Exploring anarchism, feminism, and the Cold War, Julia and Victoria unpack the context of The Dispossessed by the brilliant and sassy Ursula K. Le Guin. Join for the sci-fi, stay for Barbenheimer, alien Jesus, and a confusion of Ursulas. Also Julia has minor microphone problems. (She sincerely apologizes). Become a Member ! Shop with us on Bookshop.org ! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on The StoryGraph : Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading Challenge Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 101+) Reading Challenge Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links that give us a commission if you decide to make a purchase at no additional cost to you. Learn more . Mentioned in this episode: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin The Books of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin The Hainish Novels and Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin Le Guin’s 2004 Guardian interview with the great comebacks Post-Scarcity Anarchism by Murray Bookchin “ The Eye of the Heron: Le Guin’s Introduction to Feminism and Ode to Nonviolence ” by Sean Guynes (Tor.com) Interview with Ursula K. Le Guin 1994 by Jonathan White Ursula K. Le Guin - A Left-Handed Commencement Address delivered 22 May 1983, Mills College, Oakland, California 13th directed by Ava DuVernay The Giver by Lois Lowry The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Recommendations: Books by Octavia E. Butler, including Wild Seed Books by Margaret Atwood, including The Handmaid’s Tale Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber Babel by R. F. Kuang Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante Slouching Toward Bethlehem by Joan Didion A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by LeGuin Currently Obsessed: Secret Chef on Hulu The Retrievals podcast Taskmaster season 14 Evergreen by PVRIS In the End It Always Does by Japanese House Nosebleeds by Misterwives Unreal Unearth by Hozier Barbie (film) Oppenheimer (film)
