Prepare several hot dogs, put your pagers on silent mode, and get ready to dive into Alice Wu's first feature film, 2004's Saving Face. Joining us with, really, only good things to say about this movie is Laurel's other (and first!) co-host from the podcast Working Classy.

Episode Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qbPtrqYOAq1f4WSauQQ1bGHRZJNAEvF0t5fOc6x1kj8/edit?usp=sharing Much thanks to @badportraitfanart for their help transcribing! (Please follow them at https://instagram.com/badportraitfanart/)

We talk about...

We referenced Drunk Lesbians Watch "Saving Face" (Feat. Ashly Perez, Michelle Krusiec & Lynn Chen): https://youtu.be/gQnvxtMeoUI

Check out Isabel and Laurel on Working Classy: http://anchor.fm/workingclassy

Grab your gym bag of wooden stakes and meet us after math class...it's time to enjoy Netflix's campy YA teen lesbian vampire drama First Kill. Joining us on this field trip is film critic, writer, and honorary co-host, Valerie Complex! We're gonna talk about... 

Bonus: we also discuss what's available for queer film in 2022!

Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lIzrXiUelwaDj4_hXmAW0_wTVOkfT-znmaKjTk9YCb8/edit?usp=sharing ✨Thank you again to @badportraitfanart for helping out with the transcripts! Please follow them at https://instagram.com/badportraitfanart)

Follow Valerie Complex! https://instagram.com/valerie_complex2/ 

Are you ready for some sexy, beige and grey Rachel on Rachel action?? In this episode we're dissecting director Sebastián Lelio's AND author Naomi Alderman's Disobedience(s?). So, let's follow Ronit back to her Orthodox Jewish hometown where, at least in the film version, she will [spoiler] in Esti's [spoiler]. Also other things happen.

We'll talk about...

Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DWZXn5ijvhzUm3knUa91MBk8Iak5Y--P_bUpgK7bqJE/edit?usp=sharing

✨Special shout-out to @badportraitfanart (instagram.com/badportraitfanart) for helping out with this episode's transcript!!💘

Stuff we mentioned: 

Hold the elevator! 😎 We're talking about the Wachowski sisters' glorious 1996 neo-noir Bound with special guests Baby Djojonegoro and Heather Petrocelli from Portrait of a Survey on Fire (a.k.a. the folks whose Top 10 Lesbian Films list is what this season of our podcast is based on! 👀).

We talk about...

🏆 How great Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon are in this 

🫠 How great Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon are together

⛏ That labrys tattoo!

👏 Showing actual lesbians in a lesbian bar!

🎬 The Wachowski's cinematic innovations

✨ Queer and trans allegory

😘 How extremely wonderful it is to have a neo-noir film where the protagonists are lesbians AND they win

...and much more!

Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NcvehOHvCHxjva8OHcCKXjhF8NB_cCRA8oSKkMUSqi0/edit?usp=sharing (This is a longer episode, so the first half is available now, and we'll be uploading the rest of it over the weekend.)

Links to stuff we mentioned:

A film within a film within a film, The Watermelon Woman is a brilliant example of New Queer Cinema. Lightheartedly combining camcorder, 16mm, and self-made "found" footage, Cheryl Dunye gives voice and life to lost history 23 years before we see something similar come to life with Marianne in Portrait of a Lady on Fire. "What??" you say. "YES." we respond. Let's talk about it! 

And...

• The 90s vibes! 🔥

• The (RIDICULOUS) controversy that followed 📰

• The humor!! 🎯

• How the "found" footage is a whole *additional* incredible work of art on its own 😭

• The C enter for L esbian I nformation and T echnology 📸 (I'm afraid to write out the acronym because of content filters)

• SO MANY LESBIANS 💕 [There are more lesbians depicted in The Watermelon Woman than in ANY OF THE OTHER MOVIES WE'RE COVERING THIS SEASON.]

BONUS: we reveal the 5 E C R E T  L E 5 8 I A N  C 0 D E  🤫

Episode Transcript

The Watermelon Woman at 25: the Black lesbian classic that wears its brilliance lightly

City Arts & Lectures interview with Cheryl Dunye

Hang out with us on Instagram 📷 and Twitter 🦆! 

Are you wearing an intricately patterned sweater? Great. Do you already have a glass of wine? Perfect, have some more! 'Cause today we're talking about the 2011 Swedish lesbian movie Kyss Mig (A.K.A. Kiss Me or With Every Heartbeat). 

We're gonna talk about...

Show notes:

Put on your gayest cowboy duds and throw your vintage convertible into reverse because we're kicking off our season of the Portrait survey's top 10 lesbian or queer films with the 80s sapphic classic, Desert Hearts. Some of the things we cover:

Portrait of a Survey on Fire's full list of top 10 films

Episode transcript

More about Reno's history as the "Divorce Capital of the World"

We're back! And this season we'll be watching each of the top 10 films from Portrait of a Survey on Fire's favorite lesbian and queer films. First up: Desert Hearts!🌵💕 

Transcript for this episode

Join the conversation on Instagram and Twitter

Check out @portraitofasurveyonfire on Instagram for more about the list and the survey results!

For our season finale, we're joined by Portrait of a Survey on Fire's Baby Djojonegoro and Heather Petrocelli to talk about their process, preliminary findings, and some of the incredible responses their survey has received.

Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wLX-Wg6Yj-sm9avm8EHKzhn_cgscQrbFRggNEXE3q7o/edit?usp=sharing

Links from the show:

It's time we talked about the most sapphic content SNL has ever aired: the Totino Pizza Roll trilogy, written by and starring Vanessa Bayer, co-written by Sarah Schneider and Chris Kelly with a key guest appearance by Kristen Stewart. We'll also discuss Act III's uncanny parallels with Portrait of a Lady on Fire. What are you hungry for?

Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19ozuSOBPHwzWXVUCmcyXaxV6ba7AG8FU8taB5MqbMu8/edit?usp=sharing

Links from the show

Homemade tonic water recipe

(adapted from Rainbow Grocery Co-op recipe)

1. Simmer, on low heat for 30 min, these things in 3 cups of water:

2. Add the peeled zests of 2 oranges, 2 lemons, 2 limes, 2 grapefruits (or any combo of 2 or more citruses) and 3 chopped stalks of lemongrass to your mixture 

3. Store in a sealed glass jar in the fridge for 3 days, shaking once or twice per day

4. Strain using a fine cheese cloth or coffee filter

5. Combine with simple syrup (2:1 cups of sugar to water - adjust to your personal taste)

6. Funnel into a bottle and store in the fridge