PSA: This episode contains spoilers about the miniseries/text Normal People written by Sally Rooney. So if you have not read/watched and intend to, we recommend doing so before listening!

Grab someone to hold, because this week we delve deep into love... in play/book to film/series adaptations! This was not the intention, but for some reason all we could talk about were romantic books, tv shows and films! But we're definitely not complaining. Join us as we discuss how a $365 Prada headband is essential, why are Austen adaptations so much more fun than Shakespeare's and how is Connell Waldron the most emotionally stupid yet acutely intuitive person all at the same time?

Things mentioned:

•Lara Johnson-Wheeler - Prada headband $365 - https://www.vogue.co.uk/preview/articles/5ea176d19ede3800088961cf?status=draft&cb=47010

•Kim Jong Un Tweet by Anne Drank - https://twitter.com/egurl420/status/1254660259735408642

•Chinese Doctor/Corona Virus Whistle blower - https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-probe-finds-coronavirus-whistleblower-doctor-was-punished-inappropriately

Adaptations!

Austen:

•Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (1813)

•Pride of Prejudice - Mini series (19

•Bride and Prejudice (2004)

•Pride and Prejudice - Film (2005)

•Emma - Jane Austen (1815)

•Clueless (1995)

•Emma - (1996)

•Emma - Miniseries (2009)

•Emma (2020)

•Sense and Social distancing: 'Lockdown has given me a newfound affinity with Jane Austen's heroines' (Guardian) - Josephine Tovey: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/apr/30/sense-and-social-distancing-lockdown-has-given-me-a-newfound-affinity-with-jane-austens-heroines

•Little Women - Louisa May Alcott (1868)

•Little Women - Miniseries (1978)

•Little Women (1933)

•Little Women (1949)

•Little Women (1995)

•Little Women (2018)

•Little Women (2019)

•Louis Garrel's DVD picks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Xf_iXTjXg

•French: Jolie-laide: Pretty-ugly - "a woman whose face is attractive despite having ugly features".

Shakespeare:

•"Shakespeare was a genius because he smuggled his poetry in popular works" - Little Women, 2019

•Macbeth - Shakespeare (1606)

•Macbeth - Roman Polanski (1971)

•Macbeth - Justin Kurzel (2015) - Feat. Michael Fassbender

•Taming of the Shrew - Shakespeare (1594)

•10 Things I hate About You (1999)

•Twelfth Night - Shakespeare (1602)

•She's the Man (2006)

Contemporary Adaptations:

•Fault in Our Stars - John Green (2012)

•Fault in Our Stars - (2014)

•Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky (1999)

•Perks of Being a Wallflower - (2012)

•Normal People - Sally Rooney (2019)

•Normal People - miniseries (Hulu & Stan) (2020)

•Normal People review - Sally Rooney's love story is a small screen triumph (T...

TW: This episode touches on child sex abuse, sexual assault/allegations and the justice system.

Welcome back iso-ladies and gentlemen! Join us as we lament over the injustice system and the fall of Bernie and all of his bros (us included). Before jumping right into the Madonna - Whore - Complex.... we ask each other, what is a Madonna... what is a whore? And can women be both... and furthermore, can women be more than one singular defining archetype that relates directly to her sexuality and as an extension, their value? Idk its a toughie. Also P.S sorry Bella sounds like she's recording in a tin shed, she is. Her quarantine bunker.

Pell's Tweet - after George Pell release: https://twitter.com/Pontifex/status/1247438777586298880

•The Guardian - Why George Pell Walked Free: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2020/apr/08/why-george-pell-walked-free

•Daniel Andrew's Statement: https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/statement-from-the-premier-36/?fbclid=IwAR3XA6icwTTsIGGsG1ur-GIvVP-UBhOHv76Cv1uEoKU3zJr7ttWBKiR3JrA

Bernie down :(

•https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/us/politics/bernie-sanders-concession-speech.html

•https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/opinion/bernie-sanders-campaign.html

•The Economist - How to weigh an allegation of assault against Joe Biden: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/04/04/how-to-weigh-an-allegation-of-assault-against-joe-biden

•Dear Joe Biden - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/09/joe-biden-earn-our-support-green-new-deal-bernie-sanders?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Madonna Whore Complex (MWC)

•Eggshell Skull (2018) - Bri Lee

•Madonna-Whore Complex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8UPq5MRNNo&t=1276s (Highly Critical)

•Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood: 1985) (Hulu: 2017-)

•Martin Scorsese video essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxR9OAcXE94 (Film by Firing Squad)

•You Belong With Me (2009) - Taylor Swift

•Twilight Saga - (Stephanie Myer: 2005-2008) (Summit Entertainment: 2008-2012)

•Gilmore Girls (2000- 2007)

Clits of the Week:

•Everything I know About Love (2018) - Dolly Alderton

•Podcasts (that are a lot more chill than Red Scare)

•The High Low - Pandora Sykes and Dolly Alderton

•Gurls Talk - Adwoa Aboah

•Future Nostalgia (2020)- Dua Lipa

Greeting Quaran-queens! Join us as we take you through our quaran-tines (quarantine + routines lmfaooo) before continuing with a clitical discussion of the woman of the moment - COVID19! We ask all the chill questions... like who deserves to live? Is the human experience just for those that contribute to the economy? And since when does balsamic vinegar go off, and can it comatose you? (Asking for a friend).

Slavoj Zizek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HabyJi66l0w&list=WL&index=31&t=0s

Trump's endorsement of false coronavirus medication:

•https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/mar/25/can-chloroquine-really-help-treat-coronavirus-patients

•https://www.forbes.com/sites/tarahaelle/2020/03/23/man-dead-from-taking-chloroquine-after-trump-touts-drug-for-coronavirus/#2ac43c9172e9

New Zealand's Government text vs. Australia's:

•https://www.pedestrian.tv/coronavirus/nz-government-coronavirus-text-message/

•https://www.sbs.com.au/news/how-does-australia-s-covid-19-response-compare-to-new-zealand

Closing schools exposing class divisions:

https://theconversation.com/schools-are-moving-online-but-not-all-children-start-out-digitally-equal-134650

Eco-Facism: https://ketanjoshi.co/2020/03/20/watch-out-for-this-symptom-of-corona-virus-lazy-ecofascism/amp/?fbclid=IwAR1rbzyNNMSbGyEqW2BADFrMDgyiL-2NCIvKPpR0O2TEeKIj-6uzm9GlF_w

Climate barbarism (Naomi Klein) - https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/climate-change-naomi-klein/

Unabomber - In His Own Words (2020) - Netflix

Manhunt - Unabomber (2017) - Netflix

Eugenics and Coronavirus: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/eugenics-isnt-going-to-save-you-from-coronavirus.html

Is Barbarism with a Human Face our Fate? - Slavoj Zizek - https://critinq.wordpress.com/2020/03/18/is-barbarism-with-a-human-face-our-fate/?fbclid=IwAR3cMcaMVTUIH2Fb_-Czm05nTvTPT_mv34TFG7428F9FYJR8_66MwMyhsPI

Coronavirus causing a social recession: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/america-faces-social-recession/608548/?fbclid=IwAR2NLh0FkdYZEob1_GfLKPOBR3sj6XpDpbmVoeyJ33JNuGQp0Z_uyzCahLA

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Trigger Warning/Disclaimer:

This episode touches on sexual assault, child abuse and domestic violence. We of course do not empathise with offenders and deeply support all victims of all crimes/oppressive situations.

After weeks of technical difficulties, we are back! Just in time to entertain, empathise and critique you all through this apocalypse. Join us as we (stressfully) discuss covid19, the cancelling of social life and then beautifully segueing into the dangers of metaphorically canceling - #cancel culture ! This episode asks the questions do you want to be a part of the chain that ends someone's life? When does someone's actions translate into them as a person? And are there certain crimes that transcend cancellation?

Corona Virus: Facts Checked - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/15/can-a-face-mask-stop-coronavirus-covid-19-facts-checked

Cancel Everything - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-cancel-everything/607675/

The Dos and Don'ts of 'Social Distancing' - https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-what-does-social-distancing-mean/607927/?fbclid=IwAR2kSCFzAlaVdMCH6NGtDrME746AmVD-QMpse8PX63G_ss259hFVPygAvJA

The Conversation - https://theconversation.com/cabin-fever-australia-must-prepare-for-the-social-and-psychological-impacts-of-a-coronavirus-lockdown-133353?fbclid=IwAR092NWBV_c2C9U5y-C5OwuqsyZojNE-UW2iDn9iz8nVhXF2CHFh9d5OqTs

Cancel Culture:

Contrapoints - Canceling - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjMPJVmXxV8

The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez - Netflix (2020)

Harvey Weinstein - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/nyregion/harvey-weinstein-sentencing.html

Slavoj Žižek thinks political correctness is exactly what perpetuates prejudice and racism - https://qz.com/398723/slavoj-zizek-thinks-political-correctness-is-exactly-what-perpetuates-prejudice-and-racism/

Dave Schapelle - Comedian

Red Scare Podcast (language) - https://www.thecut.com/2018/10/profile-red-scare-podcast.html

White Tears/Brown Scars (2019) - Ruby Hammad

Zadi Smith- "There is an urge to be good. To be seen to be good. To be seen." https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/07/23/now-more-than-ever

Clits of the week!

•Shits of the week - Coronavirus/someone dressed up as coronavirus to be interviewed - https://scroll.in/video/956170/caught-on-tv-this-channel-aired-an-interview-with-someone-dressed-up-as-the-coronavirus

•Attached (2010) ...

Lights, camera, action.... Chalamet! Buckle up as we (with minimal industry knowledge) harshly critique/gush over this years films at the 2020 Oscars! So grab the popcorn and watered down coke as we ask the BIG question... would you rather "Boot-edge-edge" or "Butter-gig"?

Things mentioned:

Find Anna on Q+A!

•https://www.abc.net.au/qanda/2020-10-02/11933296What went wrong in Iowa?

•https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/caucus-disaster-wrong-200204204306989.html

Jojo Rabbit (2019)

•Directed by Taika Waititi

•Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil Hannah Arendt

Little Women (2019)

•Directed by Greta Gerwig

•Little Women's Real Feminist Problem- Caitlin Flanagan https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/little-womens-real-feminist-problem/604429/

•Greta Gerwig brings out inherent queerness - Tracy E. Gilchrist https://www.advocate.com/film/2019/12/03/greta-gerwig-brings-out-inherent-queerness-little-women

Parasite (2019)

•Directed by Bong Joon Ho

•What next? - Kyle Buchanan https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/movies/parasite-oscars.html

•A complex feeling tugs at Koreans - John M. Glionna https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-jan-05-la-fg-south-korea-han-20110105-story.html

For Sama (2019)

•Directed by Waad Al-Kateab & Edward Watts

•Review: "Searing story of a Syrian war-zone baby" - Mike McCahill https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/12/for-sama-review-waad-al-kateab-aleppo-syria-documentary

The Joker (2019)

•Directed by Todd Philips

•Review: "The most disappointing film of the year" - Peter Bradshaw https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/oct/03/joker-review-joaquin-phoenix-todd-phillips

•Review: Glenn Kenny https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/joker-movie-review-2019

We are back (finally!) and it feels so good. Join us as we recap the hellscape that was January before diving into an easygoing and chill discussion of Feminism + Capitalism! Enjoy the ride as we ask the questions on everyone's mind... Would you want someone to want to like you or want to fuck you? Can you be hot under totalitarianism and why does Bella think everything is made in the early 2000s?

Things mentioned:

•Corona Virus and racism - https://mumbrella.com.au/criticism-over-downright-offensive-and-unacceptable-race-discrimination-news-corp-coronavirus-headlines-615148

•Why I'm Not a Feminist (2017) - Jessa Crispin

•Why Feminism and Capitalism Can't Coexist - https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/09/capitalism-socialist-feminism-inequality-sexism

•US Election - Demographic of Voters - https://www.people-press.org/2019/08/16/most-democrats-are-excited-by-several-2020-candidates-not-just-their-top-choice/

•Milkman (2018) - Anna Burns

•Thick (2019) - Tressie McMillan Cotton

Clits of the week!

•Confronts Her One-Night Stand of a Life (2013) - Elizabeth Wurtzel - https://www.thecut.com/2013/01/elizabeth-wurtzel-on-self-help.html?fbclid=IwAR2qwsmOqy9fiQSEjiKHRzPgqf4PFZ9gXgAu3gS7b64K9ZgJvhzLyd9IU88

•Prozac Nation (1994)- Elizabeth Wurtzel

•Girl, Woman, Other (2019) - Bernardine Evaristo

•Topeka School (2019) - Ben Lerner

•Chernobyl (2019)

•Killing Eve (2018-)

•Succession (2018-)

Time for our second episode & the final episode of the decade!

Join us we sweat our way through a discussion of the Australian bush fire crises before delving into a clitical analysis of the current craze of political incompetency, why the left is so unsexy and how to hold the door open to progress, when the door keeps shutting tighter and tighter.

Things mentioned:

Lockheed Martin - Supporting Australian Tertiary Education

•https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/universities-condemned-for-investing-with-weapons-companies/9600914

•https://theconversation.com/partnerships-between-universities-and-arms-manufacturers-raise-thorny-ethical-questions-93005

AC Grayling - Democracy and Its Crisis (2017)

Australian Fires:

•https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/25/factcheck-why-australias-monster-2019-bushfires-are-unprecedented

•https://independentaustralia.net/article-display/gladys-berejiklian-slashes-fire-service-budgets-while-nsw-burns,13307

Morrison's Religious Discrimination Bill

•https://www.ag.gov.au/Consultations/Pages/religious-freedom-bills-second-exposure-drafts.aspx

•https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/11/the-coalitions-religious-discrimination-bill-whats-changed-and-can-doctors-refuse-treatment

Broad City (2014-2019)

"It's all fucking rigged even when you win, look at Brexit."

•https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2019/december/labour-s-defeat

Measuring GDP

•https://link-springer-com.ezp.lib.unimelb.edu.au/content/pdf/10.5822%2F978-1-61091-611-0_3.pdf

Too far left?

•https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/13/us/politics/britain-labour-elections-democrats.html

When the door opens, it shuts even harder...

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Clits of the week!

•Alice Robinson - The Glad Shout (2019)

•Supertramp

•Climaxx Soundtrack (2018 - Yes, Bella says early 2000s... For some reason Bella thinks everything is produced early in the 21st century.)

•Jia Tolentino - Trick Mirror (2019)

•Casey McQuiston - Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel (2019)

•Jasmine Guillory - The Royal Holiday (2019)

Also, a huge thankyou for those who listened to our first episode! Huge things coming in 2020!

Welcome to Episode 1.... What the Zuck!

Join us as we clitically analyse the surveillance state, Daddy Zuck himself and whether or not we can be *woke* and enjoy Sex and the City.

Things mentioned:

Surveillance:

•Open to Close - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/07/australias-civil-rights-rating-downgraded-as-report-finds-world-becoming-less-free?fbclid=IwAR1NtEoW8eWvr49YqE9c7Wj0GRp7KSCw0lhHPv3Vd0cHrTAEla723gm7_a8

•Shoshana Zuboff - The Age of Surveillance Capitalism (2018)

•Platform Capitalism (2016)

•Cal Newport - Digital Minimalism (2019)

•online Uber game

•Zadie Smith - Grand Union (2019), Feel Free (2018)

•John Berger - Ways of Seeing (1972)

Zuck:

•The Social Network (2010)

•Zuckerberg's Apology:

•https://theconversation.com/mark-zuckerbergs-facebook-apology-is-the-linguistic-equivalent-of-shit-happens-94736

•https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/mark-zuckerbergs-theory-of-privacy/2014/02/03/2c1d780a-8cea-11e3-95dd-36ff657a4dae_story.html

Clits of the Week!

•Sex and The City (1998-2004)

•Girls (2012-2017)

•Ben Lerner- The Topeka School (2019)

•Sally Rooney - Even if You Beat Me (2015): https://thedublinreview.com/article/even-if-you-beat-me

•Min Jin Lee - Pachinko (2017)

•Lisa Taddeo - Three Women (2019)

•Knives Out (2019)