Bitch, Why?

Bitch, Why? is back with Season 2 baby and we are kicking off this new start with Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album, Sour! I mean, how could we not cover this? We have been talking about Miss Olivia for MONTHS now. We discuss which songs are our favorite, how women are treated in the music industry, and what this album means for future gen z artists! Neeta explains why we shouldn’t be comparing Olivia Rodrigo to Taylor Swift...while also comparing Olivia Rodrigo to Taylor Swift, Gaia gets nostalgic about being a teenager (which almost never happens) and Harris’s Hot Take is… really hot this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.

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This week, we covered Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined by Stephenie Meyer in the SAME ROOM. We know we said we were done with Twilight but we just could not resist talking about it again for our first in-person episode! We have way too much fun terrorizing Cameron with the gender bent Twilight character names and Gaia admits they are now a full blown Twilight Stan. Somehow the misogyny of the original books does a complete 180 in this version and becomes possibly the most feminist thing Stephenie Meyer has ever written. We have a special guest for Harris’s Hot Take, Gaia and Neeta hash out the implications of traditional gender roles on the Twilight series as a whole, and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.

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Snacks:

deja vu by Olivia Rodrigo

MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) by Lil Nas X

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

This week, we wrapped up our deep dive into the Twilight Saga with Stephenie Meyer’s latest addition into the canon, ‘Midnight Sun’! We kick off the episode with Neeta’s very valid crush on Seth Rogen, Gaia’s latest farm endeavor, and some book recommendations! Gaia and Neeta discuss what it felt like to sit inside Edward’s mind for over 600 pages and how Edward’s thoughts about Bella reveal a lot about how Meyer views relationships and womanhood. We do a side-by side-comparison with Bella’s perspective and interrogate why this book makes Bella feel like a Manic Pixie Dream Girl. Neeta gets sad about how they feel they have less access to enjoying this series and we resolve to possibly cover the gender bent ‘Twilight’ book instead! Harris refuses to consume anymore Twilight content, Gaia makes a lot of ‘Lolita’ connections, and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.

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Snacks:

Seth Rogen and the Year that Went to Pot

deja vu by Olivia Rodrigo

MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) by Lil Nas X

Book Recs:

The One-Straw Revolution

Lentil Underground

The Omnivore's Dilemma

The Botany of Desire

Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth

This week, we cover Disney's latest princess movie, Raya and the Last Dragon.

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Resources:

The Resurrection of Kelly Marie Tran: On Surviving 'Star Wars' Bullying, the Pressures of Representation, and 'Raya and the Last Dragon'

The Cultural Inspirations in Raya and the Last Dragon

Raya and the Last Dragon Directors on Melting Pot of Influences

How 'Raya and the Last Dragon' built a Southeast Asian fantasy world

This week, we FINALLY return to our Twilight series, covering the second two installments of the Twilight Saga, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn! We, of course, cover Jasper being a Confederate soldier, the birth scene, and how Edward was able to impregnate Bella (there’s venom in vampire semen. YIKES). Gaia has a lot of feelings about chickens and what it actually means to fall in love with someone and build a life with them. Most of this episode is spent with Gaia grappling over the actual meaning of love and how it is portrayed in the media, so hold on tight, spider monkeys. We eventually conclude that the cultural interaction with Twilight has become greater than Twilight itself, making it incredibly hard to review. We want justice for the misrepresentation of the sparkly vampire lore, Emily, Leah, and honestly everyone in this series. Everyone deserved better. Harris is surprised by the final battle because he was just so engrossed in the love story of it all, we all decide we are Team Bella Becoming a Vampire, Gaia decides to write some Twilight fan fiction, and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.

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Resources:

Alice Fan Film: The Mary Alice Brandon File

Alice Fan Film: We've Met Before

A Surprisingly Passionate Defense of Twilight

Does She Pass The Aila Test?

Neeta's Definitive Ranking of the Twilight Songs

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As a special bonus treat, we release the interview we did in July with our friend, Camelia about all things Puerto Rico, Lin Manuel Miranda, and Hamilton! Digressions include Zac Efron, Broadway lotteries, and Bad Bunny.

Resources:

Puerto Rico Earthquake Relief

Direct Relief

Stop Letting the Rich Move to Puerto Rico as a Tax Haven

AAPI Organizations:

The AAPI COVID-19 Project

Stop AAPI Hate

Stand Against Hatred

Asian American Resource Center

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This week, we covered the first Percy Jackson & The Olympians book, The Lightning Thief, written by Rick Riordan! We start the episode talking about the Meghan and Harry interview with Oprah and Gaia gives us more Pirates of the Caribbean content! Neeta and Gaia use this episode as an excuse to talk about how much they love each other and how refreshing it is to revisit a favorite childhood series that doesn’t alienate queer people and people of color! Gaia talks about having had a profound desire to be Percy Jackson and how this series may have kickstarted their gender crisis. Should we start a tik tok campaign so Gaia can play Clarisse in the upcoming Percy Jackson tv show? Let us know! Neeta discusses the history of white supremacists latching onto greek aesthetics and how some possible latent white supremacy may exist in the books. We talk about understanding your own life through the media you grew up with, why it’s so important to go back and look at the media that shaped you, and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.

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Snacks:

Pirates of the Caribbean 4

20 Headlines Comparing Meghan Markle To Kate Middleton

Resources:

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Ingri d'Aulaire

The Whitening Thief. Latent White Supremacy in Percy Jackson

This week, we covered the Hunger Games prequel book, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, written by Madame Suzanne Collins! We start the episode talking about how much we love Dolly Parton and Gaia gushes over their longing to be Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom’s third (a possible Pirates of the Caribbean series may be under way?). We talk about Madame Collins finding yet another way to speak to the zeitgeist, how this book crafts a really fascinating character study, and the parallels between the trajectory of the Hunger Games and of actual reality television series’. We somehow reference both the Stanford Prison Experiment and the creation of the Electoral College, Harris’s Hot Take is completely in sync with the content of the episode, and we come to the conclusion that this book is the DRIVER’S LICENSE of BOOKS (stream drivers license!!!!) and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’

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Snacks:

Dolly Parton Statue Has Tennessee’s Support, but Not Parton’s

To All the Boys 3

Pirates of the Caribbean 3

Resources:

Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes review: An eerie Hunger Games prequel

HBO Max Documentary about Polyamory

'The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes' Is A Lackluster Prequel To 'The Hunger Games'

This week, we covered the first two installments of the Twilight Saga, Twilight and New Moon! We start the episode discussing misconceptions about how acting works and why Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson were unfairly maligned for their performances in these movies. Gaia talks about the *cinematography* in the first Twilight movie and questions why American movies only signal foreign-ness with British accents. Neeta goes full fangirl in this episode, reveals maybe too much information about their middle school experience, and gets excited talking about literally everything. We discuss How Twilight is a symptom of the problem of toxic relationships in media and not necessarily the problem itself, how it didn’t deserve all the backlash it got (stop being mean to teenage girls!!), and that we should be more concerned with how the Quileute tribe was horribly misrepresented in Stephenie Meyer’s world. Gaia admits they might be Team Jacob and the friendship may be on the line, Harris is informed of the Breaking Dawn Birth Scene, and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’

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Resources:

A Reading (and Misreading) of the “Twilight” Renaissance

Everyone Is Into Twilight Again Sarah Z Video

The Mummy movie review & film summary (1999)

What Pride and Prejudice Teaches Us About Difficult Partners

This week, we covered The Hunger Games franchise, Suzanne Collins’ YA Dystopian Masterpiece! We start the episode talking about tarot cards, maligned women, and how history should not be perceived in a binary. We get into how the Hunger Games movies are a direct contradiction to themes of the books in their execution and how they “sex up” the revolution in a way that obfuscates the original intent of Madame Collins. We cover the impact of Katniss as a heroine and why we still look to The Youths to Save Us All. We investigate why most women’s happy endings in YA are directly connected to the bearing of children and how not everyone is emotionally equipped to be a parent, especially when you’re working through the PTSD of two death matches and an entire revolution! Gaia cannot pronounce Johanna, so decides to pronounce it three different ways each time, Neeta has a hard time trying to have shallow thoughts during Bitch Time, and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.

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Snacks:

78 Degrees of Wisdom

The Crown

“You’re Wrong About” Podcast

Resources:

Battle Royale

Gaia’s Essay on Hamilton & The Hunger Games

Hunger Games Book to Movie Comparison