This week brings us the film debut of Madeline Olnek, who longtime listeners might've heard us praising before for WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY. While this is definitely a 90s time capsule even if it was filmed in 2011, it's also adorable to the nth degree. Not to mention how lovely it is to see a fat woman cast as the romantic lead.

CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of queerphobia, transphobia, misogyny

The Okra Project: www.theokraproject.com/

LGBTQ Freedom Fund: www.lgbtqfund.org/donate-1

That BS Passive-Aggressive NYT Obituary of Activist Larry Kramer: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/us/larry-kramer-dead.html

Interview with Holly Hughes: https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=philly_free&id=GALE%7CA446292521&v=2.1&it=r&sid=ITOF&asid=a10b4001

Memories of the Revolution: The First Ten Years of the WOW Cafe Theater: https://books.google.com/books/about/Memories_of_the_Revolution.html?id=gyYXCwAAQBAJ

1:00 Lesbian Activist Theatre: The WOW Café

6:00 Stage to Screen Growing Pains

11:00 The Cheesecake Symbolizes Despair

17:00 Accidental Autistic-Coded Love Story

23:00 Queer Commentary Corner

34:00 Race to the Spaceship

40:00 Preserving Olnek’s Work

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