About this episode

The episode discusses the themes of gender and military in 'Monstrous Regiment' with guest MOSS.

This is the episode a lot of you gender criminals have been waiting for: on this installment of DISC COVERERS, we're covering MONSTROUS REGIMENT! Special guest MOSS aka "BEATINGTHEBINARY" joins us on a no-expenses-paid trip to tiny, war-torn Borogravia, where we follow and dissect the worst gal pal road trip on the history of the Disc. What geopolitical conflict was Terry thinking about when he wrote this in 2003? Does gender equality within the armed forces really count as a civil victory, or is it just an excuse to recruit more warm bodies? Most importantly, WHY does this book alone account for and OVERWHELMINGLY LARGE slice of Discworld fanfiction? (Hint: it's the lesbians, Harold!) All this covered, PLUS our own extremely objective and empirical headcanons for what each member of the regiment's gender is! You don't wanna skip this one, trust me CURRENT RANKING: 1. Night Watch 2. Monstrous Regiment 3. Feet Of Clay 4. The Truth 5. The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents 6. Carpe Jugulum 7. The Fifth Elephant 8. Small Gods 9. Reaper Man 10. Men at Arms 11. Hogfather 12. Thief of Time 13. The Wee Free Men 14. Lords and Ladies 15. Maskerade 16. Guards! Guards! 17. Mort 18…

People in this episode

Hosts: Iris Jay, Grace Lovelace, Balina Mahigan, Juniper Theory

Guest: MOSS

Topics covered

• gender equality
• military
• Discworld
• fanfiction
• geopolitical conflict

Keywords

• Monstrous Regiment
• gender equality
• Discworld
• Borogravia
• fanfiction

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: MONSTROUS REGIMENT

Places: Borogravia

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