A discussion about the Oscars leads to a war strategy discussion about Abraham Lincoln. Naturally. Can movies be still be successful and meaningful? Sean knows the Marvel universe is real. Emily has an opinion about that.

Emily ruins movies for Sean by explaining the Bechdel Test.

They can agree on the fact that "When Harry Met Sally" is great, even though it is a hetero-normative patriarchal film.

Your pre-work for this episode: go look up "cone of empathy."

Emily is terrified of guns. Sean has lots of experience with guns, and has great respect for them. He's not sure the NRA is representative of most gun owners.

Are guns gendered? Why? Let's go down the path of Freud and talk about female agency over their own bodies. The white male body is the standard, and anything else is considered "other." This naturally leads to the elusive female orgasm.

If it was someone's job to eliminate school shootings tomorrow, what might that look like?

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