S1E7: Girls can do violent movies, too! - "The Spy Who Dumped Me"

07/06/22 • 38 min

Are you needing some feminist content that doesn't bum you out, but rather makes you laugh? Then look no further than this week's episode! In it, Tanya Marlow and I discuss "The Spy Who Dumped Me," a 2018 dark comedy starring Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis that has a 49% on Rotten Tomatoes.

I'm joined this week by Tanya Marlow, an author and disability rights activist. We discuss some of the double standards between movies centering women and men, how a dark comedy can still be really effective, and how feminism doesn't always have to take itself so seriously. It's a really fascinating discussion and you don't want to miss it!

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S1E6: Dinosaurs v. Late Stage Capitalism - "Jurassic World: Dominion"

Most people volunteer to come onto the podcast to defend a favorite movie, but this time, I recruited my friend Ash Orr to join me when they sent me a voice memo informing me that their hot take was that "Jurassic World: Dominion" was good, actually. The film is still in its early days, but as of recording, it has a 29% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Ash is a political organizer working to make Appalachia a better place for everyone who lives here. In this episode, we talk about memories of watching the original Jurassic Park movie, about the place of childhood existential dread in a dinosaur movie, and about whether dinosaurs as guns are better than talking dinosaurs.

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S1E8: Headlines don't sell papes, Christian Bale sells papes! - "Newsies"

Before Lin-Manuel Miranda brought us rapping founding fathers, Alan Menken brought us a musical about child labor and the unionization of America in "Newsies." Debuting in 1992 and starring Christian Bale, this film has only a 39% on Rotten Tomatoes.

I'm joined this week by my sister Megan Wright, a writer, teacher, spiritual director, and musician to talk about the movie that she consumed weekly during middle school. We talk about how timely this film is both from a labor and a news perspective, why Bill Pullman should stick to being the president in Independence Day, and how we saw most movies the first time when we were growing up.

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