56. Claudine - Rioko Ikeda (translated Jocelyne Allen)

CONTENT WARNING FOR TRANSPHOBIA  Spoilers for the end of the book from 34 minutes.  In this episode, Aífe reads a Shojo manga from 1978. Even more confusingly, it's set in France. Even more confusingly, it's set in a version of early 20thc France which has skinny jeans AND landed gentry. Don't worry about it.  We get a little history lesson on Shojo, France, and calendars.  Discussion points include: the Y2K of king death; Ciara's fear of huge anime titties; historical dramas with jeans.  Content Warnings for discussions of: in-text transphobia; medicalisation of trans experiences; misgendering; murder; arson; suicide; relationships with power imbalances; relationships with age differences; real-world transphobia; real-world homophobia. -- If you enjoyed this episode, consider subscribing to forever young  adult podcast for more of our thoughts on Young Adult literature, coming  of age literature! You can  have two episodes a month delivered into  your lovely ears for FREE. You can keep tabs on upcoming books and give us recommendations on our social media: www.Twitter.com/foreverYApod www.Instagram.com/foreverYApodcast www.goodreads.com/foreveryapod Email us at 4everYoungAdult (at) gmail.com Check out our patreon on www.patreon.com/foreverYAPod  to throw us a      few  coins, check out our rewards, and show your appreciation/ire as       applicable! Theme music by Kate Stewart. We love reviews! And recommendations! And attention! Thanks for listening :-)