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Every book Margaret Killjoy recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Margaret Killjoy has recommended or discussed 7 books on podcasts, as of February 1, 2025.
- Margaret Killjoy has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of February 1, 2025.
- Those books came up in 5 episodes, as of February 1, 2025.
- The 3 books Margaret Killjoy has mentioned in the most episodes, as of February 1, 2025: Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture, Principia Discordia and Rattling the Cages.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Margaret Killjoy aired on February 1, 2025.
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Margaret Killjoy’s most recommended books
- Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture by Arthur Evans
- Principia Discordia by Greg Hill
- Rattling the Cages by Josh Davidson
- Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence
- Sexual Behavior in the Human Female by Alfred Charles Kinsey
- Sexual Behavior in the Human Male by Alfred Charles Kinsey
- The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea
Margaret Killjoy is a writer, musician, and podcaster known for her work in anarchist media. On episodes of Behind the Bastards, she discussed and recommended several books, offering enthusiastic endorsements and historical context. Killjoy recommended Eric King's co-edited book Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners, which features a foreword by Angela Davis, and encouraged listeners to check it out. She also expressed a strong interest in reading T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom and jokingly encouraged listeners to steal copies of the Principia Discordia by Greg Hill. Discussing Arthur Evans's Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture, she praised it as a love letter to her and her co-host and cited its historical examination of Christian opposition to crossdressing and animal costumes. Killjoy discussed Alfred Kinsey's reports, specifically Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, noting them as groundbreaking analyses of human sexuality. Additionally, she mentioned Robert Shea's The Illuminatus! Trilogy, noting that while she was aware of it, she had not yet read it, reflecting her wide-ranging engagement with political history, counterculture, and radical thought.
Books recommended by Margaret Killjoy
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Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture
Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture by Arthur Evans is a historical and cultural study examining the intersection of queer history, paganism, and medieval European witchcraft persecutions.
Recommended“There's this book that rules. It's called Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture. And it was basically a love letter written to me and you Garrison. Okay. Um [laughter] it was by Arthur Evans”
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Principia Discordia
Principia Discordia by Greg Hill is a foundational satirical text of Discordianism, a postmodern, parody religion that critiques authority, consensus reality, and dogmatic thinking through humor and chaos.
Recommended“everybody steal the principia discordia yeah steal the principia be a discordia”
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Rattling the Cages
Rattling the Cages by Josh Davidson is a powerful and revealing collection of oral histories documenting the experiences of North American political prisoners.
Recommended“Eric is also the co-editor of a book called Rattling the Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners, which has a forward by none other than Angela Davis and is worth checking out.”
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.
Recommended“I want to read Seven Pillars now it's great yeah uh it is”
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Sexual Behavior in the Human Female
Sexual Behavior in the Human Female by Alfred Charles Kinsey, Wardell Baxter Pomeroy, Clyde E.
Discussed“Maybe the most famous at the time of his work, though, was his 1948 book, Sexual Behavior and the Human Male, and his later book, Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, which are often called the Kinsey Reports, which offered groundbreaking analysis”
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Sexual Behavior in the Human Male
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male is a landmark 1948 study on human sexuality by Alfred Kinsey, Wardell Baxter Pomeroy, and Clyde E.
Discussed“Maybe the most famous at the time of his work, though, was his 1948 book, Sexual Behavior and the Human Male, and his later book, Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, which are often called the Kinsey Reports, which offered groundbreaking analysis”
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The Illuminatus! Trilogy
The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson is a wildly eccentric, post-modern fictional masterpiece that weaves together conspiracy theories, counterculture philosophy, and satire to explore the secretive forces shaping human history.
Discussed“I am very aware of the illuminatus trilogy and I have not read it”
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Books Margaret Killjoy wrote
- Sapling Cage
- A Country of Ghosts
- Escape from Incel Island
- The Barrow Will Send What It May
- The Folktales of Lowland Cekon
- The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion
- We Won't Be Here Tomorrow
Appearances
Other mentions (35: passing, ad reads, own books), the 30 most recent
“But also on Halloween this very year, I have a spooky collection of short stories called The Folktales of Land Sakon that comes out from tangled wilderness.org from strangers in the Tangled Wilderness and it is only six bucks and it is the most beautiful zen and it has five of my stories in it and you should pre-order it”
“and one of my books is about a trans witch and the book is called the sapling cage”
“My most recent book is the third book in the Danielle Caine series. If you like the idea of punk rock, Scooby-Doo, check out the Danielle Caine series. The first one is called The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion. It's available in German, actually.”
“uh my most recent book is called the sapling cage it came out from feminist press in October and it is about a young trans girl who goes off and becomes a witch”
“I do have a new book that people can buy it's called the sapling cage”
“I have a book coming out. It comes out in September. It's called The Sapling Cage. And it's going to be Kickstarted in June. And if you go to Kickstarter, you can sign up for announcements about that. And it is the best book I've ever written. So you all should read it.”
“it's called the sapling cage and it is coming out from feminist press in September but it has been kickstarted in June and you can sign up now on the kickstarter for more information about it”
“I have a book called The sapling cage that will be kickstarted starting June 10th and you can sign up for U an alert about that by going to Kickstarter and searching the sapling cage or Margaret kjoy”
“bad things have to happen in a novel called the sapling cage”
“I wrote a YA novel without any bad things—of course there are bad things; it's a novel and bad things have to happen in a story—called 'The Sapling Cage.' It's great, by the way. Robert actually read it; it is my favorite piece of your writing so far.”
“Um and then if you if you bring a paperback and I recommend it uh bring one that you've already read because you know you like it. I like normally don't reread books all that much, but when I need to turn my brain off, uh, a book you've already read for a lot of people is going to do”
“uh the one that they made Apocalypse Now based off of oh Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness”
“well did write a pulp Adventure noela called escape from Insel Island and Merry Christmas”
“I would say I have a two book Novella series that came out a little while ago called the Danielle Kane series the first one's the lamb will Slaughter the lion so the second one is the barrel will send what it may they're both really short”
“I would say I have a two book Novella series that came out a little while ago called the Danielle Kane series the first one's the lamb will Slaughter the lion so the second one is the barrel will send what it may they're both really short”
“and I have a book called escape from insole Island I have a bunch of books but the most recent one is called escape from Insel Island”
“uh if you want a book I wrote I wrote a book called escape from insul Island and you can read it in afternoon and it has people in it who are escaping from Ansel Island”
“yeah I once read a book about the origins of the Illuminati as influencing the anarchist movement called The Occult origins of interestism or something”
“people in Canterbury, which is actually a city in England and not just the name of a book I was supposed to read in high school Uh they rioted.”
“Um my current book available for pre-order is called Escape from Incel Island. It is a adventurous science fiction adventure novel novela. Um it's very short. You can read it in one day”
“I have a book coming out yeah called escape from in cell Island which asks the very important question of what if all of the men who felt like they were owed a Woman by the government got tricked into moving to an island where they were stuck”
“I have a book called escape from Insel Island that does what it says on the title on the cover and it is coming out from strangers in the Tangled Wilderness on February 1st and you can pre-order it at Tangled wilderness.org and get a a free poster of the cover it's a really cool cover”
“I have a book called escape from Insel Island that does what it says on the title on the cover and it is coming out from strangers in the Tangled Wilderness on February 1st”
“Um, I have a book called We Won't Be Here Tomorrow. I have a podcast like Live Like the World is Dying.”
“I have a book that is probably out by the time you hear this called We Won't Be Here Tomorrow, uh which includes such stories as people programming drones to murder people like we're discussing the show in a fictional setting.”
“Well, I have a book that's available for pre-order. It's called We Won't Be Here Tomorrow. And if you like um trans woman who robs guys and then feeds them to her mermaid lover”
“People can get my they can pre-order my book that is all about why traffic lights are bad. Um, it's called We Won't Be Here Tomorrow, and it's written from the point of view of a traffic light”
“It's like literally a Dante's Inferno. I've never read Dante's Inferno, but let's pretend like I have. Yeah. It's mostly about a dude wanting to [ __ ] a chick.”
“Uh well, I do have a new book out or a a reprint of an older book called A Country of Ghosts. That is a more directly utopian book. Uh it's out from AK Press.”
“And I have a a new book. It's actually an old book re-released called A Country of Ghosts that just came out um that answers the question of well, it it presents one of the many many different answers to the question of what could a society without um authority look like and how could it function?”