Today, Mackenna and Aubrey begin a yearly tradition of making a bracket (with input from you! the audience!) to decide what the hottest [blank] is. This year, they're talking on the leaders of the "free world:" the Presidents of the United States of America (the politicians, not the band!) There are... more musical theatre references than you might think and none of them are Hamilton. We talk a lot about photos in this one - see below for a folder with portraits of all these gentlemen. 

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Reference Photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14MScL4dPs-xveIYqBZCWvP2WqKdcCvbd?usp=sharing

This week, we are joined by Mackenna's friend Erin Donnelly to talk about what the heck a fujoshi is. We talk through the history of BL manga and anime and cover some hits of the genre like Banana Fish, Given, Yuri on Ice, and more. Plus, Aubrey and Erin get to fujo out about Ouran High School Host Club. 

Guest: Erin Donnelly (she/her; @eridonney)

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Listening notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT5sIhtFsEX-boKWRJ6tLrNJ4rxg30WwIiDaROZn1U_Do0uX9pgsmGVQGGErFH_rQl_iMUWwl3Voz7S/pub

This week, Mackenna and Aubrey begin their discussion of slash fiction, starting with two examples of real boys who fans really wanted to see kiss: Ryan Ross and Brendon Urie (aka Ryden) and Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles (aka Larry Stylinson.) Also, Mackenna derails the whole thing by talking about Dan and Phil. 

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This week, Mackenna and Aubrey talk about one blonde British vampire: Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. They talk about his successful redemption arc, followed up by one of the most bizarre character decisions of all time by one Mr. Joss Whedon. 

TW: discussions of sexual violence (43:50-1:15:15)

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This week, Mackenna and Aubrey talk redemption arcs and continue delving into why people find themselves drawn to male villains. But more than all of that, Aubrey absolutely baffles Mackenna with a look into the Church of Snapeism aka women online who worship Severus Snape as a god?????? Hello???

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Listening notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT-RSqJV9E4PJnbxu9PGN7rkWtePD9Rs63KG_EQ-e4DDKe2Z2aMGl6c4CdBLwszlZYDViVqVSnWC6cm/pub

If you couldn't tell by the title, we're reading fanfiction this one! This week, we dive into the question of "why do a lot of women on the Internet get sexually obsessed with evil characters in media?" And we're popping off with Rumplestiltskin from ABC's Once Upon a Time. 

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Listening notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTGn1LJv_vuZdTUJ-nsACuITHKmz3f828BkRJqqCI7M0F6xwGJjgfOseSSDD3wchL02BwGl199MQIDy/pub

It's done. Mackenna is finally free. This week, she presents Aubrey with a buffet of Tucci content and they talk about an absolute smorgasboard of film and TV, including The Devil Wears Prada, The Lovely Bones, The Hunger Games, and whatever the hell Space Chimps is. Also, they watch the famous negroni video together. 

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Listening notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRIDKZ6t9MCP-a4x2Nknp2LuKr5YieHDgSRW5U2xE6fHyMbdzyPHdZoOrg0dnHOPI9XIEAbdfnK2Fto/pub

WE FINALLY GOT A BALD TUCCI. This week, we talk about a loooooooot of rom-coms that are fine and one movie that is very good! We also have a discussion about what attractiveness research has to say about bald and balding men.

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Listening notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQbUPKjM5EKX1L3EPgqtPONWrqpI30u9ajiSSz1TW4TXzlpTuAAKm2USYCczK_PsHuXwI1p9pJHk885/pub

We're back and going deeper INTO THE TUCCIVERSE to talk about Stanley Tucci's indie movie phase. In the 90s, he was doing all kinds of wacky stuff before becoming the hot dad / horrific jester we know and love today. So join us to talk about some epic highs (namely, The Daytrippers) and some epic lows (namely, Mackenna finally had to watch a Woody Allen movie). 

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Listening notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTNDb5d0SJeC9LomhrszD6o7cWiT4jt8PURLWlnHIK7m6DzoxtIaQ2UO4yuHMIIZalQy2Dui1IqJrBZ/pub

Mackenna and Aubrey are going INTO THE TUCCIVERSE as Mackenna watches through Stanley Tucci's filmography. We want to investigate how Stanley Tucci established his gigantic career and his status as a sexy, sexy man. However, this week, Mackenna mostly watched a lot of bad TV from the 80s and 90s. 

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Listening notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTkEmGvCoV2bFIlEI7pZ91-YA_7NZG0O92U13WpnxTxdZefzcPVBc5asBNbH2SDRXmtWpqsr5-whsLF/pub