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Alyson and Michelle Yang (author of forthcoming memoir, Phoenix Girl: How a Fat Asian with Bipolar Found Love from 5th Avenue Press) talk about the restaurant scene in the first episode of Mr. and Mrs. Smith (starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine) and a few others that subtly discuss and unpack the racism the two main characters live with everyday. Michelle and Alyson talk about their experiences of the show and applaud its ability to thread the needle of creating a show where the characters’ identities are present but not the sum total of who they are as people. It’s a really enjoyable conversation about a thrillingly well-made show and they didn’t even end up revealing any spoilers, WOO HOO!

Michelle’s Instagram @michelleyangwriter

Alyson’s Instagram: @byalysonshelton 

Alyson’s Website

In this episode, Jess speaks with Sindeka Mandoyi, founder of the Chosi Chosi Book Club in Cape Town, South Africa. The book club is helping children in the local area to access books outside of school and to learn to read for meaning. Sindeka talks about her plans to expand the club, her own love of books and why Michelle Obama’s memoir Becoming motivated Sindeka to set up the Chosi Chosi book club. 

You can find Sindeka on Instagram: @cndeka

You can find out more about Chosi Chosi Book Club and how to donate books and other useful things on Instagram: @chosi_chosi_bookclub

You can follow our host Jess on Instagram: @jess_bdavies 

You can also read and subscribe to Jess’ newsletter Bang Average, where she writes about surviving, thriving and finding joy despite the chaos and catfishing of modern life: bangaverageblog.substack.com 

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This episode was first publish on 7 April 2023.

It's Easter! In this very special episode the collective discusses Easter egg chocolate. What is your favourite Easter chocolate? Do you think Jess should receive free Hotel Chocolat? Yeah, so do we. 

Have a wonderful Easter everyone!

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In this episode of Ria's questions, Ria asks "Do you think you could punch a bird?". Obviously, please don't punch birds, they are awesome and we should encourage more birds (apart from pigeons). Listen to the episode to discover why Ria asked this question and also learn why you shouldn't wear big sleeves.

As always, we know there are so many podcasts out there and we are so happy you have taken the time to listen to ours, so please subscribe, review, rate, all those lovely things. Thank you.

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Join Ria as she talks with artist and illustrator Katie Bass about her inspiration, attending cons, the female gaze in art,  and why diversity is important in art and illustration. And they even discuss Jane Austen!

Find out more about Katie: https://www.katiebass.co.uk/
Follow Katie on Instagram: @k_bass_illustration

Tonya speaks with cartoonist and graphic artist MariNaomi about the origin of the Cartoonists of Color, Queer Cartoonists, and Disabled Cartoonists databases; who they help; and how some people try to take advantage of them.

MariNaomi’s links:

Website: https://marinaomi.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marinaomiart/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marinaomiart
Twitter: https://twitter.com/marinaomi

Database links:

https://cartoonistsofcolor.com/

https://queercartoonists.com/

https://www.disabledcartoonists.com/

You can follow Tonya on Twitter or Instagram @mstonyatodd or on her website www.mstonyatodd.com.

This episode was first published on the Comics in Motion network on 13 April 2022

This episode, Ria and prattle master himself, Spider-Dan, discuss Kathryn Bigelow's first solo directorial film, Near Dark.

Released in 1987, Near Dark is a vampire western that explores family, love and loyalty. Ria and Dan chat about how they discovered the film and how it is the perfect pairing of director and cast. All kneel down to Queen Bigelow!

Welcome to Femme on Film where host Ria Carrogan and a guest chat about films made for women, about women, by women… just awesome lady folk (and those who identify as awesome lady folk) content that has often been unfairly maligned, misunderstood by critics, and are often way ahead of their time and need a revisit. This is a place to discuss all of this, to celebrate female filmmakers and much more!

Here's the link to the Slate article by Tammy Oler mentioned by Ria in the podcast: https://slate.com/culture/2017/10/looking-at-kathryn-bigelows-vampire-western-near-dark-30-years-later.html

Here's how you can find Spider-Dan:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dan_bores

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiderdansecretbores/

Website: https://www.spiderdanandthesecretbores.com/

Follow Ria @riacarrogan and get in touch if there’s a film you would like to talk about!

A huge thank you to the Comics in Motion network who has given space to create this podcast. If you would like to come and chat about a film for Femme on Film, drop Ria a message on instagram or via our website.

Intro and outro music: Say You Will by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Alyson and Jessica Waite (author of the forthcoming memoir, The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards from Simon and Schuster) talk about the reunion scene in the 2015 film, Room (starring Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay). You can watch the scene HERE. Jessica and Alyson discuss crying and how they are both “criers.” This scene covers all different types of emotions and tears and they get teared up just talking about it. It’s a masterful scene that is ultimately about the complicated landscape of trauma and love. And to be honest, it’s a fun conversation with lots of laughter. Join us!

Jesscia’s Website

Jessica’s Instagram @endless_stories_jess

Jessica’s Book Website

Alyson’s Instagram: @byalysonshelton 

Alyson’s Website

In this episode, our host Jess and author and friend of the podcast, Tony Farina continue their conversation about books they love, this time talking about Tony’s recommendation The Book Thief by Markus Zusack. It is hard to spoil this book, because the author tells you from the start what is going to happen, but we talk about some of the details along the way.

You can follow Tony on Instagram: @arfarina
You can also find more from Tony on his website: https://www.arfarina.com/
Jess is also available on Instagram: @jess_bdavies