textual deviants

And now we're back! From outer space!

Woops I meant from our regularly scheduled break! (Plus a day or so).

The second book we ever read and discussed for the podcast was A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins when it was released in 2020. So of course, we had to watch the movie now that it's out in theaters! Thank goodness the strike is over huh? 

Join us as we discuss the similarities and differences between the book and movie and the merit of the movie itself. And as we ask the question only you, our loyal listeners can answer; Does this count as a sequel?

The week we are once again taking up the mantle as the C-Presidents of the Tiffany D. Jackson Fan Club! And as Co-Presidents, this October we are bringing you Tiffany's (yes we are on a first name basis!) spookiest read to date, The Weight of Blood.

Join us as we read this Carrie retelling and discuss all things Maddy, Kendrick, Wendy, Jules and the rest of the headline making events in the small town of  Springville, Georgia. And find out why Racism (tm) might just be the scariest part of all.

It's a bird!
It's a plane!
It's the Return of Them Bitches That Read a.k.a Textual Deviants!

Now let me tell you a little about two girls who are in solidarity with the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Yes, the industry is still on strike and so are we. So we are back with our first read in a long time and we're not sure if we remember how we used to do this, but we sure as hell are gonna have fun trying to figure it out!

For today's episode we read Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie and the description is as follows:  A mysterious disease claims the world's children before bringing them back. To continue surviving, however, they need to ingest human blood. As you may guess from this synopsis, this horror fiction left us with many many feelings. Join us as we discuss our first impressions, a.ka first anxiety, existential dread, how Mr. Craiggory DiLouis had us questioning whether or not we want to be parents nd much more!  Mister Craiggory DiLouis, you have some 'splainin' to do!

Hello again everyone!

We're back from an unannounced hiatus that was necessary for many reasons! Travel, family, and the havoc that general late-stage capitalism is wreaking on our chosen industry!

As the title has probably made you aware, SAG and the WGA is on strike! Now what does that mean for us? You'll have to listen to find out!

Join us as we talk through reasons for the strike, where we stand (hint hint: we ain't no scabs), and a pivot or maybe rather a return to our roots! Plus bonus content if you make it all the way to the end!

Can't wait to hear from all of you once you listen to this weeks episode of Disney Deviants(?)!

Welcome back to our friends to another episode of *record scratch* Textual Deviants! 

Did you miss us? Well we missed  yall! So we declared this #SmartGirlSummer and decided to give you all the book content you've been craving. And what better book to start out with than one that has sat on the NYT Best Sellers list for 3 years straight? 

That's right, we read Delia Owen's Where The Crawdads Sing and let's just say it was polarizing! Find out who played good cop and who played bad cop in this weekend's bonus jonas episode of Textual Deviants (brought to you by Disney Deviants)!

One week ago, we discussed Where'd You Go Bernadette on election day, and it was a wonderful distraction. Today we are discussing it's movie companion, by the same name, directed by Richard Linklater!

We made a deal with a god we dont believe about our candidate winning (yay striking down fascism!), so unfortunately that means no more witty questions like: 

What do you get when you cross a filmmaker with a distinctly realistic aesthetic (almost to the point of absurdity) with a satirical, semi-commentary and absurd characters?

The answer?

Well you'll have to listen to us discuss Where'd You Go Bernadette directed by Richard Linklater to find out!

It's election day and we need a really big distraction from the anxiety of it all. So why not dive into the anxiety of the titular character in this weeks read Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple!

In this absurdist (our word) satire (their word) we are thrown into the life of Bernadette Peters world renowned actress, Broadway belter, and all around believable lady and ‐‐ *checks notes* -- sorry Bernadette Fox, LA transplant, renowned architect, no waste queen and all around hater of people. We always get those two confused!

Let's make a deal with a god that we dont believe in about this election cycle. If our candidate wins (do we even have to say who?) We wont ask anymore pertinent questions like:

How are Avril Lavigne and Bernadette Fox related?

What year is too late to act like fax communication between friends is plausible?

What year did Zune stop production?

What kind of podcast are we? (Note: We are NOT a cussing podcast)

Honestly, we could use a nice relaxing cruise to the Atlantic right about now....you know, Bee might have been on to something. Brace the high, dry winds of Antarctica with us in this week's episode, Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple!

After much delay, (we forgive you USPS, getting the #Vote out is def more important) we have returned to our regularly-ish scheduled content.

To close out our month of #SpooksMcGooks we read 2002  psychological spook, The Night I Disappeared by Julie Reece Deaver and break down all the levels of Jamie's psyche. And some of our own as well! 

Tangents abound (sorry not sorry) in this week's episode, The Night I Disappeared by Julie Reece Deaver!

Welcome back for another chaotic episode of a differently scheduled ♫Textual Deviants, uh , uh , uh —♫ 

THEME SONG UNDER CONSTRUCTION

This week we are joined by long time friend of the podcast, first EVER guest, and host of her own podcast, Depp Impact, Jenna Kuerzi! (http://www.jennakuerzi.com/) as we discuss Coraline Directed by Henry Selick (NOT TIM BURTON) of Nightmare Before Christmas fame! 

We learned a lot while watching Coraline and we'd love to share a little bit of it with all of you!

A Bobinsky is what your big toe does when the foot is stimulated. 
Nudity in a children's (?) movie is okay as long as it's extra clothed women wearing very naked bodysuits.
Banana slugs make great mustaches for impromptu photo shoots. 
Vermillion is scarlet red (read: ORANGE)
Tim Burton knows exactly one POC
Puce is the color of flea droppings(???)
And Coraline is perhaps the most body positive movie of 2009.

Learn with us in the most #iconique episode of Textual Deviants to ever grace your ear drums!

Today is the first of our  book to movie reviews and we could not be more excited to be starting it off with I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Charlie Kaufman!

No we do not have that wrong. This movie is credited as having been WRITTEN by Charlie Kaufman and not Iain Reid.

If you thought Iain Reid's ITOET was weird, than you better tighten your bootstraps because you're in for a real ride. 

Join us as we discuss this Netflix "arthouse fil-um", its strengths (*cough*dance*cough), its weaknesses (*cough*dance*cough*) and everything in between!

It's October which means we are starting our month of #Spooks🎃 and let us tell you, we are starting it off RIGHT, but our sound is all WRONG. (Forgive us listeners for one of us *cough"taiwo*cough* has sinned.)

For our first episode of October, we read the truly #SpooksMcGooks I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid. 

Find out which one of us had to sleep in her sister's bed after reading this and which one of us is an ITOET savant. Listen to us work through all the details of the chaotically unnerving I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid!

Welcome back to another episode of Textual Deviants where the format is made up and the schedule doesnt matter! 

This week we ferociously, speed read Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson! After reading a particularly derisive 1 star review, we just HAD to tell [NAME REDACTED] just how wrong they are, point by point.

Enjoy the takedown of the century (or at least of the hour), with our 5-star (plz rate us) rebuttal of a 1-star review as we discuss Tiffany D. Jackson's Allegedly!

Quarantine's got us feeling like it's the roaring 20s again (pandemic, anyone?) So we decided to throw it back to a 1979 classic that throws it back to 1815! (#Meta!)

Today we worship at the altar of the queen of sci-fi, Octavia E. Butler, and pay her homage by discussing her 1979 classic, Kindred!

This one truly had us in our feelings, a stress read like no other. Grab your best anxiety reducer and buckle in for a crazy ride!

Are you ready for the #MeToo era read you didn't know you needed (or in T's case, were reading?)

This week we read the rich,  (dollar bill bookmarks anyone!) imaginative retelling of the lesser known Greek witch, Circe by Madeline Miller. In this read, Miller questions the portrayals of women in Greek myths and leads us to ask some questions of our own, such as:

Why is the theme of the week #DisappointedAndUnsurprised? (Hint: starts with m ends with en)

What character does T see as a little, blue man?

And which characters do we #ship?

Find out the answer to these questions and why we may have subconsciously changed a lyric in our theme song as we discuss Circe by Madeline Miller!

The book we all begged for in 2008 is finally here! Is it 12 years too late or right on time? Does Edward watching Bella sleep age like fine wine or sour vinegar? And above all, is 672 pages ENOUGH pages to recapture our fading youth? That's for us to know and you to find out. 

Join us as we answer the call of the undead and (no longer) glittery in this week's episode, Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer!

*During our reading of the reviews we discovered that the Quileute Tribe (depicted thoughout the entirety of the saga) to this day had never been given any compensation from Stephenie Meyer or the Twilight Saga franchise despite being heavily depicted and having their culture and legends appropriated for the benefit of the franchise. The tribe is currently trying to move some of their buildings out of the Tsunami zone that they are located in and are crowdfunding to help. Please find their link below where you can learn more and/or donate if you have the means. Thank you!

https://mthg.org/

These two Naija babes are finally reading a book by another Naija gyal! This week's read sees us going back to our motherland in the comedy (?) My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. This one is really interesting, interesting, interesting for it's content. It also brings up some questions about us, like, which one of us would help our sister cover up a murder? Dive in as we uncover some childhood trauma!

 Wondering what read to buy next? Don't worry, we've got you covered. Well, we've got US covered, but we would love it if you join us. In this house we definitely judge a book by its cover, so next month, we have quite a collection. We have serial killers, sexy islands, and time travel. What more could a girl want?

This week we finally get what we've all been waiting for, a deep dive into the lusty waters of softcore porn! - *cough* We mean Get a Life, Chloe Brown! Honestly Chloe's managed to actually manifest a life through the power of lists, so we thought we might create one of our own!

1. Camping with the person of your dreams and getting. It. On. 
2. Learn to play the guitar strictly through the power of osmosis. 
3. MORE SMUDGE
4. An Amber Riley led HBO adaptation!!!

Find out if we get everything we wished for and if we think this is the cat's Miaow as we cross the second half of Get a Life, Chloe Brown off our list 😉!

In this week's episode we dip our toes in the waters of (trill) rrrrromance. Our girl Chloe Brown is getting a life and we are here to check her list twice! And of course we have some questions. 

1. What does the cat say? (Hint: it's never miaow) 
2.What's the male equivalent of a manic pixie dream girl? 
3. When will we get to the meaty softcore porn we know we are all here for! 

Join us as we cross the first half of Get a Life, Chloe Brown off our list 😉!

In Part 2 of The Vanishing Half we finish up our thrilling ride on the Vignes emotional rollercoaster and are left speechless. Except for our weekly questions of course! Will our computers ever make it through an episode without technical issues? Is Brit Bennett a literary goddess fully deserving of her place on the throne of the NYT Best Sellers list? And last and certainly most important, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK KENNEDY AND FRANTZ??? 

We just took a DNA test, turns out we still hate Stella in The Vanishing Half Pt. 2!