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Mariquita and Natalia join forces once again to talk about True Crime: who consumes true crime, which group or groups of people are deemed worthy of coverage (and what does that say about how we value individual life), what is ethical consumption, and how can we do better? Our October pick: We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper Other Resources Mentioned: https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/09/23/gabby-petito-media-coverage-missing-white-black/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_white_woman_syndrome https://apnews.com/article/business-media-florida-news-media-richard-stafford-688c2ee4d1a0598b9fedc031c768c1e8 https://www.hrc.org/resources/fatal-violence-against-the-transgender-and-gender-non-conforming-community-in-2021 https://mashable.com/article/black-indigenous-victims-media-coverage-gabby-petito https://19thnews.org/2021/09/what-help-can-states-offer-when-women-of-color-go-missing/ https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wysac/projects/mmip-report/ Follow and support our hosts: Mariquita: Instagram Natalia: Instagram // Twitter Beyond the Box: Our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday This episode was edited by Phalin Oliver and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.