EPISODE · Oct 29, 2024 · 1H 27M
Motley Crue to bell hooks w/ Danielle Henderson
from Turek Books Podcast
Danielle Henderson, author of the memoir "The Ugly Cry" and tv writer on shows like "Maniac" starring Emma Stone, joins host Joshua Turek to talk about living on a farm in upstate New York to keep her grandmother company. She revisits the toxic time capsule that was the 80's by reading the Motley Crue tell-all and how she found an awakening in intersectional feminism after going back to school at 30 and reading bell hooks. Josh talks about how the new Miranda July divorce novel upset him more than the dystopian books he's been reading it.CHICAGO come see Joshua perform stand up comedy at The Comedy Bar 11/8/24 and 11/9/24 https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/november-8-9-joshua-turek-3613879 and catch his poetry book at joshuaturek.com and new free Substack here https://substack.com/@joshuaturekFor more on Danielle Henderson check her out here http://daniellehenderson.net/Books talked about include:Shuggie Bain - Douglas StuartBad Pharma - Ben GoldacreAll Fours - Miranda JulyThe Dirt - Motley CrueThe Road - Cormac MccarthyFeminist Theory from margin to center - bell hooksKilling the Black Body - Dorothy RobertsAngela Davis Books - All of them, Abolition Democracy, Freedom is a Constant StruggleAmelia Gray - Museum of the WeirdThe Sellout - Paul BeattyRunning with Scissors - Augusten BurroughsVillette - Charlotte Bronte Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Danielle Henderson, author of the memoir "The Ugly Cry" and tv writer on shows like "Maniac" starring Emma Stone, joins host Joshua Turek to talk about living on a farm in upstate New York to keep her grandmother company. She revisits the toxic time capsule that was the 80's by reading the Motley Crue tell-all and how she found an awakening in intersectional feminism after going back to school at 30 and reading bell hooks. Josh talks about how the new Miranda July divorce novel upset him more than the dystopian books he's been reading it.CHICAGO come see Joshua perform stand up comedy at The Comedy Bar 11/8/24 and 11/9/24 https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/november-8-9-joshua-turek-3613879 and catch his poetry book at joshuaturek.com and new free Substack here https://substack.com/@joshuaturekFor more on Danielle Henderson check her out here http://daniellehenderson.net/Books talked about include:Shuggie Bain - Douglas StuartBad Pharma - Ben GoldacreAll Fours - Miranda JulyThe Dirt - Motley CrueThe Road - Cormac MccarthyFeminist Theory from margin to center - bell hooksKilling the Black Body - Dorothy RobertsAngela Davis Books - All of them, Abolition Democracy, Freedom is a Constant StruggleAmelia Gray - Museum of the WeirdThe Sellout - Paul BeattyRunning with Scissors - Augusten BurroughsVillette - Charlotte Bronte Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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