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Time Codes: 00:00:28 - Introduction 00:02:47 - Pascal on the podcast, Round 2 00:04:19 - Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World  00:49:37 - Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures 01:31:45 - Wrap up 01:32:39 - Contact us This month Pascal and Derek look at two recent books that, while strikingly different in their storytelling approaches, are both insightful examinations of the socio-historical forces that shape individuals' lives. They begin with Pénélope Bagieu's Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World(First Second), a collection of 29 short biographies profiling women throughout history who have pushed back and defined themselves on their own terms. This book began as a series of webcomics that appeared on Le Monde's blog between January and October 2016. There was actually one original entry, a biographical look at Phulan Devi, that didn't make it into the American text, and the guys speculate as to why this might have been. After that they discuss Yvan Alagbé's Yellow Negroes an