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Deep Thoughts Shallow Plots

Katy and Erika are two chill chicks who take horror flicks way too seriously.New episodes post once a month.

Podcast · By Erika and Katy · English · Official site

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Sep 8, 2026
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Jul 14, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 8, 2026

    Jennifer's Body (2009) (opens the original)

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    Fall (of the Patriarchy) is here, and Katy and Erika are celebrating with bicon "Jennifer's Body." They dive deep into the circles of sexuality, mythological femme fatales, and the lies propogated by the boy-run media. "Both Ways," Carmen Maria Machado: https://www.autostraddle.com/in-queer-horror-anthology-it-came-from-the-closet-carmen-maria-machado-considers-jennifers-body/ “How Jennifer’s Body went from a flop in 2009 to a feminist cult classic today,” Constance Grady: https://web.archive.or

  2. Episode · Aug 11, 2026

    Get Out (2027) (opens the original)

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    Katy and Erika just can't stop yapping about Jordan Peele and, specifically, "Get Out." In their longest episode to date, they dive deep into scientific racism, everyone's favorite character Othello, and the proper method of eating cereal. Jordan Peele’s Get Out: Political Horror , ed. Dawn Keetley: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52062313-jordan-peele-s-get-out “Get Out and the Remediation of Othello’s Sunken Place: Beholding White Supremacy’s Coagula,” Vanessa I. Corredera: https://digital

  3. Episode · Jul 14, 2026

    The Exorcist (1973) (opens the original)

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    Hot Possession Summer continues apace with "The Exorcist" (1973). Katy and Erika dive deep into horse boyfriends, monstrous puberty, and who came first--Columbo or Kinderman? "Horror, Femininity, and Carrie's Monstrous Puberty," Shelley Stamp Lindsey: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20687952 "The Exorcist: Finding the Horror in Womanhood," Jasmine Elizabeth: https://duck-eyes.com/film-journal/the-exorcist-finding-the-horror-in-womanhood "The Exorcist: Puberty is Hell," Kirsten Therkelson: https://w

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