195. Want: "Fantasy is freedom."
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03/03/25 • 57 min
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ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Want curated by Gillian Anderson: "Fantasy is freedom."
Kicking off International Woman's Month with Gillian Anderson seems fitting. A woman that has touched the lives of so many different people in different ways, a champion for STEM and the skeptic-turned-believer, Gillian, is more involved in our everyday lives than we knew! "Want" is a collection of stories that have been curated and catalogued by Gillian and presented to us the reader in a way that challenges and excites. "Want" is about want. "Want" is about pleasure. Freedom. Expression. Power. Women are powerful when they want, and that power can scare and intimidate so that another emotion is put in place of the power being felt: Shame. There's no room for shame here. Join Laura Marie and Jessica Marie as they reflect on their Gillian experiences, the world today, and why women are so incredible.
We listen and we don't judge.
TW / CW: CNC
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Spoilers: Want currated by Gillian Anderson, Sex Education
Mentions: Babygirl, Nasfuratu, The Half King, The Vagina Monologue, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, X-Files, Drive Me Crazy, Supernatural, Doctor Who
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ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Want curated by Gillian Anderson: "Fantasy is freedom."
Kicking off International Woman's Month with Gillian Anderson seems fitting. A woman that has touched the lives of so many different people in different ways, a champion for STEM and the skeptic-turned-believer, Gillian, is more involved in our everyday lives than we knew! "Want" is a collection of stories that have been curated and catalogued by Gillian and presented to us the reader in a way that challenges and excites. "Want" is about want. "Want" is about pleasure. Freedom. Expression. Power. Women are powerful when they want, and that power can scare and intimidate so that another emotion is put in place of the power being felt: Shame. There's no room for shame here. Join Laura Marie and Jessica Marie as they reflect on their Gillian experiences, the world today, and why women are so incredible.
We listen and we don't judge.
TW / CW: CNC
For additional TW/CW information for your future reads, head to this site for more: https://triggerwarningdatabase.com/
Spoilers: Want currated by Gillian Anderson, Sex Education
Mentions: Babygirl, Nasfuratu, The Half King, The Vagina Monologue, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, X-Files, Drive Me Crazy, Supernatural, Doctor Who
*Thank you for listening to us! Please subscribe and leave a 5-star review and follow us on Instagram at @ACOFAEpodcast and on our TikToks!
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194. Onyx Storm: "Why, Rebecca? WHY!?"
1 RecommendationsACOFAE Podcast Presents: Onyx Storm: "Why, Rebecca? WHY!?"
If you've been a listener for a while, then you are well aware that ACOFAE and the Empyrean Series have not always gotten along. There's been discussions about being bratty, snobby, and enjoying things just for what they are -- vibes. So in light of all this history, Laura Marie and Jessica Marie have called in some backup to discuss book 3 of The Empyrean Series Onyx Storm. ACOFAE welcomes Aris to the pod to help frame discussions to put them firmly in the realm of THEORIES. Yes, that's correct. ACOFAE is discussing guesses and theories as well as the plot and all it's details as Laura Marie, Jessica Marie, and friend of show Aris get into it.
That's tea.
"You might be onto something there..."
TW / CW: none to our awareness
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Spoilers: The Empyrean Series (Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm) by Rebecca Yarros, Game of Thrones, Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Mentions: A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) by Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin (ACOWAR) by Sarah J. Maas, Avatar: The Last Air Bender, Shatter Me, House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) by Sarah J. Maas, The Boys
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196. True Blood: "Bill, I've got the ick."
1 RecommendationsACOFAE Podcast Presents: True Blood: "Bill, I've got the ick."
Vampires can be so many things: sparkly, fast, blood thirsty, gorgeous. They can also be Confederate and Southern, which is what is going on here in ACOFAE's True Blood rewatch Season 1 episodes 1 and 2. Sookie is just ordinary girl with an extraordinary ability until Vampire Bill walks into her seating section and changes her life. Throwing it all the way back to 2008, True Blood was a moment, is a moment, and will be a moment in time - the themes are just as relevant now as they were then, as ACOFAE watches Sookie put men in their place left and right; sheriff, coroner, brother, boss. It does not matter. The "I'm just a waitress" Stackhouse is fearless in the pursuit of her piece of calm in the noise and Vampire Bill is just that and more. The accents are thick, the teeth are real, and the messages are important as Laura Marie and Jessica Marie lament that they do not make TV like they used to.
TW / CW: Alcoholism
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Spoilers: True Blood, Throne of Glass (TOG) by Sarah J. Maas (SJM)
Mentions: The Boys, Wicked, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Euphoria, Interview with the Vampire
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