Horror Nerds at Church

Pace (they/them), Emily (they/them) and Suzannah (she/her) tackle the Witches of Eastwick: the book, the film, and even mention the briefly-lived TV series from the aughts. We talk about the devil, feminism, and queerness, plus so much more!

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Join us as we talk about all things It's a Wonderful

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Pace (they/them) and Emily (they/them) wish you a happy Thanksgiving as we cover the 2022 holiday slasher Thanksgiving! We talk about the horrors of the holiday, capitalism, and how sin connects to everything. 

CW: discussion of genocide of first nations people and body horror 

Media mentioned:

-A Queer Lectionary: (Im)proper Readings from the Margins Year A edited by Peter Carlson 

-Queer Callings: Untimely Notes on Names and Desires by Mark D. Jordan 

-(sometimes) zine by Stefanie Kaylor

-Red Emma's Coffee 

-Fairest: The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

-Never Whistles at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

-"Fire on the Mountain" by Așa

-HNAC's The Queer Holiday Survival Guide 

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Pace (they/them), Emily (they/them), and Suzannah (she/her) cover the classic film Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Defeat fascism with witchcraft and queer chosen family! Also, congrats to our pet costume contest winners Dr. Popper and Gizmo! 

CW: discussions of facism, sexism, and queerphobia

Media Referenced:

-Fairest: The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

-Star Wars: Aftermath by Chuck Wendig

-Star Wars: Resistance Reborn by Rebecca Roanhorse

-History of Madness by Michel Foucault

-Bed-Knob and Broomstick by Mary Norton (compilation of The Magic Bedknob and Bonfires and Broomsticks)

-A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

-Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk 

-Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers

-Nerds at Church episode on Childism 
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Pace (they/them) and Emily (they/them) cover the 1998 DCOM (Disney Channel Original Movie) Halloweentown! Is this movie the first one this season to pass the HNAC Test? Is the movie really just a big allegory for queerness and acceptance? And, how much of Emily's love of this film is nostalgia versus it actually being a good movie? Find out all of this and more on the latest episode of HNAC. 

Media Referenced:

-Winter by Marissa Meyer 

-Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

-The Blackhawk Cycle by T.J. Tranchell

-Surviving the Holidays with a Dysfunctional Family blogpost by Pace

-The witches of Eastwick by John Updike 

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Pace (they/them) and Emily (they/them) are joined by Qira Clarenbach (fae/faer) of Stone Circle Wicca to talk about the 1960 film Black Sunday. Is this a witch movie or vampire movie? Why even are we here covering this? Who knows! We talk about real world paganism versus how it's depicted in Hollywood and pop culture and so much more. 

Media referenced:

-Nerds at Church's (W)Ry(e)(se) and Shine and Buffy episodes

-Claudia Gray's The Haunted Mansion: Storm and Shade

-Alice Hoffman's Practical Magic

-Thirsty Sword Lesbians

-Find Qira Clarenbach at CatharineClarenbach.com and TheWayOfTheRiver.com

CW: medical discussion
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Pace (they/them), Emily (they/them), and Suzannah (she/her) follow the yellow brick road, dodging everything from asbestos to super heated movie sets to bring you our episode on The Wizard of Oz (1939). We talk about the film's queer legacy, chosen family, and the God behind the curtain. I'd tell you more but I'm a Christian woman, y'all. 

Don't forget to submit to our pet costume contest by going to bit.ly/HNACPets24! 

Media Referenced:

-Sometimes zine issue on Finch Goes to Pride by Stefanie Kaylor

-The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger

-The Animorphs by K.A. Applegate

-A Million Worlds with You by Claudia Gray

-The Haunted Mansion: Storm and Shade by Claudia Gray

-The Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder

-The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

-Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

-"The Misery of Oz: How Hollywood Starved its Great Star" by Paul Whitington

-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

CW: abuse of Judy Garland in the making of the film
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Pace (they/them), Emily (they/them) and Suzannah (she/her) look at the 1922 silent film Häxan. We talk about the Malleus Maleficarum, the history of witchcraft, sexism, poverty, and so much more! Also, what is the weird obsession medieval monks have with anuses? And, don't forget to submit your pet (or plant or rock or stuffed animal) to our 4th Annual Pet Costume Contest by going to bit.ly/HNACPets24!

Media referenced: 

-Claudia Gray's Ten Thousand Skies Above You (Book 2 in the Firebird Trilogy) 

-The Malleus Maleficarum by Heinrich Kramer 

-Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs 

-Nerds at Church's episode on Cosmology-The Häxan Transcript

-Witchcraft: A Very Short Introduction by Malcolm Gaskill

-Mark D. Jordan's The Invention of Sodomy in Christian Theology and The Silence of Sodom

-Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault

CW: descriptions of sexism, racism, and queerphobia as depicted in the film
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Pace (they/them) and Emily (they/them) introduce Season 7, all about witches! We start off with a speed dating round of questions before getting into all the movies and shows we will be covering. Suzannah (she/her), our Wild Magic Tech Genius, also shares some book and tv show recommendations. What themes do we anticipate coming up this season? What movies are we most looking forward to? And most importantly, when does the Pet Costume Contest start accepting entries? Also, use #HNACTest for movies, books, tv shows, etc. that pass our Redemption Arc test!
CW: Queerphobia in church
Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode

-William Shakespeare's Macbeth

-Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles 

-Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower 

-Claudia Gray's A Thousand Pieces of You

-Laura Ingalls Wilder's The Long Winter 

-Keith Haring's art and life as told by Kimberly Drew and Tom Finkelpearl in Art is For Everybody

-Alison Bechdel's Fun Home

-Pace's Living Lutheran article "On Martin Luther and Horror Movies"

-Robin R. Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris' The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar 

-Howard David Ingham's We Don't Go Back: A Watcher's Guide to Folk Horror and Cult Cinema: A Personal Exploration of Sects, Brainwashing and Bad Religion in Film and Television

-Steve Case's The Frankenstein Book of Prayer 

-Remains to be Told: Dark Tales of Aotearoa edited by Lee Murray

-Attack from the '80s edited by Eugene Johnson

-T.J. Tranchell's The Blackhawk Cycle

-Ben Monroe's The Seething

-Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's Preacher 

-Cixin Liu's The Three-Body Problem

-Michel Foucault's The History of Sexuality

-Marcella Althaus-Reid's The Queer God and Indecent Theology: Theological Perversions in Sex, Gender and Politics

-Gloria Anzaldúa's Boderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza and her essay in This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, edited by Cherrie Moraga and the author

-Abigail Thorn's Philosophy Tube (YouTube Channel) 

-Natalie Wynn's Contrapoints (YouTube Channel)

-K.A. Applegate's Animorphs -Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon 

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Pace (they/them) and Emily (they/them) are joined by Suzannah Porter (she/'her) to talk about all things Alien, Predtaor, AI and androids, and so much more.

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