Len Pennie’s book of Scots poetry poyums is out in the US this week, and you might have seen my post about her book launch earlier this week. Len is my guest today and we’re going to talk about: Poetry! Healing from trauma and abuse The subversive revolution of teaching a word a day in a minoritized language Using humor to overcome the “cultural hangover of linguistic oppression” More poetry! TW/CW: discussion of intimate partner … Continue reading 612. Poetry in Scots with Len Pennie →
TW/CW: The following post contains mention of intimate partner violence and domestic abuse. Recently the Instagram algorithm served me a video of a young woman with incredible red hair and an absurdly glorious complexion sitting in her pjs on her bed trying to teach me Scots. You might have seen Len Pennie on Instagram or TikTok, as she has a daily program teaching folks like me the Scots word of the day. It turns out the … Continue reading Poyums, and a Perfect Storm of a Book Launch →
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Y’all, the April 2005 issue of Romantic Times is a treasure of truly amazing fun. So many of you told me that episode 609, where we looked at the reviews, made you laugh so hard you cried. Well, let me share some highlights of what is about to happen to your eardrums. The Mr. Romance Cover Model Pageant was a Six-episode reality tv show on the Oxygen network, and we missed it when it ran. … Continue reading 611. Romantic Times Rewind: April 2005 Ads & Features →
In this week’s podcast episode, . Special and massive thanks to Kay Layton Sisk for sending me this issue! You can also find all the RTRW content at our category page for Romantic Times Rewind. And, most importantly, if you want to listen and follow along with this entry, we have more detail in the audio, but you can click play and listen and read and absorb all the visual goodness: Cover time! This is … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: April 2005 Ads & Features →
