Epilogues
Find out more about what we discuss on Season 3 and 4!
Books
We read a lot.... like, *a lot* a lot.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
The Snapper by Roddy Doyle
The Creator's Game: Lacrosse, Identity, and Indigenous Nationhood by Allan Downey
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (free!)
The Ballad of Mulan (木蘭辭) (c. 400AD)
The Heroine Mulan Goes to War in Her Father’s Place by Xu Wei (雌木蘭替父從軍, c. 1580)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Age 13 ¾ by Sue Townsend
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
The Loophole by Naz Kutub
Movies + TV
Not a reader? Turn on your screen!
The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz (2005)
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018)
Watch The New York Times Presents "Framing Britney Spears"
The Roosevelts: An Intimate Portrait (2014)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Age 13 ¾ (TV) (1985)
Theatre
Dive into the world of the stage!
Wicked (2008)
Anne of Green Gables, A New Musical
The Secret Diary of Adrain Mole, Age 13 ¾, The Musical
Once Upon a Once More Time, musical
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Decision Height a play by Meredith Dayna Levy
More
And we can't forget the fabulously uncategorizable.
Dorothy’s House and the Land of Oz attractions
Appalling Behind the Scenes Facts from The Wizard of Oz, YouTube
A Tale of 2 Sisters: Lorna Luft & Liza Minnelli (2004), YouTube
“The Jack, Betty, & Henry Letters”
Crown and Post Supply Stationary Store
Garden State Motion Picture Soundtrack
Fighting Words Roddy Doyle’s Organization
Jim Thorpe, United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum
Lacrosse: Reclaiming the Creator’s game
Home of FDR, National Historic Site
Sagamore House (Teddy Roosevelt)
The Social Justice Film Institute
Fight the Power By Public Enemy
Pork-Ta-Cular: The History of Pork, from Eat My Globe: Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know About Food (Podcast)
Cultural Homogenization, YouTube
Sue Townsend-Honorary Degree-University of Leicester (1991) YouTube
The Secret Life of Sue Townsend, BBC Documentary YouTube
Percy Jackson Lotus Flower Scene Youtube
No Sugar Plums Here: The Dark, Romantic Roots of 'The Nutcracker', All Things Considered
Closer Look-Who Were the Women Airforce Service Pilots?
Women in the Military During WWII
YouTube: Inspired by a WASP, Alex Blake
WASP awarded Congressional Gold Medal for Service, Dept. of Defense
Articles
Let's get intellectual.
“Two Essays About Finding Home in The Wizard of Oz” by Gelareh Khoie
“How did ‘Wizard of Oz’ fare on its 1939 release” by Susan King
“So What Does It Mean to Be a ‘Friend of Dorothy?” by Terra Necessary
“Why Every Wizard of Oz TV Adaption had Failed” by Derek Faraci
“World War II Couple’s Love Letters Found Beneath British Hotel’s Floorboards” by Nora McGreevy
“Why Do We Put Stamps on the Upper-Right Corner?” by Jake Rossen
“From Love to Longing to Protest, It's All in the Tilt of the Postage” by Ian Urbina
The Town Of Witches – Triora, Italy
The Walnut Tree of Benevento Italy | Ritual Goddess
The Unique Witches Of Medieval Sicily
Why I Hate Strega Nona by Sho Spaeth
"Why ‘Manic Pixie Dream Girl’ Won't Go Away” by Spencer Kornharber
What is Mise en Scène in Film: Definition and Examples, Studio Binder
“How color helps a movie tell its story” by Kate Torgovnick May
All 28 New Jersey malls, ranked from worst to best
“In Defense of Zach Braff’s Garden State” By Jesse David Fox
“Roddy Doyle on Writing from the Pandemic” By Cressida Leyshon
The New York Times Ireland Report on Mother and Baby Homes Reveals Abuse and Thousands of Deaths
Executive summary of the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes
“Maternity homes for pregnant teens: Florence Crittenton pressured girls to give babies up for adoption” By Diane Bernard and Maria Bogen-Oskwarek
Nina Polk (Navajo/ Lakota): From High School to College Lacrosse by Dan Ninham
Summer VISTA Nina Polk: Using Social Media to Spotlight Native Lacrosse from UP.2US Sports
The Creator's Game: Native People Created Lacrosse Yet Now Strive to Play the Sport in International Arenas by Vincent Schilling
Why ‘Anne of Green Gables’ and ‘Little Women’ Still Inspire Us Today by Sarah McCoy
What Anne Shirley Taught Me about Navigating Romantic Relationships by Lindsey Weishar
Fraught With Destiny: Queering L.M. Montgomery’s Anne Shirley and Diana Barry by Cori McCarthy
Anne with an E explores Mi'kmaq First Nation history in P.E.I. by Aruna Dutt
“What Mulan taught me about identity, honor, and drag saving China: Why Disney’s Mulan is a queer icon.” By Alex Abad-Santos
‘A Girl Worth Fighting For’: Transformations of the Woman Warrior Hua Mulan by Hilary Sotomayor
Mike Pence Argued In An Op-Ed That Disney's "Mulan" Was Liberal Propaganda by Andrew Kaczynski
Eleanor Roosevelt's Worst Enemy Was Her Cousin by Marc Peyser and Timothy Dwyer
Women in History of Scots Descent, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt by Lu Hickey
Betsy Bonaparte and the Southern Belle by Talia Smith
With 'Do the Right Thing,' Spike Lee Changed Cinema Forever by Mekeisha Madden Toby
Why ‘Do the Right Thing’ and “Fight the Power” Are Eternal by Stephen Kearse
Spike Lee’s Long Journey to Becoming Cannes’ Unabashed and Adored Jury President by Anne Thompson
Do the Right Thing, Library of Congress by David Sterritt
Films on Race Matters and Social Justice, CUNY
“There may be an evolutionary reason suburbia feels so miserable” by Chris Weller
“California’s Barbacoa Trail” by Bill Esparza
“Ashkenazi Cuisine” by My Jewish Learning
We Are What We Eat: Ethnic Food and the Making of America by Donna R. Gabaccia
“Why Sue Townsend’s Adrian Mole is such an important character” by Alyssa Rosenberg
A Life in… Sue Townsend by Alex Clark
Sue Townsend: The Difficult Years by Iain Hollingshead
10 Ways to Tell if Your ‘Nutcracker’ Is Traditional, The New York Times
Women with Wings: The 75-Year-Legacy of the WASP by Caroline Johnson
President Obama Signs Bill Awarding Congressional Gold Medal to Women Airforce Service Pilots, The White House