No Improvement Podcast 👯 Episode 79



No Improvement is a sort-of-funny talk show that explores the vast, untapped potential of TV shows, books, films, and more. Quill & Slate blog runners Thelonia and Tia review—and then reimagine—the stories you know and love until you can barely recognize them anymore. Hopefully in a good way. And if not, well, we hope you are still entertained.

In the 79th episode of No Improvement, we watch, discuss, and review the 1960 drama/fantasy film Les Yeux Sans Visage (Eyes Without a Face), as a part of our weekly October Horror Film SpookFest.

Next week, in the finale of OHFSF (see above), we will be watching, talking about, and reviewing the 2016 thriller horror film Friend Request. Yep! Get ready.

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No Improvement Podcast 👯 Episode 78



No Improvement is a sort-of-funny talk show that explores the vast, untapped potential of TV shows, books, films, and more. Quill & Slate blog runners Thelonia and Tia review—and then reimagine—the stories you know and love until you can barely recognize them anymore. Hopefully in a good way. And if not, well, we hope you are still entertained.

In the 78th episode of No Improvement, we watch, discuss, and review the 2015 crime thriller Green Room, as a part of our weekly October Horror Film SpookFest.

Next week, in the continuation of OHFSF (see above), we will be watching, talking about, and reviewing the 1960 drama/fantasy film Les Yeux Sans Visage (Eyes Without a Face).

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All in Good Storytime 📚 Episode 48

All in Good Storytime is an interactive, bookish, book club podcast hosted by Alanna, Katya, and Tia. To join the club, make sure you're following us on Twitter to get updates on what book we're reading and to what chapter we are reading through (or what anime we're watching and what episode we are watching through), and listen to the podcast here or on iTunes (see link below) to join in on the discussion. And don't forget to read along! (Rose petals in the image courtesy of ScrapBee.)

In the 48th episode of All in Good Storytime, we watch episodes 37-39 of Revolutionary Girl Utena. In these final episodes, Akio's schemes to bring revolution to the world reach a climax, we see a final confrontation and duel between Akio and Utena, Anthy betrays Utena, and Utena either joins chu-chu in death or she lives happily ever after with Anthy in Paris.

We begin by discussing Utena's response to the shocking revelation that Anthy and Akio are sexually involved. We unpack Anthy and Utena's light-hearted conversation about poisoning each other's food and suggest that they are testing their friendship in a way that would not have been possible in episode 1. Utena may ask out Akio and Anthy may stab Utena in the back to help Akio win their duel, but in the end, they still choose each other. We examine precisely how Akio gaslights Utena in an attempt to manipulate and use her to regain his power. The students at their school barely remember Utena's name, but she still changed everyone there. Anthy refuses to go along with any more of Akio's schemes and sets off in search of Utena.

In a month, we will be reading and discussing the first six chapters of Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng.

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Rising Out of Hatred 📢 Book Review


 

Written by Thelonia


Derek Black was raised to be the great white leader of the growing White Supremacist movement in America. Unfortunately for the movement, through exposure and the unflagging efforts of others, Derek eventually dissociated himself with White Supremacy, turning his back on everything he'd ever known. Rising Out of Hatred covers the entirety of that journey from Derek and those who reached out to him's perspectives, creating a multifaceted and moving portrait on compassion, hatred, and how to make actual change in people whose beliefs are supremely opposite to yours.

Wynonna Earp S3E11-12 🐍 TV Recap


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Written by Thelonia


With every episode of Season 3 of Wynonna Earp, my elevator pitch for the show of "it's Supernatural but with gays and women that don't die immediately" has never felt so on the nose.

No Improvement Podcast 👯 Episode 77


No Improvement is a sort-of-funny talk show that explores the vast, untapped potential of TV shows, books, films, and more. Quill & Slate blog runners Thelonia and Tia review—and then reimagine—the stories you know and love until you can barely recognize them anymore. Hopefully in a good way. And if not, well, we hope you are still entertained.

In the 77th episode of No Improvement, we watch, discuss, and review the 2015 drama/fantasy film Tale of Tales, as a part of our weekly October Horror Film SpookFest.

Next week, in the continuation of OHFSF (see above), we will be watching, talking about, and reviewing the 2015 crime thriller Green Room.

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No Improvement Podcast 👯 Episode 76



No Improvement is a sort-of-funny talk show that explores the vast, untapped potential of TV shows, books, films, and more. Quill & Slate blog runners Thelonia and Tia review—and then reimagine—the stories you know and love until you can barely recognize them anymore. Hopefully in a good way. And if not, well, we hope you are still entertained.

In the 76th episode of No Improvement, we watch, discuss, and review the 2017 drama/thriller film The Lodgers, as a part of our weekly October Horror Film SpookFest.

Next week, in the continuation of OHFSF (see above), we will be watching, talking about, and reviewing the 2015 drama/fantasy film Tale of Tales.

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All in Good Storytime 📚 Episode 47


All in Good Storytime is an interactive, bookish, book club podcast hosted by Alanna, Katya, and Tia. To join the club, make sure you're following us on Twitter to get updates on what book we're reading and to what chapter we are reading through (or what anime we're watching and what episode we are watching through), and listen to the podcast here or on iTunes (see link below) to join in on the discussion. And don't forget to read along!

In the 47th episode of All in Good Storytime, we watch episodes 31-36 of Revolutionary Girl Utena. In these episodes, Nanami and Touga's biological relationship is called into question. Nanami runs away from home and moves in with Akio, Utena, and Anthy where she sees more of them than she bargained for. Despite the cringe-worthy age gap, Utena and Akio's romantic relationship continues. Finally, Utena walks in on Anthy and Akio having a less than sibling-appropriate moment together.

We dissect Touga and Nanami's perpetually weird relationship. We learn that Nanami isn't truly interested in a romantic relationship with Touga. Touga relentlessly toys with Nanami when she is under the impression that they are not biologically related and she ultimately rejects him when she makes a move on her. We make parallels between Dennis from "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and Touga when he falls for Utena and starts remembering feelings. We realize that Akio's other job aside from working at the school is working as an uber driver. We end by questioning whether or not Utena will run away from her newfound discovery about Anthy and Akio like Nanami did, or if she really meant it when she told Anthy that she would protect her from anything.

In two weeks, we will be watching episodes 37-39 of Revolutionary Girl Utena.

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The Silence of the Girls 🐀 Book Review

  

Written by Thelonia


One of this year's most anticipated historical fiction releases, The Silence of the Girls treads familiar ground from a new perspective, with a powerful literary language that explores the roles of women in men's stories, namely that of The Iliad.

Guess Who 🤦‍♀️ Book Review

  

Written by Thelonia


Five strangers wake up in a room together. There's a body in the bathroom. One of them is the murderer, and now Morgan Sheppard has only three hours to figure out who it is, or they'll all die.

No Improvement Podcast 👯 Episode 75



No Improvement is a sort-of-funny talk show that explores the vast, untapped potential of TV shows, books, films, and more. Quill & Slate blog runners Thelonia and Tia review—and then reimagine—the stories you know and love until you can barely recognize them anymore. Hopefully in a good way. And if not, well, we hope you are still entertained.

In the 75th episode of No Improvement, we watch, discuss, and review the 2016 drama/horror film Rawthe first movie in our weekly October Horror Film SpookFest.

Next week, in the continuation of our weekly October Horror Film SpookFest, we will be watching, talking about, and reviewing the 2017 drama/thriller film The Lodgers.

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