Today’s guest is Erica Friedman, the author of ‘By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga, the Untold Story of Lesbian Love in Japanese Animation and Comics'. It is an amazing power of following through on the thing you love for decades. Take a listen!

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We're seeing a heroine grow from child, to teenager, to adult. Here she is, flexing some muscle, even as a small kid.

The Squashbuckler Diaries is a daily podcast, blogging the life of Joy Shelley's life in the Dream. She's raised by a father who is only there when he sleeps. They live on Bonny's Revenge, a flying pirate ship, and they fight bad guys because that's what Justin, her father, dreams about. They're being watched over by The Red Dragon, who tells the Squashbuckler Diaries... at least for now.
This is the story of how a heroine is created from birth... to death.
Written and read by Guy Hasson.
Check out The Squashbuckler Diaries website: www.guyhasson.com

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6 Joy's First Dress

Some things can only happen in dreams. That is what today's episode is all about.

We're seeing a heroine grow from child, to teenager, to adult. The diaries are small incidents of life as Joy grows up.

The Squashbuckler Diaries is a daily podcast, blogging the life of Joy Shelley's life in the Dream. She's raised by a father who is only there when he sleeps. They live on Bonny's Revenge, a flying pirate ship, and they fight bad guys because that's what Justin, her father, dreams about. They're being watched over by The Red Dragon, who tells the Squashbuckler Diaries... at least for now.
This is the story of how a heroine is created from birth... to death.
Written and read by Guy Hasson.
Check out The Squashbuckler Diaries website: www.guyhasson.com

10 The Day of the Flying Elephants

Today's episode: Joy explores the dream world while her father is awake and the dream world is relatively empty. What stays behind? What doesn't? 

The Squashbuckler Diaries is the diary of Joy Shelley, a heroine growing up in front of our very eyes, from a child, to a teenager, to an adult. Joy lives in her father's dream. They live on a flying pirate ship called Bonny's Revenge. Together they have adventures and defeat villains.  But when her father wakes up, she remains behind, all alone.
At least for the first few years of her life, the Red Dragon watches over her without her knowledge. She is also the one who tells the Squashbuckler Diaries about Joy, whom she calls Dragon Little. 

Written and read by Guy Hasson.

Check out The Squashbuckler Diaries website: www.guyhasson.com

12 The Empty World

In today's episode, we make a dragon cry...

The Squashbuckler Diaries is the diary of Joy Shelley, a heroine growing up in front of our very eyes, from a child, to a teenager, to an adult. Joy lives in her father's dream. They live on a flying pirate ship called Bonny's Revenge. Together they have adventures and defeat villains.  But when her father wakes up, she remains behind, all alone.
At least for the first few years of her life, the Red Dragon watches over her without her knowledge. She is also the one who tells the Squashbuckler Diaries about Joy, whom she calls Dragon Little. 

Written and read by Guy Hasson.

Check out The Squashbuckler Diaries website: www.guyhasson.com

13 The Lullaby

In today's episode: Joy lives in the Dream. So what happens when she goes to sleep? 

The Squashbuckler Diaries is the diary of Joy Shelley, a heroine growing up in front of our very eyes, from a child, to a teenager, to an adult. Joy lives in her father's dream. They live on a flying pirate ship called Bonny's Revenge. Together they have adventures and defeat villains.  But when her father wakes up, she remains behind, all alone.
At least for the first few years of her life, the Red Dragon watches over her without her knowledge. She is also the one who tells the Squashbuckler Diaries about Joy, whom she calls Dragon Little. 

Written and read by Guy Hasson.

Check out The Squashbuckler Diaries website: www.guyhasson.com

14 Pleasant Dreams

In today's episode: Joy drives her father crrrrazy!

The Squashbuckler Diaries is the diary of Joy Shelley, a heroine growing up in front of our very eyes, from a child, to a teenager, to an adult. Joy lives in her father's dream. They live on a flying pirate ship called Bonny's Revenge. Together they have adventures and defeat villains. But when her father wakes up, she remains behind, all alone.
At least for the first few years of her life, the Red Dragon watches over her without her knowledge. She is also the one who tells the Squashbuckler Diaries about Joy, whom she calls Dragon Little.

Written and read by Guy Hasson.

Check out The Squashbuckler Diaries website: www.guyhasson.com

18 Bad Mood Morning

In today's episode: Tragedy strikes. Joy is only 2.5 years old, but this event will resonate throughout her entire life.

The Squashbuckler Diaries is the diary of Joy Shelley, a heroine growing up in front of our very eyes, from a child, to a teenager, to an adult. Joy lives in her father's dream. They live on a flying pirate ship called Bonny's Revenge. Together they have adventures and defeat villains. But when her father wakes up, she remains behind, all alone.
At least for the first few years of her life, the Red Dragon watches over her without her knowledge. She is also the one who tells the Squashbuckler Diaries about Joy, whom she calls Dragon Little.

Written and read by Guy Hasson.

Check out The Squashbuckler Diaries website: www.guyhasson.com

19 Mary's Death

In today's episode: 2.5 year old gets unexpected help from a villain as she tries to understand that her nanny is dead.

The Squashbuckler Diaries is the diary of Joy Shelley, a heroine growing up in front of our very eyes, from a child, to a teenager, to an adult. Joy lives in her father's dream. They live on a flying pirate ship called Bonny's Revenge. Together they have adventures and defeat villains. But when her father wakes up, she remains behind, all alone.
At least for the first few years of her life, the Red Dragon watches over her without her knowledge. She is also the one who tells the Squashbuckler Diaries about Joy, whom she calls Dragon Little.

Written and read by Guy Hasson.

Check out The Squashbuckler Diaries website: www.guyhasson.com

20 Mary's Death 2 - The Nestling

In today's episode: Justin finds a unique way to get Joy's mind off the fact her nanny had just died.

The Squashbuckler Diaries is the diary of Joy Shelley, a heroine growing up in front of our very eyes, from a child, to a teenager, to an adult. Joy lives in her father's dream. They live on a flying pirate ship called Bonny's Revenge. Together they have adventures and defeat villains. But when her father wakes up, she remains behind, all alone.
At least for the first few years of her life, the Red Dragon watches over her without her knowledge. She is also the one who tells the Squashbuckler Diaries about Joy, whom she calls Dragon Little.

Written and read by Guy Hasson.

Check out The Squashbuckler Diaries website: www.guyhasson.com

22 Mary's Death 4 - Adventure

In today's episode: Justin finds a unique way to say goodbye to Mary, a way that can only exist in the Dream!

The Squashbuckler Diaries is the diary of Joy Shelley, a heroine growing up in front of our very eyes, from a child, to a teenager, to an adult. Joy lives in her father's dream. They live on a flying pirate ship called Bonny's Revenge. Together they have adventures and defeat villains. But when her father wakes up, she remains behind, all alone.
At least for the first few years of her life, the Red Dragon watches over her without her knowledge. She is also the one who tells the Squashbuckler Diaries about Joy, whom she calls Dragon Little.

Written and read by Guy Hasson.

Check out The Squashbuckler Diaries website: www.guyhasson.com

23 Mary's Death 5 - The Funeral

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