Junction Cafe

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  • Every other week, we talk about society and culture through the lens of media such as books and TV shows. Grab a seat and a coffee and let's chat! In case you want to catch up: IG: @tojunctioncafe
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Episodes
  • Soulmates and narrative manupulation| The unmaking of June Farrow
    Feb 12 2025

    This Wednesday, the cafe is talking about time, narrative and soulmates

    Not so recently, I got to read the unmaking of june farrow and I am bringing you my opinions about the plotting!

    Grab a drink and let’s chat!

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    Find the cafe on social media

    TikTok & IG handles: @tojunctioncafe

    Substack:https://tojunctioncafe.substack.com/

    Fable bookclub:https://fable.co/club/junction-cafe-with-leslie-junction-cafe-146922533207


    Sources

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    Eliza Bentley,Narrative Manipulations of Time Travel: Character Knowledge and Temporal Disruption in Fiction and Film. (2021)

    Leslie Barri, Mandy Morgan. Soulmates, compatibility and intimacy: Allied discursive resources in the struggle for relationship satisfaction in the new millennium.Soulmates, compatibility and intimacy: Allied discursive resources in the struggle for relationship satisfaction in the new millennium - ScienceDirect(April, 2011)

    Steve Paulson.Why Are We So Interested In Time travel?,Why Are We So Interested In Time Travel? | To The Best Of Our Knowledge. (February, 2018)

    Vicky Stein, Alisa Harvey.Time travel: Is it possible?https://www.space.com/21675-time-travel.html. (February, 2024)

    Cornelius Holtorf. On The Possibility Of Time Travel,On the Possibility of Time Travel (2010)

    Bruce Sterling, Britannica.Science FictionScience fiction - Origins, Genre, Authors | Britannica. (January 2025)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_time_travel_works_of_fiction

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-time-travel-possible/

    https://www.bossybookworm.com/post/review-of-the-unmaking-of-june-farrow-by-adrienne-young#:~:text=The%20story%20shifts%20between%20events,how%20timelines%20may%20have%20combined.

    Bell hooks. “All about Love”.

    .https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a30964854/outlander-season-6-release-date-amazon/

    https://prowritingaid.com/metafiction#article-head3

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    35 mins
  • History unraveled, angst and second chances | The summer we fell
    Feb 3 2025

    This Sunday, the cafe is talking about history unraveled and also second chance romances.

    Not so recently, I got to read the summer we fell by Eliabeth O'Roark, an angsty second chance romance following a troubled pop star and surfer. Let's revisit it!

    Grab a drink and let’s chat!

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    Find the cafe on social media

    TikTok & IG handles: @tojunctioncafe

    Substack: https://tojunctioncafe.substack.com/

    Coffee chats: tojunctioncafe@gmail.com

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Love & culture in Dating Dr Dil | Media banter
    Jan 22 2025

    This Wednesday, the cafe is talking about Dating Dr Dil, a romance novel by Nisha Sharma.

    Not so recently, I got to read and review the book and I wanted to touch on some elements that were amiss, maybe.

    Grab a drink and let’s chat!

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    Sources

    Relations Between the Generations in Immigrant Families, Nancy Foner1 and Joanna Dreby2 (April 26, 2011)

    https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-soc-081309-150030

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    Find the cafe on social media

    TikTok & IG handles: @tojunctioncafe

    Substack: https://tojunctioncafe.substack.com/

    Fable bookclub: https://fable.co/club/junction-cafe-with-leslie-junction-cafe-146922533207

    Coffee chats: tojunctioncafe@gmail.com

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    44 mins

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