Potterotica Legal Cases, Etc. Mentioned: Attorney General v. The Book Called Tropic of Cancer (1962) Jacoblellis v. Ohio (1964) A Book Named John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure v. Attorney General of Massachusetts (1966) Ginzburg v. United States (1965) Attorney General v. A Book Called Naked Lunch (1966) Stanley v. Georgia (1969) Miller v. California (1973) The case against Tom Arthur and the Mr. Double website The Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography (1976) The Meese Commission on Obscenity (1985) Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1997) SESTA (Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act)/FOSTA (Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act) (2018) EARN IT (Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies) Act (2020) Instagram Community Guidelines J. Davis: The Whole Book Experience  Leaves of Cha  Donation-based Meditation Instagram: @leavesofcha Of Prurient Interest social media: Insta: @ofprurientinterest Twitter: @highlyprurient FB: /ofprurientinterest Litsy: @prurientinterest Email: ofprurientinterest@gmail.com Patreon: /ofprurientinterest Website: ofprurientinterest.com Kaelyn's Instagram: @lalatiburona Score by Rose Droll: @myhandsarepaws Logo by @irizofen If you like this podcast, consider becoming a patron either here on Anchor or on Patreon. You can also make a one-time donation through the website. Lastly, subscribe, rate, and review!

Hey there! I'm so happy to announce the release of Episode 1! While most episodes are going to focus on specific books, the first two episodes are going to be on the history of obscenity in the U.S., primarily. I felt that it would be a good idea to go over the ways our understanding of obscenity has changed in the last few hundred years and how our modern conception of it affects much of our everyday lives in ways we might not realize. This first episode covers the main obscenity cases brought to court up until the 1970s. The cases (and laws) BRIEFLY covered are: -Regina v. Hicklin (1868) -Comstock Act (1873) -United States v. One Book Entitled "Ulysses" (1933) -Commonwealth v. Gordon (1949) -Butler v. State of Michigan (1957) -Roth v. United States (1957) -Attorney General v. The Book Named "Tropic of Cancer" (1962) -Jacoblellis v. Ohio (1964) -Ginzburg v. United States (1965) -A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of Massachusetts (1966) -Attorney General v. A Book Named "Naked Lunch" (1966) -Stanley v. Georgia (1969) -Miller v. California (1973) Sources: -"The Reinvention of Obscenity: Sex, Lies, and Tabloids in Early Modern France" by Joan DeJean -"Carving a Literary Exception: The Obscenity Standard and 'Ulysses'" by Marisa Anne Pagnattaro -"Encyclopedia of Censorship" by Jonathon Green & Nicholas J. Karolides -"The United States of America v. One Book Entitled 'Ulysses' by James Joyce: Documents and Commentary" by Michael Moscato -"XXX: A Woman's Right to Pornography" by Wendy McElroy