Fun Home Episode 4

Concluding their series on “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life” by Karma Brown, the women and their fan Lindsay discuss fan responses, mermaids, librarians, secret languages, the rat race, being famous, swag and a whole lot of laughing. Discussion Points: Fan response to our blog answers Mermaids What’s worth getting out of bed for? The rat race - do we really want to be in it? How do we find balance between work and the rest of our lives? What’s the relationship to those living near the poverty line? The impact of social media on our feelings of missing out Glamorizing over-working salary employees  Making a supportive work environment  Librarians and libraries  Our Book Interrupted swag Would you want to be famous? Secret codes and languages made up as children Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted: Book Interrupted Website  Book Interrupted YouTube Channel Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown Home Under Clutter - Fan Lindsay’s blog Rascally Raccoon Meets Playful Dog - Meredith’s claymation White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo The Book Interrupted Swag Shop All Welcome Here Rural BIPOC Association ...

The Book Interrupted women and Virginia continue the group discussion about “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig. They discuss kindness & relationships, whether suicide is courageous or not, wine-book pairings, and then imagine their own midnight libraries.   Discussion Points: Kindness, hard lessons, the impact of relationships Suicide – is it brave or not? Pairing wine with books! The members name their libraries and their alternate lives Meredith’s Midnight Used Book Store Lindsay’s Midnight Wine Cellar & Jancis Robinson Sarah’s Midnight Bakery & her boss Margaret Kim’s Midnight Boardgame Café or improv game & her grade 11 law teacher Lia’s Midnight Hotel with different beds & Brutus the dog Virginia’s Midnight Record Store Kara’s Midnight Green Room & Clarissa Pinkola Estés Amusement parks, too much adrenaline, and colliding with birds Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted: Book Interrupted Website Book Interrupted YouTube Channel Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Jancis Robinson - Wine Critic Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés Women Who Run With The Wolves Seinfeld Gene’s Picks ...

The six women discuss feedback and comments they’ve received from Book Interrupted Series 2, Episodes 1 through 5, on “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle.  Discussion Points: Remarks, feedback and comments from our fans Response to Lise’s video Is Glennon Doyle selfish or is she trying to help? Is Untamed a memoir or self help or is it both? How does popularity/fame/power affect people? Are the lessons in Untamed packaged too neatly? Is there a salesman/guru vibe? What faces do you make under your mask?  Why do women’s and girl’s products need to be pink and delicate with butterflies? Strict definitions of gender roles and how does that affect children? Does DreamWorks represent racial and gender stereotypes? Talking and sharing about overcoming drug abuse and eating disorders Why are women always taught to be in competition with other women? Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted: Win a 3-month membership with libro.fm! Book Interrupted Website  Book Interrupted YouTube Channel Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group Untamed by Glennon Doyle Lise Clark Astrology  Strange Things by Anne Amos and Illustrated by Lia MacBean Together Rising Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard - Glennon Doyle This Hour Has 22 Minutes - What's up with her? In Living Colour - Jim Carrey as Fire Marshall Bill (Boat safety)  In Living Colour Intro (with Jennifer Lopez, Jamie Foxx, etc) Season 3, Episode 1 Baroness Von Sketch - Women’s Products ...