Unfortunately Required Reading

Unfortunately Required Reading

Review and relive the books that made you cringe in school, but now with cocktails and sass.

  1. 17 maj

    Antisemitic Fan Fiction (Ivanhoe)

    This week Amanda and Victoria do an unnecessary deep dive into Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott and discuss how he created Scottish tourism.

  2. 24 jan.

    Unfortunate Fan Fiction (Boy in the Striped Pajamas)

    This week Amanda and Victoria discuss the massive historical inaccuracies of John Boyne's The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and real-life drama.

  3. 2025-12-21

    Don't Make Fun of a God's Mom (The Bacchae)

    This week Amanda and Victoria discuss the god Dionysus and the play The Bacchae by Euripides.

  4. 2025-10-25

    Keep Your Friends Close, Vampires Closer (The Vampyre by John Polidori)

    This week Amanda and Victoria discuss the novella The Vampyre by John Polidori (NOT LORD BYRON), and how it helped create the vampire genre we know today.

  5. 2025-09-20

    Another Book That Was Clearly a Cry for Help (Dicey's Song)

    This week Amanda and Victoria discuss another book that probably should have been a trauma indicator, Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voight...also Anime Horse Girls

  6. 2025-07-27

    Episode 124: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Italy (The Aeneid)

    This week Amanda and Victoria discuss the epic poem by Virgil (or Vergil), The Aeneid. Also, our weird obsession with bunt cakes.

  7. 2025-06-08

    The Book Club

    Welcome to our first "Book Club" episode, as Amanda and Victoria discuss Sinners, Conclave and the atrocious Lilo and Stitch live action. Fair warning: there's no outline, no script, and plenty of tangents. Back to our regularly scheduled programming in July!

  8. 2025-03-22

    Episode 123: Not a Single Woman of Color Was Involved or Asked (The Second Sex)

    This week Amanda and Victoria explore Simone de Beauvoir's exploration of women, The Second Sex, and discuss intersectionality and a whole blend of modern-day f**kery.

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    Unfortunately Required Reading
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    2018 - 2026
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