The cultural phenomenon that is Sex and the City continues with the second season of And Just Like That… where 50-something, wealthy Manhattanites Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda return to navigate life, love, and loss, joined by new friends and lovers. Joining Kat to discuss the series is her good friend, licensed mental health counselor and screenwriter, Pallavi Yetur.

Links Mentioned:

• Kim Cattrall’s 2005 documentary Sexual Intelligence: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/sexual-intelligence/umc.cmc.1ny2dka7n1021smgmks7k2tov
• Kim Cattrall jazz performance: https://youtu.be/XcEKtVZ0XX4
• And Just Like That… interview with Samantha Irby - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/18/magazine/samantha-irby-interview.html

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• https://pallaviyetur.com/

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Welcome to the first of a series of bonus mini-episodes we’re calling “Fortnightly FREQouts,” where our host Kat Spada walks us through what’s been thrilling, moving, upsetting, or infuriating her in recent weeks. Today’s Fortnightly FREQout features special guest A.C. Lamberty to discuss the new documentary on Max, Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed.

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Welcome to a new season of feminist media criticism goodness! Today Kat and Anita are discussing the 1989 action classic Road House, starring none other than our beloved Patrick Swayze. Listen in for a nostalgic stroll through the absolutely bonkers landscape of this corner of the Dirty Dancing/Point Break/Road House Swayze trifecta.

Links Mentioned:

• FFR 203, 1940s Hollywood: https://feministfrequency.com/video/femme-fatale-1940s-hollywood-film-noir-with-julie-grossman-ffr-203/

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This past season of Feminist Frequency Radio co-hosts Kat Spada and A.C. Lamberty investigated masculinity in movies and TV on our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series.  On this final bonus wrap-up episode, Anita Sarkeesian returns to strap in, strap on, and weigh in on all our most-loved machos.

Links Mentioned:

• Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/
• Political (?) Twitter thread about menswear tailoring - https://twitter.com/dieworkwear/status/1658561021160865794

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• Website: https://www.aclamberty.com/
• On Instagram and Letterboxd at @aclamberty

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Strap in, Strap on, and join us on the dance floor for one last episode of our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series. Today is all about the machos with the moves. From studio musicals of the 40s and 50s to our podcast’s patron saint, Patrick Swayze, we’re tripping the light fantastic with a look at dudes who dance!
 

Links Mentioned:

• Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/
• Gene Kelly SUMMER STOCK newspaper dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0tnHNYpRG8
• The Nicholas Brothers’ STORMY WEATHER dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNBtvj7KZw0
• “Take Off With Us” from ALL THAT JAZZ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whuhoWZ5dVY
• Baryshnikov on Broadway: https://youtu.be/413JgYfL5eY
• Gregory Hines tap challenge in Tap: https://youtu.be/5Zd6GnFCfck
• Swayze on SNL: https://youtu.be/stqG2ihMvP0
• Swayze’s PBR commercial: https://youtu.be/nTVj5lIkxp4
   

Time Stamps:

1:08:48 - Macho of the Week

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We’re diving into the Macho hierarchy with an episode of “Machos: Fully Loaded” that’s all about the Alphas.  What is it that makes these machos reign supreme? Is it domination, power, or just living your life a quarter mile at a time? Listen to our discussion of some of the most over-the-top, high-octane machos out there.

Links Mentioned:

• Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/
• https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/
• Fast & Furious nomenclature on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fredasquith/video/7199205413357653254
• Blood Knife piece: https://bloodknife.com/everyone-beautiful-no-one-horny/
• Keanu training for Wick 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yk7K8-HnfI&t=3s
• FFR 168, Point Break: https://feministfrequency.com/video/feminist-frequency-radio-168-point-break-patrick-swayze-and-keanu-reeves-in-peak-90s-action-cinema/
• FFR 208, Johnny Mnemonic: https://feministfrequency.com/video/johnny-mnemonic-w-ryan-broderick-ffr-208/

Time Stamps:

1:15:51 - Macho of the Week

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This Machos: Fully Loaded episode is all about MLM—Machos Loving Machos, as Kat and A.C. get into the world of gay cinema with a look at mainstream Hollywood releases, biopics, documentaries, New Queer cinema, and more.

Links Mentioned:

• Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/
• “The Competition” podcast: https://competitionpodcast.wordpress.com/

Time Stamps:

1:13:13 - Macho of the Week

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In this episode of our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series, Kat and A.C. are drawn in by these two-dimensional machos. From formative childhood favorites to more modern adult animation, we look at how cartoons present and play with masculinity in ways other mediums can’t.

Links Mentioned:

• Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/
• B.D. Wong Teaches You How to Eat a Chicken Wing | GQ
• BD Wong on “Las Culturistas”: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/control-king-w-bd-wong/id1092361338?i=1000513402281
• Josh Gad as “openly gay” LeFou: https://i.insider.com/621e7fb996929400196c2080?width=1200&format=jpeg
• Optimus Prime’s Lifetime Achievement Award: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_-f1bc7VrM

Time Stamps:

1:05:43 - Macho of the Week

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Calling all daddies, zaddies, and baddies! This week on our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series, we’re continuing our investigation of onscreen masculinity through a discussion of fatherhood in media, looking at portrayals of dads and father figures who've been central figures of movies and television.

Links Mentioned:

• Machos: Fully Loaded film list – https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/
• New York Times article about a man adopting the baby he found in a subway station: https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9D0DE7DD1230F930A35750C0A9659D8B63.html
• Hannah Hamad's "Hollywood Fatherhood: Paternal Postfeminism in Contemporary Popular Cinema": https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/105216/1/Hollywood%20Fatherhood%20HH.pdf

Time Stamps:
1:01:05 – Macho of the Week

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