Episode the fifty-eighth; Wherein the Pageist returns from an unplanned break with a revolutionary idea about what to do with all the unsolicited peen going around and remembers that morality is highly subjective. The books reviewed this episode are Bonjour Tristesse and A Certain Smile by Francoise Sagan.
Intro and Announcements: Thank you, everyone for the kind words regarding Walter’s brain tumour. His treatment is going well. Especially thank you to Naiia. Thank you to the Patreon patrons who stuck with me even though I didn’t post anything last month and didn’t get rewards out until the end of the month. You’re all rock stars. Hello and welcome to the show’s newest supporters, ItGoesto11, who also sent one of the loveliest notes, and M and Keith. Huge thank yous to Beau Gest for the Kindle paperwhite and the permission to return it since it was the second one–the return will fund most of a new microphone, which will be enormously helpful. Also in that shipment was a copy of Jay Wiseman’s SM 101, which I’m very much looking forward to. New Facebook likes include Kasia and Eleanor. New countries include Slovenia, Armenia, Uganda and the U.S. Virgin Islands. There were six survey responses! Oh boy! If you’d like to respond to the survey (it is quick and anonymous), you may do so here. Later this month I’ll be interviewing Mike Merrill, the publicly traded individual. His website is KMikeyM.com. My Submissive Life: It feels like a million years ago, but it was episode 56 where I talked about Sarah Benincasa. This is her Instagram. This is the photo that kicked off the entire WikiDicks conversation. Book Reviews: This episode’s books are two novels by Francoise Sagan, both of which were in one volume by Penguin Modern Classics. The first is Bonjour Tristesse, which is about a mercurial young woman who plots to break up her widower father from his new relationship, even though she’s quite taken with the woman. The second was A Certain Smile, which follows the affair from start to finish between a young woman and older man, while the younger woman is quite fond of the wife of the man she’s involved with. Both were delicate, well-written, must less explicit than what I usually review on the show, explorations of the inner world of a young woman. The first book was published when the author was eighteen (in 1954), the second when the author was twenty (in 1956). Both are a reminder that what is considered immoral and scandalous at one time hardly raises an eyebrow in another. Closing Remarks: Thank you for tuning in! In the next episode I’ll be interviewing … someone. A few options are possible. Support the show and site on Patreon! Like The Pageist on Facebook, follow on Twitter, Tumblr, Goodreads, Quora, Medium, and Instagram and join the Fetlife group. You can also subscribe to the website through the email form in the sidebar. Subscribe to the iTunes feed here. You can also rate the show in iTunes, which would be much appreciated! The libsyn feed is here and can be used in your favourite podcast feed reader. All episodes can be heard in an embedded player on this page.