Thursday, January 20, 2022

Time for a Fresh Start


Steph and Candice declare a new start and share highlights from 2021

Books

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraquip

Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm by Robin Diangelo

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Woman that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O'Meara

Monster She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R Anderson

Hello, Habits: A Minimalist's Guide to a Better Life by Fumio Sasaki

Links

Mallory O'Meara's Podcast Reading Glasses

Books Unbound Podcast and Bookmark Subscription

Events

January 25 - Lawrence Hill in conversation with Nana aba Duncan about his children's book Beatrice and Croc Harry

Feb 1 - Tara McKenna in conversation with Candice Batista about her book Don't Be Trashy

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome

02:18 Steph's update on 2021 resolutions and goals

06:20 Candice's update on 2021 goals

08:07 Update on the Stephen King re read

17:00 On musicians and writers revisiting their work

20:07 Steph's reading highlights of 2021

26:27 Candice's reading higlights of 2021

33:00 Goals for 2022

42:00 Events around the Bookshelf

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Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Movie Review: Best Teen Streams & Anonymously Yours

This week on End Credits, we unofficially kick off the new year by getting into some new movie reviews. Our pick this week hails from Mexico, but it has some surprisingly familiar themes if you’re a big fan of stories about teenage romance. Speaking of teenage-based drama, let’s just say this week’s show is a boon if you’re looking for something to watch in that genre!