Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-10-08
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 54
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Andreas Petierra criticized Rainbow Solidarity in Defense of Cuba by Leslie Feinberg. Also mentioned: Britannia Unchained by Kwasi Kwarteng and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Rainbow Solidarity in Defense of Cuba
Critiqued“And eventually I find out that it's it dates back to this book called Rainbow Solidarity in Defense of Cuba by Leslie Fineberg was written um mid to late uh 2000s. Um really it's not a book.”
Where to get it
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Britannia Unchained
Discussed“And they wrote this book called Britannia Unchained which I don't know if people are probably not familiar with. Right. I've heard of it, but I know very little about it.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Ad read The Last Thing He Told Me
“Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Garner, Judy Greer, Rita Wilson, and Grie Rice, and author Laura Dave. These are the women behind season 2 of the Apple TV series The Last Thing He Told Me. We're talking about turning a book into a hit show”
Passing Stone Butch Blues
“So Leslie Fineberg, people who don't know, is like one of one of the most important like trans authors ever um wrote Stone Butch Blues, which is like if you've ever been in like any sort of like queer or trans scene, uh you probably know about or possibly have read.”
Ad read Matilda
“You know Rald Doll, the writer who thought up Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG. But did you know he was also a spy? Was this before he wrote his stories?”
Ad read The BFG
“You know Rald Doll, the writer who thought up Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG. But did you know he was also a spy? Was this before he wrote his stories?”
“You know Rald Doll, the writer who thought up Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG. But did you know he was also a spy? Was this before he wrote his stories?”
“Americans who don't understand entirely how British educational culture works, the fancy schools that they go to, they're like Hogwarts if you replaced like the magic with kids beating each other in the shower and Yeah. Yeah.”
“We we everyone in England needs to take a page from the Harry Potter books and arm the children to murder government officials. If I'm remembering how those books ended properly form form form form a gorilla army of you and your friends and attempt to overthrow the government.”
“Let's let's that's that's the plot of the Order of the Phoenix. Okay. Yeah. I remember it now when they uh when they do a car bomb.”