Podcast appearances and mentions of ebony adams

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.Links Mentioned: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 TikTokFind Ebony:twitter.com/ebonyasterFind Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq

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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.Links Mentioned:the best Bossip headline - https://twitter.com/Bossip/status/1110193995374886912Time Stamps:39:37 - What's your Freq Out?Anita on the series Over the Garden WallKat on Winston DukeEbony on the series The Devil's Hour on Amazon PrimeFind Ebony:twitter.com/ebonyasterFind Anita:twitter.com/anitasarkeesianFind Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq

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 Find Walter:https://www.filmfreakcentral.nethttps://twitter.com/mangiottoBook preorders - https://mzsworldstore.com/products/pre-order-a-walter-hill-film-hardcover-signedVoir on Netflix - Walter Chaw episode on 48 HoursFind Ebony:twitter.com/ebonyasterWomen in Film - wif.orgFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsSubscribe to our Star Trek PodcastTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq (every Thursday at 6:30pm PT)

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 Lebowski41:49 - What's your Freq Out?Carolyn on the book Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair by Sarah SchulmanEbony on the twitter thread of Orsen Welles burns on other directors - https://twitter.com/jfrankensteiner/status/1522761153822269440?s=21&t=u19lPY5tVM7xUOrofR24EwAnita on new thoughts on the film The Old GuardSubmit your own FREQ out at feministfrequency.com/FREQOUTMentioned:The Long Goodbye (1973), directed by Robert AltmanHow Aladdin Changed Animation (by Screwing Over Robin Williams), video by Lindsay Ellis - https://youtu.be/nyiBdccfNkgFollow Ebony:twitter.com/ebonyasterFollow Carolyn:twitter.com/carolynmichellekotaku.comFollow Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsSubscribe to our Star Trek PodcastTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq (every Thursday at 6:30pm PT)

Die Suche nach dem "BBB Quiz Meister" geht auch in der siebten Folge von "Bolzer Bomber Ballartisten" weiter. Sascha (Twitterhandle: @HerrMoosbach) hat diesmal Lars (@HerrEberhardt) und Andreas (@sport_thies) zu Gast, die sich im 3. Viertelfinale duellieren. Die Musik kommt wie immer von Mars Brennen (@marsbrennen), herzlichen Dank. Frauen machen hervorragende Podcasts. Meine Podcastempfehlung für die aktuelle Folge: Das "Feminist Frequency Radio" von Anita Sarkeesian, Carolyn Petit und Ebony Adams. Viel Spaß beim Hören! Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen? Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich. Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten. kostenlos-hosten.de ist ein Produkt der Podcastbude.Gern unterstützen wir dich bei deiner Podcast-Produktion.

Die Suche nach dem "BBB Quiz Meister" geht auch in der siebten Folge von "Bolzer Bomber Ballartisten" weiter. Sascha (Twitterhandle: @HerrMoosbach) hat diesmal Lars (@HerrEberhardt) und Andreas (@sport_thies) zu Gast, die sich im 3. Viertelfinale duellieren. Die Musik kommt wie immer von Mars Brennen (@marsbrennen), herzlichen Dank. Frauen machen hervorragende Podcasts. Meine Podcastempfehlung für die aktuelle Folge: Das "Feminist Frequency Radio" von Anita Sarkeesian, Carolyn Petit und Ebony Adams. Viel Spaß beim Hören!

Die Suche nach dem "BBB Quiz Meister" geht auch in der siebten Folge von "Bolzer Bomber Ballartisten" weiter. Sascha (Twitterhandle: @HerrMoosbach) hat diesmal Lars (@HerrEberhardt) und Andreas (@sport_thies) zu Gast, die sich im 3. Viertelfinale duellieren. Die Musik kommt wie immer von Mars Brennen (@marsbrennen), herzlichen Dank. Frauen machen hervorragende Podcasts. Meine Podcastempfehlung für die aktuelle Folge: Das "Feminist Frequency Radio" von Anita Sarkeesian, Carolyn Petit und Ebony Adams. Viel Spaß beim Hören!

Die Suche nach dem "BBB Quiz Meister" geht auch in der siebten Folge von "Bolzer Bomber Ballartisten" weiter. Sascha (Twitterhandle: @HerrMoosbach) hat diesmal Lars (@HerrEberhardt) und Andreas (@sport_thies) zu Gast, die sich im 3. Viertelfinale duellieren. Die Musik kommt wie immer von Mars Brennen (@marsbrennen), herzlichen Dank. Frauen machen hervorragende Podcasts. Meine Podcastempfehlung für die aktuelle Folge: Das "Feminist Frequency Radio" von Anita Sarkeesian, Carolyn Petit und Ebony Adams. Viel Spaß beim Hören!

Die Suche nach dem "BBB Quiz Meister" geht auch in der siebten Folge von "Bolzer Bomber Ballartisten" weiter. Sascha (Twitterhandle: @HerrMoosbach) hat diesmal Lars (@HerrEberhardt) und Andreas (@sport_thies) zu Gast, die sich im 3. Viertelfinale duellieren. Die Musik kommt wie immer von Mars Brennen (@marsbrennen), herzlichen Dank. Frauen machen hervorragende Podcasts. Meine Podcastempfehlung für die aktuelle Folge: Das "Feminist Frequency Radio" von Anita Sarkeesian, Carolyn Petit und Ebony Adams. Viel Spaß beim Hören!

Today we are chatting with Ebony Adams. We chat about:The Women in Film organization and the amazing programing they doThe most productive thing you can do is surviveGiving yourself permission to create bad workAccountability partnersDoing the pre-workFinding what works for youEmbracing the zero-draftWriting stories because it’s a story you want to tellThe notion that an overnight success is a mythThere’s no time limit on your workMentioned in the Episode:Wif.orgCheck out Ebony's podcasts Feminist Frequency Radio Podcast and Cinema Ball Connect with Ebony:Twitter: ebonyasterStay Up to Date:Subscribe to Friend Request the Series on YouTube and stay tuned for updates!Follow whatsyoursecretpodcast and arigjohnson on InstagramVisit whatsyoursecretpodcast.comMusic by: Michael Paraskevas

Hosts Carolina and Tessa chat with guest Ebony Adams, the head of Public Programs at Women In Film. As WIF members themselves, the ladies of Femme were excited to chat with Ebony about what WIF has to offer female filmmakers and what we all want to see for the future. “If we want to enjoy a media landscape that has a more fulsome bouquet of stories, then that’s who [WIF] is for.” Join the Podcast Movement by subscribing to PodMov's daily newsletter. Use our code to join the community! http://podcastmovement.com/subscribe?mwr=2eff8bba --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/femme-regard-podcast/support

As The Good Place finishes its 4th and final season, we reflect on the cultural impact of a refreshingly sincere and optimistic show which came at a particularly dark time. Join us as we revisit some of our favorite moments, and ask what The Good Place taught us about how to be a good person in a morally complex world.Time Stamps:0:40 - Anita and Ebony flesh out their Star Trek, space-vape fanfic2:25 - Main Discussion on the final season of The Good Place39:08 - What’s Your Freq Out?Carolyn on Until the End of the World on Criterion ChannelEbony on Cinematography and DPsAnita on Sayaka Murata's “Convenience Store Woman” (2016 in japan) / english translation in 2018Links Mentioned:Our previous episode on The Good Place - https://youtu.be/qq4x0CmDCYI“The Good Place Doesn’t Need a Love Story” by Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, January 23, 2020 - https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/the-good-place-eleanor-chidi-love-story.htmlWomen vs. History: The Defiant Lives That They Don’t Want You to Know by Anita Sarkeesian and Ebony Adams - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250146739/Follow Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe on to FFR on Apple PodcastsSubscribe to our Star Trek PodcastTwitterInstagram

In December of 2015, an article was published in New York Magazine that told an amazing story. In the wake of the 2008 Wall Street collapse, a group of women who worked at the New York strip club Scores saw the men and the money stop coming in, so they devised a risky, unconventional, and illegal way to make the money come in. Now the true story of these women and their criminal endeavor is the subject of the new film Hustlers. Written and directed by Lorene Scafaria, the film stars Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu and charts the spectacular rise and fall of a criminal enterprise that tells us a great deal about wealth and power in the early 21st century.Time Stamps:* 03:50 - Entertainment News: Shane Gillis dismissed from SNL for racism, Sam Smith uses they/them pronouns* 10:09 - Main Segment: Hustlers* 39:30 - What’s Your FREQ Outs: Fun City Podcast, Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski, Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia NagoskiLinks Mentioned:* NY Times Review of Hustlers: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/11/movies/hustlers-review.html* The Real Story Behind Hustlers: https://www.vulture.com/2019/09/hustlers-the-real-story-behind-the-movie.html Follow Us:Join our Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/femfreqOur Website https://feministfrequency.com/Subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Twitter https://twitter.com/femfreqInstagram https://www.instagram.com/femfreq/Youtube http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

This week, we shift away from our usual format for a special bonus episode. Join Anita and Carolyn for a conversation about recent events in the gaming industry that have lead to what many are calling gaming’s #MeToo moment. Our conversation explores the social systems and biases that allow men to routinely commit acts of abuse and then protect them from the repercussions, the far-reaching pain and trauma caused by these acts and the accompanying abuses of power, and what change and justice might look like.PLEASE NOTE: This episode comes with a trigger warning for discussions of abuse and suicide.Read Nathalie Lawhead’s blog post at http://www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/calling-outSign up for our newsletter at feministfrequency.com

On this week’s FFR, Ebony and Carolyn continue our conversation about Life Is Strange 2 by diving into the recently released fourth episode, Faith. We talk about a particularly challenging scene in which Sean encounters a pair of racists, the different ways in which we approach the game as players, and the way the game continues to give its characters a surprising level of emotional complexity, and to view them through a compassionate lens. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 2:50 A note from Carolyn about recent events 4:30 Entertainment News: Walter Mosley leaves Star Trek: Discovery Writers Room, Crazy Rick Asians sequel screenwriter pay disparity, the latest on Roc Nation’s partnership with the NFL 17:10 Life Is Strange 2, Episode 4 44:05 What's Your FREQ-Out: Ebony on Dexter’s fascinating badness, Carolyn on Paterson RELEVANT LINKS: Walter Mosley leaves Star Trek: Discovery: https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/walter-mosley-exits-star-trek-discovery-writers-room-after-n-word-complaint-1203326990/ Adele Lim leaves Crazy Rich Asians sequels: https://variety.com/2019/film/news/crazy-rich-asians-co-writer-exit-pay-disparity-1203323236/ FFR 83: Life Is Strange 2: Episode 3 - Wastelands with Tevis Thompson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVluczkc-Vg FFR 63: Life Is Strange 2, Episode 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-SO-J-r0UY Follow Us: Join our Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/femfreq Our Website https://feministfrequency.com/ Subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feminist-frequency-radio/id1307153574?mt=2 Twitter https://twitter.com/femfreq Instagram https://www.instagram.com/femfreq/ Youtube http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

Anita decided to forego our usual intro banter this week, so we just jumped right into this week's topic: the social impact of our cultural obsession with depictions of policing. From Dragnet to Brooklyn 99, what lies behind our abiding interest in the people and institutions tasked with maintaining “law and order”? SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 1:34 - Anita and Ebony talk about the danger of being the sardonic friend 3:56 - Copaganda 39:51 - What's Your Freq Out? LINKS Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins: https://www.mollyivinsfilm.com/ A Short Hike : http://ashorthike.com/ The Raven Tower: https://www.annleckie.com/novel/the-raven-tower/ Follow Us: Join our Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/femfreq Our Website https://feministfrequency.com/ Subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feminist-frequency-radio/id1307153574?mt=2 Twitter https://twitter.com/femfreq Instagram https://www.instagram.com/femfreq/ Youtube http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

On this week’s episode, we talk about the beautiful new film The Last Black Man in San Francisco, a deeply personal movie about identity, gentrification, and institutional power. Ebony Adams calls it “simultaneously tactile and dreamlike!” Also, the ramifications of Jay-Z’s new deal with the NFL, and Marvel’s disappointing refusal to publish an anthology introduction that has some (appropriately) harsh words for Donald Trump. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 2:45 Entertainment News 14:00 The Last Black Man in San Francisco 40:40 What’s Your FREQ-Out? (Carolyn on Eliza, Ebony on One Child Nation, Anita on the power and value of stories) RELEVANT LINKS: "Jay-Z Helped the NFL Banish Colin Kaepernick" by Jemele Hill in The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/jay-z-helps-nfl-banish-colin-kaepernick/596146/ "Art Spiegelman, creator of Maus, calls out Marvel Comics for its 'apolitical' politics" by Aja Romano for Vox: https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/20/20812333/art-spiegelman-marvel-comics-backlash-essay-trump Follow Us: Join our Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/femfreq Our Website https://feministfrequency.com/ Subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feminist-frequency-radio/id1307153574?mt=2 Twitter https://twitter.com/femfreq Instagram https://www.instagram.com/femfreq/ Youtube http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

This week, we're going toe-to-toe with writer-director Riley Stearns' new dark comedy The Art of Self Defense, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Alessandro Nivola. We talk about how the film brings a critical lens to the socially constructed "rules" of manhood, and to the ways in which men are pressured to perform masculinity among other men in the establishment of a kind of hierarchy. We also discuss how the film works as a kind of response to Fight Club. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS 2:10 The Art of Self Defense 33:45 What's Your FREQ-Out? Ebony on holding it together in these trying times, Carolyn on spending time in the sun, Anita on The Boys RELEVANT LINKS Questions to ask yourself when you're outraged about injustice (via @prisonculture): https://twitter.com/prisonculture/status/1000413472356696065?s=19 Masculinities by R.W. Connell: https://www.amazon.com/Masculinities-R-W-Connell/dp/0520246985 Follow Us: Join our Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/femfreq Our Website https://feministfrequency.com/ Subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feminist-frequency-radio/id1307153574?mt=2 Twitter https://twitter.com/femfreq Instagram https://www.instagram.com/femfreq/ Youtube http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

SPOILERS ABOUND FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE EPISODE -- BE WARNED Blend yourself a frozen marg and buckle up for this week's episode of Feminist Frequency Radio, in which your Southern California stalwarts cruise up the 101 for a journey into Hollywood Past. This week, we discuss Quentin Tarantino's 9th feature film, an epic* ode to manly men and one uncomplicated babywoman. Two of your hosts left the theater feeling personally attacked by the film's masturbatory fantasia; one host had thoughtful and ruminative insights about the film's seductive evocation of time and place. You'll be completely "surprised" by who thought what! For all the FFR accountants out there, please note that Carolyn cashed in her topic voucher for this film. She will not be able to select another topic until the next feminist fiscal quarter. *this movie is so long SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS 00:38 Pop Culture News (Ooblets on the Epic store makes a certain segment of Toon Town go absolutely apeshit; the next season of American Crime Story) 12:12 Once Upon A Time in Hollywood 50:09 What's Your FreqOut Links: Ooblets - Regarding What's Been Happening: https://medium.com/@perplamps/regarding-whats-been-happening-3af0f27d863c Flip Flop Solitaire: http://www.flipflopsolitaire.com/ Trump posing with an infant survivor of the mass shooting in El Paso: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/10/opinion/sunday/trump-picture-baby-el-paso.html Endeavour, season 6: https://www.patreon.com/posts/29142943/edit Follow Us: Join our Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/femfreq Our Website https://feministfrequency.com/ Subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feminist-frequency-radio/id1307153574?mt=2 Twitter https://twitter.com/femfreq Instagram https://www.instagram.com/femfreq/ Youtube http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

Time travel is such a powerful fictional device. It allows creators to shine a light on the cultural struggles and social ills of the present by making powerful connections with the past, and by offering wonderful or horrifying visions of the future. Of course, it can also just be a whole lot of fun! But time travel is uniquely powerful as a tool for feminist writers; after all, feminism has always fought to prevent women’s contributions from being written out of history. Time travel allows for stories in which women struggle not just to gain power but to regain their place in time itself. With special guest author and journalist Annalee Newitz! Time Stamps: 03:55 - Main Segment 47:09 - What’s Your FREQ Outs Links Mentioned: Our opinions are correct https://www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com and https://www.patreon.com/ouropinionsarecorrect Why are you laughing at Bruce Lee? by Walter Chaw https://www.vulture.com/2019/08/on-bruce-lees-character-in-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood.html Annalee’s webowebs: www.annaleenewitz.com / @annaleen on twitter Future of Another Timeline, by Annalee Newitz: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765392121 Grape Ape music video based on Future of Another Timeline: https://youtu.be/5Avc8qqRVc0 Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson (https://publishing.tor.com/godsmonstersandtheluckypeach-kellyrobson/9781250163844/) This is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El Mohtar and Max Gladstone (https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/This-Is-How-You-Lose-the-Time-War/Amal-El-Mohtar/9781534431003) Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen (https://www.mikechenbooks.com/book/here-and-now-and-then/) “All You Zombies” by Robert Heinlein (https://gist.github.com/defunkt/759182/ad44c6135d168ae54503a281bb7e1a24c6c2ea0c) You Look Like a Thing and I love you by Janelle Shane (https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/janelle-shane/you-look-like-a-thing-and-i-love-you/9781549171529/), also her blog AIWeirdness.com Follow Us: Join our Patreon Community https://www.patreon.com/femfreq Our Website https://feministfrequency.com/ Subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feminist-frequency-radio/id1307153574?mt=2 Twitter https://twitter.com/femfreq Instagram https://www.instagram.com/femfreq/ Youtube http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

There’s a lot to celebrate about our increasingly diverse mainstream media landscape. Modern audiences can immerse themselves in so many different kinds of compelling stories-- stories from which POC, the disabled, queer people -- (basically anyone who wasn’t middle class, straight, and white) had traditionally been excluded. It’s a victory of a sort, but it only goes so far. We still have so far to go in terms of representation in our media, but more than that, can we ever really look to corporate media to independently advance the culture in a progressive, meaningful, and sustainable way? How do we ensure mindful engagement with media and demand accountability from the billion dollar behemoths behind our favorite media properties? SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 04:15 Discussion of Fandom & Capitalism 38:19 What’s Your FREQ-Out? RELEVANT LINKS: Bowsette: memes and fandom culture under late capitalism - https://medium.com/@SimonXIX/bowsette-anti-capitalist-icon-1c988a5c51ed See the image of Anita as Death for halloween over on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/28787040 FOLLOW US: Join our Patreon - http://www.patreon.com/femfreq Our Website - http://www.feministfrequency.com/ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/feminist-frequency-radio/id1307153574?mt=2 Twitter - https://twitter.com/femfreq Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/femfreq

This week, we go on a swingin’ European adventure with Spider-Man: Far From Home. Anita’s friend Sara Fritzon joins us to serve as the token European for our conversation about Peter Parker’s latest escapades. Anita gushes over Tom Holland as Peter, Carolyn rants about the film’s politics, and longtime Spider-Fan Sara explains why she loves the MCU Spider-Man films, despite feeling that they don’t go far enough in exploring and humanizing their villains. In entertainment news, we talk about Lashana Lynch taking over the 007 designation from Daniel Craig in the next Bond film, and share our reactions to the trailer for CATS. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 4:20 Entertainment News 14:00 Spider-Man: Far From Home 41:00 What’s Your FREQ-Out? RELEVANT LINKS: Carolyn’s Spider-Man tweet: https://twitter.com/carolynmichelle/status/1151628567198887936?s=20 Listen to Ingrid Michaelson’s album Stranger Songs: https://orcd.co/stranger_songs Become a backer of this podcast by joining our community on Patreon! Find us at patreon.com/femfreq Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

Reactions to 1st PICARD Trailer Marvel fans weren’t the only ones who got a special treat at Comic-Con this July. If you’re a Star Trek fan, you already know that there’s a brand new series on the horizon that focuses on what happens to everyone’s favorite winemaker and amateur archaeologist, Jean-Luc Picard after he retires from Starfleet. Well, a new trailer for the show just dropped, and we couldn’t resist sharing a little bonus episode with y’all about our reactions. Become a podcast backer at patreon.com/femfreq Tune in, subscribe, rate, and review for more! Star Trek: Picard | SDCC Trailer - Sir Patrick Stewart Returns - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbXy0f0aCN0 Become a backer of this podcast by joining our community on Patreon! Find us at patreon.com/femfreq Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

Nestled in the hills of north central Morocco, Fès' ancient walled medina is a labyrinth of narrow alleys, passages, lanes and souks: the world's largest car-free urban space.  Founded by Idris, an Arab refugee-turned-Moroccan king, Fès also claims the world's oldest university, built by Fatima al-Fihri, herself a refugee from Tunisia. There's no specific wonder here other than the medina, and that's OK. Sometimes a city or neighborhood is exemplary enough to be a wonder in and of itself. Listener Steve Fait joins us to talk about visiting Fès, navigating its maze, exploring its secrets and managing carpet salesmen.  Plus, we discuss the joys of tagine, although the recipe this week is b'stilla, a savory/sweet Moroccan pot pie that is one of my all-time favorite foods. Sources: Abun-Nasr, Jamil Mirʻi.  A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period Carrington, Daisy. "This 1,157-year-old library gets a facelift". CNN.  DK Eyewitness Morocco Hourani, Albert.  A History of the Arab Peoples Lonely Planet Morocco Nader, Emir.  “The World's Oldest University Was Founded by a Woman of Color” in Vice Othman, Najwa. “Kairouan: Capital of Political Power and Learning in the Ifriqiya” Sarkeesian, Anita and Ebony Adams.  History vs Women: The Defiant Lives that They Don't Want You to Know Wolfert, Paula.  The Food of Morocco Photo by Alina Chan

Your battle-hardened hosts gather in the Thunderdome to discuss Strong Female Characters in our media. What kinds of aesthetic and narrative features tend to mark someone as a “strong female character”? Which genres seem most invested in the presentation of a specific kind of sexualized female badass? How do we celebrate the presence of authentic strong female characters while keeping our critical goggles attuned to their more problematic incarnations? Time Stamps: 1:39 - Your favorite pop culture dissidents engage in a little thoughtcrime and talk about Independence Day demonstrations of American military might (we recorded this episode on July 4th) 6:10 - Strong Female Characters 38:15 - What’s Your FREQ Outs: Super Mario Maker 2; Courtney Milan's entire oeuvre; Gato Roboto Links Mentioned: https://supermariomaker.nintendo.com/ http://www.courtneymilan.com/ https://gatoroboto.com/ What to the Slave is the 4th of July: https://www.thenation.com/article/what-slave-fourth-july-frederick-douglass/ Become a backer of this podcast by joining our community on Patreon! Find us at patreon.com/femfreq Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

Lizzie and Kat are joined by author, artist, activist, and (former) academic Ebony Adams. She hosts the Feminist Frequency Radio podcast, whose motto is, “Be critical of the media you love,” and coauthored History vs. Women: The Defiant Lives that They Don't Want You to Know with media critic Anita Sarkeesian. Together we analyze the racially-charged episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 that tackles a controversial, anti-semitic speaker invited to California University, putting the Black Student Union at odds with the Maccabee Center (and Andrea)—with Brandon stuck in the middle. Support the show on Patreon or by shopping through our Amazon link Rate & review us on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook

Everyone is talking about HBO’s Chernobyl. They say it’s good but it’s not enjoyable. We decide to find out for ourselves. Entertainment this news includes: Megan Rapinoe, Colin Kaepernick, Nike and re-boycotting Nike for life, Disney’s live action Little Mermaid. Time Stamps: 03:14 - Entertainment News: Topic, Topic, Topic 13:50 - Main Segment: Chernobyl 41:31 - What’s Your FREQ Outs: 198X, Doctor Who podcasts, 84K by Claire North Links Mentioned: Sue Bird - article the president hates my girlfriend: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/sue-bird-megan-rapinoe-uswnt Artist making black mermaids: https://www.vashtiharrison.com/vashti-harrison-illustration https://twitter.com/SlavaMalamud/status/1132029943297265664?s=19 HBO Chernobyl podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-chernobyl-podcast/id1459712981 Carolyn’s article about 198X: https://carolynpetit.tumblr.com/post/186007644410/198x-and-being-players-in-a-dangerous-time Doctor who podcast: http://whos-he-podcast.co.uk/doctor-who-whos-he-podcast-322-companion-special-martha-jones Become a backer of this podcast by joining our community on Patreon! Find us at patreon.com/femfreq Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

Who You Callin' Mary Sue? On this week’s episode, we tackle the topic of the Mary Sue! It’s a term that some have used as a cudgel in recent years with which to attack prominent female characters that they dislike for one reason or another, but what does the term really mean? Where did it come from? And does it still have any value in our modern-day conversations about female characters? SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 3:45 The Mary Sue 35:10 What’s Your FREQ-Out? RELEVANT LINKS: “Too Good To Be True”: 150 Years Of Mary Sue by Pat Pflieger: https://www.merrycoz.org/papers/MARYSUE.xhtml Become a backer of this podcast by joining our community on Patreon! Find us at patreon.com/femfreq Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

On this week’s episode, Carolyn and Ebony continue their conversation about Life Is Strange 2, a conversation that started back in episode 63. Today, we’re talking about Episode 3: Wastelands, and we’re joined for our conversation by the writer and critic Tevis Thompson. Our discussion explores the ever-increasing political relevance of the series, the game’s noteworthy sincerity, the unconventional way in which it casts you as the character without the gimmicky powers, the specific impact of Cassidy and other characters, and much more. Also, Carolyn and Tevis talk about their admiration of Fortnite, and Ebony and Carolyn talk about the particular challenges of the past few weeks. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: Tevis intro/Fortnite chat: 1:15 Life Is Strange 2, Chapter 3: 9:55 What’s Your FREQ-Out? 45:35 Tevis: Lyrica, a rhythm game available on Nintendo Switch Ebony: The horror and anxiety of this moment Carolyn: The Polygon profile, repercussions in social media, and the widespread denial of white supremacist patriarchy RELEVANT LINKS: Tevis Thompson’s website: http://tevisthompson.com/ Tevis’ current essay, It’s Not Coming Back: http://tevisthompson.com/its-not-coming-back/ More information about Lyrica: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/lyrica-switch/ Polygon’s new profile of Anita: https://www.polygon.com/features/2019/6/19/18679678/ FFR Episode 63 on Life Is Strange 2, episode 2: https://feministfrequency.com/video/ffr-63-life-is-strange-2-episode-2/

This week, Anita plays hooky so Carolyn and Ebony are responsible for keeping the student body on track. Classic nerds! Our topic this week is Booksmart, Olivia Wilde's feature debut about two young overachieving women on the cusp of graduation. Tune in for a discussion of the way the film empathizes and delights with its multiplicity of characters, centers the teen girl experience, and is delightfully, unapologetically queer. Plus, we ask the question: how do we talk about films about teens versus films for teens? Time Stamps: 00:27 - Entertainment News: Gender breakdown in games at E3 2019; CD Projekt Red and transphobic game imagery; Find Me audiobook 14:22 - Booksmart 50:37 - What’s Your FREQ Outs: Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer featuring The Legend of Zelda; Donny Hathaway Links Mentioned: Gender Breakdown of Games Featured of E3 2019:https://feministfrequency.com/2019/06/14/gender-breakdown-of-games-featured-at-e3-2019/ CD Projekt Red explains controversial Cyberpunk in-game ad featuring trans model: https://www.polygon.com/e3/2019/6/12/18662443/cyberpunk-2077-trans-advertisement-cd-projekt-red-e3-2019?utm_campaign=polygon&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter Find Me audiobook narrated by Michael Stulbarg: https://www.amazon.com/Find-Me-Novel-Andr%C3%A9-Aciman/dp/1250263409/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?encoding=UTF8&qid=&ref=tmm_abk_title_0&sr= Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer featuring The Legend of Zelda: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/cadence-of-hyrule-crypt-of-the-necrodancer-featuring-the-legend-of-zelda-switch/ FemFreq Donny Hathaway Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/ebonyaster/playlist/2mojOzU5jSNLVl8a45xHCJ?si=tpIh6eIYQwafdgxZKGtV1A

People often use the term “guilty pleasures” to talk about media they enjoy even though they feel it has little redeeming value. But what does it mean to be a feminist media critic who sometimes finds herself enjoying media that she believes is outright harmful? On this week’s FFR, we have a frank conversation about what guilty pleasures mean to us, and our own relationship to media that we may appreciate or admire on some level, even while believing that it perpetuates harmful myths or values. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 1:25 Guilty Pleasures 35:50 What’s Your Deal? Relevant Links: Follow Mariame Kaba on Twitter at https://twitter.com/prisonculture Learn more about Rosemary Kirstein’s Steerswoman novels: https://www.tor.com/2008/10/30/not-only-science-fiction-but-more-science-fictional-than-anything-else-rosemary-kirsteins-steerswoman-books/ Tune in, subscribe, rate, and review! Become a backer of this podcast by joining our brand new community on Patreon! Find us at patreon.com/femfreq Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

This week we dive into Always Be My Maybe, Netflix’s latest romcom staring Ali Wong, Randall Park (and of course) Keanu Reeves. Because we are rapidly turning into a Keanu Reeves podcast. Ebony and Anita had very different opinions on this movie. Anita tried to opt-out of this episode because she feels bad about her opinions. Carolyn still refuses to bring us any positive entertainment news but does talk about some news in games. Time Stamps: 03:15 - Entertainment News: Death Stranding, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Ma 13:12 - Main Segment: Always Be My Maybe 45:17 - What’s Your FREQ Outs: Fleabag, Fleabag, Therapy for Black Girls
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On this FFR, we’re talkin’ ‘bout the wonderful new animated series Tuca and Bertie! Created by Bojack Horseman producer and production designer Lisa Hanawalt, Tuca and Bertie stars Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong as best friends whose friendship must evolve when Bertie moves in with her boyfriend Speckle. Oh, and also they’re all birds. Our conversation covers the way in which the show explores numerous experiences and issues with honesty, compassion, and humor, as well as its avoidance of certain harmful stereotypes, and the (sadly) rare and refreshing way in which it treats female sexuality. Also, our reactions to fan reactions to the end of Game of Thrones, and the latest from KeanuWatch 2019. Segment Timestamps: 3:15 Entertainment News (GoT finale, Kea-news) 15:00 Tuca and Bertie 43:50 What's Your FREQ-Out? (Fleabag, Chelsea Manning, Dead Like Me) Tune in, subscribe, rate, and review! Relevant Links: Trailer for Always Be My Maybe: https://youtu.be/iHBcWHY9lN4 Keanu answers questions while playing with puppies: https://youtu.be/rOqUiXhECos The impressive cast of Tuca and Bertie: https://www.indiewire.com/2019/05/tuca-and-bertie-voice-cast-netflix-season-1-1202131008/ How to make crunts and other Tuca and Bertie pastries: https://www.latimes.com/food/la-fo-tuca-bertie-netflix-crunts-chouquettis-pastries-20190507-story.html Become a backer of this podcast by joining our brand new community on Patreon! Find us at patreon.com/femfreq Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

This week we go into the perilous unknown with the 2019 reboot of The Twilight Zone airing on CBS All Access. We dive into episodes like Not All Men, Wunderkind, The Traveler, and others to see which each of us liked best… and we certainly don’t all agree. 2:32 - Entertainment News 14:49 - Main Segment: Twilight Zone 46:48 - What’s Your FREQ Out Relevant Links Dandelion Immersive art project https://www.archivesandrecords.info/ How Golf Explains Trump by Sean Illing: https://www.vox.com/2019/5/10/18524172/donald-trump-commander-in-cheat-rick-reilly Tune in, subscribe, rate, and review! Become a backer of this podcast by joining our brand new community on Patreon! Find us at patreon.com/femfreq Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

Hey, Feminist Frequency Listeners! We had a fantastic discussion about the new Netflix documentary Knock Down the House, which documents the thrilling challenges posed to the political establishment by the record numbers of women and people of color looking to unseat long-time incumbents in 2018. In addition to Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez of New York, the film introduces viewers to candidates navigating the murky political waters of West Virginia, St. Louis, MO, and Las Vegas, NV. 0:00 Welcome to the incredibly high-energy goodness of episode #76 3:21 Pop Culture News/ Corporate News (Sonic the Hedgehog, Caster Semenya, "acceptable" trash talk, Ebony's reaction/non-reaction to the new royal baby, Find Me release date revealed) 16:39 Knock Down the House 46:02 What's Your Freq Out [Deal]? On the Channel: The Criterion Collection r/hobbydrama: the clam chowder fracas! Little Simz, Lemonade, Street Food Listener Freq Out from Mandy: Does the Dog Die Relevant links: https://www.criterion.com/current/category/19-on-the-channel https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/8zrrqo/clamchowdering_an_update_to_the_drama_that_is_a/ http://stillnessinwonderland.com/ https://www.beyonce.com/album/lemonade-visual-album/songs/ https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/4/27/18144738/street-food-netflix-streaming-competitive https://www.doesthedogdie.com/ Tune in, subscribe, rate, and review! Become a backer of this podcast by joining our brand new community on Patreon! Find us at patreon.com/femfreq Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

In this week’s FFR, our 75th episode, it’s a spoilerific conversation about the latest MCU crossover epic, Avengers: Endgame. First we talk about whether or not the film worked for us purely on the level of being an enjoyable superhero film that offers a satisfying conclusion to the cliffhanger of Infinity War, before delving into deeper discussions of fat-shaming, queer representation, and the film’s one ostensibly “feminist” moment. We also cover the tragic death of director John Singleton, an infuriating draft pick by the San Francisco 49ers, and more. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 2:45 Entertainment News (John Singleton, Nick Bosa, Notch) 11:30 Avengers: Endgame 41:45 What’s Your FREQ-Out? (Veep, Steven Yeun and John Cho on The Twilight Zone, looking past the surface of Las Vegas, The Reluctant Royals novels by Alyssa Cole) RELEVANT LINKS: More on Alyssa Cole’s Reluctant Royals books: https://alyssacole.com/

Anita has returned! But Ebony is gone. To make up for it we’ve brought back very a special guest, everyone’s favorite Iranian-American Muslim Comedian, Zahra Noorbakhsh. This week we dive into Hulu’s newest sitcom Ramy. Created by comedian Ramy Youssef we follow the story of a 20-something Egyptian-American Muslim living in New Jersey, and trying to sort out who he really is and what he really wants in a world that sends him confusing and often-contradictory messages about what it means to be a young Muslim in America today.   Go check out Zahra’s work: https://twitter.com/zahracomedy https://www.instagram.com/zahracomedy/ http://www.zahranoorbakhsh.com/ SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 4:11 - Entertainment News 12:03 - Ramy 50:57 - What’s Your FREQ Out Become a backer of this podcast by joining our brand new community on Patreon! Find us at patreon.com/femfreq Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

The season two finale is upon us and Ebony and Anita prepare for all the emotional hurdles this show throws our way. But let’s be real, a season finale on the scale that only Discovery can provide begs A LOT OF QUESTIONS. We have so many questions that we will never have answers for. But Ebony does get a resolution to the one question that has been haunting her for years. Tune in, subscribe, rate, and review! Become a backer of this podcast by joining our brand new community on Patreon! Find us at patreon.com/femfreq Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

Anita’s off on another one of her globehopping adventures, so Ebony and Carolyn hold it down this week with a look at the latest DC Comics flick, Shazam! There’s a refreshing sense of lighthearted fun to this film, especially in contrast to the grimdark Batman and stuffy Superman of DC’s recent movie output, and a welcome dose of heartwarming sentiment as well. We talk about the way the film contrasts a tough-guy, go-it-alone form of masculinity with asking for help and relying on each other, what it has to say about found families, and the problems with its depictions of “ideal” bodies. Also, initial reactions to the title for Star Wars Episode IX, a few personal recommendations for great new movies, and more. Segment Timestamps: 4:30 Entertainment News (Star Wars title reveal, Trump's terrible propaganda movie, Bret Easton Ellis Q&A, more) 17:05 Shazam! 44:35 What's Your Deal? (Carolyn on Columbus, Ebony on Unicorn Store, listener Jonathan on a great production of Richard II in London) Relevant Links: Isaac Chotiner's Q&A in The New Yorker with Bret Easton Ellis: https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/bret-easton-ellis-thinks-youre-overreacting-to-donald-trump f you want keep the good times going, stay tuned for the FREQ'in After Party -- which you can have access to by becoming a backer at www.patreon.com/femfreq. We want to hear from you, so head on over to feministfrequency.com/freqout and send us your FREQ-Out today! And watch our brand new miniseries, Queer Tropes in Video Games! All three episodes are available right now at youtube.com/feministfrequency! Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

We're so close to the end of Star Trek Discovery's second season, but before we press the self-destruct button on the Recap FREQcast, let's race through some space corridors and figure out what happened in this week's episode! Anita is off taking time suit flying lessons, so Ebony was joined in the Keanu Reeves Memorial Studio by psychologist and Star Trek cheerleader, Ali Mattu for a rundown of all the fist-pumping moments "Such Sweet Sorrow" gave us. Check out Dr. Mattu's efforts to make psychology fun and easy to understand --and listen to him break down the psychology of science fiction at his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/thepsychshowdotcom Tune in, subscribe, rate, and review! Become a backer of this podcast by joining our brand new community on Patreon! Find us at patreon.com/femfreq Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

In this week's episode, Anita and Ebony are joined by comedian, correspondent, and host of The Bitchuation Room Podcast, Francesca Fiorentini. The topic under discussion in this episode is the 2-part HBO documentary Leaving Neverland, about the decades-long child sexual abuse alleged against Michael Jackson by two survivors, Wade Robson and James Safechuck. We talk about living through a moment of increased cultural reckoning with horrific crimes like these, as well as the responsibility to honor the courage of people who come forward to tell their stories. RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.HOPE,online.rainn.org y rainn.org/es) in partnership with more than 1,000 local sexual assault service providers across the country. Timestamps 2:53: Pop Culture News (gamers being awful, Cowboy BeBop casting) 10:34 Leaving Neverland (CW: abuse and sexual assault) 41:25: What's Your FREQ Out? (Ramona Quimby, "culture smashed" yoga, Anita talks class dynamics in media) Relevant Links: @franifio https://www.francescafiorentini.com/bitchuation

Everyone is talking about Us. And for good reason. This week we dive into the hotly anticipated new horror movie from the mind of Jordan Peele. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 1:27 - Intro baner 1:44 - Entertainment News: Zach Snyder said some dumb things, Jussie Smollett and the Chicago PD, Alanis Morissette critique 14:10 - Main Topic: Us 45:02 - What’s Your FREQ Outs 50:28 - Guest FREQ out from Katie RELEVANT LINKS: Manohla Dargis on Us - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/20/movies/us-movie-review.html?referrer=google_kp New York Post story on Lupita Nyong’o’s voice in Us: https://nypost.com/2019/03/25/why-lupita-nyongos-creepy-us-voice-is-inciting-online-outrage/ Carolyn’s new video on Diablo: https://youtu.be/GaIHWN0LEIU If you want keep the good times going, stay tuned for the FREQ'in After Party -- which you can have access to by becoming a backer at www.patreon.com/femfreq. We want to hear from you, so head on over to feministfrequency.com/freqout and send us your FREQ-Out today! And watch our brand new miniseries, Queer Tropes in Video Games! All three episodes are available right now at youtube.com/feministfrequency! Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://bit.ly/2bDhQUX

Our Patreon backers get exclusive access to special bonus episodes every single week in the form of our FREQin’ AfterParty. This week, we continued our discussion of Jordan Peele’s Us because we couldn’t quite contain all of our thoughts in the main episode. As we talked more about some of the film’s complex layers, its deeper meanings, and what aspects of it we found to be successful and not so successful, we also found ourselves discussing some of the complications that come with being feminist media critics who are deeply concerned with what films have to say about race, gender, class and other forces that shape our experiences in the world every day. How much responsibility does a film or other work have to clearly present its message? What’s the audience’s responsibility? Where does ambiguity in art fit into all this? These questions don’t have easy answers, but nonetheless they’re things we have to consider and grapple with all the time. We thought this was a particularly revealing and valuable conversation, so we’re opening this episode to the public! Please consider joining our podcast community at patreon.com/femfreq to get access to special perks like these bonus episodes every week.

Anita manages to overcome sickness and adversity this week to lounge in the captain's chair for a rip-roaring* discussion of the latest episode of Star Trek Discovery! This week we discuss the resilience of the powerful mother trope; the developing sibling relationship between Spock and Burnham; and when to just stop asking questions about the technobabble and embrace the timey-wimey loopiness. Tune in, subscribe, rate, and review! Become a backer of this podcast by joining our brand new community on Patreon! Find us at patreon.com/femfreq

This week on FFR, we’re talking about the new film from Neil Jordan, director of The Crying Game, Interview With a Vampire and others: Greta. Greta is a psychologically terrifying tale of an innocent young woman named Frances (Chloe Grace Moretz) who befriends a lonely, older French woman named Greta (Isabelle Huppert), only to discover that she’s gotten much more than she’s bargained for as Greta’s obsession with her begins intruding on every aspect of her life. Our conversation explores the film’s place in Ebony’s beloved psychobiddy genre, its concerns with loneliness and isolation, and its focus on women. Also, Google Stadia, game preservation efforts and more in our entertainment news and FREQ-outs! We want to hear from you too! Tell us what you’re freqin’ out about at feministfrequency.com/freqout. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 2:20 Entertainment News 13:50 Greta 42:40 What’s Your FREQ-Out? RELEVANT LINKS: Matthew Yeager’s thread about Stadia: https://twitter.com/AmazingThew/status/1108425334498705410 Carolyn’s thread about Frank Cifaldi’s talk: https://twitter.com/carolynmichelle/status/1109190165992357888 The Writing Excuses podcast https://writingexcuses.com/ A Gamasutra story on Patrick LeMieux’s Octopad: https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/337322/AltCtrlGDC_Showcase_Octopad.php More information on Naila and the Uprising: https://www.justvision.org/nailaandtheuprising

This week’s episode is a wild hayride of emotion for your two intrepid hosts (just kidding, we keep it pretty chill)! Joining us on the pod is writer, video producer, and Star Trek fan Steve Shives, who does a pretty good job of keeping things rational and coherent. Tune in and listen to Anita introduce a new segment (“The Costume Corner”); nod along as Ebony vibes to Spock and Burnham’s sibling snark; and clap vigorously as Steve confirms that DS9 is amazing, the end, no arguments. Check out Steve’s work on his YouTube channel, where he tackles politics, social issues, Star Trek, pop culture, and general smartassery and tomfoolery: https://www.youtube.com/user/stevelikes2curse/videos. Or take a listen to his great podcast work at Lemme Listen: https://www.lemmelistenpodcasts.com/the-ensign-s-log Listen, rate, and subscribe -- and hey, why not join our new Patreon community? Head over to https://www.patreon.com/femfreq and join the fun!

This week, the crew hosts writer, designer, and founder of Sweet Baby Inc, Kim Belair for a hilarious discussion of the 1992 cinematic classic Batman Returns! Before that, though, Caro serves up a heapin' helpin' of cringeworthy Pop Culture News (this week's topics included info about James Gunn's rehiring for Guardians of the Galaxy 3; Operation Varsity Blues; and Dean Cain confirming why he was the worst Superman). The show wraps with some freq'in out about Spelunky 2, anxiety management, and Nils Frahm. If you want keep the good times going, stay tuned for the FREQ'in After Party -- which you can have access to by becoming a backer at www.patreon.com/femfreq. We want to hear from you, so head on over to feministfrequency.com/freqout and send us your FREQ-Out today!And watch our brand new miniseries, Queer Tropes in Video Games! All three episodes are available right now at youtube.com/feministfrequency!  SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS :0:00 The fun begins 1:53 Anita pulls back the curtain on edibles 5:07 Pop Culture News15:35 Batman Returns 48:03 What's Your FREQ Out RELEVANT LINKS The experience o seeing Nils Frahm: https://twitter.com/anitasarkeesian/status/1106811053344591872 56:12 Listener FREQ Out from Amanda!

On this week's episode, Anita and Ebony spend about 47 minutes marveling at some absolutely stunning fan art: https://www.flickr.com/photos/femfreq/47334419082/. With the time they have left, they discuss their joy at FINALLY getting some backstory on Airiam, only to have her spoiler. Fuzzy Spock is growing on both of us (just like his beard is taking over his face) and Captain Pike reminds us all that he can be talked into absolutely anything. Shout out to @barez_mardukhi for his artistic vision!

FFR Ep 68 - Captain Marvel The crew is back together as we dive into all that is Captain Marvel, the newest entry in the Marvel Cinematic universe. Entertainment news this week includes Steam’s disappointingly sad statements about their policies, The Division 2 and the Captain Marvel “boycott”. We’re FREQing out about The Nod, “Take me to Merch”, Tim Apple, American Heiress: The The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty by Jeffrey Toobin Join us in the bonus episode for even more (and I would say even better conversations about Captain Marvel) by becoming a backer at www.patreon.com/femfreq We want to hear from you, so head on over to feministfrequency.com/freqout and send us your FREQ-Out today! And watch our brand new miniseries, Queer Tropes in Video Games! All three episodes are available right now at youtube.com/feministfrequency! SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 3:08: Entertainment News: Steam, The Division 2, Captain Marvel Boycott (lol) 15:33: Captain Marvel 43:42: FREQ OUTS + Listener FREQ Out from Ana! RELEVANT LINKS:  The Nod: https://www.gimletmedia.com/the-nod
 Hozier tweet: https://twitter.com/chastitysundae/status/1104452324414640134
 American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28007903-american-heiress


In this week's episode, Ebony is joined again by "slightly delusional Star Trek fangirl" Francine Crockett, aka Spock Jones. Rather than make more easily-Googleable errors about TOS continuity, Ebony decided it was better to bring back an actual Trek expert (a "trek-xpert," if you will) to break down for us all the ins-and-outs of this week's journey to Talos IV. Join us as we break down our reactions to this episode's deeply emotional moments; the welcome upgrades to the Talosians and Tellurites; and whether Giorgiou could be any more perfect. Shout out to @cezar_turcanu for sharing his Red Angel theory. Go watch the short Trek"Calypso" and you'll know what we're talking about!

In this episode of FFR, Anita’s off giving talks in different cities so the podcast falls to Ebony and Carolyn this week, who do their best to fill the big Anita-shaped hole in all our hearts. The focus of this episode is Lorena, the new four-part documentary series on Amazon Prime which takes a fresh look at a case that set the tabloid world on fire in 1993: the case of Lorena Bobbitt. The new doc offers a deep, thoughtful examination of all the elements at work in the trial and the public’s perception of it: the nation’s failures to treat domestic abuse as a serious issue, media standards (or the lack thereof), cultural attitudes about men and women, and so much more. Also, a few words about Terry Crews, Steven Spielberg, and as always, our personal shoutouts in What’s Your Deal? We want to hear from you, so head on over to feministfrequency.com/freqout and send us your FREQ-Out today! Become a backer of this podcast by joining our brand new community on Patreon! Find us at patreon.com/femfreq And watch our brand new miniseries, Queer Tropes in Video Games! All three episodes are available right now at youtube.com/feministfrequency! SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 1:30 A FEW BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS 5:15 Entertainment News: Terry Crews, Steven Spielberg, more 17:00 A Special Message from Anita 17:25 Lorena 45:05 What’s Your Deal? RELEVANT LINKS: Code Switch Podcast: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch ZigZag podcast: https://zigzagpod.com/tag/episodes/

Hey there word nerds! Today I have the absolute pleasure of speaking with co-authors Anita Sarkeesian and Ebony Adams on the show! Anita is an award-winning media critic and the creator and executive director of Feminist Frequency, an educational nonprofit that explores the representations of women in pop culture narratives. She is best known as the creator and host of the highly influential video series Tropes vs. Women in Video Games, and she dreams of owning a life-size replica of Buffy’s scythe. Ebony Adams is an author, activist, and former college educator whose work foregrounds the lives and work of black women in the diaspora. She writes widely on film criticism, social justice, and pop culture, and lives with a steadily-increasing collection of Doctor Who memorabilia. On top of all this these ladies are now co-authors of the YA nonfiction book History vs. Women: The Defiant Lives that They Don’t Want You to Know, which is a fascinating (and aesthetically beautiful) book highlighting the lives of women who made an impact on the world. I couldn’t help but fall in love with this book! First off, with its gorgeous illustrations, my inner graphic design geek went off the charts. Then there is the subject matter, which is something I feel super-passionate about, and the fact that it’s YA makes this book even better. When we share the stories of strong, impactful women throughout history with the young women of today, we’re not just empowering the young generation. We’re empowering everybody to help make our culture and our society better. So listen in as Anita, Ebony, and I chat about this truly awesome book, and the importance of challenging our own perspectives through what we read and what we write. In this episode Anita, Ebony and I discuss: The research technique of “insistent archaeology”. How to translate scholarly texts into exciting stories. The dangers of passive reading. Advantages of the YA genre to get unknown stories out there. Why stories about women should be shared with young children of all genders. Plus, both of these lovely ladies’ #1 tip for writers. For more info and show notes: DIYMFA.com/242

Anita gets a little too excited when her one night stand (Tyler) and her future husband (Pike) are on an away mission together. We finally meet Disco Spock and well, that just sort of happened. There are some weird gender roles happening on Vulcan that we ain’t to happy about. Plus Ebony is not having any of baby vulcan hair. Like and subscribe and rate and all that fun stuff! Become a podcast backer at d.rip/femfreq

This week we forgo our traditional entertainment news so Anita can talk far too long about this year’s Oscars while Ebony laughs just at her. Then we begrudgingly dive into Alita: Battle Angel the new Robert Rodriguez live action film based on the 1990’s manga series and hooboy do we have a lot to say. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 1:02 - intro banter - Anita tries to solicit sponsorship from the makers of Throat Coat 3:20 - Entertainment News - Oscars edition 20:11 - Alita: Battle Angel 44:20 - What’s Your FREQ Out? (New Super Mario Bros U, Flavorful Origins, The LAnd Magazine and local journalism) LINKS: “Reevaluating the Supercrip”:   https://samischalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Schalk_Reevaluating-the-Supercrip_JLCDS-2016.pdf Alita: Battle Angel - https://www.filmfreakcentral.net/ffc/2019/02/alita-battle-angel.html The LAnd Magazine - https://twitter.com/theLAndmagazine Brandon Coleman - https://twitter.com/BrandonColeKeys

In this weeks episode of the Star Trek Discovery Recap FREQcast, Ebony and Anita are joined in Ten Forward by overly enthusiastic Star Trek fan, Sarah Gulde. Guided by her expertise, your two feckless hosts attempt to step up their game and discuss their reactions to this week's episode in a coherent, informed manner [spoiler alert: they are unable to sustain it]. Tune in for a conversation about the compelling emotive work of Doug Jones as Saru, what first contact would actually be like, and whether Anita and Sarah can convince Ebony to give Pike a chance. Like and subscribe and rate and all that fun stuff! Become a podcast backer at d.rip/femfreq LINKS: https://feministfrequency.com/2017/06/21/senior-citizen-gender-infirmity-and-horror/

This week on FFR, we gear up for this weekend’s Oscars with a focus on the Academy Awards: why they matter, how they’ve worked to promote a notion of cinematic excellence that centers and glorifies whiteness, and how they’ve historically tended to celebrate films about people of color only when those films send comforting messages about race and racism. Also, the latest terrible thing Bill Maher has said, and a behind-the-scenes glimpse into Anita’s Slack habits. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 2:45 Entertainment News (Bill Maher says something awful, Activision Blizzard layoffs, Don Cheadle’s t-shirt) 14:10 The Academy Awards 43:50 What’s Your FREQ-Out? Trump and body-shaming humor, Burning and Steven Yeun, James Blake’s new album, and Tom Gun LIVE in Los Angeles 52:20 wrap-up RELEVANT LINKS: Marlow Stern for The Daily Beast on Bill Maher's comments on Peter Farrelly Patrick Klepek for Waypoint on the Activision Blizzard layoffs Video: Kim Basinger calls out the Academy for not nominating Do the Right Thing at the 1990 Oscars Angelica Bastien on Jared Leto and our masculine notions of what constitutes great method acting The Trailer for Burning starring Steven Yeun

Ebony has fallen out an airlock this week so Anita is holding down the fort for Star Trek Discovery's S02E05 "Saints of Imperfection". Joining her is special guest Jarrah Hodge, co-host of the Women at Warp podcast. Listen in while we lament all the Bad Science nonsense, grapple with the direction of season two and hear a very sad attempt by Anita to hold up the hair report. Like and subscribe and rate and all that fun stuff! Become a podcast backer at d.rip/femfreq

The triple[doll] threat is back in the Keanu Reeves Memorial Studio & Herbarium this week for a dive into the mindbending world of Netflix's new series, Russian Doll. The comedy-drama, created by Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler, and Leslye Headland, is hilarious, moving, surreal, brash, and unapologetic in its tough love for Natasha Lyonne's game developer main character, who is forced to relive her 36th birthday over and [painfully] over. Basically, we deserve a Nobel Peace Prize for Podcasting for this episode. We want to hear from you, so head on over to feministfrequency.com/freqout and send us your FREQ-Out today! Subscribe to Feminist Frequency Radio now to get a new episode every Wednesday on iTunes, Stitcher, Player FM, Spotify or iHeartRadio! And become an FFR backer on Drip to join the community and get access to weekly bonus segments and other rewards! SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro banter (Ebony is not happy with how Black History Month is going) 3:26 Entertainment News (Liam Neeson straight up walked around hoping to commit a racist murder; but Michelle Rodriguez thinks his kisses on screen prove he can't be racist; VA's state pastime might just be donning blackface; Apex Legends has one gay male and one non-binary player character -- straight white male gamer dudes predictably lose their shit) 15:06 Russian Doll 41:25 What's Your FreqOut Deal? (Horror Noire, Resident Evil 2, Beautiful Boy, The Wife) 51:30 Listener FREQOut! Thanks, Rob! Links: Horror Noire: https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/horror-noire-review.html

Anita is back and just in time for all the wild antics of Episode 4: An Obol for Charon (which apparently is pronounced karon and what even is an obol-- spoilers: we will not be answering any of these questions). But we will dive into what this episode gets so right and what it bumbles around on. Who can resist a dying civilization? And a dying best friend? And oh god the waterworks. Ebony asks what is up with Burnham's wig and Anita is thankful for Tilly's hair which is the gift that keeps on giving. Listen, rate, review, and subscribe so you don’t miss a single episode!

#63: Life Is Strange 2, Episode 2 This week, Ebony takes the host’s chair as she and Carolyn share their thoughts on the first few episodes of Life Is Strange 2. LIS2 follows the Diaz brothers, high schooler Sean and his younger brother Daniel, as they flee from their Seattle home after their father is murdered by a police officer. We talk about how the brothers’ race affects their experiences, the way the game allows its characters to be multidimensional, and its refreshing belief in good people trying to help each other in this often cruel and unpredictable world. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 3:20 Week-Old Entertainment News! (Bryan Singer, Oscar nominations, She-Ra renewed) 14:05 Life Is Strange 2 42:50 What’s Your Deal? (Killing Eve, Get Me Roger Stone) RELEVANT LINKS: The Atlantic's story on the allegations against Bryan Singer: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/bryan-singers-accusers-speak-out/580462/

The Star Trek Discovery Recap FREQcast brings you a gift from the Mirror Universe this week: a special guest! Ebony is joined by an old friend and fellow Trekkie as she attempts to navigate the treacherous currents of this week's episode without Anita there to offer snarky comments from the brig. Join Ebony and Francine, a self-identified "slightly delusional Star Trek fangirl" for a conversation about nostalgia, omnipotent aliens, and why those Party City Klingon wigs have got to go. Listen, rate, review, and subscribe so you don’t miss a single episode!

You're going to love this week's phenomenal conversation about Starship Troopers (1997) with special guests Mary Robinette Kowal and Max Temkin! Tune in for a thought-provoking discussion (and very amicable disagreement) about how successfully the film executes its satire of fascist military fantasies. Just what are the possibilities and limits of satire? What can director Paul Verhoeven's career tell us about this "pointed critique of American imperialism"? And exactly how long will it take Anita to remember the name of the game Spec Ops without Carolyn to help? Timestamps: 0:00 - Introductions (special guests Mary Robinette Kowal and Max Temkin) 1:47 - Pop Culture News Terry Crews is amazing and does not deserve or need any commentary from comedian D.L. Hughley Shout out to the SAG Awards winners we like; no mention of those winners we don't like 5:39 - Starship Troopers 41:20 What's Your FREQ Out You Owe Me a Murder Martha Ann Maxwell Links: http://maryrobinettekowal.com/ https://maxistentialism.com/ https://www.eileencook.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Maxwell

Anita and Ebony are back on bridge duty this week with Feminist Frequency Star Trek Discovery Recap FREQcast, deciphering narrative arcs, giving hair reports, steering through the highly illogical, and generally questioning what keeps us watching other than Tilly. In this week's show, we share our reactions to the second episode of Discovery's second season, New Eden, and unpack what worked for us [more stuff than last week]; what didn't work [less stuff than last week]; And our frustration that Pike looks so good in a leather jacket. Listen, rate, review, and subscribe so you don't miss a single episode! #FREQcast

FFR #61: The Favourite This week, we’re traveling back to the court of Queen Anne for all the stately and scandalous manipulations of The Favourite, the Oscar-nominated film starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz. Throughout the movie, courtiers Sarah (Weisz) and Abigail (Stone) scheme and compete against each other politically and sexually to be the favorite of the queen (Colman). Our conversation covers the film’s power dynamics and cold political ploys, its depiction of female sexuality, the excellent performances, and the appeal of a film in which women who wield some degree of influence are the primary focus. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 3:10 Entertainment News (More Ghostbusters, Chris Pratt, Erykah Badu) 12:50 The Favourite 44:50 What's Your FREQ-Out? Carolyn on Cold War, Ebony on three great pieces about Martin Luther King, Jr., Anita on Pitch Perfect and evolving media standards RELEVANT LINKS: Jay Smooth's video on ten other things MLK said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIFTNmOOLmk The Whitewashing of King's Assassination by Vann Newkirk: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/02/how-to-kill-a-revolution/552518 I Don't Know What Dr. King Would Have Thought About Abortion and Neither Do You by Imani Gandy: https://rewire.news/ablc/2016/01/22/dont-know-mlk-thought-abortion-neither/

Star Trek Discovery Recap FREQcast S02, EP01: "Brother" It's here! The long-awaited return of the not-at-all inconveniently named Feminist Frequency Star Trek Discovery Recap FREQcast! Anita and Ebony are back on bridge duty, deciphering narrative arcs, steering through plot[worm]holes, and generally questioning what lead them to start this podcast in the first place. In this week's show, we share our reactions to the first episode of Discovery's second season and unpack what worked for us [some stuff]; what didn't work [quite a bit more stuff]; and our utter confusion about who is going to be doing Baby Burnham's hair on Vulcan. Listen, rate, review, and subscribe so you don't miss a single episode!

FFR #60: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? This week on FFR, we take on a Hollywood classic in the 1962 psychological thriller What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, a film whose title character was, at the time, one of the most shocking women ever seen onscreen. Played by cinematic legend Bette Davis, Baby Jane is an aging former child star who mentally and physically abuses her sister Blanche, played by another giant of 30s and 40s cinema, Joan Crawford. It’s a complex and extremely effective film, and we discuss about how it spawned the psychobiddy genre centered on the unsettling spectre of the mad older woman, the power of Davis’ performance, the effectiveness of the tension and discomfort the film generates, and how there was a very public rivalry between the two leads during and following the making of the movie. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 3:05 Entertainment News: celebs apologizing for having worked with R. Kelly, Green Book co-writer’s racist tweet, Megan Kelly parts ways with NBC 13:30 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 46:30 WYFO: Carolyn’s concerns about Oscar nominations, Ebony on scholar Dan-el Padilla Peralta's response to the racism with the Society for Classical Studies, Anita on My Brilliant Friend RELEVANT LINKS: Angelica Bastien's story on Vulture on the feud between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford: https://www.vulture.com/2017/03/joan-crawford-and-bette-daviss-feud-explained.html Inside Higher Ed's report on the racism encountered by scholar Dan-el Padilla Peralta at a Society for Classical Studies conference: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/01/07/racist-comments-directed-classics-scholar-disciplinary-meeting-floor-classicists Padilla Peralta's post on Medium: https://medium.com/@danelpadillaperalta/some-thoughts-on-aia-scs-2019-d6a480a1812a

FFR #59: If Beale Street Could Talk This week on FFR, we’re discussing Moonlight director Barry Jenkins’ wonderful new film, If Beale Street Could Talk. We get into the striking beauty of the film’s visual composition, the way it creates a feeling of community and solidarity that stretches beyond just what we see on the screen, and how it somehow manages to overflow with warmth and love, even as it gazes unflinchingly at the cruelties of systemic injustice. We also dish about the highs and lows of the Golden Globes, Carolyn offers up a new video game recommendation, Ebony asks where the white women are in the conversation about R. Kelly, and Anita says the cheesiest thing she’s ever said in her life. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 0:50 The Golden Globes (Sandra Oh hosts, Green Book wins (boo!), Olivia Colman wins (yay!) 10:15 A special message from Anita 10:35 If Beale Street Could Talk 45:50 What’s Your FREQ-Out? Carolyn on Return of the Obra Dinn, Ebony on the voices missing from the conversation about R. Kelly, Anita on Aquaman RELEVANT LINKS: Hannah Giorgis talks to Beale Street composer Nicholas Britell about the process of creating the film's wonderful score: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/12/if-beale-street-could-talk-nicholas-britell-composer-music-score/577879/

Prudence is joined this week by author and activist, Ebony Adams. Adams is the co-host of the podcast, Feminist Frequency Radio, along with Anita Sarkeesian and Carolyn Petit. She is also the co-author of the recently published History vs Women: The Defiant Lives That They Don’t Want You To Know.  Together they dig into letters about how to handle a missed anniversary by your perpetually tardy boyfriend, what to consider about allowing your teenage daughter’s boyfriend to move in, how to handle a stepdad who raised you, but now doesn’t want to know you, how to handle parents who you know will be disappointed with your “coming out” conversation, what to do about your boyfriend’s newfound group of young and attractive admirers. Slate Plus members will hear Prudie and Ebony tackle letters about what to do you when your husband’s sleep schedule doesn’t allow for “sexy time”, and how to handle a professor who keeps triggering you by suggesting exercise. Not yet a member? Sign up at Slate.com/PrudiePod. Email: prudencepodcast@gmail.comProduction by Phil Surkis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prudence is joined this week by author and activist, Ebony Adams. Adams is the co-host of the podcast, Feminist Frequency Radio, along with Anita Sarkeesian and Carolyn Petit. She is also the co-author of the recently published History vs Women: The Defiant Lives That They Don’t Want You To Know. Together they dig into letters about how to handle a missed anniversary by your perpetually tardy boyfriend, what to consider about allowing your teenage daughter’s boyfriend to move in, how to handle a stepdad who raised you, but now doesn’t want to know you, how to handle parents who you know will be disappointed with your “coming out” conversation, what to do about your boyfriend’s newfound group of young and attractive admirers. Slate Plus members will hear Prudie and Ebony tackle letters about what to do you when your husband’s sleep schedule doesn’t allow for “sexy time”, and how to handle a professor who keeps triggering you by suggesting exercise. Not yet a member? Sign up at Slate.com/PrudiePod. Email: prudencepodcast@gmail.com Production by Phil Surkis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FFR #58: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse We’re kicking off 2019 with an FFR lovefest thanks to the exuberant and incredible Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse! Join us as we celebrate one of the best films of last year, with appreciation for its depiction of a diverse and lively Brooklyn, its wonderful hero, its touching Stan Lee cameo, and the way it fully embraces the medium of animation to do things that a live-action film probably couldn’t get away with. Also, Carolyn brings us the latest outrageous entertainment news about awful men doing awful things, and Ebony considers a career as a spy. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 0:58 A special New Year message from Anita 2:25 Anita and Ebony discuss Anita’s approach to roast chicken 3:12 Entertainment News (Unfortunately we’re still talking about Kevin Spacey and Louis CK) 13:15 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 42:45 What’s Your FREQ-Out? Ebony on rewatching MI-5 Carolyn on Leave No Trace Anita on the free giveaway at the Laker game she went to

FFR #57: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power This week, we journey to the world of Etheria for showrunner Noelle Stevenson’s bold reimagining of She-Ra, and we very much like what we see! From the surprisingly complex explorations of friendship dynamics (for what’s ostensibly a children’s cartoon) to the terrific assortment of body types to the wonderful way that some characters don’t conform to standard gender expectations and much more, this show has so much to offer young viewers (in addition to just being an entertaining show, of course). Plus, can we just talk about how great Catra looks in that tux?! Also, we discuss what CBS’ settlement with Eliza Dushku over sexual harassment on the set of Bull reveals about the culture within the network, and the horrible tactics Offset is using in his quest to get Cardi B back. We want to hear from you, so head on over to feministfrequency.com/freqout and send us your FREQ-Out today! SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 5:20 Entertainment News 14:00 She-Ra 44:15 What’s Your FREQ-Out? RELEVANT LINKS: The New York Times report on CBS settling with Eliza Dushku: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/business/media/cbs-bull-weatherly-dushku-sexual-harassment.html The Hollywood Reporter on Megan Fox’s worries that she wouldn’t be a “sympathetic victim” in the #MeToo movement: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/megan-fox-talks-metoo-movement-new-york-times-interview-1167994 Prince Adam from He-Man singing "What's Going On": https://youtu.be/32FB-gYr49Y

FFR #56: Doctor Who At long last, Anita and Ebony finally get around to talking about Doctor Who on the podcast! First, they both share their different relationships with the history of the show, and what they’re bringing with them to the new season, which stars Jodie Whittaker as the show’s first female Doctor. (Please note that this episode was recorded in early November, and only includes discussions of the season’s first five episodes.) We get into the overall political values of the new season under new showrunner Chris Chibnall, and give special attention to the episode “Rosa Parks.” Carolyn drops by FROM THE FUTURE to share the latest in entertainment news, and as always, Ebony and Anita each share a little something in What’s Your FREQ-Out? We want to hear from you, so head on over to feministfrequency.com/freqout and send us your FREQ-Out today! SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 2:55 Entertainment News: Call Me by Your Name author announces sequel novel in the works; the dangerous transphobia of Danish film Girl; Hannah Gadsby’s speech at THR’s Women in Hollywood Gala; SonicFox wins Best Esports Player at The Game Awards 8:25 Doctor Who 42:50 What’s Your FREQ-Out? (Ebony on the Temeraire books by Naomi Novik, Anita on something else) RELEVANT LINKS: Check out our producer Phil Surkis’ podcast Spice Cabinet, briefly referenced on this episode: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/spice-cabinet/id1307048969?mt=2 Read critic Oliver Whitney’s piece on the transphobic dangers of Girl: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/belgiums-oscar-submission-girl-is-a-danger-transgender-community-1166505 Watch Hannah Gadsby’s speech at last week’s Women in Hollywood event: https://jezebel.com/hannah-gadsby-on-the-convenient-and-incredibly-irritati-1830906188 Learn more about Naomi Novik's Temeraire series: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/TEM/temeraire

This week on FFR, Ebony and Carolyn take a road trip with Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali in Green Book. The film initially had a good deal of Oscar buzz, and in fact it was just chosen as the best film of 2018 by the National Board of Review. However, not everyone thinks the praise is deserved. In our conversation, we examine the film's reliance on stereotypes about what defines "real" blackness and the way it centers a white character in what should be a black man's story, while also praising the exceptional performance by Mahershala Ali, a performance that deserved a better film. Also, we discuss the media's handling of George H. W. Bush's passing, and Carolyn issues an apology for certain statements made during last week's discussion of Sabrina. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 2:25 Carolyn's apology 6:30 Pop culture news (Daredevil is cancelled, responses to the death of George H.W. Bush, the issue of "blackfishing" on Instagram) 19:10 Green Book 44:55 What's Your FREQ-Out? (Ebony on rewatching The West Wing, Carolyn on Red Dead Redemption 2) RELEVANT LINKS: ‘Green Book’ Somehow Manages to Make a Uniquely Black Story All About the White Guy And the Results Are Ridiculous -- Candice Frederick for Slashfilm: https://www.slashfilm.com/green-book-whitewashing/ The Women “Blackfishing” on Instagram Aren’t Exactly Trying to Be Black -- Lauren Michele Jackson for Slate: https://slate.com/culture/2018/11/blackfishing-instagram-models-emma-hallberg-appropriation.html

This week, we’re off to Greendale to spend some time with the new Netflix series The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina! The latest incarnation of the teenage witch who originated in comics in the early 1960s and who famously had her own TV show in the 1990s, The Chilling Adventures takes a creepier approach, with plenty of references to Satan and all manner of genuinely scary and sinister happenings plaguing the mere mortal townsfolk of Greendale. Our conversation touches on the show’s attempts to establish its feminist bonafides, its handling of characters of color and a character who is gender-nonconforming, the ways in which it tries to be simultaneously scary and silly, and more. SEGMENT TIMESTAMPS: 01:40 Entertainment News: Women kiss at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade; transphobic responses to Dwight Howard allegations 09:20 The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 39:40 What’s Your FREQ-Out? RELEVANT LINKS: In Defense of Prudence Night on Chilling Adventures of Sabrina by Angelica Bastien: https://www.vulture.com/2018/11/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-prudence-black-witches.html 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles Mann: https://www.amazon.com/1491-Second-Revelations-Americas-Columbus-ebook/dp/B000JMKVE4 A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn: https://www.amazon.com/Peoples-History-United-States-ebook/dp/B015XEWZHI

On this week's Feminist Frequency Radio, we follow Viola Davis wherever she wants to lead us in director Steve McQueen's new film, Widows. On the surface, Widows looks like a heist flick, though notably one with women comprising the crew at its center. But while Widows certainly has many elements of a heist film, it's not exactly a traditional, straightforward example of the genre. It's a film deeply concerned with racism, political corruption, financial desperation, the narrow roles women are often expected to fill, and the systems that perpetually maintain power for some while denying it to others. Our conversation covers the unexpected ways that Widows breaks from the genre mold, our differing opinions on how successfully (or unsuccessfully) it handles all its plot threads and political concerns, and some of the remarkable newcomers in the cast. And don't worry, our conversation is spoiler-free! Segment Timestamps: 1:45 Entertainment News (No Sony presence at E3 2019, Bill Maher's blog post on the passing of Stan Lee) 11:10 Widows (no spoilers) 43:30 What's Your FREQ-Out? NOTE: During the discussion of Widows, Ebony refers to “Albert Fox” and the “Angola 9,” but this was the result of speaking faster than her brain was working. She was obviously talking about Albert Woodfox and the Angola 3.

This week’s episode is (maybe) our one year anniversary and Ebony eats cake in celebration. This week’s discussion surrounds the most recent remake of A Star is Born directed and starring Bradley Cooper with Lady Gaga. As usual we are a group divided on these tortured love stories but it might not be what you expect. Ebony loved the music, Carolyn loved the romance and Anita couldn’t get over Bradley Cooper’s voice. Ebony tries to convince us of a new segment idea “Runtime Rundown”. The Anita robot breaks. Segment Timestamps: 2:23 - Pop Culture News (RIP Stan Lee, Serena Williams and GQ’s cover debacle) 5:03 - Main Topic: A Star is Born 39:08 - What’s Your FREQ Out Links: Serena Williams GQ's Woman of the Year: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/serena-williams-gq-woman-of-the-year_us_5beaaa0fe4b0caeec2bd8656 A Star is Born, How the Media Would Have Covered: http://www.vulture.com/2018/10/a-star-is-born-how-the-media-would-have-covered.html

This week's episode comes to you from two new satellite studios in the Keanu Reeves Memorial Complex! Anita has moved to L.A. and reports in from Johnny Utah HQ; Caro has started phoning in from the Johnny Mnemonic Wing; and Ebony continues to keep it buck at the Johnny Wick Workshop. Our discussion this week centered on the Netflix series, Maniac, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and starring Emma Stone, Jonah Hill, Justin Theroux, Sonoya Mizuno, and Sally Field. We share our reactions to this very weird, very stylistic, very empathetic show and its depictions of trauma, mental illness, and difficult relationships. Ebony and Anita discover that they quite like Jonah Hill's dramatic work; Caro talks about the effect of machine algorithms on media creation; and we end the show with a listener freq out for a book that sounds absolutely amazing! Segment Timestamps 0:00 Here We Go 3:04 Pop Culture News (Diablo mobile game announcement provokes some super dramatic [over]reactions; Rebel Wilson calls herself the first plus-size heroine in mainstream rom-com, then refuses to be corrected) 15:32 Ebony Steps On Anita's Segue into Netflix's Maniac But Anita Rolls With It Like a Professional 44:41 What's Your Freq Out 52:21 Listener Freq Out from Jamie Moffatt! Links "Blizzard faces huge backlash for Diablo mobile game, fans call it a 'slap in the face'" :https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-faces-huge-backlash-for-diablo-mobile-game-fans-call-it-a-slap-in-the-face/ "Cary Fukunaga, ‘Maniac,’ and How Netflix’s Algorithm Is Becoming Entertainment’s Skynet" ;http://collider.com/cary-fukunaga-maniac-netflix-algorithm/ "Rebel Wilson’s Erasure of Queen Latifah, an Icon Hiding in Plain Sight" :https://www.thedailybeast.com/rebel-wilsons-erasure-of-queen-latifah-an-icon-hiding-in-plain-sight Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy, and the Toxic Bond of Mateship

On this week's brand new FFR, we're live at GeekGirlCon '18 to talk about the ongoing trend of gender swaps in movies and television, whether it be specific characters who are reimagined as women (a la Starbuck in the Battlestar Galactica reboot) or a franchise that has historically centered men now centering female characters (as we see in Ocean's 8 or the 2016 Ghostbusters). Why is this sometimes widely celebrated by fandoms while at other times generating tremendous rage? When are these gender swaps progressive, and when do they just serve to cover up attempts at perpetuating the same old crummy patriarchal ideals? Does anyone really want a female-focused remake of What Women Want? Also, a few thoughts on Red Dead Redemption 2, the end of Megyn Kelly's morning show, and more! Segment Timestamps: 00:00 A Special Intro from Phil 01:30 Greetings from GeekGirlCon! 04:30 Entertainment News (Megyn Kelly, Apu on The Simpsons, The money being made by Red Dead Redemption 2) 16:30 Main Topic (Gender swapping in media) 41:30 What's Your FREQ-Out? Carolyn on RDR2, Ebony on JK Rowling's work as Robert Galbraith, Anita on Artemis by Andy Weir 53:50 Wrap-up Relevant Links: "The Trouble with Hollywood's Gender-Flips" by Amanda Hess: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/movies/oceans-8-gender-swap.html

On this week's very special episode of Feminist Frequency Radio, Anita and Carolyn chat with the Anna Sale of WNYC's Death, Sex, and Money podcast about unethical labor practices in the video game industry, hot dads, and what makes a movie "a very Caro film." Segment timestamps: 0:00 Introductions 1:55 Pop Culture News: Daniel Craig toting his baby around causes Piers Morgan to combust; crunch time at Rockstar Games; false Facebook video analytics cause a sea change in online media consumption -- and not for the better 14:13 Private Life 36:14 Private Life movie spoiler! 43:31 What's Your Freq Out? Links: The BBC on Piers Morgan's tweet mocking Daniel Craig: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45873664 Kotaku's Jason Schreier on Rockstar Games' Culture of Crunch: https://kotaku.com/inside-rockstar-games-culture-of-crunch-1829936466 ‘Private Life’ Director Tamara Jenkins Always Looks on the Bright Side: https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/director-tamara-jenkins-private-life-movie-netflix-732636/ Review: ‘Private Life,’ a Piquant Look at a Couple’s Campaign to Conceive: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/movies/private-life-review-kathryn-hahn-paul-giamatti.html

Prudence is joined this week by San Francisco based game critic, Carolyn Petit. Carolyn is the managing editor at Feminist Frequency, and a co-host on their podcast, Feminist Frequency Radio, alongside Anita Sarkeesian and Ebony Adams. Together they tackle letters about how to handle a boyfriend is who pressuring you to move in, what to do when you notice your daughter exploring her gender identity, what actions to take when an old acquaintance suddenly fills your phone with distressing texts, How to decide if you should offer support to your teenage daughter’s first ex-boyfriend, and what to when your husband chronically under appreciates you. Prudie and Carolyn also respond to a voicemail from a listener who is wondering if she should honor her father’s will that was written out of anger. Slate Plus members will hear Prudie and Carolyn discuss a letters writer who is wondering how to handle her anger towards her mom who gave her toddler oral herpes, and another letter from an atheist who is wondering if she should get baptized to ease the anxiety of her elderly grandmother. Not yet a member? Sign up at Slate.com/PrudiePod. Email: prudencepodcast@gmail.comProduction by Phil Surkis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prudence is joined this week by San Francisco based game critic, Carolyn Petit. Carolyn is the managing editor at Feminist Frequency, and a co-host on their podcast, Feminist Frequency Radio, alongside Anita Sarkeesian and Ebony Adams. Together they tackle letters about how to handle a boyfriend is who pressuring you to move in, what to do when you notice your daughter exploring her gender identity, what actions to take when an old acquaintance suddenly fills your phone with distressing texts, how to decide if you should offer support to your teenage daughter’s first ex-boyfriend, and what to when your husband chronically under appreciates you. Prudie and Carolyn also respond to a voicemail from a listener who is wondering if she should honor her father’s will that was written out of anger. Slate Plus members will hear Prudie and Carolyn discuss a letters writer who is wondering how to handle her anger towards her mom who gave her toddler oral herpes, and another letter from an atheist who is wondering if she should get baptized to ease the anxiety of her elderly grandmother. Not yet a member? Sign up at Slate.com/PrudiePod. Email: prudencepodcast@gmail.comProduction by Phil Surkis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest this week is Anita Sarkeesian. Anita is a media critic and the host of Feminist Frequency Radio. She has a new book Called History vs Women, which she wrote with Ebony Adams. For show notes visit: https://kk.org/cooltools/anita-sarkeesian-feminist-frequency-radio

Each week, we record a bonus segment exclusively for our Drip backers. This week, we decided to make our bonus available to everyone. Here, a chat about the extremely enjoyable new game Guacamelee 2 evolves into a larger discussion about engaging with problematic work, where we draw the line, and navigating the complexities that often arise when striving to be critical of the media we love. To access all of our weekly bonus segments along with other rewards, join our podcast community at d.rip/femfreq.

A lot of women's history remains untold, distorted, or fragmented. There are so many women who have had a huge impact on the world, but who the majority of people know nothing about. To reclaim these stories, Anita Sarkeesian and Ebony Adams wrote a book called History vs. Women, which profiles 25 remarkable women throughout history. They are rebels, rulers, scientists, artists, warriors and villains. VICE's Executive Editor Dory Carr-Harris spoke with both authors on this episode of The Vice Guide to Right Now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Anita and Ebony bid a fond farewell to Star Trek Discovery on this final episode of the Recap FREQcast (well, until DISCO returns in 2019). Tune in and find out how often Anita was overcome with genuine human emotion by the cheesiest things; why Ebony couldn't grade Burnham's hair this week; and speculation over whether Saru will get passed over for the captain's job in favor of a less-qualified white dude. Don't forget to show your support by rating & reviewing the show! And hey: if you feel lost without Anita and Ebony's hijinks in your life, catch them over on Feminist Frequency Radio every week: d.rip/femfreq! Check out the complete round up of listener theories here: https://twitter.com/ebonyaster/status/961332018599534592