Episode 51: Books for Virgins

This week, Kate and Brodie are literally jocks. Jinxy went to the footy and BL watched it at the pub. They talk about taking Emma Straub to Melbourne Writers Festival opening night, watching lots of SVU, showing your family around Melbourne, avoiding the movie Infinity Pool if you have trypophobia, being a cool aunty the inspiration for the dreamboat love interest in Curtis Sittenfeld's Romantic Comedy, romance novels that are for virgins, sex scenes that would make us prefer to be rehymenised, the new documentary Jude Blume Forever and whether teens can relate to things that aren't texts.See AlsosDon't Think TwiceLive From New York oral history by James Andrew Miller and Tom ShalesWe Killed: The Rise of Women in American ComedyGilda LiveAre You There God it's Me Margaret (the movie!)Rodham, Eligible and American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld@judyblume on twitterJohn Mayer's 2021 album Sob RockJudy Blume on Fresh Air and WWHLALSO ALSOSWATCH ALSO: BARRY (on Binge). See Also: this profile on Bill Hader in the New YorkerWATCH ALSO: Agnes Varda on SBS Movies in Australia! They have 6 titles: Cleo From 5 to 7, Lions Love (...and Lies), Vagabond, La Pointe Courte, Jane B For Agnes V, One Sings, the Other Doesn't! WEAR ALSO: Skims Naked Scoop braREAD ALSO: HIBOOKS in PortlandFOLLOW ALSO: Lucky Dragon Supper ClubADMIN ALSO: Going to the doctor, getting the referralsFollow us on socials @seealsopodcast for links to Also AlsosThanks as always to Samuel Hodge and Harvey Sutherland for making us look and sound great. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.