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The ghouls are gone and whimsy is in. 🍂

After a month of mummies, murderers, and mental breakdowns, the Bitch Up Girlies are done with scary things.

In this episode, Ixchel and Lucero tackle a round of whimsy questions instead, which turns out to be just as unhinged. The answers start out silly, then turn surprisingly honest, and the roasting never stops. Expect confessions, hot takes and one very heated pasta debate. Hit play for a chill, chismosa soft landing into the holidays.

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The Mummy just won't stay dead, and neither will our opinions. For the last episode of Spooktober, Lucero and Ixchel show up in full mummy wrappings to unravel 90 years of mummy movies. They trace the mummy's journey on screen through three films: 1932, 1999, 2026, and settle who played the best mummy, who wins a mummy face-off, and whether we want empathetic monsters or pure chaos.

Lucero and Ixchel revisit Matthew Lewis’s scandalous Gothic classic The Monk, comparing the novel with the 2011 film adaptation starring Vincent Cassel. Together, they explore religious horror, repression, temptation, and the corruption of sacred authority and consider why the story still feels strikingly modern in its critique of hypocrisy, patriarchy, and unchecked power within religious institutions.

Carrie, Blood, and Female Rage...in this episode, Lucero and Ixchel discuss Carrie across Stephen King’s novel, the 1976 and 2013 films, and the new series. They unpack how each version portrays bullying, trauma, religious control, female rage, and Carrie’s agency, including the series’ modern themes of cyberbullying and school violence. The conversation wraps with prom stories and a debate over whether Carrie’s story is a cautionary tale, a story of liberation, or both.

Ixchel and Lucero explore incel horror through Don’t Worry Darling, Companion, and Obsession. The scariest thing in these films isn’t the monster—it’s the man who thinks he deserves you.Together, they unpack the chilling pattern: control dressed up as love, women treated like objects, and entitlement hiding behind the “nice guy” act. The films show how misogyny and objectification play out in relationships, technology, and social expectations—and why this horror feels uncomfortably close to real life, reflecting real concerns about women’s safety and autonomy.

The final girl is the one who makes it out alive—but does that make her a feminist icon?

Grab your popcorn (and maybe a weapon) as Lucero and Ixchel kick off Bitch Up’s Halloween series with a fun, sharp look at horror’s most famous survivor.

From Laurie Strode to Grace, Pearl, and Maxine, they track how the final girl has gone from “be careful and stay pure” to “actually, I have a plan—and possibly a chainsaw.” Along the way, they unpack the male gaze, female rage, class, sexuality, and what it means to survive a slasher on your own terms.

So… is being a final girl feminist? The answer gets messier—and way more interesting—than just making it to the credits.

Safe, stable love is supposed to feel good, so why do so many of us keep reaching for the kind that hurts?

In this episode, Ixchel and Lucero connect the dots between religion, pop culture, nostalgia, codependency, and the urge to make one person your everything. What starts as a conversation about toxic relationships becomes a surprisingly sharp look at how Catholicism teaches sacrifice, suffering, guilt, and redemptive pain—and how those ideas can shape the way we chase love, loss, and emotional intensity.

You’ll discover:

• Why “sacrifice” can blur into self-erasure in relationships
• How Catholic mysticism, saints, penance, and crucifixion shape our emotional language
• Why melancholic personalities often feel deeply, ruminate hard, and crave meaning
• How pop culture sells obsession as romance, from Twilight to teen telenovelas
• The difference between healthy devotion and love that quietly becomes a trap

This episode is for anyone who has confused intensity with intimacy, found themselves romanticizing chaos, or wondered why peace can sometimes feel boring when they’ve been taught that love should be dramatic. The real challenge isn’t feeling deeply—it’s learning how to hold that depth without letting it consume you.

In this episode, Ixchel and Lucero unpack what eroticism actually means beyond the sexual shorthand—as a source of self-knowledge, creative force, and a personal barometer for what you will and won’t accept. What starts as a journal prompt quickly becomes a full-on reflection on desire, boundaries, femininity, and the courage it takes to name what you really want.

You’ll discover:

-Why Audre Lorde’s definition of the erotic challenges the way women are taught to think about pleasure

-How the erotic can show up in everyday life through food, music, conversation, movement, and creative rituals

-Why deep connection can feel intimidating to other people, and why that can actually be a filter

-How curiosity, excellence, and intensity shape the way we move through relationships, work, and self-discovery

-What it means to stop centering everyone else and start building a life aligned with your actual desires

This episode is a reminder that eroticism is not just about attraction—it’s about aliveness. It’s about noticing what gives you energy, what makes you feel expansive, and what you’re no longer willing to shrink yourself for. If you’re in a season of self-discovery, boundary-setting, or wanting more from your life, this one will leave you thinking about your own desires long after it ends.

The Love Island Season 8 Reunion exposed a bigger problem than one messy cast member—it showed how fast reality TV turns women into the target while the men skate by. In this episode, Ixchel and Lucero break down the reunion’s most frustrating moments, from Kayda’s sharp read on Jaiden to Melanie’s defensive energy, and why the same behavior hits differently depending on who gets to tell the story.Along the way, they dig into the tension between being outspoken and being labeled a “mean girl,” and why directness gets praised all season—then punished the second it gets uncomfortable.They also get into the bigger questions underneath the reunion chaos: what do viewers actually want from reality stars, where does accountability end and parasocial punishment begin, and is there any room left for growth once the internet decides someone is the villain?If you’ve been side-eyeing the reunion discourse, this one is for you.

Whimsy is the antidote when the world feels heavy, and this episode turns it into a full creative playground. If you need a reset, a laugh, or a reminder to bring a little more whimsy into your life, this one is for you.

In this episode, Ixchel and Lucero lean into reflection and imagination as a way to find light in a chaotic world. They honor Dolly Parton, use journal prompts to reconnect with creativity and softer joy, and explore parallel universes, fairy tale rewrites, vivid dreams, nature, ritual objects, and the little things that bring dopamine.