This week, we get a first-person account of the Buddhafield from someone who had been a member of the group for 22 years. Ballet, speedos, fruit carving, 80s-era disillusionment, and Rosemary’s Baby all make appearances. Mike questions reality, Merinda gets mad at the filmmaker’s mother, and we both think about different kinds/degrees of performance. Is confrontation a passable substitute for closure? Is “charisma” just patriarchy with a facelift? Join us as we discuss Holy Hell. And keep sending us feedback and film recs! We love hearing from you.

Links:

Christopher Breu, In Defense of Sex: Nonbinary Embodiment and Desire https://www.fordhampress.com/9781531508777/in-defense-of-sex/

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Production assistance from the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama.

Theme music produced with Udio.