Episode 235 - Celebrity Memoirs
It’s episode 235 and time for us to talk about Celebrity Memoirs! We discuss who counts as a celebrity, non-celebrity memoirs, creative non-fiction, memory, success, survivorship bias, and more!
You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.
In this episode
Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇
Things We Read (or tried to…)
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
You with the Sad Eyes by Christina Applegate
Elsa Lanchester, Herself by Elsa Lanchester
Lulu in Hollywood by Louise Brooks
My Wonderful World Of Slapstick by Buster Keaton and Charles Samuels
Finding Me by Viola Davis
Other Media We Mentioned
Lessons from a Lifetime: 90 Years of Imagination and Activism by David Suzuki
Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon
Even the Good Girls Will Cry: A '90s Rock Memoir by Melissa Auf der Maur
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
Bossypants by Tina Fey
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
iCarly
Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Married... with Children
Bride of Frankenstein
Pandora’s Box
Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang by Mordecai Richler
Sherlock Jr.
Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark by Cassandra Peterson
Awake by Jen Hatmaker
A Truce That is not Peace by Miriam Toews
The Harder I Fight, the More I Love You by Neko Case
That’s a Great Question, I’d Love to Tell You by Elyse Myers
Links, Articles, and Things
Department Store
Hudson's Bay (department store)
Hypermarket
MeToo movement
Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang Book Trailer
Gilean Douglas Fonds
Collection of digitized photos including ones from the sets of One Stolen Night, The Fortieth Door, Rupert of Hentzau, Quincy Adams Sawyer, Oliver Twist, Robin Hood, and this specific Hall Room Boys film.
Charlie Chaplin
Tom Mix
Laurel and Hardy
Abbott and Costello
Groucho Glasses
Hays Code
33 Celebrity Memoirs by BIPOC Authors:
Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.
Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve by Drew Afualo
Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance by Simone Biles
She Memes Well by Quinta Brunson
A Thousand Threads by Nehneh Cherry
Unfinished by Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen by Jon M. Chu
Connie: A Memoir by Connie Chung
Let Love Have the Last Word by Common
Transcendent by Laverne Cox
Simply More by Cynthia Erivo
Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me by Whoopi Goldberg
In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero
Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday
Accidentally on Purpose by Kristen Kish
We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu
Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome by Aparna Nancherla
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Unprotected by Billy Porter
Some New Kind of Kick by Kid Congo Powers
Truly by Lionel Richie
The Universal Tone: My Life by Carlos Santana
The Race to Be Myself by Caster Semenya
A Tale of Two Omars: A Memoir of Family, Revolution, and Coming Out During the Arab Spring by Omar Sharif Jr.
The Chiffon Trenches by André Leon Talley
All the Way: My Life on Ice by Jordin Tootoo
Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood by Danny Trejo
I, Tina by Tina Turner
Just as I Am by Cicely Tyson
Sidesplitter: How to Be From Two Worlds at Once by Phil Wang
Great Falls, MT: Fast Times, Post-Punk Weirdos, and a Tale of Coming Home Again by Reggie Watts
Scenes from My Life by Michael K. Williams
Cack-Handed by Gina Yashere
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Give us feedback!
Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read!
Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email!
Join us again on Tuesday, August 18th when we'll be giving our summer media update!
Then on September 1st we’ll be discussing Post Apocalyptic fiction!