The Queens pick up the fourth book in Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea Series, where we take a a deeper look at the life of women in this world, meet new characters, say goodbye to old ones, and try to hold it together through the saddest section we've read yet. Queen Marissa won't stand disrespectful interference of burial rituals, Queen Tay gives a PSA for men to do dishes, and both were very confused at the way wizard celibacy was revealed. So brace for trauma, and join us as we discuss Tehanu by Ursula Le Guin.

This episode wraps up with a game of Astrological Signs, and classically, Tay and Marissa's best and worst character of the section.

Our next podcast will be released September 15th, 2025, and will cover Chapters 11-14 of Tehanu, the fourth book in Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea Series.

Content Warnings:
Please take care of yourself. We talk about the following in this podcast:

• Domestic Abuse
• Animal Death
• Rape
• Sexual Assault
• Sexual Harassment
• Transphobia
• Homophobia
• Torture
• Physical Abuse
• Emotional Abuse
• Gore & Violence
• Misogyny
• Sexism
• Child Abuse
• Death
• Racism
• Deadnaming
• Suicide
• Suicidal Thoughts/Ideation

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Marissa: Personal Instagram | The Book Jar Pod | StoryGraph | Crowned Heathens
Alix: Personal Instagram | StoryGraph

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Timestamps:
00:00 The Creation of Éa
00:37 Intro
2:36 Short Summary
3:07 Content Warning
3:55 Start of In-Depth Analysis
16:26 RIP Old Friend
31:16 Content Warning
45:25 The Binary of Earthsea
1:10:20 Confusingly Celibate Wizards
1:10:32 Content Warning
1:41:28 Why Is This So SAD?
1:57:21 Game Time : Astrological Signs
2:18:36 MVP / LVP
2:20:36 Homework
2:23:07 Outro & Socials
2:25:05 Bloopers