We are back.  Thank you all for understanding!

Claire Daines and Billy Crudup star in this Patreon requested analysis of 2004's Stage Beauty!  It uh... Well here it is.   Maya Murphy and Bailey C Ellis talk with Ashley about this adaptation of a stage play about Shakespearean actors!

Kissing Cousins (only in English), Fish Eyes just wanna have fun, and "Gentle Uterus" attacks...

Yeah we're talking about Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon!  Ashley welcomes back Vivian and welcomes Kat to the show to talk about the ICONIC property.  Truthfully this can't be the final time we talk about Sailor Moon because in broad strokes we've only scratched the surface.

It's "Is It Transphobic," time!  Ashley is joined by Jonathan Alexandratos to talk about their love of and accidental/unintentional influence of Jonathan's journey as a nonbinary person!

Sorry all, thought this uploaded but I guess there was some issue... anytways!

Ashley welcomes back Hilary and her friend,  writer JR Dawson to talk about '90s into early 2000s Fox TV Show King of the Hill.  In particular the seaons 11 opener "Peggy Horror Picture Show," Where Peggy befriends someone named Carolyn!  Carolyn turns out to be a drag queen and early 'oughts hilarity ensues... but was the comedy actually subversive like a lot of King of The Hill tends to be or did it miss the mark and just rely on the "Haha men in dresses," tropes?

Available now right here, publicly April 1st!

Youtube link below:

https://youtu.be/a1JVHPTX9-M

Ashley is joined by her friend Jace in talking about the NBC/Yahoo (Remember when Yahoo tried to become a streaming platform?) show Community!  Should this show and (problematic) Rick and Morty Co-creator get six seasons and a movie, or be relegated to the darkest timeline?

Special thanks to Rachel Weekley for handling the edit on this episode!

Youtube vid

I'm really excited to share my conversation with my (Producer Ashley)'s friend Ty Defoe.  Ty and I talked the day after the inauguration of Joe Biden and that is reflected in the interview.  We also chat about Ty being on Broadway, working with (#Icon) Kate Bornstein, and helping the craft the indigenous representation and public acknowledgement of the crimes, treatment, and genocides committed against indigenous people throughout history in the North American Continent for this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

TY DEFOE (Giizhig) is from the Oneida and Ojibwe Nations. He is an interdisciplinary-hyphenated artist, activist, writer, cultural worker, and shape-shifter. As a two-spirit person Ty aspires to an integral approach to artistic projects, social justice, indigeneity, and environmentalism. Ty gained recognition in many circles around the world including a Grammy Award for his work on “Come to Me Great Mystery.” Ty’s global cultural arts highlights are: the Millennium celebration in Cairo, Egypt with the Call for Peace Drum and Dance Company; Turkey for the Ankara International Music Festival, and Festival of World Cultures in Dubai. Ty’s frequents his own community where he learned to hoop dance, eagle dance, and play a variety of wooden flutes.

https://www.tydefoe.com/

Come on, grab your friends... Or... maybe... don't?  Ashley is joined by returning guest Kat and new to the podcast, author Crysta K Coburn to talk about Adventure Time S04 E 14 titled Princess Cookie!

CW/TW: This episode deals with discussions of self-harm, suicidal ideations and attempts, and poor depictions of mental health/mental illness.

ON Feb 24th we livestreamed a discussion about the Netflix Movie SPACE SWEEPERS!  We are providing you the audio from that featuring Jonathan Alexandratos, Sylas Barrett, and Emmet Asher-Perrin.

Ashley sits down with Emmanuel Ortiz the creator of Nerd, Cosplay, and general pop culture media news network Nerd Caliber!  Emmanuel is a cis ally and Ashley wanted to chat with Emmanuel because he has a lot of experience in content creation and in professional media, and because,   Emmanuel and Nerd Caliber have created spaces to argue for queer and trans rights in popular and geek focused media, and they've been working together as friends for over a decade.

Ashley and Emmanuel recount some of the large highs and incredibly harsh lows of being in geeky media creation and coverage (Our chat talks about Emmanuel's experience dealing with racism in the industry, and we touch upon the time I was assaulted at NYCC which Emmanuel helped me deal with and you can read about here if you so choose), but more than anything Emmanuel and Ashley had a really fun conversation that she wants you to enjoy as well.

Check out a small curated playlist of me (from years ago) interviewing folks on Nerd Caliber!

If you'd prefer to listen on Youtube here is the link!

ALSO I'm trying a new software which generates transcripts SO this will be the first piece with a written transcript!

What episodes would you like to see adapted into a written transcript?

(CW: This film is about a man in a dress who murders)

We go from a movie which surprised and delighted us to a movie which... Exists.  Ashley is joined once again by  Morgan of Diversity Horror Blog and you can blame our other guest, Sammie James (Creator of Boo Haha, All My Friends Are Animals, and We Are Trans podcasts) for this one.  A Blade in the Dark is an Italian Giallo horror film from 1983 Directed by Lamberto Bava.  Morgan also wrote a fantastic multi-part article about trans representation in Horror (Which also talks a bit about A Blade in The Dark) for Morbidly Beautiful linked here.