Our last two episodes were on the heavier side, so we could not be more pleased to switch up the vibe. The delightfully acerbic $pendy O Williams returns to HERE COMES THE BACKKLASH for an absolute BANGER of an episode. Poolhouse and Spendy are SICK AND TIRED OF THE BULLSHIT, and they aren’t gonna take it anymore! Between psycho tr*nny killers, out of control DA’s, and San Francisco teetering on the brink of colapse, there is plenty for these two to get TOTALLY WORKED UP OVER (well, mostly Poolhouse, Spendy is cool as a cucumber). The two also recount some wild glimpses into their party people past and discover they share a Tenderloin connection. Poolhouse posits a wild true crime theory, while Spendy shares what pushed her to lash out at green-haired, neurodivergent veteran with AGP.

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Poolhouse’s show notes:

DARVO (abuser’s tactic):

Scenes from the 00’s SOMA Underworld:

Sixxteen @ The Cat Club

The Finger @ The Arrow Bar

Club Fake @ Cat Club

This post contains some more nostalgia from the era of “nostalgia for the unremembered 1980s”

Someone asked me what I meant by “swirlyburger.” This is a pretty common word in the Poolhouse lexicon. “Swirlyburgers” are those swirling vortex images that are associated with hypnosis. My schizo cousin mentioned in the pod actually invented this term!

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