In which Alex & Tansy consume bucketloads of culture and explain what all those fan fund letters really mean. This is an educational podcast!

What's new on the internet?

GUFF race (until 1 April)

DUFF race (until 10 March)

CULTURE CONSUMED

Tansy: Pantomime by Laura Lam,

Alex: lots of the Vorkosigan saga, Lois McMaster Bujold

Tansy: Harry Potter & the Cursed Child,

Alex:Obelisk Gate, NK Jemisin;

Tansy:Passing Strange by Ellen Klages,

Alex:Bright Air Black, David Vann;

Tansy:Dr Strange

Alex:My Real Children, Jo Walton

Tansy:Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

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In which the world is on fire but we're still reading...

WHAT'S NEW ON THE INTERNET

Teen Vogue as tool of the revolution - why we shouldn't be surprised.

Problem Daughters: check out this fantastic crowdfunding project for intersectional feminist stories.

GUFF race (until 1 April)

DUFF race (until 10 March)

Help support these fan funds! Alisa & Alex are hoping to go to Helsinki this year, while friend of the podcast Paul Weimer is hoping to come to Melbourne.

CULTURE CONSUMED

Alisa: Nora Roberts (Bride Quartet); Fangirl Happy Hour; Please Like Me; Travelers; Frequency; Designated Survivor; Younger

Alex: Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents, Fledgling, and Dawn, Octavia Butler; River of Teeth, Sarah Gailey; Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities, Bettany Hughes

Tansy: Acts of Kitchen; Wicked (local performance); Heroine Complex, Sarah Kuhn; Ladycastle, Deliah S Dawson (writing) & Ashley A Woods (art); Unstoppable Wasp; Hawkeye; Moana (film & soundtrack), Buffy rewatch check in. Tansy's new literary gift shop business: Alice & Austen Also, Tansy has a story in the latest issue of Uncanny Magazine: Some Cupids Kill With Arrows.

Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at Patreon and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!

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