HeyJaredFake Geek Girls - A Critical Look at Pop Culture
A podcast looking a nerdy pop culture from both a fan and critical perspective, encouraging the things we love to do better.
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WWBUT 119 – He Has So Few Redeeming Qualities and I Desire Him Carnally (opens the original)
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Another WWBUT as Missy has remained extremely busy! We’ve got romance novels. We’ve got The Locked Tomb. We’ve got WorldCon and PAX West. Join us! What Missy’s Been Up To: Reading It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey Pot Shot by Laura Piper Lee Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase The Pairing by Casey McQuiston Watching Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Shadow of a Doubt Dead Like Me What Merri’s Been Up To: Reading Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Legacy of Gods series by Rina Kent The Eyes Are
WWBUT 118 – Aspirational Circus Freaks (opens the original)
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This episode SHOULD have come out two entire weeks ago, but Missy remains the busiest person on earth and… forgot. Sorry. Here’s what we WERE up to, anyway! What Missy’s Been Up To: Reading The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood Briefly, a Delicious Life by Nell Stevens Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert Watching Doctor Sleep The Haunting of Hill House The Invite The Odyssey Spider Man: Brand New Day What Merri’s Been Up To: Reading Legacy of Gods by Rina Kent The Naked Truth by Ana Kirk Sha
Episode 214 – Alien Franchise – Part Two (opens the original)
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All of those notes we had about ecofeminism and capitalism came in handy, because it’s time for part two (the last part) of our episodes on the Alien franchise! Join us as we tackle Prometheus, Alien: Covenant, Alien: Romulus, and Alien: New Earth. Some Sources You Might Find Interesting: “Alien, The Thing” and the Principles of Terror by Douglas Fowler Between A Rock And A Hard Place by Vivian Sobchack “Prometheus” in Excavating the Future: Archaeology and Geopolitics in Contemporary North Amer
WWBUT 117 – I’ve Been to Notre Dame and the Gargoyles Weren’t That Big (opens the original)
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We’re back to tell you what we’ve been up to! And, as is our wont, to have a little rant about something. What Missy’s Been Up To: Watching 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple I Saw the TV Glow Together Off Campus Reading Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett Copper Script by KJ Charles What Merri’s Been Up To: Watching Voicemails to Isabelle Toy Story 5 Reading The Emperor and The Finisher by Runyx The Gargoyle from General Management by Kate Prior Website | Facebook | Bluesky |
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