27. So Bad, But He Does it So Well
Welcome to Season Three of What Would Danbury Do... All Bridgerton. All the time.
This episode of What Would Danbury Do is brought to you by Ella Quinn’s latest novel The Most Eligible Viscount in London, a regency romance about what happens when you think too much with your head...and not enough with your heart. With a whole host of quirky secondary characters, The Most Eligible Viscount in London is a slow-burn, character-driven, humour-filled novel and it’s available now wherever you buy your romance novels. If you want more information about The Most Eligible Viscount in London or Ella Quinn (seriously - go check out her bio!), you can find it on her website ellaquinnauthor.com
Daphne and Simon are spending time in the country getting to know each other *ahem* better, while the rest of the Bridgertons and co are still in tumultuous London, where scandal is the order of the day.
This episode comes with content warnings for discussions about reproductive coercion, sexual assault, non-consensual sex, and rape.
Featuring:
A Dissection of Scowls
Housekeeper Emotional Whiplash
Nipple Watch
Orgasmic Superpowers
Symbolic Withholding
Teenage Angst
Marina: Villainess or Getting It Done?
Kate saying “It’s interesting that…” ad nauseum
Reproductive Science
Professional v Personal Conformity
A Number of Options that Would Have Been Better
Walking as Foreplay
Here are the books and other media we talk about in this episode:
Bridgerton, the TV show
Gossip Girl, the TV show
365 Dni, the film
50 Shades of Grey, the book
Charlotte Cake, Adele and Kate learned about it on The Great Kiwi Bake-Off
The End, JPOLND
Game of Thrones, the show
The Fantastic Video Essayist Khadija Mbowe, and this specific video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYPB5nJV3h8
Jessie Mihalik’s fabulous SF romance oeuvre
Ada Harper’s books
Today’s What Would Danbury Do letter comes with thanks from Jessie who provides us with a letter with a science fiction bent - but will nonetheless be familiar to anyone who has ever fallen in love with their best friend. Thanks so much to Jessie, and if you’re interested in Bonds of Brass from Emily Skrutskie, you can find out more information here.
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This episode was recorded on the traditional and unceded land of the Gadigal, Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people and edited by Rudi Bremer on Gadigal country.
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