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This week, we covered Bridgerton, Shonda Rhimes’ Regency Gossip Girl straight sex fest! Of course we must (and do) gush over Madame Olivia Rodrigo’s masterpiece “Drivers License” and why adults should simply leave the kiddos alone. We get into the politics that Bridgerton doesn’t have the energy to touch and the nuances of consent in a show where the main characters Must Bang Constantly. We cover the shows many queer lost chances and every single character that the narrative does dirty. We uncover the dirty underbelly of eye candy and the pros of Shakespeare during sex. Gaia concludes that (in order to turn a profit) we must sell the fan base to One Direction, and so (so) much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.

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Stream Driver’s License

Scream Franchise

Resources:

Are You Really Sure You Love Bridgerton?

Does Netflix's Bridgerton Have A Race Problem?

In “Bridgerton,” A Diverse Cast Seeks to Mask Imperialism

Macbeth (2015 film)

“The Crown” Attempts to Whitewash Britain's Violent Colonial History

The Queen's Gambit

This week, we covered The Prom, a musical-to-movie adaptation directed by Ryan Murphy. We get into how this movie fails at adapting from the source material, why it doesn’t qualify as “camp”, and whether or not straight people can play gay roles. We, of course, discuss the controversial James Corden performance, Neeta talks about how to handle POC coming out narratives, and Gaia discusses the importance of actually giving homophobia its weight and the very real struggles of teen activism. We also somehow get on the topic of queer teen style and conclude that Harper from Wizards of Waverly Place would have been a gay style icon today and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.

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The Witcher

Zayn’s New Album - Nobody is Listening

This week, we covered Wonder Woman 1984 and if Queen’s Gambit represented how we felt going into the first week of the new year, Wonder Woman 1984 definitely represents how this year is currently going. We get into the implications of the Steve Trevor body swap, how this movie fails because of its emphasis on spectacle over substance, and why the fad of setting movies and tv shows in the 80’s might be slowly going away. Gaia gets the Kristens mixed up, Neeta references the ‘Imagine’ Video way too many times, and we somehow still end up relating the world-ending events in this movie back to the current state of affairs, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.

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Black Sails Video Essay

Bridgerton

Doctor Sleep

Green Room

Resources:

Cosmonaut Variety Hour on Superman

Professor Marston & the Wonder Women

“Wonder Woman 1984” Ditches Girl Power—and Loses Its Focus

'Wonder Woman 1984' Review: An Empty Spectacle

For our first episode of the new year, we covered Netflix’s overnight success, Queen’s Gambit! We start the episode by talking about Gaia’s next farm adventure and Neeta pulls a tarot card for 2021! We get into discussion of the show by talking about how it became successful so fast, how starved we were for good media, and how good art is often not made individually. Neeta talks about how painfully white the show is and has a lot of feelings about Jolene. Gaia reflects on the barriers to entry in the chess world and the constructs of etiquette in so many other fields. We talk about how nice the subtle queer representation is in this show, nine rewrites not even being that many by playwriting standards, and how this show did Jolene so dirty this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’. Happy New Year, bitches!

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The Annihilation of Caste

Resources:

Casting Call for Gaia's Short Film

Gymnopédie No.1

Queen of Katwe

Searching for Bobby Fisher

The Tweet We Keep Making Fun Of

This week, we covered Halloween, from our Horror Franchise Showdown in October, with Harris of Harris’ Hot Takes! We start the episode talking about ski lift accidents and bleak video games and then open up a discussion about Halloween (1978) and Halloween (2018) and whether or not Michael Meyers being virtually unkillable is successful or a part of the franchise that is no longer satisfying. We also discuss the way slasher movies have changed since the first Halloween to the most recent one and talk about Carol Clover’s essay on The Final Girl. We mourn our favorite bisexual couple, Vicky and Dave, debate about the meta-humor in newer slashers since the Scream franchise, and so much more this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.

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Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

Neeta's Bollywood Faves

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine

The Tragedy & Triumph Behind Atlanta's Woodruff Arts Center

Queen's Gambit

The Tragedy on Gondola II

Frozen (2010)

Resources:

Anna and the Apocalypse

Bury Your Gays

Halloween Timeline

Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film

This week, we covered Die Hard, the most action-packed Christmas movie out there. Truly this is our most chaotic episode yet: Gaia just got their wisdom teeth taken out, everyone mixed up the time zones, and Neeta accidentally punched Cameron in the face. Take a shot every time Gaia screams!! We veer off into a long conversation about police abolition and copaganda, vigilantism, and how this movie takes us into the mind of a centrist. We also discuss genre after coming out of our Happiest Season conversation and if it even matters if Die Hard is considered a Christmas movie. We truly barely got through this episode with our sanity left, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.

Snacks:

@dionnewarwick on Twitter

'Meet the Parents' Episode of Schitt's Creek

Resources:

Batman Twitter Thread

Die Hard - A Lesson In Storytelling

DIE HARD: The Logic of Vulnerability

Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie?

Post-9/11 Horror in American Cinema

Justice (Part 1) | ContraPoints

Y’all asked for it so here it is! This week we covered the Hulu produced Christmas rom-com, Happiest Season starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis, directed by Cleo DuVall! We start the episode talking about gnomes, stripper poles, bleeping out the term “white men'' and the [REDACTEDS] in our lives we can’t name on the podcast! Write in and tell us what we should cover to kick off the New Year! We talk about the toxicity of the relationship in the movie, how hot Kristen Stewart is, and the wasted potential of the "first queer Christmas movie" because of how painfully mediocre it is (plus we get another signature Gaia movie problem diagnosis) and so much more this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.

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The Reason Neeta Got a Stripper Pole

Resources:

Filmmaker On New Rom-Com 'Happiest Season'

'Happiest Season': Clea DuVall Talks Ending, Abby and Harper

Happiest Season' Is Number One on Hulu

Happiest Season Is a Welcome Addition to the Gay Rom-Com Canon

Jamie Babbit Knows "But I'm a Cheerleader" Was Ahead of Its Time

The ‘Happiest Season’ Director and Cowriter Responds to All That Harper Backlash

Review: ‘Happiest Season’ Shares A Fatal Flaw With ‘Crazy Rich Asians’

This week, we’re finally back with special guest and resident twink, Adelynn Anderson to finish off our series on IT! Gaia is home from the farm and we have finished reading the monster of a book that is the IT Novel just in time to recap the entire thing for Adelynn. We start off the episode talking about collaboration as the only way to make good art and asking why Sofia Coppola doesn’t include women of color in her movies. We jump into the book by discussing why Stephen King feels compelled to write about hate crimes and slurs as a straight, white man, how they did Mike dirty in the movie, and why, even with all of this, the book is still “marginally” better than the movie (shocker, we know). Neeta mispronounces ‘auteur’ multiple times, Gaia has a breakdown over the sociopath bully children giving each other handjobs while also being homophobic to each other, we decide the only man allowed to write self insert films is Ari Aster and so much more this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.

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Resources:

'Juno' star Elliot Page shares transgender identity

Phoebe Bridgers and Phoebe Waller-Bridge Music Video

Sofia Coppola: The Politics of Pretty

IT Orgy Scene

“The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson

This week, Gaia left the farm, so while they get settled in at home, Neeta interviews Playwright and friend of the pod, Daniel Holzman, about the short films they have been working on all semester! They talk about how they met at school and what they’re snacking on, going off on tangents about their feelings on Christmas music, why moms love princess Diana and resolve to start watching The Crown together. Daniel and Neeta discuss the difference between directing for theater and film, their feelings about catharsis in creation, how art-making has changed remotely and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.

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Snacks:

'How To with John Wilson' on HBO Max

Phoebe Bridgers’ Christmas EP

Resources:

Daniel’s New Play Exchange (READ BERLINDIA)

Hank Green Tooth tiktok

Hari Kondabolu

'Nathan for You' on Netflix

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

The Americans

This week, Gaia was super busy on the farm so Neeta and Adelynn used this bonus episode as an opportunity to ask Adelynn some questions! We start this episode off talking about Wendy Williams’ performance on The Masked Singer and then ask Adelynn questions submitted by our listeners. We discuss why theater is the medium Adelynn loves the most and why she decided to pursue theater direction. We then get into a larger conversation about queerbait and representation in movies. We talk about why Adelynn sees herself in movies where Fnn Wlfh*rd plays a twink and Adelynn and Neeta go on a rant about Stephen King being obsessed with gay slurs. Adelynn gets a chance to plug her AMAZING Medium article about Neil Perry from Dead Poets Society, we lose our minds over Destiel becoming canon, and so much more, this week on ‘Bitch, Why?’.

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Adelynn’s Medium Article: Why Did Neil Perry Kill Himself?

Resources:

A Supermarket in California by Allen Ginsberg

Howl by Allen Ginsberg

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: How NOT To Suck After 13 Seasons

It's Always Sunny: The Perfect Anti-Sitcom?

Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out by Richard Siken

Wendy Williams:

“Dula Peep”

The Masked Singer