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Created by Anita Sarkeesian, Feminist Frequency ran as an organization from 2009–2023, providing video commentaries exploring gender representations, myths, and messages in popular culture media. Now, host Kat Spada continues Feminist Frequency Radio's legacy as an independent podcast, with fun new conversations about entertainment that asks you to be critical of the media you love.
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A.C. and Kat are joined by director Sav Rodgers to discuss his documentary feature debut, Chasing Chasing Amy, and the complicated legacy of its subject matter, Kevin Smith's 1997 film Chasing Amy. Sav shares about the arduous process of becoming the central story in his own doc, and examining his relationship to the movie that saved his life as a young queer person. We explore how we take our various fandoms seriously, and what it means to blend loving a piece of media with making that love the focus of our work and/or our identities.
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- Sav's film CHASING CHASING AMY, which is also available on Kanopy
- Chasing Amyaction figures
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A.C. and Kat are back from their first semester at Shiz University for winter break, and we just had to talk about Jon M. Chu's blockbuster Broadway adaptation of Wicked: Part One. Starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in the story before the story we all know from The Wizard of Oz, this is a tale that was originally published as a novel by Gregory Maguire in 1995. On its face it's a movie about accepting yourself when you don't fit in, but it's much more so about the way marginalized communities are threatened by authoritarian governments and the complicit neighbors who don't want to "rock the boat." We were impressed by its portrayal of class consciousness and the added nuance brought by casting a Black actress in the role of Elphaba. Finally, we hold a mini state of the union on Hollywood movie musicals.
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Kat's fighting a vicious cold, and only had enough raspy voice left to record a bonus mini episode with AC this week. We caught up on all of the random movies and TV Kat watched while traveling or coughing on the couch, from Hit Man and Trap to Love Again and Hot Frosty. AC shared what movies he rewatches annually on Thanksgiving, and yes—The Silence of the Lambs is first on his list. Plus, we talk about AC's new publication with Currant Jam: Gelée, a digital zine on pop culture from emerging journalists, writers, and tastemakers.
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Luke Perry biographer Margaret Wappler joined us for a conversation about her hybrid memoir profiling the '90s heartthrob, and the impact Perry had on viewers from 90210 to Riverdale. We dug into Fran Rubel Kuzui's 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer, starring Perry alongside Kristy Swanson and Donald Sutherland. We particularly loved the comedic swings of supporting cast members Paul Reubens and David Arquette. Overall, we think the movie's feminist message and uneven tone are almost anachronistic, but can't deny its lasting impact.
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- Margaret's latest book, A Good Bad Boy: Luke Perry and How a Generation Grew Up
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Writer and musician Tara Giancaspro joins Kat and A.C. for a rootin' tootin' rip-roarin' review of Colin Higgins' 1982 movie musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. We get lost in the fun and charm of the music, dancing, and wigs! We delight in the beauty of Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds! And we get caught up in a discussion of whether a movie like this could be made today, with its light-hearted treatment of sex workers being unfairly persecuted. Plus, an unhinged installment of the "what's wrong with me" game returns, as we decide which famous men we'd let watch our drinks.
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Anita Sarkeesian returns to the podcast this week to discuss Coralie Fargeat's buzzy body horror film The Substance, starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley. Anita gives the movie 5 out of 5 stars, but she, Kat, and A.C. all find something uniquely different to love about it. After an electrifying in-theater experience, we couldn't stop thinking about its storytelling on the panopticon of the patriarchal gaze. Not to mention its gonzo gross-out creature work!
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Film critic and podcast host Alonso Duralde previously joined us for a discussion about 1950s Hollywood, and it was such a treat to have him return to the show. He recently published the film history compendium Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film, so what better film for us to watch together than William Wyler's 1961 opus of lesbian shame, The Children's Hour, starring Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine.
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- The Celluloid Closet (1995)
- Our podcast episode about the film Seconds
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We were so excited to welcome author and journalist Emma Specter to the show, that we asked them if we could talk about their favorite movie. Join us as we traverse journalism onscreen in James L. Brooks' 1987 film Broadcast News, starring Holly Hunter, William Hurt, and Albert Brooks. We also ask Emma about the process of writing her reported memoir, More, Please, and what she might say about elements of the movie "as a private citizen," versus in her official capacity as culture writer for Vogue.
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- More, Please: On Food, Fat, Bingeing, Longing, and the Lust for Enough
- Emma's review of She Said: https://dirt.fyi/article/2022/12/all-the-things-she-said
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Kat and A.C. are starving for a blockbuster to make them feel something, as if the movies are actually, finally back. So, they saw Lee Isaac Chung’s Twisters, and unfortunately—they’re still hungry. Listen in as they hypothesize about what Glenn Powell’s character was doing in the years before the events of this film took place (while Anthony Ramos’ was “working for the military” and Daisy Edgar-Jones’ was Being A City Girl). Could the tornado wrangler have been doing crunches? Optimizing his SEO? We just want cinema to try something new, please!
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Kat and A.C. ~*witnessed*~ the fifth installment in George Miller’s apocalypse epic, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and… we found it completely unnecessary. We know that movies about women are not by default inherently feminist (Anita tweeted about this specifically related to Fury Road back in 2015), but it’s always a bummer when we’re more invested in the male characters in a movie centered around a female protagonist. Then, we played another round of our “What’s Wrong With You?” guessing game, this time with a Pride Month theme (of sorts).
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Who’s in the mood for a little June Gloom? We finally watched John Frankenheimer’s 1966 film Seconds, starring Rock Hudson, in a feature segment we’re calling “Retro Featurism.” Kat and A.C. wonder what its Frankenstein-esque plotline in which viewers could find gay or trans messaging, says about the current moment where stories like Poor Things and Severance (and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s upcoming The Bride) are resonating with audiences. Plus, the return of our celebrity guessing game “What’s Wrong With Me?”!!!
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- Fortnightly Freq-Out episode about the documentary Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed: https://feministfrequency.com/video/ffr-presents-fortnightly-freq-outs-mini-ep-1-with-special-guest-a-c-lamberty/
- FFR “Machos: Fully Loaded” episode about mental health vis-a-vis masculinity in media: https://feministfrequency.com/video/machos-on-the-verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown-machos-fully-loaded-episode-4-ffr-229/
- The fascinating life story of “Bride of Frankenstein” Elsa Lanchester: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Lanchester
Note: In this episode, Kat erroneously and incorrectly uses the term “plus sized” in description. Apologies for this misuse of the phrase!
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In this week’s episode, Kat holds court on the movie that seemed uniquely designed just for her (which she ultimately found fairly disappointing): The Fall Guy. Directed by longtime stunt performer David Leitch and starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, A.C. and Kat predominantly found the movie… “cute.” Which is fine! But Kat was really hoping for a lot more about the love of stunts, all things considered. Then, A.C. debuts a new, extremely unhinged game entitled “Nightmare Blunt Rotation,” and Kat has a lot to answer for.
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Join Kat and A.C. for a discussion of Monkey Man, the directorial debut of star Dev Patel. We talk about action movie tropes, what happens when actors get to make their first feature behind the camera, and the “internet boyfriend”-ification of British boys in the 2010s. Plus, the return of our ill-advised celebrity guessing game entitled, “What’s Wrong With Me?”
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Join Kat and A.C. for a discussion of one of their most hotly anticipated movies of 2024, Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist. The FFR hosts were mixed on their reactions, but both saw opportunities where it could have ascended to greater heights than it ultimately did—in particular with the underwritten female character in the middle of the film’s central love triangle. While we love the craft accomplishments of this movie, we can’t help but wonder what Paul Verhoeven might have done with this story.
Plus, we check in on this spring’s film festivals, from the recently debuted Los Angeles Festival of Movies presented by Mubi to the 77th annual festival in Cannes, which just kicked off.
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- FFR "Cyberpunk Summer" episode on Strange Days w/ Emily St. James
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This week, we’re releasing the first bonus episode of the season on the main feed so that everyone can get a teaser of the new format of extra content typically reserved exclusively for our supporters on Patreon! In this bonus episode, we’re discussing Pedro Almodóvar’s short film Strange Way of Life starring Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke.
Discussed in this episode: Former FFR guest Inkoo Kang’s podcast “All About Almodóvar.”
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And we’re back! For the first episode of our first season as an independent podcast following the sunset of the Feminist Frequency nonprofit organization, we thought we’d discuss one of the most exciting new independent films we’ve seen: Vera Drew’s The People’s Joker. Join Feminist Frequency Radio co-hosts Kat Spada and A.C. Lamberty as they talk about the movie’s unconventional crowdsourced production, what it gets so right about cultural criticism through parody, and our favorite Batman gags and villains.
Plus, we debut a new celebrity guessing game we’re introducing this season, with the working title “What’s Wrong With Me?” And check out our podcast feed where, this week, we’re releasing our Patreon bonus episode to everyone so that you can all get a teaser of the new format of this season’s extra content typically reserved for our supporters on Patreon!
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FFR Season Preview: Anyone But You with new co-host A.C. Lamberty
Feminist Frequency Radio is coming back for its first new season as an independent podcast following the sunset of the FF organization after an incredible 15 years. Kat Spada is thrilled to be re-joined by new co-host A.C. Lamberty, who joined Kat last year for FFR's indulgent "Machos: Fully Loaded" limited series.
In this week's episode we're catching up on Feminist Frequency news, getting amped for the new season, and dissecting a movie we both enjoyed greatly and almost walked out of the theater several times: Will Gluck's 2023 rom-com Anyone But You starring Glenn Powell and Sydney Sweeney, a loose adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
Next month we'll be back with standard FFR podcast episodes filled with feminist media criticism, and we're so excited to welcome special guests, dive into some book club selections for our Patreon subscribers, and so much more. Stay tuned!
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We’re wrapping up this season of FFR just as we started it, with Anita Sarkeesian returning for an episode where she and host Kat Spada talk about a classic movie they both love and could watch over and over. But while this season’s first episode featured Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing, this week we’re focusing on a more unconventional romantic leading man—but one that has nevertheless stood the test of time—Nicolas Cage opposite Cher in Norman Jewison’s Moonstruck.
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Feminist Frequency Radio presents another “Fortnightly FREQout” mini-episode. In this short-but-sweet installment, Kat is cutting right to the point: BEYONCÉ!
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Feminist Frequency Radio is celebrating the holidays with the creepy Christmas classic, 1984’s Gremlins. Joining Kat is this episode’s special guest: actor, comedian, and dancer Oscar Montoya.
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- Gremlins 2 sketch from Key & Peele: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x01l_jMhjVM
- La Más Draga: https://www.youtube.com/@LAMASDRAGAOFICIAL
- 60 Songs That Explain the ‘90s: https://www.theringer.com/60-songs-that-explain-the-90s
- Trek/Marry/Kill podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/voy-death-wish-s2e18-with-kat-spada-feminist-frequency/id1652275008?i=1000636757467
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On this Fortnightly FREQout mini-episode, Kat is reflecting on what good can come from Thanksgiving with a documentary recommendation and support for United Farm Workers, as well as an overview of some media she saw over the holiday break, including Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins.
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- “Harvest of Shame” documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJTVF_dya7E
- Donate to United Farm Workers: https://ufw.org/sparechange/
- Trek Marry Kill podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/voy-death-wish-s2e18-with-kat-spada-feminist-frequency/id1652275008?i=1000636757467
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Kat is joined by cartoon and comics-style illustrator Ethan Harper to discuss the new animated series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, based on both the original graphic novels written and drawn by O’Malley beginning in 2004 and the live-action film adaptation from 2010 directed by Edgar Wright. Spoilers ahead!
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- https://kotaku.com/pc-gamer-30th-anniversary-women-games-1851021562
- https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/11/at-trial-accused-pelosi-attacker-says-gamergate-led-him-to-far-right-conspiracies/
- https://www.etsy.com/shop/unpaintedhuffhines
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It’s time for another Fortnightly FREQout, where Feminist Frequency Radio host Kat Spada brings you brief reviews and industry news from the past few weeks. Today, she’s talking about the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike (including a final day trip to the picket line), the closure of online feminist publication Jezebel, and some thoughts on the pilot episode of the new Showtime series The Curse.
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Kat’s “Machos: Fully Loaded” guest co-host, A. C. Lamberty, returns to Feminist Frequency Radio for a special interview with returning guest Karen Tongson to discuss her brand-new book normporn: queer viewers and the tv that soothes us.
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- Get your own copy of normporn: https://bookshop.org/p/books/normporn-queer-pleasures-in-sentimental-television-karen-tongson/19916162
- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-30-guyliner-tears-and-octopusses-with-kat-spada/id1549053649?i=1000632054909
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It’s Halloween, and we’re continuing our journey through scary movies about motherhood after spending last week with Rosemary's Baby. In this week's Fortnightly FREQout mini episode, Kat gets personal talking about grief, fear, and monsters in Jennifer Kent's 2014 film The Babadook. Content warning for listeners: this episode talks about death.
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It’s Spooky Season, and we’re gearing up with a look at the 1968 film, Rosemary’s Baby, directed by Roman Polanski and starring Mia Farrow. Writer and mental health counselor Pallavi Yetur returns as a special guest to discuss this controversial horror genre classic. Content warning for listeners: this movie deals with issues related to sexual violence and trauma related to pregnancy and childbirth; additionally, this conversation will not shy away from frank discussions regarding the sex crimes of the filmmaker.
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- https://time.com/6315514/birth-and-trauma-on-tv/
- “Our Frasier Remake”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So-JtwVgstU&themeRefresh=1
- Kat co-hosting “The Gaymazing Race”: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-30-guyliner-tears-and-octopusses-with-kat-spada/id1549053649?i=1000632054909
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Long-time listeners of this podcast will know that 1987’s Dirty Dancing is Anita Sarkeesian’s favorite film, so for this season opening episode of Feminist Frequency Radio, she is, of course, joining host Kat Spada for a look at the Swayze-ist of Patrick Swayze films. But this conversation has a twist, as they’ll also be considering Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, the (ill-advised) 2004 sequel. Are we still having the time of our lives?
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- I Am Cuba on Kanopy: https://www.kanopy.com/en/product/i-am-cuba-0
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It’s a new season of Feminist Frequency Radio with a whole new batch of Fortnightly FREQout mini-episodes. On the heels of an interesting summer for live music and concert films, Kat shares her thoughts about pop, nostalgia, and the sense of community that live music brings.
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- Sentimental Garbage podcast on Strictly Ballroom: https://play.acast.com/s/sentimentalgarbage/strictly-ballroom-with-kate-young
- Tove Lo’s Dirt Femme album in ASL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtSQeGInmeY&list=PLAfkuCiou6j8knKObgPxftQxGrTEK1YbR
- Kate Leth talking Taylor Swift on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@katelethargy/video/7275317746269736234?lang=en
- Kate Leth’s graphic novel Mall Goth: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mall-Goth/Kate-Leth/9781534476943
- “My Delirious Trip to the Heart of Swiftiedom,” by Taffy Brodesser-Akner for The New York Times Magazine: swift-eras-tour.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/magazine/taylor-swift-eras-tour.html
- “The ‘Plop’ and the Plight of Being a Queer Taylor Swift Fan,” by Abby Monteil for them: https://www.them.us/story/the-plop-and-the-plight-of-being-a-queer-taylor-swift-fan
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This season on Feminist Frequency Radio closes out with another Fortnightly Freq-outs mini-episode. Today, we’ll finally get to DC’s latest superhero, Blue Beetle, but first, Kat Spada has some brief reviews and industry news…
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- Cover of “Eyes on Fire” by Leeni: https://leeni.bandcamp.com/track/eyes-on-fire
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Actress, writer, and podcaster Janie Haddad Tompkins joins Kat Spada for a literary journey through their favorite memoirs ranging from coming-of-age and adventure to celebrity juiciness. Tune in for a Feminist Frequency Radio AMA with Kat on Sunday, October 1 at 10am PT in the Feminist Frequency Discord!
Links Mentioned:- "Celebrity Book Club" podcast: https://www.chelsearosedevantez.com/celebrity-book-club
Find Janie:- twitter.com/janiehaddad- instagram.com/lebaneselooker- Podcast: Stay F. Homekins – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stay-f-homekins-with-janie-haddad-tompkins-paul-f-tompkins/id1503706010- Newsletter: Weekend Water – https://weekendwater.substack.com/
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A HurriQuake can't stop Kat Spada from bringing you brief reviews and industry news. On this Fortnightly Freq-out, she shares her thoughts on media and events viewed from the safety of her own storm-ready home, including Every Body, a documentary on intersex lives.
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- “Strike Talk” and Ethical AI: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/week-fifteen-with-guests-todd-garner-and-frank-correa/id1686019933?i=1000624166897
- General Strike Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackmask/general-strike-calexit-and-other-tales-of-the-good-fight
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Feminist Frequency alumnus Ebony Adams joins Kat Spada for a look at Triangle of Sadness director Ruben Östlund’s 2014 film, Force Majeure. The film is a darkly comic peek into a troubled marriage pushed to the edge on a ski trip after the threat of an approaching avalanche results in a moment of profound cowardice.
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- FFR ep 23, Triangle of Sadness: https://feministfrequency.com/video/triangle-of-sadness-with-karen-tongson-eat-the-rich-episode-1-ffr-223/
- @sunglasseskidmusic on TikTok
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Kat’s back with more brief reviews and industry news from the last two weeks in our ongoing “Fortnightly FREQout” series. Today she shares some thoughts on the latest installment to the MCU—Secret Invasion—as well as recent seasons of Hulu series The Bear and This Fool. She also gives her impression of the latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise entry—TMNT: Mutant Mayhem.
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Following this week's announcement about the closure of Feminist Frequency, Executive Director Anita Sarkeesian and the Games and Online Harassment Hotline Director Jae Lin chat more about what this means for our work as the organization sunsets.
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- Some books about burnout, rest, and worth:
- Burnout by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoskihttps://www.burnoutbook.net/
- Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey, founder of The Nap Ministryhttps://thenapministry.com/
- How to Keep House While Drowning, by K.C. Davis, founder of Struggle Carehttps://www.strugglecare.com/book
- Jae Lin’s Heartwork deck: https://www.patreon.com/doodlemealive
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Feminist Frequency Radio presents the second mini-episode in our Fortnightly FREQouts series. Kat’s back with more brief reviews and industry news from the last two weeks, along with her reactions to the opening weekend event of the summer: Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.
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- Support workers affected by the Hollywood work stoppage: Bid on the WGA Garage Sale auction or donate to the Entertainment Community Fund; Bid on the TUSC auction or donate to the Union Solidarity Fund.
- Kat’s review of Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns on Letterboxd
- Women’s World Cup: French deep fake commercial, Netherlands world-cup-netherlands-training-pitch-cricket-b2379551.html">news, and Haitian team history
- Greta Gerwig interviewed for Letterboxd: https://youtu.be/s2rNnOGfmv0
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The cultural phenomenon that is Sex and the City continues with the second season of And Just Like That… where 50-something, wealthy Manhattanites Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda return to navigate life, love, and loss, joined by new friends and lovers. Joining Kat to discuss the series is her good friend, licensed mental health counselor and screenwriter, Pallavi Yetur.
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- Kim Cattrall’s 2005 documentary Sexual Intelligence: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/sexual-intelligence/umc.cmc.1ny2dka7n1021smgmks7k2tov
- Kim Cattrall jazz performance: https://youtu.be/XcEKtVZ0XX4
- And Just Like That… interview with Samantha Irby - irby-interview.html">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/18/magazine/samantha-irby-interview.html
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Welcome to the first of a series of bonus mini-episodes we’re calling “Fortnightly FREQouts,” where our host Kat Spada walks us through what’s been thrilling, moving, upsetting, or infuriating her in recent weeks. Today’s Fortnightly FREQout features special guest A.C. Lamberty to discuss the new documentary on Max, Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed.
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Welcome to a new season of feminist media criticism goodness! Today Kat and Anita are discussing the 1989 action classic Road House, starring none other than our beloved Patrick Swayze. Listen in for a nostalgic stroll through the absolutely bonkers landscape of this corner of the Dirty Dancing/Point Break/Road House Swayze trifecta.
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- FFR 203, 1940s Hollywood: https://feministfrequency.com/video/femme-fatale-1940s-hollywood-film-noir-with-julie-grossman-ffr-203/
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This past season of Feminist Frequency Radio co-hosts Kat Spada and A.C. Lamberty investigated masculinity in movies and TV on our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series. On this final bonus wrap-up episode, Anita Sarkeesian returns to strap in, strap on, and weigh in on all our most-loved machos.
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- Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/
- Political (?) Twitter thread about menswear tailoring - https://twitter.com/dieworkwear/status/1658561021160865794
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Strap in, Strap on, and join us on the dance floor for one last episode of our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series. Today is all about the machos with the moves. From studio musicals of the 40s and 50s to our podcast’s patron saint, Patrick Swayze, we’re tripping the light fantastic with a look at dudes who dance!
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- Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/
- Gene Kelly SUMMER STOCK newspaper dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0tnHNYpRG8
- The Nicholas Brothers’ STORMY WEATHER dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNBtvj7KZw0
- “Take Off With Us” from ALL THAT JAZZ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whuhoWZ5dVY
- Baryshnikov on Broadway: https://youtu.be/413JgYfL5eY
- Gregory Hines tap challenge in Tap: https://youtu.be/5Zd6GnFCfck
- Swayze on SNL: https://youtu.be/stqG2ihMvP0
- Swayze’s PBR commercial: https://youtu.be/nTVj5lIkxp4
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1:08:48 - Macho of the Week
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We’re diving into the Macho hierarchy with an episode of “Machos: Fully Loaded” that’s all about the Alphas. What is it that makes these machos reign supreme? Is it domination, power, or just living your life a quarter mile at a time? Listen to our discussion of some of the most over-the-top, high-octane machos out there.
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- Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/
- https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/
- Fast & Furious nomenclature on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fredasquith/video/7199205413357653254
- Blood Knife piece: https://bloodknife.com/everyone-beautiful-no-one-horny/
- Keanu training for Wick 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yk7K8-HnfI&t=3s
- FFR 168, Point Break: https://feministfrequency.com/video/feminist-frequency-radio-168-point-break-patrick-swayze-and-keanu-reeves-in-peak-90s-action-cinema/
- FFR 208, Johnny Mnemonic: https://feministfrequency.com/video/johnny-mnemonic-w-ryan-broderick-ffr-208/
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1:15:51 - Macho of the Week
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This Machos: Fully Loaded episode is all about MLM—Machos Loving Machos, as Kat and A.C. get into the world of gay cinema with a look at mainstream Hollywood releases, biopics, documentaries, New Queer cinema, and more.
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- Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/
- “The Competition” podcast: https://competitionpodcast.wordpress.com/
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1:13:13 - Macho of the Week
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In this episode of our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series, Kat and A.C. are drawn in by these two-dimensional machos. From formative childhood favorites to more modern adult animation, we look at how cartoons present and play with masculinity in ways other mediums can’t.
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- Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/
- B.D. Wong Teaches You How to Eat a Chicken Wing | GQ
- BD Wong on “Las Culturistas”: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/control-king-w-bd-wong/id1092361338?i=1000513402281
- Josh Gad as “openly gay” LeFou: https://i.insider.com/621e7fb996929400196c2080?width=1200&format=jpeg
- Optimus Prime’s Lifetime Achievement Award: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_-f1bc7VrM
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1:05:43 - Macho of the Week
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Calling all daddies, zaddies, and baddies! This week on our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series, we’re continuing our investigation of onscreen masculinity through a discussion of fatherhood in media, looking at portrayals of dads and father figures who've been central figures of movies and television.
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- Machos: Fully Loaded film list – https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/
- New York Times article about a man adopting the baby he found in a subway station: 9D0DE7DD1230F930A35750C0A9659D8B63.html">https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9D0DE7DD1230F930A35750C0A9659D8B63.html
- Hannah Hamad's "Hollywood Fatherhood: Paternal Postfeminism in Contemporary Popular Cinema": https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/105216/1/Hollywood%20Fatherhood%20HH.pdf
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It’s time for Lady Machos! This week on our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series, we’re continuing our investigation of onscreen masculinity through a discussion of gender transgression and the women in media who have taken some of the most memorable and iconic macho action roles in history.
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- Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/
- https://www.instagram.com/p/CqdvreEj5bs/
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1:02:49 - Macho of the Week
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On this episode of our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series, we’re talking about mental health, trauma, therapy, vengeance, and more, as we focus on onscreen representations of masculinity and emotional or mental health struggle.
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- Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/
- https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-sopranos-male-mental-health/
- Psycho-a-double-portrait-of-serial-yuppie-Patrick-Bateman.pdf">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tarja-Laine/publication/254901598_'American_Psycho'_a_double_portrait_of_serial_yuppie_Patrick_Bateman/links/601c13134585158939804548/American-Psycho-a-double-portrait-of-serial-yuppie-Patrick-Bateman.pdf
- https://read.dukeupress.edu/positions/article-abstract/17/3/713/21505/Residual-Selves-Trauma-and-Forgetting-in-Park-Chan
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1:15:56 - Macho of the Week
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On this episode of our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series, Kat and A.C. are…not talking about machos? Instead, we’re going full sweetie mode to look at another side of masculine characters onscreen, the Soft Boys of cinema. From artists suffering for love to macho momma’s boys, join us as we try to pin down the anatomy of the archetype.
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- Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/
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1:13:46 - Macho of the Week
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This installment of “Machos: Fully Loaded” is for mature listeners only because we’re talking about exotic dancers, adult film stars, and machos who engage in sex work. From Magic Mike and Boogie Nights to more triple-X-rated arthouse picks, we’re tackling the onscreen intersections of masculinity and sexuality.
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- Danielle Silverstone TikTok about Arnold’s video: https://www.tiktok.com/@daniellesilverstone/video/7207868536574790954?lang=en
- Arnold Schwarzenegger video decrying hate and antisemitism: https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/1632823423159107591
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1:08:54 - Macho of the Week
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It’s the first episode of this season of Feminist Frequency Radio, presenting “Machos: Fully Loaded!” This week we’re going back to high school, getting to know some of the moodiest machos of all: teen machos! From big men on campus to the bad boys underneath the bleachers, we’re taking a look at the archetypes and iconic portrayals of teen masculinity on screen.
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- “Bad Boys and Hollywood Hype: Gendered Conflicts in Juvenile Delinquency Depictions” by Timothy Shary
- Letterboxd viewing list: https://boxd.it/lxjVG
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1:02:37 - Macho of the Week
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Feminist Frequency Radio’s Kat Spada and special guest A.C. Lamberty introduce you to a brand new season of the podcast with a different spin. For the next several episodes, we will be bringing you all of the feminist media criticism goodness you crave, but this time exploring the specifics of masculinity and machismo in a season we’re calling MACHOS: FULLY LOADED.
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- FFR’s episode on Tár - https://feministfrequency.com/video/unpacking-tar-with-special-guest-a-c-lamberty-ffr-220/
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Our “Eat the Rich” mini-series concludes with a high-concept final course and an exciting special guest. Soleil Ho—writer, podcaster, and San Francisco Chronicle restaurant critic—joins our discussion of Mark Mylod’s 2022 comedy thriller The Menu, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes, and Hong Chau.
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- The willow’s inn article: “wetzel-willows-inn-lummi-island-abuse.html">The Island Is Idyllic. As a Workplace, It’s Toxic.”
- Harvest of shame from 1960: https://youtu.be/yJTVF_dya7E
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43:45 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Soleil on the novel Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muit
- Anita on the novel Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
- Kat on the film Ikiru (1952) directed by Akira Kurosawa
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Anita and Kat welcome special guest Devindra Hardawar for the next installment of our Eat the Rich mini-season. This week we’re discussing Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion. Guest and co-host opinions on the film run from 1-10, so listen in to see where you land on this lively episode of Feminist Frequency Radio!
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- FFR episode on The Witch - https://feministfrequency.com/video/the-witch-with-special-guest-dr-kishonna-gray-ffr-199/
- FFR episode on We Are Lady Parts - https://feministfrequency.com/video/we-are-lady-parts-with-special-guest-zahra-noorbaksh-feminist-frequency-radio-173/
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50:40 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Anita on the series Fleishman Is in Trouble on hulu
- Kat on the podcast If Books Could Kill
- Devindra on the film Polite Society (2023) directed by Nida Manzoor
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The first course of this "Eat the Rich" mini-season is served! Kat and Anita are joined by professor, podcaster, and author Karen Tongson to sink our teeth into Ruben Östlund's Oscar-nominated 2022 saga Triangle of Sadness. Tune in to find out how we think the movie's satirical look at class dynamics may (or may not) have been successful.
Kat and Anita are offering up a three course meal of — Triangle of Sadness, Glass Onion, and The Menu — all films exploring wealth and privilege. Take a listen to this amuse bouche to get a taste of the upcoming Eat the Rich series on Feminist Frequency Radio.
We return to the MCU for the final episode in this mini-season of Feminist Frequency Radio. Author, activist, and beloved member of the Feminist Frequency Family, Ebony Adams returns to the podcast as special guest for our discussion of Wakanda Forever, the highly-anticipated yet complicated sequel to Ryan Coogler’s 2018 film Black Panther.
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- the best Bossip headline - https://twitter.com/Bossip/status/1110193995374886912
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39:37 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Anita on the series Over the Garden Wall
- Kat on Winston Duke
- Ebony on the series The Devil’s Hour on Amazon Prime
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Believe it or not, neither of our cohosts had ever seen Twin Peaks, the cult classic created by Mark Frost and David Lynch that has legions of devoted fans even three decades after its debut in 1990. Joining the conversation is special guest, award-winning game developer, writer, and arts manager, Leena van Deventer.
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39:37 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Anita on the series Bad Sisters on Apple TV
- Kat on the film We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2021)
- Leena on the book The Weird and the Eerie by Mark Fisher
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We’re talking about Todd Field’s first film in 16 years: the Cate Blanchett showpiece Tár. A darling of the Venice Film Festival, and heavily buzzed about for awards consideration, Tár is a meandering two-hour and 38-minute journey through its titular character’s fall from grace. Joining our conversation is special guest, filmmaker, and entertainment professional, A.C. Lamberty, to help us unpack the film’s difficult subject matter and complex presentation.
CW: The film we’re discussing deals with subjects of suicide and abuse of power, so please listen with caution.
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38:24 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Anita on the film Barbarian
- A.C. on the vampire films he’s been watching this autumn
- Kat on the series Alaska Daily
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- FFR episode on The White Lotus - https://feministfrequency.com/theyre-all-monstrous-the-white-lotus-with-special-guest-teddy-dief-feminist-frequency-radio-176-2/
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On this special episode, Kat Spada interviews cohost Anita Sarkeesian and Feminist Frequency Family Founder Carolyn Petit about their new Nebula original series, That Time When. Directed and presented by Anita and written by Carolyn, the show dives into some of the most divisive moments of modern history, when politics and pop culture collide. Listen in as they discuss the behind-the-scenes creative process, why this show is so different from the “Tropes” series, and why this show about the past matters now.
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50:52 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Kat on the reality series The Amazing Race and the podcast The Gaymazing Race
- Anita on the novel Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
- Carolyn on the film Vesper (2022) directed by Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Sampler
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Welcome to the first episode of a mini-season of pop culture goodness! Today Anita, Kat, and returning special guest Annalee Newitz are talking about She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, the most recent of the MCU’s forays into television series. Created by Jessica Gao and starring Tatiana Maslany, the show brings to the screen a character introduced to comics in 1980: lawyer Jennifer Walters. After an emergency blood transfusion from her cousin Bruce Banner, she transforms, developing Hulk-like superpowers similar to his. Listen in as we discuss the critical, as well as the social, reception of the series, along with our own thoughts on what unique takes and perspectives She-Hulk adds to the bulk of film and television comic book adaptations.
CW: She-Hulk contains depictions of online harassment, violence, and sexual assault, so please listen to our conversation with caution.
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52:30 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Kat on the FreeVee series High School
- Anita on the 2011 film Weekend directed by Andrew Haigh
- Annalee on the AMC series Interview with the Vampire (2022)
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- eff.org
- Anita’s new show on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/thattimewhen
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- website: https://www.techsploitation.com
- podcast: https://www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/
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On the season finale of Cyberpunk Summer, we’re hacking the planet with special guest, Emmy-winning writer and producer, Shadi Petosky, discussing Hackers, a 1995 crime thriller from director Iain Softley. A crew of high school hackers led by Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie find themselves involved in a corporate conspiracy in this movie that has become a cult classic in the nearly three decades since its release.
CW: This episode includes mention of suicide.
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40:41 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Anita on the film Tampopo (1985) directed by Juzo Itami
- Shadi on HBO Max series Veneno (2020)
- Kat on the series Angelyne (2022) on Peacock
Links Mentioned:
- The Hacker’s Manifesto in the e-zine Phrack: http://www.phrack.org/issues/7/3.html
- The allegedly “hacked” promotional website for the movie: https://web.archive.org/web/20000229152611/http://www.mgmua.com/hackers/inventory/hacked/index.html
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This week on our Cyberpunk Summer series, we’re joined by writer, journalist, and podcaster Emily St. James to discuss Strange Days, Kathryn Bigelow’s 1995 action thriller starring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, and Juliette Lewis. Based on a story by Bigelow’s ex-husband James Cameron, Strange Days was influenced by several sensational early-’90s news stories, including the trial of Lorena Bobbitt and the 1992 L.A. riots. Set in a black market trading in virtual reality recordings of people’s past experiences and memories, Fiennes and Bassett play an ex-cop and a bodyguard who investigate a murder seen on one of these recordings.
CW: This episode includes discussions of fictionalized sexual assault.
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46:05 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Kat on the pilot episode of the Peacock series The Resort
- Anita on Somatic Experiencing
- Emily on all things Michelle Zauner
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We are discussing Ghost in the Machine on this episode of Cyberpunk Summer, a 1993 horror sci-fi film from director Rachel Talalay (whose follow-up film was Tank Girl). Karen Allen plays the intended victim of a serial killer who, after his physical death, remains “alive” when his soul is transferred into a computer, where he can continue his killing spree using objects connected to the internet and electrical grid. Joining us for this episode is our special guest—comedian, podcaster, and acclaimed rapper—Open Mike Eagle.
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47:12 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Kat on this blog post: horneff-gay-subtext-teen-idol-of.html">http://everydayheterosexism.blogspot.com/2014/05/wil-horneff-gay-subtext-teen-idol-of.html
- Mike on the Desus & Mero split
- Anita on revisiting the film Tank Girl
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On this episode of Cyberpunk Summer, we’re welcoming special guest, writer, critic, and podcaster Inkoo Kang to talk about Blade Runner, Ridley Scott’s 1982 film adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Set in the dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, Harrison Ford plays a cop hunting down bio-engineered androids known as replicants, who have returned to Earth from the space colonies where they were sent to work as slave labor.
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46:19 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Inkoo on the Peacock series Angelyne and the Starz series P-Valley
- Anita on the novella The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
- Kat on Thom Andersen’s 2003 video essay Los Angeles Plays Itself
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- Inkoo’s Criterion Collection essay on Parasite: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7158-parasite-notes-from-the-underground
- Kat’s Freq Out, Los Angeles Plays Itself: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/losangelesplaysitself
- FREQ Show episode about Blade Runner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYRsDi4fGOA
- Nicole He’s cyberpunk, yelling-at-computer-game, ENHANCE.COMPUTER - https://nicole.pizza/enhance-home
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- at the Washington Post - https://t.co/Rxm1rf972b
- All About Almódovar podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-about-almod%C3%B3var/id1533092827
- All About Campion podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-about-campion/id1589998212
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Okay, so maybe “Cyberpunk” is a stretch for this one. Still, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to discuss one of our special guest—writer, critic, podcaster, and media consultant—Fran Tirado’s childhood faves. This week, we are talking about the first movie in Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids franchise, which debuted in 2001. Alexa PeñaVega and Daryl Sabara star as the titular kids who have to spring into action when their ex-spy parents—played by Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino—are captured by the sinister duo played by Alan Cumming and Tony Shalhoub. The supporting cast includes Cheech Marin, Robert Patrick, and Teri Hatcher, as well as the introduction of Danny Trejo’s iconic character “Machete.” Listen in as we revisit the iconic kids classic that offered early Latinx representation in a blockbuster film.
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- Fran on the Disney+ series Ms Marvel
- Kat on the series The Bear
- Anita on the novel A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall
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- Like a Virgin podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5r2qw5Zlp6mxtteQeF5n3K?si=de26f919ffe24192
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Special guest, professor, podcaster, and prolific author Karen Tongson joins Anita and Kat for episode five of our “Cyberpunk Summer” series, where we are discussing the 1990 sci-fi action film Total Recall, from director Paul Verhoeven. Based on Philip K. Dick’s 1966 short story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,” the movie stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as a construction worker who receives implanted memories of his time working as a spy on Mars—or is he a Martian spy whose memories of life as a construction worker were implanted?
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- Karen on Rachel Bloom’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend singalongs at The Stowaway piano bar in DTLA
- Anita on RRR
- Kat on Mall Stories and City of Ghosts from Elizabeth Ito
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- Previous Verhoeven episodes of FFR:
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On this episode of Cyberpunk Summer, we are discussing TRON, a 1982 adventure film directed by Steven Lisberger and starring Jeff Bridges as a software engineer-turned-arcade owner, who is corporeally transported into cyberspace by a power-hungry computer program. Anita and Kat are joined by acclaimed author, public speaker, and travel writer, Geraldine DeRuiter, to sift through the film’s convoluted plot, and perhaps more importantly, its legacy as one of the earliest movies to use computer-generated animation and groundbreaking technology.
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- Kat on the “What I Want” music video by MUNA
- Anita on the movie Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness
- Geraldine on the series Our Flag Means Death
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- Roger Ebert’s review: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tron-1982
- Kat’s freq out: https://youtu.be/ysQl74R_Tog
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Welcome to Cyberpunk Summer, episode 3, where we are discussing the 1995 thriller The Net, directed by Irwin Winkler and starring Sandra Bullock as a systems analyst whose life is threatened by cyber terrorists in a film that drives home the mid-’90s fascination with how much of our lives were just beginning to be tied to the internet. Anita and Kat are joined by the perfect guest for this discussion: “There Are No Girls on the Internet” host, Bridget Todd.
CW: This episode includes brief mentions of suicide.
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47:11 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Kat on the Father of the Bride remake’s “Get Lucky” cover
- Anita on the FX series (streaming on Hulu), The Bear
- Bridget on the Black history of House music and Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul”
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- There Are No Girls on the Internet - https://www.tangoti.com/
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For episode 2 of Cyberpunk Summer, Anita and Kat are joined by by actor, producer, and writer Kristian Bruun to discuss eXistenZ. While you may think that sounds like an off-brand male enhancement supplement, it’s actually a sci-fi film from David Cronenberg. The filmmaker—known for his work defining the body horror genre, like The Fly and Dead Ringers—made waves at the Cannes Film Festival this year with his feature Crimes of the Future. Back in 1999, after interviewing Salman Rushdie for Shift magazine, Cronenberg reportedly came up with the idea of "a Fatwa against a virtual-reality game designer." In eXistenZ, Jennifer Jason Leigh stars as the designer of the titular game, leading a cast that includes Jude Law, Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Christopher Eccleston, and Willem Dafoe.
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47:11 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Kat on the Netflix series Heartstopper
- Anita on this Letterboxd review of Top Gun: Maverick - https://twitter.com/ASovietOnion/status/1536375850979012610?s=20&t=8Ly5LJWWGkUbbfNJRnz0SQ
- Kristian on the novels Song of Achilles and Circe by Madeline Miller, the book The Whisper on the Night Wind: The True History of a Wilderness Legend by Adam Shoalts, and taking walks in the morning
Links Mentioned:
- David Cronenberg’s 1995 interview with Salman Rushdie for Shift magazine: http://www.intralinea.org/monographs/zanettin/sr/cronemberg.htm
- Cancon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_content
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Cyberpunk Summer is here, and we’re coming in hot with JOHNNY MNEMONIC, the 1995 film directed by Robert Longo and based on the 1981 short story by one of the authors credited with the invention of the cyberpunk genre: William Gibson. It boasts a preposterous cast, including Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Takeshi Kitano, Ice-T, and Henry Rollins. The film, which was made at the time the internet was starting to enter everyday lives, includes a lot of the elements we’ve come to associate with cyberpunk fundamentally, but how does it feel to watch it in 2022 (one year after the events are the movie are set)? Join Anita, Kat, and our special guest—journalist and podcaster Ryan Broderick—as we try to make sense of it all.
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43:19 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Kat on the reboot of Queer as Folk
- Anita on seeing Hannah Gadsby live
- Ryan on the fan reactions to the latest season of The Boys
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In our Hollywood by the Decade series, we’ve been exploring film history by watching and discussing landmark films from the beginnings of cinema up through the 1980s with new expert guests for each decade. In this final episode, we’re joined by two special guests: prolific writer and film critic Walter Chaw, and long-lost co-host Dr. Ebony Adams. We dive into what was happening in the 1980s politically and cinematically, discussing Walter’s picks: 1988’s MIRACLE MILE directed by Steve De Jarnatt, and Kathryn Bigalow’s 1987 vampire western NEAR DARK.
Links Mentioned:
- Ebony didn’t mention this link, but she meant to, because Near Dark made her think of it, so she wanted to share - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X3RiliFsHw&feature=youtu.be
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- Book preorders - https://mzsworldstore.com/products/pre-order-a-walter-hill-film-hardcover-signed
- Voir on Netflix - Walter Chaw episode on 48 Hours
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- Women in Film - wif.org
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Carolyn Petit returns as special guest to lead our discussion of the 1970s on the penultimate episode of our “Hollywood by the Decade” series. She selected two acclaimed films to focus our discussion. From 1971, Alan Pakula’s KLUTE, in which Jane Fonda plays a sex worker who teams up with an investigator (played by Donald Sutherland), to search for a missing person who’d once been a client of hers. In Paul Mazursky’s 1978 film AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, Jill Clayburgh stars as an Upper West Sider who navigates dating, friendships, and parenting an independent teenage daughter in the aftermath of an unexpected divorce. Two disparate films about female characters directed by men, but connected by a very 1970s focus on character with glimpses into their inner thoughts and lives.
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- Angelica Jade Bastién’s Criterion Collection essay about An Unmarried Woman: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6975-an-unmarried-woman-the-business-of-being-a-woman
- “Everyone is Beautiful and No One is Horny”: https://bloodknife.com/everyone-beautiful-no-one-horny/
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The 60s in America are remembered as a time of cultural upheaval and revolution, but did Hollywood keep in step with contemporary conversations? Our expert and guide on this episode of Hollywood by the Decade is Dr. Philana Payton, a scholar-activist with research interests in Black film and television history and popular culture, as well as gender and queer studies, and who is currently a professor of film and media studies at the University of California, Irvine. She’s selected two films from the period to launch our discussion: PARIS BLUES (1961) and GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967).
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Halfway through our “Hollywood by the Decades” series, we time-travel to the 1950s with our special guest—writer, podcaster, and film review editor—Alonso Duralde. We’ll be framing our conversation around two 50s films recommended by Alonso: ALL ABOUT EVE (1950) and THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957).
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- Anita & Alonso on “Let’s Go, Atsuko!” https://megaphone.link/FODP1317812259
- Alonso’s TheWrap listicle: https://www.thewrap.com/best-romantic-comedies-made-before-1980/
- Alonso’s TCM puzzle: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/turner-classic-movies-alonso-duralde/1139963963
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Anita and Kat are joined by literature and film studies Professor Julie Grossman—an oft-published scholar who’s penned numerous essays about the classic archetypes of women onscreen and behind the camera in vintage Hollywood. She’s taking us into the 1940s, and specifically the introduction of film noir and the femme fatale for our “Hollywood by the Decade” series. To set the scene for our conversation, we watched two films on Julie’s recommendation: from 1943, Alfred Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt, and from 1948, Road House—directed by Jean Nogulesco and starring Ida Lupino before the advent of her directing career.
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- The Femme Fatale - https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-femme-fatale/9780813598246
- Twin Peaks - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/52737979-twin-peaks
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The 1930s saw the introduction of sound in film, the implementation of the Hays code, and marks the beginning of the “Golden Age of Hollywood”. On this episode of our “Hollywood by the Decade” series, we’re guided by special guest Patricia White—Centennial Professor of Film and Media Studies and Coordinator of Gender and Sexuality Studies at Swarthmore College—through a discussion of the landscape of Hollywood in the 30s, including how the enforced morality of the Hays code influenced which stories were told and how, while perhaps counterintuitively creating opportunities for surprising subtext. Join us as we examine BLONDE VENUS (1932) starring Marlene Dietrich, and STELLA DALLAS (1937) starring Barbara Stanwyck.
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- Stella Dallas https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08CY15HWB/
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We’re kicking off our Hollywood by Decade series with the inception of filmmaking in the 1910s and 20s. Specifically, we’ll be looking at director Lois Weber’s film, Shoes. Released in 1916 at the height of Weber’s power and popularity as one of the top filmmakers of the time, the film tackles poverty, prostitution, and gender pay inequity. Ebony pops in, and she and Anita are joined by Dr. Shelley Stamp, writer and professor of film and digital media at UC Santa Cruz, and the person who quite literally wrote the book on Lois Weber. Listen in for a fascinating discussion of early filmmaking.
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For our 200th(!!) episode of Feminist Frequency Radio, Anita, Ebony, and Carolyn reunite to discuss the Coen brother’s infinitely quotable, The Big Lebowski. Since its 1998 release, the film has earned cult classic status, spawning festivals, conferences, and even a religion: Dudism. Does our original FFR trio abide? Listen in as we revisit The Dude on his hapless, meandering odyssey through LA to find out.
Time Stamps:
6:00 - Main discussion on The Big Lebowski
41:49 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Carolyn on the book Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair by Sarah Schulman
- Ebony on the twitter thread of Orsen Welles burns on other directors - https://twitter.com/jfrankensteiner/status/1522761153822269440?s=21&t=u19lPY5tVM7xUOrofR24Ew
- Anita on new thoughts on the film The Old Guard
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Mentioned:
- The Long Goodbye (1973), directed by Robert Altman
- How Aladdin Changed Animation (by Screwing Over Robin Williams), video by Lindsay Ellis - https://youtu.be/nyiBdccfNkg
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On the heels of the recent release of director Robert Eggers’ Viking epic The Northman, Kat Spada and special guest Dr. Kishonna Gray—Associate Professor in Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies at the University of Kentucky—step back to 2015 to consider Egger’s first film, The Witch.
CW: This episode contains discussion of film portrayals of supernatural or historical violence against woman and children, including infanticide.
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1:00:10 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Kishonna on the game Fortnite
- Kat on the HBOMax series Julia and the companion podcast
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Anita and new cohost Kat Spada start off the season strong with an episode all about the allure of toxic masculinity onscreen. Special guest Dave Proctor returns to discuss why male characters embodying cisheteronormative values can be so obviously problematic, but often still manage to be attractive and compelling to us a viewers.
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54:36 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Kat on the movie Aline (2020) directed by and starring Valérie Lemercier
- Anita on the shows Severance on Apple TV, and Minx and Winning Time both on HBOMax
- Dave on The Linda Lindas’ album Growing Up - https://thelindalindas.bandcamp.com/
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We finish Women’s History Month and this season of FFR with Eliza Hittman’s critically-acclaimed, profoundly affecting 2020 film, Never Rarely Sometimes Always. Joining us for this emotionally intense discussion is returning special guest, writer and podcaster, Kat Spada.
CW: This episode includes discussion of suicide, abuse, sexual assault and other sensitive topics. If you need help please reach out to organization like RAINN.org or call the National Sexual Assault Hotline available 24 hours at 1-800-656-4673
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43:07 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Ebony on the documentary Attica (2021) directed by Traci A. Curry and Stanley Nelson
- Kat on the film Plan B (2021) directed by Natalie Morales
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- FFR 184: Reproductive Rights in the Media - https://feministfrequency.com/video/reproductive-rights-in-media-with-special-guests-rachel-lee-goldenberg-and-lizz-winstead-ffr-184/
- FREQ Show on fake clinics – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ca6VTJYiW8
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Today on the Bonus, we welcome Patrons and non (future?) Patrons alike for a special public episode. Carolyn Petit is here to reunite our original FFR trio for a deep-dive discussion on the utility of rating systems and subjectivity vs. “objectivity” in criticism.
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Next in our series of works by women filmmakers is director Joanna Hogg’s loosely-autobiographical 2019 film, The Souvenir. Joining us to talk about the film is FemFreq Favorite and Managing Editor at Kotaku, Carolyn Petit! We’ve missed our former co-host and know you have, too; a good discussion is all but guaranteed when Caro’s in the house, and today is no exception as we tackle the film’s themes of addiction, power, art, self-discovery and more. And be sure to check out our bonus episode this week! Usually a Patrons-only privilege, this week’s Bonus is available wherever you get your podcasts or at Patreon.com/femfreq
Time Stamps:
44:19 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Carolyn on the memoir Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination by Sarah Schulman AND on the film Drive My Car (2021) directed Ryusuke Hamaguchi based on the novel by Haruki Murakami
- Anita on the film Sid and Nancy (1986) directed by Alex Cox
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- Team Deakins podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/team-deakins/id1510638084
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Written by Diablo Cody, directed by Karyn Kusama, and starring Megan Fox, Jennifer’s Body is the next in our series featuring women filmmakers. The film struggled to find an audience in 2009, but has earned a reappraisal in recent years. It’s new to Anita and Ebony, but luckily we’re joined by writer, producer, podcast host, returning FFR guest, and notably, “America’s Foremost Scholar on Jennifer’s Body”, Jordan Crucchiola. Opinions are strong and varied so buckle in for a lively discussion. And if you’re a Patron (or want to become one) visit Patreon.com/femfreq for a Patron exclusive unedited video of our recording!
CW: We use offensive and derogatory language in this episode. It’s discussed within the context of films that have used these words, but we do not censor the language.
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54:27 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Anita on the Green Bone Saga series of novels by Fonda Lee
- Jordan on the High&Low movies
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- “So … When Are We All Going to Apologize to Megan Fox for What We Let Hollywood Do to Her? Not me; I was on the right side of history on this one.” by Princess Weekes - https://www.themarysue.com/apologize-to-megan-fox/
- FFR 60: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane - https://feministfrequency.com/video/ffr-60-what-ever-happened-to-baby-jane/
- Dune/Guy Branum episode of Feeling Seen podcast - https://maximumfun.org/episodes/feeling-seen/guy-branum-on-david-lynchs-dune/
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- Aughtsterion Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aughtsterion/id1540688394
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- The Whole Movie Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-whole-movie-podcast-the-neon-demon/id1530757200
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We’re kicking off a month of episodes dedicated to the work of pioneering female directors, and to get us started, we’ll be talking about Jane Campion’s 1993 Oscar-winning film, The Piano. Writer, raconteur, podcast host, and our special guest, Kat Spada, joins our discussion as we grapple with an undeniable masterpiece of a film that is simultaneously racist and which presents a deeply troubling “love” story built upon coercion. Can we reconcile the more pernicious and problematic aspects of this film with its magnetic sensualism, compelling performances, and gorgeous filmmaking?
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54:41 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Kat on the HBO Max series, Sort Of
- Ebony on the Netflix series, Inventing Anna
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Remember when we promised to take the podcast in some new and interesting directions this year? Well, you’re in luck because today we’re talking: visual art, global feminisms, resistance, anti-capitalism, and more through a focus on graffiti, and to do so, we’ve got a pioneering and interdisciplinary scholar and activist in the field to join us. Dr. Jess Pabón is Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at SUNY New Paltz. Her teaching and research areas are vast and varied, and include Performance Studies & Theories; Black and Latina/o/x Performance and Visual Culture Studies (with a specialization in Hip-Hop Studies); Women of Color Feminisms; and LGBT & Queer Studies. Don’t miss this fascinating episode.
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48:18 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Ebony on tenure discussions on twitter (Links below in “links mentioned”)
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- Slides - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wOEDPX2p54ZpvZ7XXVXOyHV_LN9veWzu6Kov_NwCMzE/edit#slide=id.g114d6927f39_0_13
- Michael Kraus tweet - https://twitter.com/mwkraus/status/1493749366925893633?s=20&t=S9iOVv4aiLHD4D422Zo4bw
- César Hidalgo tweet - https://twitter.com/cesifoti/status/1494369809538195456?s=20&t=S9iOVv4aiLHD4D422Zo4bw
- Tressie McMillan Cottom tweet - https://twitter.com/tressiemcphd/status/1494421111102230534?s=20&t=S9iOVv4aiLHD4D422Zo4bw
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Talking all things Black and games this week, Dr. Kishonna Gray hosts a full-faceted conversation with Latoya Peterson and Shawn Alexander Allen.
Links Mentioned:Treachery in Beatdown CityThe Come Up Game
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This week, we’re diving into literature with Toni Morrison's incredible Song of Solomon. Joining Ebony is Dr. Tai Coleman and our very own Jae Lin.
CW: This episode includes discussion of incest, abuse, and sexual assault. If you or someone you know is suffering with these issues please call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 to get the support you need.
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This week, we’re adding to our collection of conversations on iconic 90s Black cinema by delving into the aesthetics and atmosphere of Kasi Lemmons’ 1997 directorial debut, Eve’s Bayou. Joining us to discuss this gem of a film is Dr. Taiyon Coleman, who last joined our podcast for our I Am Not Your Negro episode.
CW: This episode includes discussion of incest, abuse, and sexual assault. If you or someone you know is suffering with these issues please call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 to get the support you need.
Time Stamps:
41:42 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Anita on the film The Lost Daughter, directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal
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An episode for Tim Curry fans, and Tim Curry fans only! Today on the FFR podcast we are revisiting one Ebony’s childhood favorites, Ridley Scott’s 1985 glorious, florid, Baroque banquet of a film: Legend. Writer Charlie Jane Anders returns as special guest for this fantastical trip down memory lane. Does Legend hold up after all these years?
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43:43 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Ebony on the series (based on book by Emily St. John Mandel) Station Eleven
- Anita on the film Aniara (2018)
- Charlie Jane on the novels She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan and The Unbroken by CL Clark
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- Robert Picardo on playing Meg Mucklebones - https://youtu.be/rNgiowZyF3g?t=165
- Ebony’s piece for feministfrequency.com - Senior Citizen: Gender, Infirmity and Horror
- “Shine on Me”
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For over 20 years, both Anita and Ebony have successfully refused to watch James Cameron’s 1997 mega-blockbuster Titanic, but today they’ve finally relented in order to have a discussion with returning guest and Titanic super-fan Caitlin Durante. Can Caitlin’s sincere love of this disaster movie/period romance warm the waters of Anita and Ebony’s icy reception? Or are two decades worth of parody, memes, and replays of “My Heart Will Go On” too much to keep them from never letting go?
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In our final episode of 2021, we welcome a very special guest: Carolyn Petit herself! Along with Anita and Ebony, the original FFR trio are discussing Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta—the premiere of which faced protests by Catholics upset with the film’s depiction of illicit attraction between 17th century nuns. Does this ecstatically portrayed story of Sister Benedetta—a fervently devoted Renaissance nun consumed by the force of her transcendent visions—qualify as a Very Caro Movie? Listen in to our lively discussion to find out.
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5:50 - Main discussion on Benedetta
42:35 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Carolyn on Voir on Netflix - Walter Chaw episode on 48 Hours
- Ebony on novel Circe by Madeline Miller
- Anita on Home Alone in Concert with the LA Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
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Along with their special guest—Caroline Heldman, chair of critical theory and social justice at Occidental College and the executive director at The Representation Project—Anita and Ebony are taking on the entirety of the Terminator franchise. From the 1984 original and “T2” a decade later, to the (perhaps less memorable) follow-ups from the two-thousands and beyond, the Terminator franchise catalyzed the careers of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and Michael Biehn and launched a pop culture juggernaut that to date includes 6 films, novels, a tv show, video games, comics, and a web series. Just what is it about the characters and concerns of this dystopian nightmare that has proved so compelling for audiences over the last 40 years? And what could it look like in the future as stars age and technology catches up to the AI promise of Skynet?
Time Stamps:
7:40 - Main discussion on the Terminator franchise
58:36 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Caroline on the book Feminist AF by Britney Cooper, Chanel Craft Tanner, and Susana Morris
- Anita on the narrative fiction podcast Mother Hacker - https://gimletmedia.com/shows/motherhacker directed by Amanda Lipitz, with voice acting by Carrie Coon and Pedro Pascal
- Ebony on season 4 of the podcast Fated Mates - https://fatedmates.net
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- FFR 29: “Invest in Sassy Droids” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4beDPHc3UlI&t=2263s
- FFR 108: Terminator: Dark Fate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvxt12a0cuE
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This episode of the podcast was originally meant to be a look at the Terminator franchise as a whole, but there’s only two things that can stop a podcast: (1) the fall of civilization at the hands of our robot overlords, or (2) laryngitis. We’ll let you guess which took down this week’s attempt.
Our Terminator meta-take will be out in a few weeks, but in the meanwhile we’re re-releasing our episode on 2019’s Terminator: Dark Fate. Below you’ll find our original show notes for the episode which aired November 20, 2019. Enjoy!
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Terminator: Dark Fate is the 6th entry in the wibbly-wobbley timey-wimey cinematic universe originally brought to life by James Cameron in 1984. The franchise has taken a lot of detours over the past 35 years — some more successful than others — but the supporting infrastructure of the story has never really changed: sometime in “the future,” “the machines” turn on us and wage an all-out war that leaves billions dead and the planet a devastated wasteland. But there’s a brave human resistance lead by an incredibly inspirational white dude! So in a truly bonkers effort to eradicate those pesky humans once and for all, the machine intelligence — called Skynet — sends killer cyborgs into the past to kill that human leader before he can grow into his destiny. The resistance is like “chill, bro” and sends their OWN dude back in time to prevent Skynet from succeeding.
In this latest film, a lot of the accumulated mythos that was developed over the past 3 or 4 movies has been jettisoned entirely and we’ve gone back to the beginning, and all our old friends are along for the ride. But this time around, the protector sent back to save humanity is a woman, and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator has relaxed into a comfortable semi-retirement when he’s not running his drapery business. Oh, and Sarah Connor is back and she is still kicking ass!
But perhaps the most important thing about this film is that the hero that we’re invested in? The one that must be protected at all costs? It’s not a white woman who will birth the future leader of the human resistance. It’s not the white dude himself. It’s a young Mexican woman.
Time Stamps:02:41 – Main Segment: Terminator: Dark Fate40:30 – What’s Your FREQ Outs: Pain and Glory by Pedro Almodóvar, The Righteous Gemstones, Paris Games Week
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Today on a special episode of the podcast, Anita is joined by director and co-writer of the film Unpregnant—Rachel Lee Goldenberg—as well as Lizz Winstead, co-creator of The Daily Show and founder and executive director of the non-profit Abortion Access Front. Together we’ll be discussing abortion and reproductive rights both as portrayed in media and in the US today.
Episode Photo Credit: aafront.org
Time Stamps:
47:48 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Rachel on the film C’mon C’mon directed by Mike Mills
- Lizz on the Washington Post story about a “maternity ranch” in Texas (https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/16/evangelical-women-texas-abortion/)
- Anita on the film The Last Duel directed by Ridley Scott
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- FREQ Show on fake clinics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ca6VTJYiW8
- ExposeFakeClinics.com
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If you’re a regular listener, you may remember us expressing careful optimism at the news that Chloé Zhao was set to direct an entry to the MCU. Well, Eternals is finally here and you can consider our hopes dashed. Two special returning guests are joining Anita on this episode of the podcast: game designer, director, and musician, Teddy Dief; and CEO of Sweet Baby Inc, Kim Belair. Together Anita and our guest try to answer: In a film with no dearth of talent, how did Eternals go so wrong?
Time Stamps:
6:20 - Main discussion on Eternals
50:28 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Kim on the deck-building game Monster Train
- Teddy on the game Unpacking developed by Witch Beam
- Anita on the movie Venom: Let There Be Carnage
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- Batman Returns episode of FFR with Kim as guest - https://feministfrequency.com/video/ffr-69-batman-returns-and-ebony-goes-missing/
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After two separate polls, our Patrons have finally granted Ebony’s wish and selected The Manchurian Candidate (1962) for discussion. In Anita’s absence, Ebony is joined by not one, but two! very exciting special guests: Associate Professor in Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies at the University of Kentucky, Dr. Kishonna Gray, as well as writer and bon vivant, Paul Spencer. Join us for a lively discourse on this classic political thriller.
Time Stamps:
6:45 - Main discussion on The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
44:26 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Paul on the books Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O’Neill and Down by the River: Drugs, Money, Murder, and Family by Charles Bowden
- Kishonna on recent conversations on Twitter surrounding charging for speaking engagements in academia
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- Twitter thread regarding honorariums - https://twitter.com/Sakiera_Hudson/status/1455997334639218701?t=xgudFto89nkiCHw7nFdasQ&s=19
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Denis Villeneuve’s take on Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic has finally hit theaters and HBO Max. Anita and Ebony are on hand with special guest—writer, producer, and Lynch-Dune-stan—Jordan Crucchiola to take it apart. There have been several film adaptations of Dune, and Villeneuve’s version has a lot going on that we are excited to discuss. Let’s get to it!
Time Stamps:
50:28 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Jordan on the series I Know What You Did Last Summer and the film The Voyeurs both on Amazon Prime Video
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Links Mentioned:
- Carolyn’s Letteboxd review of Dune - https://letterboxd.com/carolynmichelle/film/dune-2021/
- Middle Geeks podcast episode on Dune - https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2021/10/25/the-middle-geeks-episode-31-dune-review/
- The Whole Movie Podcast episode with Blake Lively - https://crucchiola.podbean.com/e/the-blakethrough/
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- Aughtsterion Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aughtsterion/id1540688394
- Disaster Girls Podcast - twitter.com/disaster_pod
- The Whole Movie Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-whole-movie-podcast-the-neon-demon/id1530757200
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The podcast returns for our Spooky Season finale with a viewing of the 1982 slasher classic Slumber Party Massacre featuring horror super-fan and friend of Feminist Frequency, returning special guest Jessica Zollman. Listen in to join us on this wild ride via the ultimate “thriller killer driller” iconic slasher movie.
Time Stamps:
8:37 - Main Discussion on Slumber Party Massacre
43:56 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Jessica on The Batman
- Anita on Tom Holland casting in the Uncharted movie
- Ebony on the IATSE strike and Netflix walk-out
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- https://twitter.com/StorySlug/status/1297996912822493196?s=20 (which Jess initially saw shared by Ali Barthwell right after the Batman trailer dropped: https://twitter.com/wtflanksteak )
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This week the podcast is taking a step away from October’s spookier fare so that we can discuss the latest Bond movie, No Time To Die, with returning special guest, game designer, director, and musician, Teddy Dief. Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and co-written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the 25th entry to the franchise is also the last that will star Daniel Craig as the titular, not-so-secret-identity, super spy. While it can be argued (and will be on this podcast) that Daniel Craig’s turn as Bond has been a divergence for the franchise from the start, No Time To Die promises to be something radically different from a film series built around male power fantasies. Is it? Listen in for our (somewhat differing) takes.
Time Stamps:
44:37 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Ebony on the film The Descent (2005) written and directed by Neil Marshall
- Teddy on copyright conversion
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We’re back from break, and just in time for spooky season! Joining Anita and Ebony is returning special guest—writer, mental health advocate, video game designer, and friend to Feminist Frequency—Dave Proctor, to take a look at Wes Craven’s somewhat bizarre entry to his horror empire, 1991’s The People Under the Stairs. This film was a divergence for the “Master of Horror” both in its tone and topic—a self-aware horror comedy dealing with disenfranchisement, white Christian moralism, and Reagan era social and economic politics in an utterly over-the-top way. Listen in to hear our take on the good, the bad, and where this movie fits into the horror genre as a whole.
Time Stamps:
11:15 - Main discussion on The People Under the Stairs
43:27 - What’s your Freq Out?
- Ebony on the Netflix series Squid Game
- Anita on the Netflix series Sex Education
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