🎃HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 🎃 Ruthie Mae McCoy | 2: A Life In The Projects
ILL REPUTE! with Jasmine Lee Keith
Release Date: 10/29/2024
Alchemized: The future of Pop Lit?
ILL REPUTE! with Jasmine Lee Keith
We continue our discussion about the publishing journey of what Manacled turned into: Alchemized. One of the hottest book releases of the year, the film rights were quickly bought, further legitimizing converted fanfiction and the audiences insatiable appetite for it. We also discuss wether it stands on its own without references to HP, if the tone and setting are given enough substance, and the double edged sword for writing for an audience.
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DraMione: The new era of 'pull to publish' fan fiction
ILL REPUTE! with Jasmine Lee Keith
This weeks episode continues our series on self publishing, fan fiction, romantasy, and booktok as we delve in the controversy around the sale and marketing of pull to publish fan fiction. First with a brief introduction to the history of fan fiction and its culture, followed with a discussion of the extreme popularity of Harry Potter slash fiction, with die hard fans particular obsession of the non canon pairing of Draco and Hermione A.K.A DraMione. Buy Jasmine's first novel, Above Snakes
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Audra Winter and The Crucible of Booktok
ILL REPUTE! with Jasmine Lee Keith
In this episode Jasmine discusses the recent controversy around up and coming author Audra Winter, and her years long marketing campaign for her debut novel The Age or Scorpius, it's diasterous release, the ensuing fallout, and the way Tiktok has changed how commercial fiction is marketed and sold. Jasmine also explains her personal writing process a llittle bit. We also discuss ABOVE SNAKES her debut novel, a dark western historical romance AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon ( and
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Monster Romance: Adventures in dark fantasy romance fiction
ILL REPUTE! with Jasmine Lee Keith
WELCOME BACK EVERYONE, MY GOD WE'VE MISSED YOU SO UNBELIEVABLY MUCH!!! And WOW!! What a crazy episode this turned out to be. We just get straight to it, Sov has a lot of changes to announce, including the upcoming release of her first book, Which we are all incredibly excited about. This weeks episode is VERY SPICY! BE FOREWARNED, DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS AROUND YOUR KIDS OR PARENTS OR ANYWHERE IN PUBLIC. We talk very explicitly about history of erotic fiction, as it pertains to depictions of monsters inflagrante delecto (AKA doing sex.) From ancient Greek mythology, all the way up to World of...
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Little Repute Minisode: Trump's 2nd Inauguration, the Tiktok "ban"
ILL REPUTE! with Jasmine Lee Keith
Welp... looks like were in the prologue of a YA dystopian novel. Hope our protag has the pluck and gumption to tackle this one, cuz we're running out of ideas!
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Lil Repute Minisode: LA wildfires, Disaster Economics, The end of social media
ILL REPUTE! with Jasmine Lee Keith
Hope you and your loved ones are safe and well! We talk about the LA wildires and its potential impact of the future of LA, delve into a little bit about how disaster's can drive policy, and touch on the (maybe) the final days of Tiktok. Donation link for the victims of the LA wildfires: https://lacity.gov/LAstrong
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Little Repute Minisode: Predictions 2025
ILL REPUTE! with Jasmine Lee Keith
Look at us! Just a couple of Nostradamus's over here. Sov and Josh ponder the kind of inaguration you could throw for 5Million. We also brace for impact with our mouths full of sour grapes. Who's know for sure, but we can all agree this year is going to be a wild one!
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Little Repute Minisode: Last Episode of 2024
ILL REPUTE! with Jasmine Lee Keith
So long 2024, don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya! As we say good bye to 2024, we can't help but drag the upcoming administration one last time. If 2024 is any indication, 2025 is gonna be a wild one! Love you guys and thank you so much for sticking around through our first full year, it's been really great connecting with those of you who generously spend your time with us. Great things are coming, SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
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Lil Repute Minisode: Merry X Mas!
ILL REPUTE! with Jasmine Lee Keith
Happy Holidays! We do a little year in review, nothing too heavy ;) Love you guys, thanks for sticking with us!
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Lil Repute: Polarization
ILL REPUTE! with Jasmine Lee Keith
This week we give some pipin' hot takes (or lets face it, mostly just pretty lukewarm ones) Other than that this ones pretty chill, actually. We also talk about what the heck is going on the podcast for the next few months.
info_outlineIn Part One, we dove into the tragic story of Ruthie Mae McCoy, whose death exposed the harsh realities of life in Chicago's ABLA housing projects and inspired the urban legend of Candyman. We talked about the myth, its real-life origins, and how systemic neglect allowed horrors to happen within these communities. We covered how Ruthie Mae's call to 911 about someone breaking in through her bathroom mirror eerily mirrored the Candyman story. And it wasn't just about ghosts—it was about real, tangible fear and danger that residents had to live with every day.
In Part Two, we explore how the systemic issues within the ABLA projects—rampant drug trade, violence, and neglect—created an environment where Ruthie Mae’s tragic story wasn’t just a one-off incident. We’re also going to look at how Ruthie Mae herself fought to survive in this environment, trying to find a way out while battling her own mental health challenges. It’s not just about one person’s fear; it’s about an entire community struggling against conditions that seem insurmountable. We’re going to read more about what life was like in ABLA, and how, despite her best efforts, Ruthie Mae was let down by every system that was supposed to protect her. This part of the story shows just how deeply rooted the problems were—and how the system failed to address them.
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Compiled by Sovereign Syre
Hosted by Sovereign Syre and Josh Darling
Produced by Joshua Anderson
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