# BSG #120: Why Are You White? / Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker

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Podcast: [Book Squad Goals](https://stenobird.com/podcast/book-squad-goals-7882)
Published: 2026-06-10T14:50:37+00:00
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Duration seconds: 4850

## Resource

Are we ghosts? Find out with us as the Book Squad chats about Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker! We ask “What is gothic, anyway?” and discuss the dual timelines, genre mixing, why Lee was a white guy, and who was masterminding this whole thing. We would have then gotten into listener feedback but we DIDN’T HAVE ANY and that’s on you. Do better next time. Speaking of next time, our next Othersode featuring Samantha Allen, author of Puck , will be dropping on June 23. We’ll be talking about the Amanda Bynes classic She’s the Man . Then read along with us for our next Bookpisode about The Body by Bethany C. Morrow on July 7! If you read this entire description, the least you can do is go over to Apple Podcasts and write us a lil review. Thanks bye! TOC :30 – Icebreaker – and Mary’s not here womp womp 8:30 – Book intro 10:31 – Let’s talk about genre 16:56 – How did you feel about the scary imagery? 27:15 – Pacing, things that were taken for granted 38:30 – Our troubling Lee 43:45 – Let’s talk about Hina 1:01:23 – The author’s note 1:10:00 – Ratings 1:15:23 – What’s up next??

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