Forever Young Adult Podcast

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An Irish YA book review podcast! Aífe and Ciara are two young-ish adults who read and discuss Young Adult fiction, Emerging Adult fiction, Coming of Age fiction, and all that jazz! We focus on Irish writers, LGBTQ writers, and anything else you have to recommend to us!

  1. 07/13/2021

    56. Claudine - Rioko Ikeda (translated Jocelyne Allen)

    CONTENT WARNING FOR TRANSPHOBIA  Spoilers for the end of the book from 34 minutes.  In this episode, Aífe reads a Shojo manga from 1978. Even more confusingly, it's set in France. Even more confusingly, it's set in a version of early 20thc France which has skinny jeans AND landed gentry. Don't worry about it.  We get a little history lesson on Shojo, France, and calendars.  Discussion points include: the Y2K of king death; Ciara's fear of huge anime t*****s; historical dramas with jeans.  Content Warnings for discussions of: in-text transphobia; medicalisation of trans experiences; misgendering; murder; arson; suicide; relationships with power imbalances; relationships with age differences; real-world transphobia; real-world homophobia. -- If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to forever young  adult podcast for more of our thoughts on Young Adult literature, coming  of age literature! You can  have two episodes a month delivered into  your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Email us at 4everYoungAdult (at) gmail.com Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a      few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as       applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)

  2. 06/22/2021

    55. Between Perfect and Real - Ray Stoeve

    When Dean is cast as Romeo in his school play he struggles with the role because now that everyone is seeing him as a dude, how can he keep living as a girl? A fantastic coming of age story about a young trans man coming into his own and so is Ciara! Welcome to the second episode in our Pride Month collaboration with Small Trans Library Dublin!  Ciara tells Aife about Between Prefect and Real - a book we will be donating to The Small Trans Library! Discussion points include: the difference in knowing you are trans and telling people you are trans, coming out, the importance of support groups and queer houses. To find out more about the stellar work done by Small Trans Library, check out SmallTransLibrary.org Happy pride! Take care of each other out there! Content Warnings for discussions of: homophobia; transphobia including discussion of deadnaming and unsupportive parents -- If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to forever young adult podcast for more of our thoughts on Young Adult literature, coming of age literature! You can  have two episodes a month delivered into your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Email us at 4everYoungAdult (at) gmail.com Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a     few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as      applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)

  3. 06/08/2021

    54. Out of Salem - Hal Schrieve

    Welcome to our first episode in our Pride Month collaboration with Small Trans Library Dublin!  Aífe tells Ciara all about Out of Salem by Hal Schrieve, a book we borrowed from The Small Trans Library! This book was billed as "the best teen zombie witchy werewolf fairy fantasy murder mystery you've ever read" and definitely met expectations!  Discussion points include: being A Good Grown Up; real life psychic warlock powers; gay baby werewolf enthusiasm; and The Allegory Of It All(TM). To find out more about the stellar work done by Small Trans Library, check out SmallTransLibrary.org Happy pride! Take care of each other out there! Content Warnings for discussions of: body horror; homophobia; medical abuse including electroshock therapy; transphobia including deadnaming; violent death; structural racism; police harrassment; state-sanctioned oppression; the advancement of fascism in general.  -- If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to forever young adult podcast for more of our thoughts on Young Adult literature, coming of age literature! You can  have two episodes a month delivered into your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Email us at 4everYoungAdult (at) gmail.com Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a     few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as      applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)

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An Irish YA book review podcast! Aífe and Ciara are two young-ish adults who read and discuss Young Adult fiction, Emerging Adult fiction, Coming of Age fiction, and all that jazz! We focus on Irish writers, LGBTQ writers, and anything else you have to recommend to us!