Informed Attraction

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It's time. Aubrey and I are locking in to watch all of Riverdale over the course of the next many many... years? This week, we are covering the first three episodes of the first season of Riverdale. Additionally, Aubrey gives us some background lore about the Archie comics and goes on a tangent about the TV show 911.

Happy Halloween! Aubrey and Mackenna recently watched A24's Crystal Lake and wanted to talk about it. We talked about the Friday the 13th movies a little bit last year in our Slasher Series and Aubrey (a big fan of Jason) really wanted to cover this prequel series. Mackenna learned a lot about what happens in the first Friday the 13th movie and we've got a lot to say about wigs and children! Enjoy <3 

Hosted by: Mackenna Goodrich (she/they; @mack3nna) and Dr. Aubrey Hoffer, PHd (she/her; @hoff.phd)

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You read that right. If you are being Jennifer Check for Halloween and you have pom-poms, you better unhinge your jaw, swallow them like a snake, and then pick up a color guard flag. This week, Mackenna and Aubrey are joined by Paul and Erika from That Aged Well to discuss Karyn Kusama and Diablo Cody's Jennifer's Body. This movie was made by women for women and girls and yet... the marketing folks over at Fox went... well, it's starring Megan Fox... so it must be stupid and for boys? WRONG. SO MUCH WRONG. 

Hosted by: Mackenna Goodrich (she/they; @mack3nna) and Dr. Aubrey Hoffer, PHd (she/her; @hoff.phd)

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The world according to... us? This week, Mackenna and Aubrey are discussing Stephen King's story Carrie and its many adaptations. You will all be so shocked to hear that we have a lot of big feelings about the fact that Carrie is supposed to be fat and yet, we've never gotten a fat Carrie on film. And thus, the big question we are asking this episode is... why is that? Why don't any of these directors think the story works if Carrie is fat? And also... the last few minutes are about the musical, we love musicals, folks.

Hosted by: Mackenna Goodrich (she/they; @mack3nna) and Dr. Aubrey Hoffer, PHd (she/her; @hoff.phd)

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Today, we are continuing our conversation about Frankenstein with a discussion of its major adaptations. Mackenna and Aubrey (primarily) discuss Frankenstein (1931), Young Frankenstein (1974), Frankenstein (2025) and the National Theatre adaptation of Frankenstein from 2011. We talk a lot about the choices all of these notably male adaptors made in translating Shelley's work and what we'd like to see in a future adaptation. And also, we try to figure out wtf happened to Frankenstein, M.D.? 

Hosted by: Mackenna Goodrich (she/they; @mack3nna) and Dr. Aubrey Hoffer, PHd (she/her; @hoff.phd)

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Listening notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTMnrwinL5uQ4U7kObvsAzdfe074-uUOEiysG2beTWyagp4M5JLrD_lv9fkLiPZXTh9gsLPt-ypGnRJ/pub

Happy spooky season! Today, we are kicking off a two part series on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Mackenna and Aubrey discuss the book and its major themes. And everyone will be shocked to hear that they spend a lot of time talking about masculinity and the male loneliness epidemic. But also, we spend a good bulk of the essay talking about Susan Stryker's essay about transgender rage. Thank you to listener Alyssa for sending that along! 

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Listening notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQ6LbxWvV1a8XVqrgU15K34zjne-6ju2-NEKSJi4_CVcJO85kQOm3BI0I1ZiyfQBFbaG5oR_Jb9hgTi/pub

Today, we pick up with the other Gilmore Girl: Rory, a girl who probably should have just been a literature professor, but instead stole a boat. We talk through her relationship with her mother, her friends (namely, Paris and Lane), and all the boys she dated and spoilers, did not end up with!

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I was a little chilly when I went outside today, which means it is time for Gilmore Girls! Over the next two episodes, we will be talking about the two titular Gilmore Girls. Today, we are starting with Lorelai Gilmore, a mother and a mommy. We talk through her relationship with her daughter, her parents, and all the boys she's kissed before. And Aubrey uhhhh really loves Max Medina.  

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Nice. Last week, we discussed the relationship between beauty and representations of parents in media. This week, we're getting stupid with it. Aubrey and Mackenna are joined by the good lads from Breaking Mayberry to place four hot fictional parent couples into a bracket to answer the question: which couple would be the best to have a threesome with? And I'm gonna be real... I don't think you're going to guess who we picked. 

Hosted by: Mackenna Goodrich (she/they; @mack3nna) and Dr. Aubrey Hoffer, PHd (she/her; @hoff.phd)

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This week, Mackenna and Aubrey examine the question "why are so many parents on TV hot?" And why does Hollywood love to kill off a mom? They also dissect how media uses attractiveness to inform the audience about how good of a parent someone is. And they pitch a hot new TV show starring Aubrey and [redacted hot Hollywood man.] This is a real grab bag of an episode, folks, so get grabbin'! 

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