Sunshine and Self Help month kicks off with a groovy guide to life by the endlessly cool Jennifur Brandt (aka Jennifer Brandt Taylor). Were you a weirdo, nostalgic teen who admired both Riot Grrl culture and classic cinema? Do you love collage, paper dolls, and pissing off the patriarchy? Read along with us as we talk novelty stores, fashion tips from 2000, and the eternal appeal of Weetzie Bat.

Jennifer Brandt Taylor's website: The Librarian (also on Twitter and Instagram)

Life is a Movie Starring You: Out of print! Check your beloved local used bookstore, or some of these shops who can ship copies to you: Strand Bookstore, Montclair Book Center. Of course, there are used copies on Amazon, Barnes and Noble and the like!

Content Notes

Old Hollywood movies means Old Hollywood values! That means racism, sexism, and all sorts of -isms. Otherwise, a happy, kind, and supportive guide whose advice we endorse to this day!

Show Notes

Celebrating Chalica

"MAMA IT'S COLD OUTSIDE!" Sure is, #princessringding -time to cuddle up with a good book (or our latest episode-link in the profile!)

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Girl Power: Jennifur Brandt’s New Lifestyle Brand

‘Pesky Meddling Girls’: ’Zine touts pop culture

50 Things to Do in Baltimore

American Visionary Art Museum

Jeremiah's Vanishing New York: Tah-Poozie

End Comes for Love Saves the Day

Toy Tokyo

Vintage L.A.: Eats, Boutiques, Decor, Landmarks, Markets & More by Jennifer Brandt Taylor

Listen to Friends of the Podcast on Secrets of Story and Fuse 8 n' Kate!

Bob Baker Marionette Theatre

On March 9th, be a warrior. Watch the brand-new trailer for Disney's A Wrinkle in Time. Website and Mobile site: disney.com/wrinkleintime Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WrinkleinTimeMovie/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WrinkleinTime Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wrinkleintime/ Hashtag: #WrinkleinTime From visionary director Ava DuVernay comes Disney's "A Wrinkle in Time," an epic adventure based on Madeleine L'Engle's timeless classic which takes audiences across dimensions of time and space, examining the nature of darkness versus light and, ultimately, the triumph of love.

True Grease: The unvarnished story behind my favorite girl gang, the Pink Ladies.

Through the Labyrinth, and What Sarah Found There

Wise Children by Angela Carter

My Life (And Nobody Else's): A Personal and Private Fill-In-The-Blanks Record Book

The Late Great Me by Sandra Scoppetone

12 Deadly Cyns...and then Some

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

How to Live Life with Fantastic Aliveness: Remembering Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Dewdrops in the Garden playlist

Qoya

The Year That Skin Care Became a Coping Mechanism

Rachel Wilkerson Miller/ The REWM - "How to Spend Christmas Alone"

Shout out BSCC and Baby Bees!

You should be listening to Carey's Music!

Jennifer Brandt Taylor's House Tour

A Girl Like I by Anita Loos

Readalikes

The Rookie Yearbooks by Tavi Gevinson and editors of Rookie

Queen of the Oddballs by Hillary Carlip

Current Reads

The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper

Under Her Spell by Bridget Essex

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Carey and Marie discuss the myriad works of Matthue Roth! From teen punk sitcom stars, slam poets in San Francisco, and boys trying to find their way from Hebrew school to Rocky Horror, Matthue Roth writes music, faith and friendship in an unimitatable style.

Never Mind the Goldbergs: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads, Better World Books

Yom Kippur a Go-Go: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads, IndieBound, Better World Books

Rules of My Best Friend's Body: It's free! Go download it here

Matthue Roth: Website

Content Warnings

Never Mind the Goldbergs: Creepy predatory older man creeping on a teen girl. Lots of confusions around identity and general punk anger.

Yom Kippur a Go-Go: Matthue uses some words that are really only used intra-communally nowadays when talking about his very loved friends. There is also a theme of confusion around feelings about girls in conflict with his faith.

Rules of My Best Friend's Body: This book is about the best friend's character surviving rape. It is from the viewpoint of a teen boy, and the experience is based on the experience of the author. It is realistic, heartfelt, and also had some moments that made me, a thirtysomething woman and assault survivor, go WHAT THE HELL. It is an important viewpoint, but if sexual violence is in your past, proceed with caution.

What happened to Never Mind the Goldbergs? It has more to do with The Goldbergs than we thought. :

http://www.matthue.com/2013/10/goldbergs-meet-goldbergs.html

Fault Line by Christa Desir

Matthue Roth's writing on Hevria

Hevria’s mission is to become the go-to community for Jewish and spiritual people who are “creators”.

Lizard People podcast

The Toast, may it rest in peace

7-Up: The Up Series of Documentaries

Readalikes:

Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn

Sister Mischief by Laura Goode

Current Reads:

The Weight of Sound by Peter McDade

Rocket Romance by Sophia Chester

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Episode 15: Life is a Movie Starring You: The Pesky Meddling Girls' Guide to Living Your Dreams by Jennifur Brandt