Nightwing (2016) #78-118 + a few others Wham! Bam! Kapow! This week on Unwise Girls, we've donned our masks, capes, and skintight bodysuits in order to discuss Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo et al.'s acclaimed run on Nightwing. What does a boy with the most perfect and pure heart on all of Prime Earth do when all of the money in the world lands in hi…

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine Another journey of unwise girlsPlanned, sketched, set out into the forestOf platformed pines that drop pods as spring continues.What, then? What path do we clear for empire?How lives interpretation in the legacy of footfall?And for how long will the winter ice's final vestige remain?Eventually, it ceases to …

Us! Jane and Jacqueline! It feels just like yesterday that we were talking about a Rick Riordan book and celebrating our 100th episode. Now, we're not talking about a Rick Riordan book and not celebrating our 100th episode! Things change so quickly! This week, we decided to bravely not discuss an interesting media property and instead share a littl…

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990 film) This week on Unwise Girls, we begin our Spring Tolerance Break with a story that's completely different than anything we've done before! This time, we check out a hit work by an author who's taking mythical stories of the past and reinterpreting them through a more modern lens in order to speak to the…

The Tyrant's Tomb, ch. 38 to 43 This week on Unwise Girls, we say welcome back to one good heckin' praetorino ... and say goodbye to The Tyrant's Tomb! There's no getting past it: this book was a bit rough for us. But how did we really come out the other end feeling? Well, listen to the episode and find out - plus, listen to the end for a very impo…

The Tyrant's Tomb, ch. 32 to 37 This week on Unwise Girls, we say goodbye to a beloved character and give their death all of its due seriousness. One good heckin praetorino, am I right? We also discuss inappropriate chapter titles, debate over Lavinia, grumble about the mist, roll our ankles and snip our fingers, despise the MCU, compliment fight s…

Rebecca Jones reveals her swimming heritage. Growing up in country Australia and swimming in rivers and rural pools.. she has carried her love for swimming across to her art. Rebecca discusses how she has immersed art and swimming across numerous exhibitions including the movement of flicker books to create motion. After swimming with the Seagals R…

The Tyrant's Tomb, ch. 26 to 31 This week on Unwise Girls, we ask the question: how can you go from A to Z when you're already starting at X? That's right, folks, it's yet another week where we're starting to question the basic execution of this series' premise! But we also talk about funny adult babies, the best things to do on your phone, our wei…

The Tyrant's Tomb, ch. 20 to 25 This week on Unwise Girls, we're touching plenty of grass and breathing in the seeds of our discontent and whatever else Shakespeare said. We discuss a delicious amount of Riordan Content:tm:, including our conflicting opinions on where Lavinia is headed as a character, Reyna doing the world's most obvious pining, an…

The Tyrant's Tomb, ch. 14 to 19 This week on Angry Girls, we get real grumpy and pissed off. We talk all about STUFF WE NOTICED that we think SUCKS!!! Like, you ever think about how a lot of these books in the same children's franchise have a lot of similarities? Or how a lot of these characters are kinda surface level?? And there's not like, blood…

The Tyrant's Tomb, ch. 8 to 13 This week on Unwise Girls... eh? Who are you? Sorry, but I don't remember petty things like names or faces... it's all about vibes for me. This week, the vibe is pretty frickin' positive on the book - partially because we've been reading even better books at the same time. We discuss cyclops flesh, lesbian stereotypes…

The Tyrant's Tomb, ch. 1 to 7 Crack open a cold one, girlies, it's time for the penultimate book in Apollo's The Trials of! This week we're starting off our discussion of the novel with one long, continuous corpse party, several pushbacks on pushbacks, some reevaluating of Hazel Levesque and Frank Zhang, the world's most disastrous romance to look …

The Burning Maze, ch. 42 to 47 This week on Unwise Girls, The Burning Maze dies and we're finally allowed to grieve. We discuss what Rick is doing with mortality and how Jason's death - and the more we hope to come - are actually making it mean something, what this convoluted acrostic is telling us about future books, wildfires continuing to stretc…

The Burning Maze, ch. 36 to 41 This week on Unwise Girls, we keep it short and sweet as we... uh... seven letters, starts with D.... you get it, right? We're stuck in a word vortex! Puzzles abound as we talk about that god who is known for music, poetry, and charioteering the sun and his goofy little adventures with Rogrev and Gem. Ah, this is all …

The Burning Maze, ch. 29 to 35 This week on Unwise Girls, we discuss... huh. Well, who could have seen that one coming? We talk about pretty much one thing in this episode, y'all, and it's one of the best choices Rick has made in writing these books in a long time. For maybe the first time, Apollo has to deal with consequences as the promise of an …

The Burning Maze, ch. 22 to 28 This week on Unwise Girls, oops! Maybe we spoke too soon on finally liking the book. We discuss Jane's quirky neuroses, the weak mysteries of love and the heart, broing out, waiting for that damn Styx curse, total Leo memoryholes, Apollo's strange taste in partners across history, Black Dynamite, Rick's heavy reliance…

Revolutionary Girl Utena, ep. 1-3 (sorry y'all no new episode this week! please enjoy the beginning of our coverage of utena instead! if you like it and want to hear more, go to patreon.com/unwisegirls !!) (cw: discussion of domestic violence and racism) the bonus show is back! and this time, we've decided to cover a piece of media that isn't about…

The Burning Maze, ch. 15 to 21 This week on Unwise Girls, we're putting the past behind us as we finally decide we like one of these books! We discuss a really good fight, unstable emperors ready to tear each others throats out, villains made entirely via flashback, mad dog shit, the finer points of mecha fiction, Rick's insecurity about possibly d…

The Burning Maze, ch. 8 to 14 This week on Unwise Girls, we've been released from our cryostasis chambers to return to a world of... uh... raging wildfires. Hm. Well, this week, we'll discuss Rick Riordan's so-far tasteless and toothless incorporation of real life tragedy into the works of his fictional magic men, a satisfying turn in Piper and Jas…

The Burning Maze, ch. 1 to 7 No. I refuse to share this episode of my podcast. It was the lowest, most awful content in my nearly-four-years of podcasting. Disaster. Heartbreak. I will not let you listen to it. ... Hey, why are you still here? Go away! But alas, I suppose I have no choice. Doubtless, Moonshot expects us to tell you the story of Apo…

The Dark Prophecy, ch. 38 to 42 We've done it! After what felt like years (despite being, like, basically the amount of time we spend on any book) we've completed The Dark Prophecy! How'd we like it? Let's see! This week on Unwise Girls we discuss the power of seething hatred, writing to the formula, one of the sicker uses so far of Apollo's tempor…

The Dark Prophecy, ch. 32 to 37 The Unwise Girls have scratched and clawed their way back from the hellish depths of illness and pain for one reason and one reason only: to continue reading a sort of mediocre book. Woe to ye who listen! as we discuss the strange diffusion of conservationism across the pantheon and beyond, putting yourself in the wa…

The Dark Prophecy, ch. 26 to 31 This week on Unwise Girls we discuss fanciful circus ringmasters and Rick's affinity for them, the continuation of the Jimmy/Jamie naming saga, Lityerses' rushed restoration and how it might rhyme with our main character, Thalia and Apollo's super super weird history, #resist, bandying about the idea of enslavement p…

The Dark Prophecy, ch. 22 to 25 This week on Unwise Girls we talk about when Rick Riordan does and doesn't use characters' powers to underscore their arcs, when monsters become people, Jimmy and Jamie, a series of increasingly unfunny bits in prison, the immense gulf between Leo and Apollo, vindication for one of Jane's old theories, and Apollo's s…

Read Riordan Quizzes - plus, Ground Control! This week on Unwise Girls we take a bunch of quizzes after talking about Ground Control. Come back this weekend for Ground Control on moonshot.mov at 12pm est! Come back next week for The Dark Prophecy, ch. 22 to 25! Check out our Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/unwisegirls) Follow the show (https://tw…

Tracy Harvey a well reknowned character within Melbourne and Elwood talks to me about her Bakery, Musicals and Swimming. We also discuss Tracys passion for trying to rid the Elster Creek of litter which flows unimpended into Port Phillip Bay. Such an inspiring and uplifting conversation. Enjoy.By Jane Mills

The Dark Prophecy, ch. 18 to 21 This week on Unwise Girls we talk about the circumstances when it's okay to make fun of someone's trauma, the continued adventures of gender dysphoric Apollo, dead boyfriend guilt, Narcissus and historical recontextualization, how power desensitizes you to the people around you, how the immortal anchor their sense of…

The Dark Prophecy ch. 14 to 17 This week on Unwise Girls we discuss when a change in characterization is necessary and when it can cut the impact of an arc off at the pass, the return of our new favorite dynamic, good ol' boys and country folk, the situational danger of swordfighters, and the impossibility of centering the Camp Half-Blood Chronicle…

The Dark Prophecy ch. 10 to 13 This week on Unwise Girls we discuss Jane's unwise opinions on cauliflower, Meg's sick new fast travel power, magic 8 ball predictions, the funny new trend in characters that Rick Riordan doesn't want you to notice, more Horrible Histories talk, super brutal dreams, and the return of a beloved(?) Heroes of Olympus cha…

The Dark Prophecy ch. 6 to 9 He finally did it, everyone. This week on Unwise Girls, Rick Riordan has confirmed that lesbians aren't real. May god have mercy on our souls as we discuss the logistics of pantheon absorption, true-to-life relationship struggles, the return of Voldemorting, Jojo for some reason, and... oh, look, he left a few lesbians …

Tres Navarre, Book 2: The Widower's Two-Step (as we wrap up another jane vacation era, we bring back the grand ol one-time tradition of bringing our tres navarre episodes onto the main feed! subscribe to the patreon at the 3 dollar tier or above to hear our thoughts on more - currently up to book 4 - as well as a ton of other stuff! okay here's jan…

The Dark Prophecy ch. 1 to 5 A new adventure this week! So let's see off Camp Half-Blood and... eh? Wait, what do you mean it's months and months later and they're already in Indiana?! Grumble grumble... okay, this week on Unwise Girls, we talk about the power of a timeskip, how Rick Riordan might try and reach the heights of Le Guin, pure hatred f…

The Hidden Oracle, ch. 35 to 39 This week on Unwise Girls, we close out The Hidden Oracle by talking about uncapitalized-on moments of angst, actually thematically relevant climaxes, MMO poison aura, an unexpectedly horny crossover, the surprising return of an old theory of Jane's, Rick's pachinko fixation, good people, carefully eliding relationsh…

This episode i chat with Wayne Ludbey a Prahran Pool swimmer and also Sports Photographer.Wayne is renowned for his iconic photograph of Nicky Winmar defiantly pointing to his skin and saying I'm proud to be Black after Racial vilification during a 1993 AFL football game.By Jane Mills

The Hidden Oracle, ch. 31 to 34 This week on Unwise Girls, we talk about how great it can feel to quit a job - oh, and also about the book, of course. We discuss increasingly halfhearted poetry, god-tier deflection, Zeus's most apt rhyme, the different ways trauma can manifest itself, Woody Guthrie as a perfect vector for Rick's politics, the power…

The Hidden Oracle, ch. 27 to 30 This week on Unwise Girls, we're finally having a proper introduction to our big villain for the series (or at least the next few books) - and he's actually really fucked up!! We talk about how Rick more and less successfully sets up Monsieur Beast, U.S. endgoals, the clear view across Apollo's arc, the legitimacy of…

The Hidden Oracle, ch. 23 to 26 This week on Unwise Girls: After exploring the mystery of the Great Riordan Website Wipe, we continue on through the Hidden Oracle and talk about ambiguously originated ants, extensive plagiarism, hippie punching, re-litigating the heart of the west, an update on Joan of Arc, calling into question the legitimacy of t…

The Hidden Oracle, ch. 19 to 22 This week on Unwise Girls we talk about the animal world turning against Jane, slowing the pace down, missed opportunities for some great black comedy, the death of The Sun King, superhero origin stories and our fan-casting, retcons that work more or less smoothly, some real uncomfortable implications about Rachel El…

The Hidden Oracle, ch. 15 to 18 This week on Unwise Girls we talk about a genuine day in the life at Camp Half-Blood, the promise of five straight bangers, murder mystery stylings, how angry we are about Rick writing out our favorite character, swerving deep into the River Styx very suddenly, birth dads, the religion of science, 4000 year old failb…

The Hidden Oracle, ch. 11 to 14 After a little bit of show-and-tell, this week of Unwise Girls kicks off with us finally getting into groove with The Hidden Oracle. We talk about coping with your teenage dad, ally-coding, the isolation you experience when you're alone with people you don't share a language with and also they cut your arms off, the …

The Hidden Oracle, ch. 7 to 10 This time, welcome back to Camp Half-Blood for real! We're here with Apollo, Meg, and all our favorite friends. Now, let's gather around the campfire, drink our bug juice, and take this week on Unwise Girls to discuss the potential for redemption in the works of Rick Riordan, timeline slip-ups, Apollo suffering so tha…

The Hidden Oracle, ch. 1 to 6 Welcome back, Camp Half-Blood! Well, okay, not quite yet, but... welcome back to the Greek myth world of Rick Riordan! This week on Unwise Girls, we've started into a whole new adventure... with a whole new protagonist! That's right, we're in the Apollo Zone... er, the Lester Zone? The Meg Zone?? It's unclear! But we'v…

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard retrospective It's funny, isn't it? For a book series we enjoyed so much to close on such a bittersweet note. From high beginnings to tragically low endings, Magnus Chase was a hell of a ride... so let's talk about it! We give out awards to our favorite (and least favorite) bits of the series, discuss how our pre…

9 from the Nine Worlds This week on Unwise Girls, we read the worst thing we've ever read. Come back next week for our Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard retrospective! Check out our Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/unwisegirls) Follow the show (https://twitter.com/unwisegirls) Join our Discord! (https://discord.gg/XnhhwzKQ8d) Hosted by Jacquelin…

The Ship of the Dead, ch. 43 to 48 This week on Unwise Girls, Magnus Chase comes to a close(?) as we finish the last(?) book in the series and discuss why it's actually bad that Magnus likes his friends, why we're mad at him for building a shelter, unfiltered levels of Seething About The Election as have rarely been seen in a Riordan book previous,…

The Ship of the Dead, ch. 37 to 42 This week on Unwise Girls, we start off strong with a lot of enthusia - wait, Jane, no, take your hand off the steering wheel! You're driving us straight off a cliff!! Instead of mindless gushing, we have to face questions about if Magnus's character really holds up in time for the climax, Avatar finale problems, …

Fiona Basile has created a beautiful coffee table photo book featuring stunning images of the Bay and her fellow Seaford swimmers. In this podcast Fiona talks about her career in Photo journalism, her travels and her love of the bay and swimming community.By Jane Mills

The Ship of the Dead, ch. 31 to 36 This week on Unwise Girls, the brainworms that drive us toward toxic yuri have infected us; unfortunately, they also make us go on incredibly long tangents about characters we wish were in the book instead of the hallmates. We also discuss breaking Irish stereotypes, whittling characters down to the most base poss…

The Ship of the Dead, ch. 25 to 30 This week on Unwise Girls we talk about the unfortunately platonic-seeming relationship between Hearthstone and Blitzen, the confusing trajectory of gay(?) anti-Irish(?) misogynist (that one's not in question) Halfborn Gunderson, pawns of prophecy, the best things to do while pissing, the emotion of inheritance, a…

The Ship of the Dead, ch. 19 to 24 This week on Unwise Girls we talk about Jane's big travel mistake, a pretty dead-on depiction of York, the psychology of TJ, the troubles with assuming someone's gender, also just The Troubles, triage, Seinfeld, things you probably can't actually blame on Loki, Riordan's signature childhood animal trauma, and high…