Writer and comedian Sovereign Syre chronicles the lives of difficult and dangerous women throughout history as well as diving into issues related to women and womanhood in all it's forms. Trans-inclusive. Not Safe For Work. We here at ILL REPUTE! support women's rights, but more importantly we support women's wrongs.
This weeks episode is in Response to Hilary Layne's recent video about women's literature ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffvRhsViyIQ&t=157s) Jaz and Josh disagree with most of her takes, but feel like she had a lot of interesting things to say. While Hilary seems to feel strongly that a lot of contemporary pop fiction is essentially porn marketed and designed to take advantage of the female…
We continue our discussion about the publishing journey of what Manacled turned into: Alchemized. One of the hottest book releases of the year, the film rights were quickly bought, further legitimizing converted fanfiction and the audiences insatiable appetite for it. We also discuss wether it stands on its own without references to HP, if the tone and setting are given enough substance, and the…
This weeks episode continues our series on self publishing, fan fiction, romantasy, and booktok as we delve in the controversy around the sale and marketing of pull to publish fan fiction. First with a brief introduction to the history of fan fiction and its culture, followed with a discussion of the extreme popularity of Harry Potter slash fiction, with die hard fans particular obsession of the…
In this episode Jasmine discusses the recent controversy around up and coming author Audra Winter, and her years long marketing campaign for her debut novel The Age or Scorpius, it's diasterous release, the ensuing fallout, and the way Tiktok has changed how commercial fiction is marketed and sold. Jasmine also explains her personal writing process a llittle bit. We also discuss ABOVE SNAKES her…
WELCOME BACK EVERYONE, MY GOD WE'VE MISSED YOU SO UNBELIEVABLY MUCH!!! And WOW!! What a crazy episode this turned out to be. We just get straight to it, Sov has a lot of changes to announce, including the upcoming release of her first book, Which we are all incredibly excited about. This weeks episode is VERY SPICY! BE FOREWARNED, DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS AROUND YOUR KIDS OR PARENTS OR ANYWHERE IN…
Welp... looks like were in the prologue of a YA dystopian novel. Hope our protag has the pluck and gumption to tackle this one, cuz we're running out of ideas!
Hope you and your loved ones are safe and well! We talk about the LA wildires and its potential impact of the future of LA, delve into a little bit about how disaster's can drive policy, and touch on the (maybe) the final days of Tiktok. Donation link for the victims of the LA wildfires: https://lacity.gov/LAstrong
Look at us! Just a couple of Nostradamus's over here. Sov and Josh ponder the kind of inaguration you could throw for 5Million. We also brace for impact with our mouths full of sour grapes. Who's know for sure, but we can all agree this year is going to be a wild one!
So long 2024, don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya! As we say good bye to 2024, we can't help but drag the upcoming administration one last time. If 2024 is any indication, 2025 is gonna be a wild one! Love you guys and thank you so much for sticking around through our first full year, it's been really great connecting with those of you who generously spend your time with us.…
