Literary Baes

Thirst Aid Kit

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🗓️ 14 December 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Are you a book-lover, or like, a book... *lover*? What is it about literary characters that make us so damn thirsty? Special guest Mallory Ortberg (Dear Prudence, The Toast) joins us to talk about the first loves that made us stay up past our bedtimes, the ones we sneaked under the covers and explored every inch of — literary baes. How awful and perfect (for each other and for us!) were Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester? Why was Shug Avery so magnetic? Is revenge a dish best served cold or not eaten at all? We have an exciting Thirst Sommelier, but no drabbles this week, and that's because we have a supremely hilarious reading from Mallory, in which we are dragged, cleansed and blessed. Read Things I’ve Learned About Heterosexual Female Desire From Decades Of Reading by Mallory Ortberg, and listen to Bim & Nichole's episodes of Dear Prudence. Come see us live! Thirst Aid Kit Live: The Quenchening is February 12th, 2018 at the Jerome L. Greene Space in NYC. Find tickets and information here! Do you need help figuring out your next crush? Drop us a line! Leave us a message at (765) 8-THIRST (765-884-4778) with your name and what kind of crush advice you're looking for, and maybe we'll answer your question in an upcoming Thirst Sommelier. Follow us on Twitter @ThirstAidKit. Bim is @bimadew and Nichole is @tnwhiskeywoman. Find show notes, fanfic, and more on our Tumblr. Our music is by Tanya Morgan. For your safety, we recommend that you avoid operating heavy machinery while listening to Thirst Aid Kit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's late when I hear Edward returning from the East Wing.
0:03.5	He enters the room, sweating and closes the door with a soft click.
0:08.8	When he stands in front of me, I look down to see his
0:12.2	*** is trembling.
0:14.3	I look up at him in shock.
0:16.0	Mr. Rochester I say, breathlessly.
0:24.0	Hi I'm Bim.
0:25.0	I'm Nicole and welcome to the Library of Thurst here at Thursday Kids.
0:37.0	Nicole, today we're doing something very special and very close to my heart.
0:41.0	Yeah, today we're going to talk about literary bays.
0:44.0	I love it already.
0:45.0	Thank you.
0:46.0	We're talking about all the people that we have fallen in love with over the years.
0:51.0	Having first read about these characters.
0:53.0	So we're talking books.
0:55.0	We're talking short fiction, long form fiction.
0:58.0	We're talking graphic novels, comic books.
1:01.0	We're talking basically everything that's been adapted for screen.
1:05.0	Things that haven't been adapted yet.
1:07.0	Every book you've ever read.
1:09.0	I feel very strongly that I can't really enjoy a piece of fiction unless I am falling in love with at least seven characters.
1:17.0	I mean if you don't fall in love with a book period, it's not worth your time.
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