This week Heaven does a reading series on the recent profile piece released this week about Joss Whedon. She discusses accountability, white male entitle, abuse of power dynamics, and using Feminism as a guise to hide misogynistic ideals.

"The Undoing of Joss Whedon" by Lila Shapiro:
https://www.vulture.com/article/joss-whedon-allegations.html

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A teaser from the bonus Patreon-only episode, "REVIEW: Mayor Pete"

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In honor of what would have been Betty White's 100th birthday and a celebration of her work, Heaven discusses one of the roles she was best known for--Rose Nylund in the hit series, THE GOLDEN GIRLS. In this episode, Heaven goes over some of the most progressive parts of the series as well as discussing some of the more problematic elements.

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For the first episode of the New Year, Heaven discusses the mini docuseries, LULARICH, based on the MLM clothing company, LuLaRoe. In this episode, Heaven goes over the origins of DeAnne and Mark Stidham, how LuLaRoe got started, its misuse of Feminist language to lure women into the company to only then reinforce patriarchal family norms, how they scammed women out of thousands of dollars, exploitation of workers, why bosses suck, and how non-men are usually powerful organizers due to their reach and involvement in different communities.

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Heaven gives her list of the Best of 2021 in television, film, and music!

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A teaser from the bonus Patreon-only episode, "ASMR Summary: Portrait of a Lady On Fire"

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This week Heaven reviews the new Aaron Sorkin film, BEING THE RICARDOS. Heaven, an expert in I LOVE LUCY history, discusses the things Sorkin gets right about the film and the things he makes into fiction to create a more dramatic piece of cinema. Heaven also discusses the Sorkinisms sprinkled throughout the film as well as give a brief history of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's relationship, how I LOVE LUCY came about, how the show revolutionized sitcom programming, and answers the question: Was Lucille Ball a Communist?

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A teaser from the bonus Patreon-only episode, "GIRL TALK: Mason from It's On The List/The Barn"

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This week Heaven reviews the 2011 Tina Fey memoir, Bossypants. Specifically, Heaven discusses some of the good stuff Fey mentions in her book, such as motherhood, dealing with sexism, and rude people, while also highlighting some of the problematic elements of her book, such as racism, classism, White Feminism, her Mean Girl voice, and Neoliberalism.

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Heaven is back and she has returned with a super sized episode! This week she has invited photographer Ruby Longoria-Ali to the pod to talk about a subject that's been long awaited--The Female Gaze. Heaven and Ruby discuss how non-male artists' perspectives can change how a piece of art is made in pop culture, music, film, and art.

NOTE: The last ten minutes were unfortunately lost somewhere in podcast land but the episode is still a treat!

Ruby Longoria-Ali's work:
rubylongoria.com
https://www.instagram.com/rubyubyuby/

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