Bitch, Why?

S2

In our final episode with Alyssa, we talk all things WandaVision (cue literally any of the seven WandaVision theme songs)! Neeta was forced to watch all of WandaVision in one nine hour sitting by Alyssa, something they will not let Alyssa forget. We discuss whether or not the WandaVision sitcoms are actually good as sitcoms, the problem with fan theories, and how the show uses sitcom tropes to comment on ideals of “The American Dream”. Neeta wishes we could let Marvel heroes be villains who are afforded more complexity, considering how well the show covers addiction and grief. Katelyn is back for a Hot Take, Alyssa reveals how many times she's seen this show, and so much more, this week on “Bitch, Why?”.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We'll read them on the pod!Follow Alyssa:@alyssa.c.m on Instagram@alyssam611 on TwitterFollow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks & Resources:How WandaVision Avoided The "Crazy Woman" TropeMarvel Studios ASSEMBLEDValarie Allman wins USA's first track and field gold in TokyoWandaVision: Addiction, Abuse & The Fear of GodWandaVision and the Theatre of the Absurd

Our special guest, Alyssa, is back this week to talk Loki and all the “wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff” that happened this season! We, of course, compare this show to Doctor Who and Neeta explains why Marvel is incapable of telling good queer stories. We get R-Rated in Bitch Time, Alyssa explains her gripes with the “self-cest”, and we get VERY existential about the themes of free will and determinism in this show. We also have our surprise guest back for Harris's Hot Take, and so much more, this week on “Bitch, Why?”. Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We'll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow Alyssa: @alyssa.c.m on Instagram@alyssam611 on TwitterFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks & Resources: Loki: The Antidote For Bad Doctor WhoLoki: The Queer Alien ProblemThe Queer History of Loki (It's Weirder Than You Think)

In order to give Gaia a little break from having to consume Marvel content, we have a special guest this week to talk about Black Widow: resident Marvel expert and Neeta's oldest friend, Alyssa Mendoza! We cover Scarlett Johannson's lawsuit against Disney (Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point) and make lots of comparisons to the Bourne and Mission: Impossible movies. Alyssa can't pronounce “Taskmaster”, we get mad over the fact that a woman probably could have written this movie better, Bitch Time mostly consists of fangirling over Florence Pugh's character Yelena, and we lose our minds over the scene where Rachel Weisz suffocates pigs (why does she do that?!). We also have a surprise guest for Harris's Hot Take, and so much more, this week on “Bitch, Why?”. Stay tuned for our Loki, Wandavison, and Falcon and Winter Soldier deep dives! Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We'll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks & Resources: Black Widow — How to Fail at Spy ThrillerBlack Widow Was Duped - Let Me ExplainFlorence Pugh's Music Non-Binary Olympic Skateboarder Alana Smith Pens Moving Message on RepresentationScarlett Johansson Sues Disney Over ‘Black Widow' Streaming ReleaseThe Huge Problem With Black Widow

We covered Jennifer's Body this week to celebrate a whole year of ‘Bitch, Why?'! We start out listing all the amazing songs that have come out recently and have a moment solely dedicated to discussing Princess Diana. Neeta and Gaia get into everything Jennifer's Body from Megan Fox's career to unrealistic dialogue to gay awakenings (ladies really be KISSING in this movie) to how girls struggle with having a personal relationship with sex! We absolutely gush over this movie and how it is so rich with metaphor that it is just asking to be overanalyzed. We debate whether or not this movie would actually 'kill' today or if we all needed 10 years to really get it. We also, of course, end up comparing this movie to Miss Rodrigo's ‘Sour ' and so much more this week, on "Bitch, Why?". Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We'll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks & Resources: Jennifer's Body Reunion: Megan Fox and Diablo Cody Get Candid About Hollywood'Jennifer's Body' Would Kill if It Came Out TodayThe Crown Season 4 Episode 6 You Probably Owe "Jennifer's Body" An ApologyYou're Wrong About Podcast

This week we covered the new film adaptation of Lin Manuel Miranda's superior musical In The Heights. Gaia gives us some sweet Sour Patch Kids bag opening ASMR, Neeta cries about community and being from an immigrant family, and we are almost forced to give Lin Manuel Miranda his flowers for this one. Gaia also outs themselves as someone who still doesn't know NYC geography even though they've lived in New York for three years. We talk about theater elitism, Shakespeare comparisons, Bollywood musicals, and, of course, we get into the colorism controversy.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We'll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramResources:How Lin-Manuel Miranda And Quiara Alegría Hudes Assert Dignity With 'In The Heights'Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jon M. Chu and In the Heights Actors Address Film's ColorismDirector Jonathan Chu Addresses 'In The Heights' Colorism Criticism

Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We'll read them on the pod!@Off_SarahLouise on Twitter @officialsarahlouise on InstagramFollow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on Instagram

Happy Pride Month yet again bitches! This week, we covered Luca, quite literally the gayest movie Pixar has ever made! Gaia's voice was mostly gone and our internet was barely working but we still got this episode out especially for you! We kick off the episode with the revelation that Gaia doesn't know who Joshua Basset is despite being obsessed with Miss Rodrigo's album, Sour. We discuss the incredibly apparent queer themes in Luca and ultimately decide to run away together on a Vespa (which is obviously the best way to celebrate this month). Neeta breaks the news to Gaia that Luca is, according to Pixar, officially not a queer movie and Gaia's reaction is so devastating we spend the rest of the episode unpacking whether or not we can still claim it as such, and so much more this week on ‘Bitch, Why?'.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We'll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on Instagram

Happy Pride Month bitches, we covered Cruella this week! Gaia and Neeta get right to talking about how conflicting it was to like this movie and whether or not Disney is able to accurately portray queer stories, given their long history of queer coding villains. We discuss what makes this movie good but not great, and the impact of girlboss-ifying female Disney characters. Gaia accuses Neeta of being a bottom, Neeta references way too many video essays, and Cameron has a surprise cameo this week on ‘Bitch, Why?'.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We'll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks/Resources: Cruella De Vil: Our Fear and Awe of the SpinsterRedHanded PodcastReevaluating The Little Mermaid before Disney horks up another live action remakeS-Town PodcastThe Problem of Method Acting What Dark Academia Says About Elite Education

This week we have very special guest and pirate nerd, Sarah Louise, who will cover all the Pirates movies with us over the course of this series! Drunk, high, and stone cold sober, we analyze the first Pirates movie, Curse of the Black Pearl, it's development history, and it's position as one of the only successful Disney attraction-to-movie adaptations! Neeta and Sarah discuss what it was like being an emo kid in the early 2010's, Gaia analyzes the anti-colonialist messaging in the Pirates franchise, and everyone has an absolute blast this week, on ‘Bitch, Why?'.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We'll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Sarah:@officialsarahlouise on Instagram@Off_SarahLouise on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on Instagram

Bitch, Why? is back with Season 2 baby and we are kicking off this new start with Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album, Sour! I mean, how could we not cover this? We have been talking about Miss Olivia for MONTHS now. We discuss which songs are our favorite, how women are treated in the music industry, and what this album means for future gen z artists! Neeta explains why we shouldn’t be comparing Olivia Rodrigo to Taylor Swift...while also comparing Olivia Rodrigo to Taylor Swift, Gaia gets nostalgic about being a teenager (which almost never happens) and Harris’s Hot Take is… really hot this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on Instagram

This week, we covered Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined by Stephenie Meyer in the SAME ROOM. We know we said we were done with Twilight but we just could not resist talking about it again for our first in-person episode! We have way too much fun terrorizing Cameron with the gender bent Twilight character names and Gaia admits they are now a full blown Twilight Stan. Somehow the misogyny of the original books does a complete 180 in this version and becomes possibly the most feminist thing Stephenie Meyer has ever written. We have a special guest for Harris’s Hot Take, Gaia and Neeta hash out the implications of traditional gender roles on the Twilight series as a whole, and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks: deja vu by Olivia Rodrigo MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) by Lil Nas XThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

This week, we wrapped up our deep dive into the Twilight Saga with Stephenie Meyer’s latest addition into the canon, ‘Midnight Sun’! We kick off the episode with Neeta’s very valid crush on Seth Rogen, Gaia’s latest farm endeavor, and some book recommendations! Gaia and Neeta discuss what it felt like to sit inside Edward’s mind for over 600 pages and how Edward’s thoughts about Bella reveal a lot about how Meyer views relationships and womanhood. We do a side-by side-comparison with Bella’s perspective and interrogate why this book makes Bella feel like a Manic Pixie Dream Girl. Neeta gets sad about how they feel they have less access to enjoying this series and we resolve to possibly cover the gender bent ‘Twilight’ book instead! Harris refuses to consume anymore Twilight content, Gaia makes a lot of ‘Lolita’ connections, and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramDonate Here: Quileute Move to Higher GroundSnacks:Seth Rogen and the Year that Went to Potdeja vu by Olivia RodrigoMONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) by Lil Nas XBook Recs:The One-Straw RevolutionLentil UndergroundThe Omnivore's DilemmaThe Botany of DesireDirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth

This week, we cover Disney's latest princess movie, Raya and the Last Dragon.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramResources:The Resurrection of Kelly Marie Tran: On Surviving 'Star Wars' Bullying, the Pressures of Representation, and 'Raya and the Last Dragon'The Cultural Inspirations in Raya and the Last DragonRaya and the Last Dragon Directors on Melting Pot of InfluencesHow 'Raya and the Last Dragon' built a Southeast Asian fantasy world

This week, we FINALLY return to our Twilight series, covering the second two installments of the Twilight Saga, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn! We, of course, cover Jasper being a Confederate soldier, the birth scene, and how Edward was able to impregnate Bella (there’s venom in vampire semen. YIKES). Gaia has a lot of feelings about chickens and what it actually means to fall in love with someone and build a life with them. Most of this episode is spent with Gaia grappling over the actual meaning of love and how it is portrayed in the media, so hold on tight, spider monkeys. We eventually conclude that the cultural interaction with Twilight has become greater than Twilight itself, making it incredibly hard to review. We want justice for the misrepresentation of the sparkly vampire lore, Emily, Leah, and honestly everyone in this series. Everyone deserved better. Harris is surprised by the final battle because he was just so engrossed in the love story of it all, we all decide we are Team Bella Becoming a Vampire, Gaia decides to write some Twilight fan fiction, and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.Donate Here: Quileute Move to Higher GroundResources:Alice Fan Film: The Mary Alice Brandon FileAlice Fan Film: We've Met BeforeA Surprisingly Passionate Defense of Twilight Does She Pass The Aila Test?Neeta's Definitive Ranking of the Twilight SongsBe sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on Instagram

As a special bonus treat, we release the interview we did in July with our friend, Camelia about all things Puerto Rico, Lin Manuel Miranda, and Hamilton! Digressions include Zac Efron, Broadway lotteries, and Bad Bunny.Resources:Puerto Rico Earthquake ReliefDirect ReliefStop Letting the Rich Move to Puerto Rico as a Tax HavenAAPI Organizations:The AAPI COVID-19 ProjectStop AAPI HateStand Against HatredAsian American Resource CenterAAPI GoFundMe links:https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hatehttps://www.gofundme.com/f/ngoc-pham-fundraiser?qid=14830231ea932ebede98621083eb22adhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/stopasianhate?qid=48716442b3bec7bb3efaed99375ea34ahttps://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-hyunjungkim-to-support-my-brother-iBe sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Camelia:@cameliagrams on InstagramFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow Jillian:@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on Instagram

This week, we covered the first Percy Jackson & The Olympians book, The Lightning Thief, written by Rick Riordan! We start the episode talking about the Meghan and Harry interview with Oprah and Gaia gives us more Pirates of the Caribbean content! Neeta and Gaia use this episode as an excuse to talk about how much they love each other and how refreshing it is to revisit a favorite childhood series that doesn’t alienate queer people and people of color! Gaia talks about having had a profound desire to be Percy Jackson and how this series may have kickstarted their gender crisis. Should we start a tik tok campaign so Gaia can play Clarisse in the upcoming Percy Jackson tv show? Let us know! Neeta discusses the history of white supremacists latching onto greek aesthetics and how some possible latent white supremacy may exist in the books. We talk about understanding your own life through the media you grew up with, why it’s so important to go back and look at the media that shaped you, and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks: Pirates of the Caribbean 420 Headlines Comparing Meghan Markle To Kate MiddletonResources:D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Ingri d'AulaireThe Whitening Thief. Latent White Supremacy in Percy Jackson

This week, we covered the Hunger Games prequel book, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, written by Madame Suzanne Collins! We start the episode talking about how much we love Dolly Parton and Gaia gushes over their longing to be Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom’s third (a possible Pirates of the Caribbean series may be under way?). We talk about Madame Collins finding yet another way to speak to the zeitgeist, how this book crafts a really fascinating character study, and the parallels between the trajectory of the Hunger Games and of actual reality television series’. We somehow reference both the Stanford Prison Experiment and the creation of the Electoral College, Harris’s Hot Take is completely in sync with the content of the episode, and we come to the conclusion that this book is the DRIVER’S LICENSE of BOOKS (stream drivers license!!!!) and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks:Dolly Parton Statue Has Tennessee’s Support, but Not Parton’sTo All the Boys 3Pirates of the Caribbean 3Resources:Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes review: An eerie Hunger Games prequelHBO Max Documentary about Polyamory'The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes' Is A Lackluster Prequel To 'The Hunger Games'

This week, we covered the first two installments of the Twilight Saga, Twilight and New Moon! We start the episode discussing misconceptions about how acting works and why Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson were unfairly maligned for their performances in these movies. Gaia talks about the *cinematography* in the first Twilight movie and questions why American movies only signal foreign-ness with British accents. Neeta goes full fangirl in this episode, reveals maybe too much information about their middle school experience, and gets excited talking about literally everything. We discuss How Twilight is a symptom of the problem of toxic relationships in media and not necessarily the problem itself, how it didn’t deserve all the backlash it got (stop being mean to teenage girls!!), and that we should be more concerned with how the Quileute tribe was horribly misrepresented in Stephenie Meyer’s world. Gaia admits they might be Team Jacob and the friendship may be on the line, Harris is informed of the Breaking Dawn Birth Scene, and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Donate Here! Quileute Move to Higher GroundFollow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramResources:A Reading (and Misreading) of the “Twilight” RenaissanceEveryone Is Into Twilight Again Sarah Z VideoThe Mummy movie review & film summary (1999)What Pride and Prejudice Teaches Us About Difficult Partners

This week, we covered The Hunger Games franchise, Suzanne Collins’ YA Dystopian Masterpiece! We start the episode talking about tarot cards, maligned women, and how history should not be perceived in a binary. We get into how the Hunger Games movies are a direct contradiction to themes of the books in their execution and how they “sex up” the revolution in a way that obfuscates the original intent of Madame Collins. We cover the impact of Katniss as a heroine and why we still look to The Youths to Save Us All. We investigate why most women’s happy endings in YA are directly connected to the bearing of children and how not everyone is emotionally equipped to be a parent, especially when you’re working through the PTSD of two death matches and an entire revolution! Gaia cannot pronounce Johanna, so decides to pronounce it three different ways each time, Neeta has a hard time trying to have shallow thoughts during Bitch Time, and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks:78 Degrees of WisdomThe Crown“You’re Wrong About” PodcastResources:Battle RoyaleGaia’s Essay on Hamilton & The Hunger GamesHunger Games Book to Movie Comparison

This week, we covered Bridgerton, Shonda Rhimes’ Regency Gossip Girl straight sex fest! Of course we must (and do) gush over Madame Olivia Rodrigo’s masterpiece “Drivers License” and why adults should simply leave the kiddos alone. We get into the politics that Bridgerton doesn’t have the energy to touch and the nuances of consent in a show where the main characters Must Bang Constantly. We cover the shows many queer lost chances and every single character that the narrative does dirty. We uncover the dirty underbelly of eye candy and the pros of Shakespeare during sex. Gaia concludes that (in order to turn a profit) we must sell the fan base to One Direction, and so (so) much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks:Stream Driver’s LicenseScream FranchiseResources:Are You Really Sure You Love Bridgerton?Does Netflix's Bridgerton Have A Race Problem?In “Bridgerton,” A Diverse Cast Seeks to Mask ImperialismMacbeth (2015 film)“The Crown” Attempts to Whitewash Britain's Violent Colonial HistoryThe Queen's Gambit

This week, we covered The Prom, a musical-to-movie adaptation directed by Ryan Murphy. We get into how this movie fails at adapting from the source material, why it doesn’t qualify as “camp”, and whether or not straight people can play gay roles. We, of course, discuss the controversial James Corden performance, Neeta talks about how to handle POC coming out narratives, and Gaia discusses the importance of actually giving homophobia its weight and the very real struggles of teen activism. We also somehow get on the topic of queer teen style and conclude that Harper from Wizards of Waverly Place would have been a gay style icon today and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks: The Witcher Zayn’s New Album - Nobody is Listening

This week, we covered Wonder Woman 1984 and if Queen’s Gambit represented how we felt going into the first week of the new year, Wonder Woman 1984 definitely represents how this year is currently going. We get into the implications of the Steve Trevor body swap, how this movie fails because of its emphasis on spectacle over substance, and why the fad of setting movies and tv shows in the 80’s might be slowly going away. Gaia gets the Kristens mixed up, Neeta references the ‘Imagine’ Video way too many times, and we somehow still end up relating the world-ending events in this movie back to the current state of affairs, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks:Black Sails Video EssayBridgerton Doctor SleepGreen Room Resources:Cosmonaut Variety Hour on SupermanProfessor Marston & the Wonder Women“Wonder Woman 1984” Ditches Girl Power—and Loses Its Focus'Wonder Woman 1984' Review: An Empty Spectacle

For our first episode of the new year, we covered Netflix’s overnight success, Queen’s Gambit! We start the episode by talking about Gaia’s next farm adventure and Neeta pulls a tarot card for 2021! We get into discussion of the show by talking about how it became successful so fast, how starved we were for good media, and how good art is often not made individually. Neeta talks about how painfully white the show is and has a lot of feelings about Jolene. Gaia reflects on the barriers to entry in the chess world and the constructs of etiquette in so many other fields. We talk about how nice the subtle queer representation is in this show, nine rewrites not even being that many by playwriting standards, and how this show did Jolene so dirty this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’. Happy New Year, bitches!Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks:The Annihilation of CasteResources:Casting Call for Gaia's Short FilmGymnopédie No.1Queen of KatweSearching for Bobby FisherThe Tweet We Keep Making Fun Of

This week, we covered Halloween, from our Horror Franchise Showdown in October, with Harris of Harris’ Hot Takes! We start the episode talking about ski lift accidents and bleak video games and then open up a discussion about Halloween (1978) and Halloween (2018) and whether or not Michael Meyers being virtually unkillable is successful or a part of the franchise that is no longer satisfying. We also discuss the way slasher movies have changed since the first Halloween to the most recent one and talk about Carol Clover’s essay on The Final Girl. We mourn our favorite bisexual couple, Vicky and Dave, debate about the meta-humor in newer slashers since the Scream franchise, and so much more this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on Instagram@gaiariverrose on InstagramFollow Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks:Kabhi Khushi Kabhie GhamNeeta's Bollywood FavesWhere the Water Tastes Like WineThe Tragedy & Triumph Behind Atlanta's Woodruff Arts CenterQueen's GambitThe Tragedy on Gondola IIFrozen (2010)Resources:Anna and the ApocalypseBury Your GaysHalloween TimelineHer Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film

This week, we covered Die Hard, the most action-packed Christmas movie out there. Truly this is our most chaotic episode yet: Gaia just got their wisdom teeth taken out, everyone mixed up the time zones, and Neeta accidentally punched Cameron in the face. Take a shot every time Gaia screams!! We veer off into a long conversation about police abolition and copaganda, vigilantism, and how this movie takes us into the mind of a centrist. We also discuss genre after coming out of our Happiest Season conversation and if it even matters if Die Hard is considered a Christmas movie. We truly barely got through this episode with our sanity left, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.Snacks:@dionnewarwick on Twitter'Meet the Parents' Episode of Schitt's CreekResources:Batman Twitter ThreadDie Hard - A Lesson In StorytellingDIE HARD: The Logic of VulnerabilityIs Die Hard a Christmas Movie?Post-9/11 Horror in American CinemaJustice (Part 1) | ContraPoints

Y’all asked for it so here it is! This week we covered the Hulu produced Christmas rom-com, Happiest Season starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis, directed by Cleo DuVall! We start the episode talking about gnomes, stripper poles, bleeping out the term “white men'' and the [REDACTEDS] in our lives we can’t name on the podcast! Write in and tell us what we should cover to kick off the New Year! We talk about the toxicity of the relationship in the movie, how hot Kristen Stewart is, and the wasted potential of the "first queer Christmas movie" because of how painfully mediocre it is (plus we get another signature Gaia movie problem diagnosis) and so much more this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks:The Reason Neeta Got a Stripper PoleResources:Filmmaker On New Rom-Com 'Happiest Season''Happiest Season': Clea DuVall Talks Ending, Abby and HarperHappiest Season' Is Number One on HuluHappiest Season Is a Welcome Addition to the Gay Rom-Com CanonJamie Babbit Knows "But I'm a Cheerleader" Was Ahead of Its TimeThe ‘Happiest Season’ Director and Cowriter Responds to All That Harper BacklashReview: ‘Happiest Season’ Shares A Fatal Flaw With ‘Crazy Rich Asians’

This week, we’re finally back with special guest and resident twink, Adelynn Anderson to finish off our series on IT! Gaia is home from the farm and we have finished reading the monster of a book that is the IT Novel just in time to recap the entire thing for Adelynn. We start off the episode talking about collaboration as the only way to make good art and asking why Sofia Coppola doesn’t include women of color in her movies. We jump into the book by discussing why Stephen King feels compelled to write about hate crimes and slurs as a straight, white man, how they did Mike dirty in the movie, and why, even with all of this, the book is still “marginally” better than the movie (shocker, we know). Neeta mispronounces ‘auteur’ multiple times, Gaia has a breakdown over the sociopath bully children giving each other handjobs while also being homophobic to each other, we decide the only man allowed to write self insert films is Ari Aster and so much more this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow Adelynn: @adelynn.rose on Instagram@neilxperry on TwitterFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramResources:'Juno' star Elliot Page shares transgender identityPhoebe Bridgers and Phoebe Waller-Bridge Music VideoSofia Coppola: The Politics of PrettyIT Orgy Scene“The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson

This week, Gaia left the farm, so while they get settled in at home, Neeta interviews Playwright and friend of the pod, Daniel Holzman, about the short films they have been working on all semester! They talk about how they met at school and what they’re snacking on, going off on tangents about their feelings on Christmas music, why moms love princess Diana and resolve to start watching The Crown together. Daniel and Neeta discuss the difference between directing for theater and film, their feelings about catharsis in creation, how art-making has changed remotely and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’. Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow Daniel:@hellanovella on Instagram Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks: 'How To with John Wilson' on HBO Max Phoebe Bridgers’ Christmas EP Resources: Daniel’s New Play Exchange (READ BERLINDIA)Hank Green Tooth tiktok Hari Kondabolu 'Nathan for You' on NetflixRare Exports: A Christmas TaleThe Americans

This week, Gaia was super busy on the farm so Neeta and Adelynn used this bonus episode as an opportunity to ask Adelynn some questions! We start this episode off talking about Wendy Williams’ performance on The Masked Singer and then ask Adelynn questions submitted by our listeners. We discuss why theater is the medium Adelynn loves the most and why she decided to pursue theater direction. We then get into a larger conversation about queerbait and representation in movies. We talk about why Adelynn sees herself in movies where Fnn Wlfh*rd plays a twink and Adelynn and Neeta go on a rant about Stephen King being obsessed with gay slurs. Adelynn gets a chance to plug her AMAZING Medium article about Neil Perry from Dead Poets Society, we lose our minds over Destiel becoming canon, and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’. Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow Adelynn: @adelynn.rose on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramAdelynn’s Film: @palisadesshortfilmAdelynn’s Medium Article: Why Did Neil Perry Kill Himself?Resources: A Supermarket in California by Allen GinsbergHowl by Allen GinsbergIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: How NOT To Suck After 13 SeasonsIt's Always Sunny: The Perfect Anti-Sitcom?Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out by Richard SikenWendy Williams: “Dula Peep”The Masked Singer

This week, we’re back with special guest and resident twink, Adelynn Anderson to talk about her second favorite franchise where Finn Wolfhard plays a closeted gay kid in the 80’s, IT Chapters 1 and 2. This episode was recorded in the middle of the election and gets off to a very chaotic start as we discuss the many academic papers about Orpheus (or Gorpheus, if you will) being gay, Adelynn sings through the summaries of the IT movies, and Gaia diagnoses It: Chapter 2 with 'Sequel Syndrome' in our new segment called “What Disease Does This Movie Have?”. We talk about the way horror movies have changed since the release of the IT movies, our problems with the Reddie storyline, hopes for queer representation in the future and so much more this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow Adelynn: @adelynn.rose on Instagram@neilxperry on TwitterFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramResources: be the cowboy is a richie tozier album?!? A Playlist by AdelynnIT CHAPTER TWO: What Went Wrong?Stranger Things, IT and the Upside Down of Nostalgia

This week, we’re back with guest and resident twink, Adelynn Anderson to talk about seasons 2 and 3 of Stranger Things! We finally address the long awaited, highly anticipated “Stranger Things Problem”! Gaia starts the episode talking about repressing memories from their senior year of high school, there’s more lamenting over queer-bait, and Neeta and Gaia literally fall in love with Adelynn as she rants about the character assassination of Will Byers during “Bitch Time”. There is a fight about whether or not Dacre Montgomery (Billy) is hot and Neeta gets a little too candid about their sex life. We talk about how horror movies and TV shows that center on kids dealing with monsters that adults can’t or refuse to see reflects the current moment and Harris has probably his spiciest take yet this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’. Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow Adelynn: @adelynn.rose on Instagram@neilxperry on TwitterFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks:Adelynn's PlaylistJames Corden Photoshop ThreadHeroes of the Fourth TurningRock and RiotResources:Stranger Things Has Some Bad Politics In ItStranger Things, IT and the Upside Down of NostalgiaWhy Stranger Things Should Have Ended After Season One

This week, we have special guest and resident twink, Adelynn Anderson! We start on a tangent about hot animated characters, Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Adelynn’s saga with how she got into Stranger Things. We talk about the pitfalls of television writing and the throuple we wish was canon between Nancy, Steve and Jonathan. Barb is a lesbian, Will Buyers is gay and therefore, we have come to the conclusion that the Demogorgon is homophobic. We keep having to refrain from mentioning our gripes with Seasons 2 and 3 (which we are covering in the next episode!) but get into the impact of this show on Netflix shows that came after and the way people have treated the child actors of Stranger Things, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow Adelynn: @adelynn.rose on Instagram@neilxperry on TwitterFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks: Gaia’s Spooky Maggot PlaylistResources:Stranger Things: How to Introduce a Character

This week, we talked about Ari Aster’s ~filmography~ Hereditary and Midsommar! We talk about why Ari Aster loves to make movies with white women sobbing. We say the phrase “white man” SO many times that we literally have Cameron bleep it out. We talk about everything that makes these films so amazing: the cinematography, the transitions, the accuracy of the trauma, the CRYING! Somehow we end up defending the Hårga Cult in Midsommar??? Despite that, we still get into real intellectual hours in this episode discussing how different cultures handle grief, the concept of ~catharsis~, mirror neurons, and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks: Tom Felton’s Instagram (he’s so wholesome y’all)Gaia’s Classical Playlist Coming SoonPink Light by MUNAResources:Hereditary: How Your Family Ruined YouHow HORROR Movies Changed – WisecrackHow Midsommar Brainwashes YouMidsommar: How Ari Aster Unsettles YouMIDSOMMAR: Is It Deep or Dumb?Midsommar (2019) – The Value of Ritual?

This week, we talk about horror movies with Harris of our Harris’s Hot Takes segment! Neeta and Harris talk about what got them into horror, why they keep going back and the horror movie tropes they like and dislike! Harris unpacks some ~family trauma~ and he and Neeta talk about their hopes for horror theory (and honestly all) academia and how it can shift to include marginalized people. Get ready for visceral Blockbuster flashbacks, very sad musings about aliens and a LOT of horror movie recommendations just in time for Halloween, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramFollow Harris:@harriscohenater on Instagram@TheRealHarrisBC on TwitterRead Harris’s Poetry!Resources: R.L. Stan’s Haunting Hour ‘Really You’ Episode Wild Party Toni Colette (Lowdown-Down)CAAC’s First Youtube Video!Horror Theory Recommendations:(Many of these were taken from the rec lists from the Dead Meat Podcast)Another Indian Burial Ground, Please...by Terri JeanBlood, Bodies and Binaries: Trans Women in Horror – Jenni HoltzBody Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film Monster Theory: Reading CulturePhallic Panic: Film, Horror and the Primal UncannyPost-9/11 Horror in American Cinema

This week, we had our listeners decide what piece of art we should cover and y’all chose Bong Joon-ho’s Academy-Award winning, genre-bending, MASTERPIECE Parasite. We kick this episode off with a wild tangent on organic farming, restoring golf courses and ultimately decide we will be starting a theatre farm ON a golf course! This gives us the perfect segue into the film because there is so much to unpack about class consciousness and collectivist versus individualist mindsets in Eastern films. We dismantle ideals of the ‘Hero’s Journey’ and 3-Act Structure, capitalism as a universal struggle, and somehow are able to loop the discussion back to the concept of organic farming and ethically sourced clothes and food! Wow! There is a whole world of amazing movies out there waiting for you if you just READ SUBTITLES! Hear all about it this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks:Farming While BlackResources:Academy Established Representation & Inclusion StandardsHow Parasite (And Every Bong Joon-ho Film) Critiques ClassIn a Post-‘Parasite’ World, What Happens Next?Parasite: how Oscar triumph has exposed South Korea’s social divideThe Ending Of 'Parasite' Explained | Pop Culture DecodedWhy Parasite is a Masterpiece

This week, we cover the High School Musical trilogy! Neeta and Gaia get into their High School Musical related trauma and the gay awakenings that transpired from the ‘iconique’ “I Don’t Dance” sequence from High School Musical 2. We get into who the real villain of the series is and the way High School Musical 2, specifically, deals with class in a really smart way! We get into Sharpay Apologist Hours until we realize that rooting for Sharpay is kind of theater elitist? We sing Kenny Ortega’s praises for most of this episode, but honestly he deserves it! We have so much fun talking about these Kickass D-Coms and how they shaped our views on theater this week on 'Bitch, Why?’!Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram @no_chill_jill on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks:Serotonin IV Drip PlaylistCharlotte Salomon. Life? or Theatre?Resources: Are They Gay? - Chad and Ryan from High School MusicalFilm Theory: The Real Villain of HSMThis 'High School Musical' Theory Says Sharpay Was a VictimWhy Chad And Ryan Switched Clothes In High School Musical 2

Following our episode on Mulan (2020) we felt that now was the perfect time to release the first episode we ever recorded that just so happens to be on another Disney Remake, Lion King (2019). This episode is different from the norm, but that’s on growth and figuring out a structure! You’ll hear the origins of Gaia’s Three Prongs of Representation and so many other concepts that pop up in later episodes (we name drop JOANNE and Gaia’s issues with the concept of ‘celebrity’). You’ll finally get to hear our long awaited conversation around African-ness and African American-ness. Get a glimpse of our ‘baby handwriting’ of episodes! Neeta outs themselves as a huge disney fan (and it is v cringe) and Gaia cannot pronounce the word ‘gazelle' this week on 'Bitch, Why?’!Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks:Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste NgLolita - Vladimir NabokovRachel Cargle’s ‘The Great Unlearn’Resources:Beyoncé's 'Gift': An Incomplete 'Lion King' SoundtrackIntertextuality - Nerdwriter1Scar | Disney Wiki'The Lion King: The Gift' Is Beyonce's Love Letter to Blackness

This week, we cover Mulan (2020) following its release on Disney Plus. We get into all the controversy surrounding the film and our critical feelings about it! Take a shot every time Neeta mentions diaspora! Take a shot every time Gaia makes a "Reflection" reference! No one knows why we started doing British accents randomly but by the end of the episode, our brains were so fried that it just kind of came out. We yell about the concept of Disney Remakes as a whole, unpack our gender crises, realize we may have to release the infamous Lion King episode and so much more this week on 'Bitch, Why? (Look out for our 'Bitch, Why?' Bingo card coming soon!)Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow CAACFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramResources:Cultural Authenticity.Mulan after 14 yearsMulan is the Worst Actress in China, According to ChinaMulan: The WarriorThe Ballad of MulanThe History Behind the Legend of Mulan (400 AD Onward)What is Chi? A Scientific ExplanationInterviewees:Alyssa SilverJason WangJocelyn Landes

This week, we cover Black Panther in light of Chadwick Boseman’s sudden passing. We honor him and talk about the impact of his performances, specifically his performance as Black Panther and what it means to see a Black superhero save the world. Despite the heartbreak, we get up to some lighthearted shenanigans as we sidebar into why Adam Driver is so sexy and the fact that FinnPoe deserved better. We discuss the ways Black Panther had the most nuance and depth we have ever seen in a Marvel movie and maybe that has something to do with the stellar creative team which was *cough* Not-All-White *cough*. We gush over how Black manhood and womanhood are portrayed in this movie and give little tributes to Chadwick and the impact he and this film had. Y’all are really going to have to stop Neeta and Gaia from faking their deaths, moving to Maine and eloping this week on 'Bitch, Why?Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramSnacks:Jesmyn Ward on Her Husband's Death and Grief During COVID-19John Boyega InterviewResources:Abstract: The Art of DesignChadwick Boseman Tribute Speech for Denzel WashingtonCostume Designer Ruth E. Carter on Marvel's “Black Panther.”Chadwick Boseman Created a Fresh Model of Black ManhoodLudwig Göransson Scored America's Conversation On RaceWhat The Heck Is Afrofuturism?

This week, we cover one of our favorite movies, Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse, as a lovely little palate cleanser before we get into our three-part series on Twilight. We gush over everything from the stylization to the animation to the SOUNDTRACK. We attempt to unpack the significance of Spiderman’s relationship to the cops in this film in contrast to his relationship to the cops in other versions (*gasp* is there Copaganda in this movie??). Neeta gets into the role of animation in film and Gaia perfectly articulates the love we have for Miles’ story and the way it's told. This love fest ends in us deciding to get married on a farm in Maine because of course it does (save the date!) and we decide to make Spiderman an ongoing series where we eventually will cover every on-screen iteration of Spiderman, so be on the lookout for that! We read our first fan mail and get incredibly emo about it too, this week on 'Bitch, Why?Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram (BUY HER ART/DM HER FOR COMMISSIONS)@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramResources:Police Brutality at Home: Data Shows 40 Percent of Cops Abuse FamilyPolice Have a Much Bigger Domestic-Abuse Problem Than the NFL DoesSpider-man: Homecoming basically stole from MilesSpider-Man's Take On Police Feels Out Of TouchSpiderverse Comic Book Noob podcastThe Backlash to the Backlash of a Multiracial Spider-Man

During research for our previous episode (The Taylor Swift Incident), Neeta had so many emotions dealing with Post Taylor Swift Stress Disorder (PTSSD) and decided to interview friend and Taylor Swift fan, Kenzie. They talk about how they each got into Taylor Swift, the previously alluded to Kanye drama, the evolution of Miss Swift’s career and how it has all led up to her most recent album, ‘folklore’. They discuss the ways celebrities craft personal relationships with their fans as they recall the infamous tumblr era and Swift's Track 5’s (why did Taylor Swift have a tumblr?? that was so WEIRD). Kenzie explains the Scott Borchetta & Scooter Braun controversy, the faults of Taylor's activism and what makes her so compelling as an artist as Neeta tries to unpack their cultural identity crisis while covering a white woman at the top of the music industry.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow Kenzie:@kenziewilkin on InstagramFollow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram (BUY HER ART/DM HER FOR COMMISSIONS)@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on Instagram

This week we talk about Taylor Swift and her recent album, "Folklore", with a special guest: our editor, Cameron! We realize that we probably should never do an episode on a person ever again because it feels weird to give human beings a Bitch Meter score? We discover that all three of us have some Post Taylor Swift Stress Disorder (PTSSD, if you will) and reckon with how it feels to listen to her music as people who aren't in her targeted demographic. We discuss Taylor's activism, rank her albums, and Gaia has a breakdown over the concept of "Celebrity" this week on 'Bitch, Why?Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram (BUY HER ART/DM HER FOR COMMISSIONS)@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramPlaylists:Neeta's Good Taylor Swift Songs PlaylistGaia's Pegging PlaylistResources:In “The Man,” Taylor Swift Seeks to Critique Sexism, but Twists Drag to DoProtest Music of the Bush EraTaylor Swift TimelineThe Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj Twitter feudThe Unbearable White Womanhood of Taylor SwiftWhat Makes Taylor Swift’s “folklore” Queer? Longing.

In our new bonus series, ‘No Thoughts, Head Empty’ we interview our friend, Katherine about Harry Potter, cosplay, conventions, and our WAND COLLECTIONS. Supplement the intellectual thoughts from our ‘Bitch, Why?’ episodes with some Real Smooth Brain Hours! Get ready for some absolute foolery as Katherine and Neeta somehow end up on the incredibly niche topics of ‘Thingamavlogs’ discourse and the absolute cringe that was our childhood obsession with the Noble Collection website.Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow Katherine:@katherinegallo_ on InstagramFollow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram (BUY HER ART/DM HER FOR COMMISSIONS)@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on Instagram

This week, we finally wrap up the backwards car crash that is Joanne’s (gasp) career with our thoughts on the Harry Potter books. We got really sad in this one, folks, so be prepared. Gaia calls in from a farm in Maine and we talk about how to continue being Harry Potter fans by focusing on fan work and community! We made Harry Potter; Joanne did not (rip Wolfstar). We lament feeling like our favorite childhood book series punched us in the face and as sad as we get, Bitch Time is still especially fun this week! Find out our thoughts on allegorical racism, which Harry Potter characters we think get pegged, and so much more this week on 'Bitch, Why?'!Leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram Follow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramResources:Cancel Culture Doesn't Work the Way JK Rowling Thinks It DoesDanyOrdinary Twitter ThreadDeath of the Author 2: Rowling BoogalooDoes JK Rowling's Transphobia Ruin Harry Potter?Every Harry Potter Book Summed Up in a Single SentenceHarpers.Org A Letter on Justice and Open DebateTessa Netting PostInterviewees:@katherinegallo_@heyitshawkguy@rachelstinger@officialsarahlouise@tessanetting

This week, we cover Jojo Rabbit and recreate the 3-hour long drunk conversation we had on the floor of Gaia’s apartment. But this time, we did not fight once! After attempting to record this episode three times, we finally wore each other down enough to have a GOOD, WHOLESOME CONVERSATION. We discuss the terrible marketing campaign of this movie and how it is not a satire, but instead just a simple Coming-of-Age film about a little boy who happens to be a Nazi. We both experience major character development and decide to commemorate it with matching tattoos. Maybe the real coming-of-age film was the friends we made along the way? Get ready for spicy takes about Hitler (He is bad! Have you heard?), whether or not Nazis can be gay, how much we hate Rebel Wilson characters and so much more this week on 'Bitch, Why?Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram (BUY HER ART/DM HER FOR COMMISSIONS)@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramResources:Charlie Chaplin’s The Great DictatorGaia’s 2020 PlaylistGreta Gerwig Twitter ThreadHow to Be an AntiracistMel Brooks, The Producers and the Ethics of Satire about N@zisNo Place for HateJojo Rabbit Video EssayRilke Tattoo Quote

In the second episode of our three part series on Harry Potter, we out ourselves as people who have read fan fiction (sorry, not sorry!), screech about our Deep and Profound love of college theater and get extremely confused about the plot of Cursed Child (we still can’t really tell you what happens). Get ready for page 6 ao3 level bad fan fiction, Pottermore discourse, and some absolutely Banging musical theater tunes and so much more, this week on 'Bitch, Why?'Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram (DM HER FOR COMMISSIONS)@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramResources:HP Wiki - IndiaLet's Fix Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildJK Rowling’s Anti-Native ‘Magic’ RacismJK Rowling under fire for writing about 'Native American wizards'The Promise and Potential of Fan FictionVery Potter Musical (WATCH IT)What Went Wrong With Harry Potter and the Cursed Child?"What The Hell Is A Panju?"Anthony GoldsteinHogwarts BathroomsNagini Tweet (1)Nagini Tweet (2)

This week, Gaia and Neeta cover Hamilton in light of its recent release on Disney Plus. We talk about Lin Manuel Miranda’s treatment of Puerto Rico, how Hamilton was a product of its time, and whether or not immigrants have to get the job done (can’t we just like…live?). We discuss the extremely controversial LIN LIP BITING MEME and bully him for it (just a tad). Daniel Radcliffe’s little Daniel Radcliffe makes a special guest appearance and we attempt to cultivate a Nuanced Relationship with the media we consume: Is it possible?! Find out this week on 'Bitch, Why?’Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram (BUY HER ART/DM HER FOR COMMISSIONS)@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramResources:All the Hip-Hop References in Hamilton: A Track-by-Track GuideBeing in “The Room Where It Happens”: Hamilton, Obama, and Nationalist Neoliberal Multicultural Inclusion, Donatella Galella, Theatre Survey 59:3 (September 2018) © American Society for Theatre Research 2018, doi:10.1017/S0040557418000303Disaster Act: Puerto Rico’s uprising and the instrumentalization of Lin-Manuel MirandaHamilton is the Obama of MusicalsLin Saying the N-Word I guess (ugh, Jesus christ)Miranda: An American TragedyRe-Reviewing Book of Mormon and Hamilton in 2019Why Puerto Ricans Don’t Claim Lin-Manuel Miranda and Why You Shouldn’t Support HimWhy Is The Hamilton Guy Helping Neoliberals Loot Puerto Rico?

Welcome to Bitch, Why? where we bitch about books, movies, plays and all other kinds of art made by humans, for the rest of the bitches out there! Hosts, Gaia Malin and Neeta Thadani, give you an itty bitty sneak preview of what will be covered on their brand new podcast, gushing about their twooo wuv for each other and taking the validation train straight into grand central!Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram (BUY HER ART/DM HER FOR COMMISSIONS)@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on Instagram

In the first of this three part series on the Harry Potter franchise, we take a deep dive into the backwards car wreck that is JK Rowling’s career, starting with a deconstruction of Joanne and the Extremely Transphobic Essay and the two 'Fantastic Beasts' movies. We denounce Aurors AKA Wizard Cops (AWCAB) and Neeta repeatedly mispronounces Crimes of Grindelwald. Prepare yourself for plots so bad even money can’t make them make sense, a sincere Lack of Breath Support, and so much more, this week on 'Bitch, Why?'Be sure to leave us a review and email us at b.tchwhy@gmail.com if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)!Follow the Pod:@bitchwhypodcast on Instagram@bitchwhypodcast on TwitterFollow Neeta:@neeta_thadani on Instagram@neeta_thadani on TwitterFollow Gaia:@gaiaroseriver on InstagramFollow our Graphic Designer, Jillian:@thewritethingtosay on Instagram (BUY HER ART/DM HER FOR COMMISSIONS)@no_chill_jill on InstagramFollow our Editor, Cameron:@michael.camazon on InstagramResources:Does JK Rowling's Transphobia Ruin Harry Potter?J.K. Rowling’s latest tweet seems like transphobic BS. Her fans are heartbroken.J.K. Rowling’s Essay (TW//Transphobia)The Eternal Jew (The Antisemitic Picture That Eerily Looks Like Harry Potter Goblins)The Fantastic Masculinity of Newt Scamander