Mariquita, Jordy, and Nox get together to explain the controversies around Emerald Fennell's adaptation of Wuthering Heights, weigh in on whether they think the uproar is valid (spoiler: they do!), and provide their opinions on just how romantic literature's first romance book really is. CW: intimate partner violence, child abuse, animal abuse, sexual assault, generational trauma, maternal mortality, child abandonment.

 

 

Books mentioned:
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

 

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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

 

Original music by Amarissa

 

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