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We've Always Been Queer

The podcast is Books That Burn because the original idea was "books that burn you", discussing fictional depictions of trauma. It's also an intentional reminder of the pile of burning books, you know the photo I mean, the one from WWII. It's a pile of books about queerness, gender, and sexuality. Just in case you don't know, the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Institute for Sexual Science) was headed by Magnus Hirschfeld.  It was a resource for gay, intersex, and transgender people, both of knowledge and medical help. It also helped the community with addiction treatment and contraception. It wasn't perfect and some of the ideas they had seem out of date now, the ones we know about anyway. But they were trying to make queer people's lives better, and they were a community resource at a time when people really needed it. Which is all the time, we always need these accesses. And the Nazis burned the whole library. It took days, they had to drag the books ou...

Late August Reviews (2022)

The Storyteller’s Daughter by Cameron Dokey

Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels #4)

Soul of the Sword by Julie Kagawa (Shadow of the Fox #2)

Only A Monster by Vanessa Len (Monsters #1)

Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels #3)

Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa (Shadow of the Fox #1)

Mid August Reviews (2022)

The Magnolia Sword by Sherry Thomas

Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels #2)

Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson (Sorcery of Thorns #1)

A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin (The Book of Tea #1)

Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels #1)

Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older

Late July Reviews (2022)