Episode 087 – Suspending Your Disbelief

This episode we’re discussing the topics of Suspending Your Disbelief and Trick or Treaters’ Advisory (e.g. Halloween costumes)! We discuss how we read realistic fiction differently from more outlandish fiction, characters acting out of character, super selfish teenagers, and how many costume elements we have in our closets. Plus: We’re confused by people who choose not to read fiction!

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In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards

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Media We Mention

• Murder, She Wrote (Wikipedia)
• The Hunger Games (series) (Wikipedia)
• Gotham Academy (Wikipedia)
• The Goddess of Fireflies by Geneviève Pettersen
• Mr. Dressup (Wikipedia)

Links, Articles, and Things

• Suspension of disbelief (Wikipedia)
• Episode 007 – Cozy Mysteries
• Episode 057 – Nordic/Scandinavian Noir
• Hark! Episode 238: It’s December 22nd, FYI – (When is) Hanukkah This Year
• The Baby-Sitters Club (Wikipedia) – The first 35 novels were written by Ann M. Martin but later volumes were written by ghostwriters using her name.
• Carolyn Keene (Wikipedia) – Collective pseudonym used for Nancy Drew novels
• Franklin W. Dixon (Wikipedia) –  Collective pseudonym used for the Hardy Boys novels
• The evolution of Harley Quinn (infographic) – Her various costumes in comics and other media up to 2015
• Harley Quinn Evolution in Comics – Her various costumes in comics up to 2019
• The Suck Fairy
• Cap and bells (Wikipedia)
• Schnappi Das Kleine Krokodil

Costume Inspiration

• Cultural Appropriation at Halloween: My Culture Is Not a Costume
• Students Teaching About Racism in Society Halloween Poster Campaigns
• Photos of us in costumes!
• Barbarella (film)
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• The Red Knight (Alice Through the Looking Glass)
• Cthulhu
• Tintin (The Adventures of Tintin)
• Quintin Quire (X-Men)
• Girl Genius
• Nymphadora Tonks (Harry Potter)
• Eternal Scout (Welcome to Night Vale)
• Taako (The Adventure Zone)
• Tiger Millionaire (Steven Universe)
• WorldCat
• Untitled Goose Game
• The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
• What are your favourite costumes?

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