My Own Personal Brand of Heroine

What Are We Even Doing Here

May 19, 2021 Season 1 Episode 4
My Own Personal Brand of Heroine
What Are We Even Doing Here
Show Notes

Nat experiences a haunting, Lauren might know more than she lets on, Bella spends an inordinate amount of time struggling with a dial-up connection, and Lida considers the ethics of providing unlicensed therapy to a fictional character.

For the scholars out there, this episode focuses on chapters 6 and 7.

References from the Episode: 

History from the Quileute Nation’s website: https://quileutenation.org/history/

Sucking the Quileute Dry by Angela R. Riley: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/opinion/08riley.html

The Twilight Saga’s Issue with Indigenous Culture by Shea Vassar: https://filmdaze.net/twilight-sagas-issue-with-indigenous-culture/


As a Native Actor, I Applaud Those Who Walked off the Set of Adam Sandler‘s Racist Movie by Tyson Houseman: https://www.vice.com/en/article/kwkkzy/as-a-native-actor-i-applaud-those-who-walked-off-the-set-of-adam-sandlers-racist-movie-971

The Truth Versus Twilight by Dr. Deana Dartt-Newton and Tasia Endo, and a collaboration between the Burke Museum and the Quileute Tribe: https://www.burkemuseum.org/static/truth_vs_twilight/



Theme song by Freddie Bayne and Molly Kirschenbaum, additional sound editing by Freddie Bayne