Ep 90 – Nine and a Half Weeks (I Hate About You)

The Book Club reconvenes to discuss the latest pick, “Nine and a Half Weeks,” which might be the most contentious book yet for the Foxes. Was it at all sexy? Was it too disturbing? Was it worse than “Lamb”? Tune in to hear the debate! (TW/CW: Discussion of abuse, rape, questionable consent)

Show Notes:

Nine and a Half Weeks: A Memoir of a Love Affair – Elizabeth McNeill (goodreads)

Ms Magazine – A History  (msmagazine.com)

my coworker wants us to call her boyfriend her “master” (askamanager.org)

“She chose down?”

Spock Funeral

The Boss (The Boss #1) by Abigail Barnette (goodreads)

Secretary (Official Trailer)

Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields by Wendy Lower (goodreads)

Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns: The Romance and Sexual Sorcery of Sadomasochism by Philip Miller  (goodreads)

The Loving Dominant by John Warren

Gilbert Gottfried Reads 50 Shades of Grey

 Next Bookclub selection is:
Bitter Springs by Laura Stone (goodreads)
Join us, won’t you?

Minisode 08 – Summer Reading

This week we’re Two-Foxes shy of a Hen House, so we bring to you a Mini-sode on reading and books.
Specifically Summer Reading.
What it meant to us then, what it means to us now, and if it’s really all that different from picking up a book at any other time of the year.

Covert Cupid ’17 Fanfic: Caitlin

Note: This entry is part of this year’s Covert Cupid challenge, in which each host drew three characters from a hat and used them to write a romantic fanfiction short. You can hear them all read aloud in Episode 80 of the podcast.

I went into this fan fic only knowing who one of the characters was; having a vague notion about the fandom of another; and having never even remotely heard of the third. Because of this, there was extensive wiki reading to find out whatever I could about the unknowns, and I ultimately realized I could make basically my entire fic one big lead up to a solid punchline. I hope you will enjoy it, as I was ultimately pretty pleased with and amused by it.

-Caitlin

Covert Cupid ’17 – The Full Roster

It’s about that time again, when the Foxes take fictional people who have no business being together and making them kiss in text. Last year, the Foxes exchanged names of their favorite characters to be written into a romantic fanfic; since this was done in the style of Secret Pretend-Man-of-Lies gift exchanges, we dubbed it Covert Cupid (the results of which can be heard in Episode 31). This year, we had the honor of being in a room with a bunch of our readers and asked our convention audience at Arisia to throw a name or two in a (borrowed, dapper top) hat. After recovering from the ensuing swarm of hyper-friendly participants, we saw that our (borrowed) hat was overflowing. We will, of course, reveal the names that we drew in Episode 80 of Foxes in the Hen House; but meanwhile, here is the full list of (mostly) fictional names (with occasional place/series names–probably inspired by submission ideas we considered aloud) to show you the potential for absolute mayhem that we faced in writing our fanfics.

Thank you to all the readers at our live episode recording who gave us these submissions, including (but by no means limited to) Sami, Arin, Mike, Michael, Keegan, and Kevin from the Flopcast! You are all monsters.

–Liz

The suitors:

Ep 41 – Truth or Daredevil

The Devil of Hell’s Kitchen is back for a second season, and the Foxes have a lot to say about it! What worked, and what didn’t, and where do we wildly disagree on those questions? Then stick around for the Book Club discussion of Stanislaw Lem’s “Cyberiad” and the next book pic.

Ep 40 – A Song of Cider and Foxes

Season 6 is coming… This week Caitlin, Mindy, Karen, and Liz talk about Game of Thrones: the books, the show, the Season 5 Hullabaloo. Who’s looking forward to the upcoming season, and who’s still out there looking for the plot? Plus, stick around for an update on the next FitH fanfic challenge!

Ep 33 – Polish Hat Trick

Time to catch up with what the Foxes have been up to! Join us to see who’s afraid of math(s), who can’t stop writing dirty fanfic, who’s got a Beyoncé addiction, and who is probably going to be barred from Poland–all before the long-anticipated Book Club discussion of “The Secret History of the Pink Carnation.”

Show Notes: Under Construction