Episode 2: What's In A Name? - She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

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Fist deep, mountain high. This month we dig our fingers into She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan, a queer historical fantasy surrounding the rise of the Ming Dynasty in 14th Century China. This tale has been compared to both The Song of Achilles and Mulan, but She Who Became the Sun was fated for greatness far beyond those titles.
Please join us and Zhu Chongba on the equally harrowing and delightful quest to capture a fate that is not their own.
This podcast includes topics may not be suitable for everyone. This particular novel has a number of triggers that we may be discussing or briefly touching upon. This list of trigger warnings is thanks to booktriggerwarnings.com:
Ableism, Amputation, Castration (non-consensual, pre-existing), Death, Dysphoria, Homophobia (internalized), Misgendering, Misogyny, Murder (child), Sex (consensual, on-page), Starvation, Torture (non-graphic), Transphobia, Violence, War
DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT A SPOILER-FREE PODCAST
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Novel: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Intro and outro music: Esteban del Pino - Darlington Products
Book summary music: Kingdom Come: Draconis - TommyMutiu
Title Reference: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare