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Summary: This week we’re diving into Outlander: Blood of My Blood, Season 2, Episode 6, “Small Mercies,”.This episode asks what mercy actually looks like when the men are busy protecting their legacies, their politics, and their bloodlines at the expense of the women. We’re unpacking inaction as its own kind of violence, the control of women’s bodies and futures, and so much more!

⚠️ Spoiler + Adult Content Warning: Heads up bestie this episode is spoiler central, so catch up first if you can! Also: Femme & Furious is a very adult show with very adult content, so listen accordingly. 💋

Feminist Follow-Through: https://www.marchofdimes.org/

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• The Washwoman at the River's End by Megan Shade: https://linkly.link/2zFfM

Side Quest: We also mentioned...

• Queens Podcast coverage of Bloody Mary: https://megaphone.link/ARML2090998151

Co-host Corner:

Connect with my co-host, Katy! Katy hosts Queens Podcast and has been an Outlander fan for a long time!

Follow her on Instagram: @queens_podcasts

Check out her podcast, Queens Podcast, where she pairs a cocktail with a woman from History: https://linkly.link/2tptc

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• Join the 2 Femme, 2 FuriousCommunity where you can hang out with the girls in our monthly cultural salon, book club, or yapping in the chat all things fangirl
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• Subscribe to Femme & Furious on YouTubeor wherever you get your podcasts!
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Summary: This is Fast 5 specifically for my Bookish Baddies who also identify as Halloqueens. I got you, forever and always.

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When you shop through our links, you're helping keep the lights on for my woman-owned, indie podcast AND you're also supporting independently owned bookstores! It's a win-win-win situation!

• Halloqueen book list: https://linkly.link/2yeB2

Side Quest: We also mentioned...

• Take the Audience Survey: https://linkly.link/2ydO4
• Vote for Femme & Furious to get on iHeartRadio: https://linkly.link/2ydNz
• Check out 831 Stories: https://linkly.link/2ydun
• Threshing Day Pt. 1: https://linkly.link/2ydyl

Let's be besties:

• Join the 2 Femme, 2 FuriousCommunity where you can hang out with the girls in our monthly cultural salon, book club, or yapping in the chat all things fangirl
• Want more feminism in your inbox? Subscribe to my Newsletter: Confessions of a Messy Feminist
• Subscribe to Femme & Furious on YouTubeor wherever you get your podcasts!
• Follow along on Ihttps://www.instagram.com/femmeandfuriouspod/

Spoiler warning: this episode discusses the ending of Burn of the Everflame and The Kindred’s Curse Saga. Finish the book first, then come back 🔥

Summary: This week, New York Times bestselling author Penn Cole joins me to talk about Burn of the Everflame, the final book in The Kindred’s Curse Saga. We dig into what makes a finale both satisfying and nuanced, why a heroine who refuses violence in a world built on it becomes a lightning rod for criticism, and what “good” and “bad” even mean if those labels mean we can’t hold anyone accountable.

We get into:

• Whether “good” and “bad” labels serve us at all, and what redemption actually means
• How hard it is to break personal, familial, and social patterns
• Femininity, and how young men get pulled into the manosphere
• How romantasy opened fantasy up to adult women, after years of women’s fantasy being shelved as YA and taken less seriously
• Why “advocacy takes all kinds,” and why writing for people who disagree with you matters if you want your art to do good

Meet Penn Cole

Penn Cole is a fantasy romance author who has just concluded publishing her debut series, The Kindred’s Curse Saga. As many can attest, one of her favorite things to do when she's not writing is discussing theories with her readers—and maybe dropping a few hints to send them spiraling (I didn’t get the title “chaos demon” from them for nothing!).

Find Penn Cole

• Website: https://linkly.link/2rLH6
• Instagram, TikTok, and Threads @AuthorPennCole

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When you shop through my book links, you're helping keep the lights on for my woman-owned, indie podcast AND you're also supporting independently owned bookstores! It's a win-win-win situation

The Kindred's Curse Saga

• Spark of the Everflame
• Glow of the Everflame: https://linkly.link/2rLMV
• Heat of the Everflame: https://linkly.link/2rLP6
• Burn of the Everflame: https://linkly.link/2rLOp

Want Femme & Furious Kindred's Curse Saga Playlist, with slay-by-slay deep dives into each book? Check it out here: https://linkly.link/2nl7l

On the Pod we may have mentioned...

• ACOTAR
• Penn Cole's favorite Romantasy, Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey: https://linkly.link/2z8xp

Book-to-screen adaptations gushed over:

• The Love Hypothesis Book: https://linkly.link/2jclB
• Femme & Furious Love Hypothesis Quickie: https://linkly.link/2z90k
• Femme & Furious Love Hypothesis movie take: https://linkly.link/2z918
• My Oxford Year (Book): https://linkly.link/2z91H
• People We Meet on Vacation Book: https://linkly.link/2z92f
• Femme & Furious People We Meet on Vacation Quickie: https://linkly.link/2z92q
• Femme & Furious People We Meet on Vacation Movie Quickie: https://linkly.link/2z933

If you love book to screen adaptations, Check out this Femme & Furious Playlist: https://linkly.link/2xyM9