Since Rookie Season Podcast

Romance Me

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!! In this episode, we're joined by a couple guests to talk about romance novels!!!! We're a bunch of readers, but what is it about romance novels that we love so much? Do we see more adaptations in the future? Who is the intended audience, and who is the realized audience? Where does Heated Rivalry fit into this genre? Tune in to find out our thoughts!!!! Thanks for listening!!!! Sources & References: Guest, Dr. Katie Morrissey [https://katiedidnt.net/] E Lynn Harris  [https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/e-lynn-harris-40] Indigo by Beverly Jenkins [https://www.beverlyjenkins.net/books/historical-romance-books/indigo-2/] Tessa Thompson Met Gala Look [https://coveteur.com/tessa-thompson-met-gala-2026] Fabio Lanzoni [https://people.com/where-is-fabio-now-11794785] Squee [https://fanlore.org/wiki/Squee] BL/yaoi [https://boyslove.fandom.com/wiki/The_BL_Wiki] ROMANCE & MELODRAMA: FEMININE GENRES REPUTED AS TRASH: GONE WITH THE WIND: THE STUDY OF A CASE by Susana Lozano Moreno [https://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/grove/article/download/1239/1028/3926#page=56] Thomas Baudinette [https://newbooksnetwork.com/boys-love-media-in-thailand] Noah’s Arc [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah%27s_Arc_(TV_series)] The Ultimatum: Queer Love [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ultimatum:_Queer_Love] Imperfect Women [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperfect_Women] How Bridgerton Lost Its Way [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/opinion/bridgerton-race-identity.html] by Jayashree Kamble Also, in case people are interested, here’s a free/easily accessible Thai BL Rec. The series is fully available from GMMTV on YouTube and was helpfully organized into a playlist here: Not Me (2021) [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYYyUhZKiEj59aNMppRfRc_F_MYI_ccLH]. Follow us on our socials! Twitter [https://x.com/SRSpod] Threads & Instagram: @sincerookieseasonpod Email: srspod@protonmail.com

Feral Femmes: This Episode Does Not Pass the Bechdel Test

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!! In this chaotic episode, we FINALLY talk about the women in Heated Rivalry and how much we adore them while not passing the Bechdel Test. We are also interrupted by the Met Gala because we all forgot it was happening when we scheduled recording, but please enjoy our commentary in real time as it unfolds. We're joined by friends of the pod Haley and Rogue as well!!! Take this opportunity to remember to decenter men <3 Thanks for listening! References & Citations: Bechdel Test [https://bechdeltest.com/] None of us are straight, some of us are not women (literally, please check our socials) [https://www.instagram.com/p/DTGg-3SkYrW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==] Canada's History of Indigenous Genocide [https://humanrights.ca/news/confronting-genocide-canada] Trudeau's Blackface Pictures [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49749851] Roselana Ship [https://shipping.fandom.com/wiki/Roselana] Misogyny hurts men too [https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2016/11/sexism-harmful] The problem with the glorifying strength in oppressed women [https://www.anthropolitics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Dubuisson-and-Schuller-Beyond-Poto-Mitan-1.pdf] Si me matan, Silvana Estrada  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeU7rb-dBow] Follow us on our socials! Twitter: @srspod Threads & Instagram: @sincerookieseasonpod Email: srspod@protonmail.com

Store Bought Dopamine & Other Neurodivergent Things

This week, we're joined by two friends to talk about neurodivergence! Not only Shane but almost everyone in the universe quite frankly. Join us as we describe our experiences and break down the different brains of each character. Thanks for listening! Follow us! Twitter [https://x.com/SRSpod] Threads & Instagram: @sincerookieseasonpod Email: srspod@protonmail.com Citations & Sources & Further Reading: Non-verbal Learning Disability  [https://nvld.org/non-verbal-learning-disability/] Email Templates for Executive Dysfunction [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rMWSTXCTYIHTeMySW0RYcTP4ijlwgvI51cGl0zGyJlE/edit?usp=sharing] Autism Bread Fic [https://archiveofourown.org/works/83200796] Orthorexia [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6370446/] National ED Association [https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/] Lauren Disability Studies Primer List: Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition by Liat Ben-moshe The Secret Life of Stories by Michael Berebue Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure by Eli Clare Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Body by Leonard Davis Disability Media Studies, eds. Liz Ellcessor and Leonard Davis (Lauren is in vol. 2!) Feminist, Queer, Crip by Alison Kafer Claiming Disability by Simi Linton Crip Theory by Robert McRuer Sex and Disability, ed. Robert McRuer Mad at School: Rhetorics of Mental Disability and Academic Life by Margaret Price Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts Black Disability Politics by Sami Schalk Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction by Sami Schalk Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shrew Disability Theory by Tobin Siebers Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire by Alice Wong Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century by Alice Wong Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness by M. Remi Yergeau Disability and Fandom by Katherine Anderson Howell (here’s my book review on it! [https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/jfs_00129_5]) Canadian Journal of Disability Studies special issue: Disability and/in/through Fandom [https://cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cjds/issue/view/26] Forthcoming special issue in Transformative Works and Cultures on disability and fandom! (Release in June 2026; edited by Lauren and Olivia Riley) [https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/announcement/view/147]

Racism? In my Heated Rivalry fandom? More likely than you think!

This week, we're joined by Ethan to talk about race and racism in Heated Rivalry & GCU. Tune in to see how we analyze different characters across both the books and the show and how we think critically about these identities. Thanks for listening! Follow us on our socials! Twitter [https://x.com/SRSpod] Threads & Instagram: @sincerookieseasonpod Email: srspod@protonmail.com References & Citations: Lauren's Anti-Racism Book List [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PFf_9H1-MhJ-gcSbVhNoTzP3WvYvTEngIohmLwsFCDc/edit?usp=sharing] Books About Racism and the Asian American Experience — a staff-created list from Chicago Public Library [https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/199702383/1858402059] I was ashamed of being Chinese until I learned about my ancestors' first years in Canada | CBC Television [https://www.cbc.ca/television/changed-when-i-learned-about-my-ancestors-first-years-in-canada-1.6858176] The Struggles of Being Asian In Canada [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3Zu64qPWBI] Misinformation and the Asian-Canadian Experience [https://natoassociation.ca/misinformation-and-the-asian-canadian-experience/] Parsley massacre - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley_massacre] Orientalism, Edward W. Said PDF [https://monoskop.org/images/4/4e/Said_Edward_Orientalism_1979.pdf] Orientalism: Edward Said’s groundbreaking book explained [https://theconversation.com/orientalism-edward-saids-groundbreaking-book-explained-197429] stick handling fan art comic on instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/DWeiAdSmBXK/?img_index=1] Yellowface by R. F. Kuang [https://www.harpercollins.com/products/yellowface-r-f-kuang?variant=40985522831394] Bindery Books [https://binderybooks.com/] Why All Haitians Were Declared Black [https://haitidecoded.com/blogs/blog/why-all-haitians-were-declared-black?srsltid=AfmBOopgfnqATstBmrlAIiUz3x9eV1-ytLEQqkDefNNtZoOaIPnGlkUJ] 10 Years of Fighting for Nationality in the Dominican Republic [https://www.institutesi.org/news/10-year-anniversary-of-dr-court-ruling-stripping-nationality]

Intersectionality? In this economy?

This week, our trio discuss intersectionality and how it applies to many of the characters in the Game Changers universe. Tune in for lots of feminist theory, interesting history, and us not knowing US states! Thanks for listening! Follow us! Twitter [https://x.com/SRSpod] Threads & Instagram: @sincerookieseasonpod Email: srspod@protonmail.com LINKED PDF TO SHOWNOTES FOR RESOURCES AND CITATIONS [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HTZfa99ZMYZJoQdsTN361IMp8sBwiSwbAVXwic20sOk/edit?usp=sharing]