Mariquita and Natalia join forces once again to talk about True Crime: who consumes true crime, which group or groups of people are deemed worthy of coverage (and what does that say about how we value individual life), what is ethical consumption, and how can we do better?
Our October pick:
We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper
Other Resources Mentioned:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/09/23/gabby-petito-media-coverage-missing-white-black/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_white_woman_syndrome
https://mashable.com/article/black-indigenous-victims-media-coverage-gabby-petito
https://19thnews.org/2021/09/what-help-can-states-offer-when-women-of-color-go-missing/
https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wysac/projects/mmip-report/
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This episode was edited by Phalin Oliver and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.Original music by @iam.onyxrose
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![Let's dive into ✨️folklore✨️ this May!
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Our fiction book of the month is GODS OF JADE AND SHADOW by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and our non-fiction book of the month is FROM HERE TO ETERNITY: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
If you've already read these picks, have no fear! We have brought in other suggested titles including Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel, Thistlefoot by Gennarose Nethercott, Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths and Monsters by Nikkita Gill, and Ask Baba Yaga: Otherwordly Advice for Everyday Troubles by Taisia Kitaiskaia.
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