Ep. 228 - Beyond the Lights with Naima Simone!

Hey HBs! Naima Simone is here! She and Mel gush about the most perfect movie in the whole world: Beyond the Lights! Between Gugu Mbatha-Raw (who sang the whole thing!), Minnie Driver, and Danny Glover, we were bowled over. Plus, parenting in pandemictimes, cackling until your stomach hurts, and rewatching movies for science. CW: discussions of sexual assault that happen on screen Lady Loves: Mel AND Naima: This movie's soundtrack!! Follow Naima: @naimasimoneauthor on all the things. POST-EPISODE EDIT: A listener clued us in on some disturbing information regarding Nate Parker and Machine Gun Kelly that Mel and Naima didn't know about before this recording. CW: rape, racism. Nate Parker was charged for and subsequently acquitted of raping a fellow college student in 1999. His alleged co-offender was convicted of rape and later that conviction was overturned. Machine Gun Kelly has a history of fetishizing Black women and making sexual comments about underaged girls. These disappointing and disgusting facts would have definitely changed the tenor of our analysis had we known before. Share Heaving Bosoms with your friends! Listen to Heaving Bosoms Make sure to check out Mel's new podcast Bonkers Romance!  Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter!  MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms Mentioned in this episode: Check out our Etsy Store! Hey y'all! We've got some high quality St. Vincent themed items just waiting for you! Want more HB? Check out our PATREON! You support us, plus you get access to 150+ bonus episodes, video of regular episodes, gifts, care packages, author hangs, votes in show content, and SO MUCH MORE!!! HB Patreon Love the show? Leave a review! Give HB a 5 Star rating and review wherever you listen! It helps us grow and makes us feel like 1 million dollars. And we're still doing the bribe! If you leave a 5 Star review, we'll guarantee to review whatever book or movie you recommend!