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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

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

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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It's finally here! We made it! We have arrived at our John Wick 3 episode. Carolyn and Ebony can finally calm the hell down (not bloody likely). Tune in for a discussion of the assassin economy, visual style vs narrative coherence, fairytale logic, and really digging movies that also maybekindasorta feed our most problematic desires. Time Stamps: 01:24 - Entertainment News: Moby; Leonardo DiCaprio only dates women 25 and under; #KeanuReevesWatch2019 12:15 - John Wick 3 (aka The GOAT) 42:25 - What’s Your FREQ Out: Stories Untold, The Unkindness of Ghosts, EEEEEatsCon LA Links Mentioned: Leonardo DiCaprio's Dating Chart: https://wokesloth.com/leonardo-dicaprio-wont-date-over-25/edward/ Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures: https://www.filmfreakcentral.net/ffc/2012/10/indiana-jones-the-complete-adventures.html Stories Untold: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/stories-untold/home An Unkindness of Ghosts: https://www.riverssolomon.com/unkindness EeeeeatsconLA: https://www.theinfatuation.com/EEEEEATSCON Follow Us: Join our Patreon Our Website Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Twitter Instagram

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/

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/