Do you accept the love you deserve?

My friend, Priscilla, and I chat about the incredibly unique and moving memoir In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado. Carmen illuminates and writes about her own experience with domestic abuse within her same-sex relationship—bringing her story and those like it out of the shadows and into the conversation. Priscilla and I reflect on the ways we resonated with Carmen and the ways she helped open our minds and hearts.

Listener discretion advised: this episode contains adult language, discussion about abuse and domestic violence

If you have any comments or questions, please connect with me on Instagram or email babesinbooklandpodcast@gmail.com. I’d love to hear your suggestions and feedback! If you leave a kind review, I’ll read it top of show!

Link to this episode’s book:
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Other ways to support/connect with Carmen Maria Machado
Instagram

Link to Domestic Violence in the LGTBQ+ community statistics

Ways to support survivors of Domestic Violence
https://www.asafeplace.org/
https://www.1736fcc.org/
https://www.sfaws.org/

National Domestic Violence Hotline
800-799-SAFE(7233)
Text BEGIN to 88788

https://www.womenslaw.org/

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This episode is produced, recorded, and edited by me.

Special thanks (again!) to my dear friend, Priscilla. Best friends for over TWENTY YEARS!!! (We don’t talk about sophomore year).

Xx, Alex

How can we continue to learn and grow?

Tara Westover’s Educated is a moving, inspiring, and thought-provoking memoir. My friend, Jaime, and I discuss Tara’s courage to challenge the beliefs she had been conditioned to accept all of her life. And even though her education came with a devastating personal price, her journey is a reminder of the importance of self-reflection, curiosity, and the pursuit of knowledge.

Listener discretion advised: this episode contains adult language, discussion about abuse

If you have any comments or questions, please connect with me on Instagram or email babesinbooklandpodcast@gmail.com. I’d love to hear your suggestions and feedback!

Link to this episode’s book:
Educated by Tara Westover

Other ways to support/connect with Tara Westover
Instagram

Link to Food Stamp Statistics

Transcripts are auto-generated through Apple’s podcast app—they may not be perfect, but relying on them allows me to dedicate more time to the show! If you’re interested in being a transcript angel, let me know.

This episode is produced, recorded, and edited by me.

Special thanks (again!) to my dear friend, Jaime. You’re one of the few I’d cold plunge for!

Xx, Alex

What makes you laugh?

My friend, Page, and I are in awe of how Michelle Buteau seems to lead her life with laughter. That isn’t to say she hasn’t faced hard things— being a Black woman in America and Hollywood, a body that matured way faster than her peers, and a difficult journey to motherhood that many friends didn’t know how to support (just to name a few!) But her book exudes joy and is as inspiring and funny as it is relatable. We get into our first kiss stories, how to show up for your friends and yourself, and THE BEST CLAP BACK EVER. Seriously. EVER.

Listener discretion advised: this episode contains adult language

If you have any comments or questions, please connect with me on Instagram or email babesinbooklandpodcast@gmail.com. I’d love to hear your suggestions and feedback!

Link to this episode’s book:
Survival of the Thickest by Michelle Buteau

Other ways to support/connect with Michelle Buteau
Instagram

Transcripts are auto-generated through Apple’s podcast app—they may not be perfect, but relying on them allows me to dedicate more time to the show! If you’re interested in being a transcript angel, let me know.

This episode is produced, recorded, and edited by me.

Special thanks to my dear friend, Page. Thanks for laughing with me since we were 10 years old. Even though that one time I almost choked and that other time you had the worst hang over ever.

Xx, Alex