Unread and Unfiltered
Unread & Unfiltered is a bookish podcast where the TBR is endless, the takes can be unhinged, and the cultural commentary is always caffeinated. Hosted by Kaylan a store manager, reader, academic, and emotionally unstable mom friend. Each episode unpacks the deeper meaning behind fiction. Each episode uses stories as a way to explore fear, identity, power, burnout, and resistance. Whether you’ve read the book or not, your welcome here. Bring your annotated paperbacks, your late-night theories, and your rage highlights. Just the way you like it-unread, unfiltered and a little bit feral.
Episodes
Pop culture loves to tell us that once you survive something together, you’re bonded for life. From golden trios to TikTok edits set to Phoebe Bridgers, it’s always the same: chaos + loyalty = forever family.
But let’s be real. Most of us don’t have a sitcom couch of forever friends. We have survival families — temporary, duct-taped chaos goblins who appear during crisis, burn bright, and then vanish once the smoke clears.
This epis...
The “found family” trope isn’t just cozy dinners and group hugs. Sometimes it’s messy, chaotic, and built out of shared scars.
In A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR), Sarah J. Maas gives us a Night Court full of trauma survivors, reluctant allies, and fierce loyalty.
In this episode of Unread & Unfiltered, we dive deep into:
Feyre finding a home (and herself) after everything burned down.
Cassian: the emotionally constipated ...
She’s hot, deadly, and emotionally unavailable—but does that make her strong, or just badly written? This week, we’re dragging the “strong female lead” trope by its leather boots and asking why strength in fiction so often means violence, trauma, or just being “one of the boys.”
From badass babes to flat-out flops, we’re unpacking what happens when female characters are written for power instead of people.
And if you’ve never read th...
In this episode of Unread & Unfiltered, we’re riding dragons straight into the feminist firestorm that is Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros.
We’re unpacking what strength really looks like when the world expects you to break, and asking the hard questions:
When does protection become control?
Why do we romanticize red flags?
And what does real power look like when you’ve been told you don’t belong?
We’ll talk Violet’s quiet res...
Witches are hunted, secrets are deadly, and fear keeps the world turning. In this episode, I’m diving into Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli to explore how culture uses fear, silence, and performance to keep people in line. From magical oppression to real-world parallels with censorship and identity politics, this isn’t just a fantasy critique. It’s a conversation about survival.
Soooo, I started a podcast. Unread & Unfiltered is where we spiral about books that hit a little to close to home and dig into what they're really saying about the world around us. It's part cultural commentary, part emotional unspooling, and fully supported by caffeine. Whether you have read the books or just love to over analyze, you're welcome here. This intro set the tone for what's coming in Episode 1...dropping on July 1s...
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