This Feels Bi

Monsters🤝queer community. But have you ever wondered why this is the case? Why is the story of Frankenstein and its origins brimming with so much queerness? And were its origins really concocted on a spooky summer writer's retreat filled with queer (and incesty?) love triangles?! Don't worry, bi babes we get into ALL of that on today's ep.

Joined by poet James Fujinami Moore, we examine the bi-coded themes in Mary Shelley's titan work of gothic horror, "Frankenstein," including the many film adaptations it's spawned, including James Whale's seminal Frankenstein (1931) and its sequel Bride of Frankenstein (1935), along with Guillermo del Toro's recent 2025 adaptation. We dive into Jacob Elordi's performance as Frankenstein's monster, Victor Frankenstein's mommy and daddy issues, and of course, those queer literary bacchanals in Lake Geneva. Get ready to traverse the world from Switzerland to England, and all the way to the North Pole as Professor Daddy James takes us on a literary, cinematic journey of monster theory. 🧟‍♂️

What happens when you get three people into a sex scene together? Do the past and current depictions of threesomes in the media do them justice in all of their inherent queerness? Did we pick this topic just to talk about some steamy cinema?? With the help of lesbian filmmaker and co-creator of The Lesbian Bar Project, Erica Rose, this episode we dive into threesome scenes in cinema in all of their shortcomings and successes. Beginning with the first ever threesome scene in film history from 1915, we cover films such as Wild Things (1998), Y tu mamá también (2001), Challengers (2024), and Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017) along with discussion on Erica's short film Girl Talk (2018), investigating how the queer and female gaze lends itself to portrayals of sex on screen. Get ready for a saucy, intellectually stimulating episode 😏

Do you own a green velvet couch? If so, then congrats! The internet apparently thinks you're bi. This week, Amanda is joined by special guest host and drag instructor Theydy Bedbug along with Jen Winston, author of the book Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much. In this episode, we do a deep dive into the viral internet trope of the green velvet couch theory, why queers cling to certain color schemes, why bi folks claim obscure cultural touchstones.... and obviously which furniture items feel the most queer. Snuggle up on the green (or blue) velvet relaxation vehicle of your choosing and tune in!

A Scorpio, Libra, and Aries walk into a pod… and discuss the mystical, magical intersection of astrology and bisexuality. In this episode, Amanda and Erin are joined by actor and content creator Charmeé Taylor of @bi_astrology to discuss how astrology can be lens to investigate one's queerness, why queer culture is so drawn to the cosmos, capitalism's complicated role in pop astrology, which signs are most likely to start a queer commune, and talk everyone's "big three" and what they reveal about a person. Break out your charts, bi babes, because we're going on a journey through the bisexual cosmos!

What do tongue piercings, group make-outs, and desperately trying to impress your cooler-than-you bff all have in common? They all feel bi and they're all featured in this week's topic: groundbreaking coming-of-age film THIRTEEN directed by Catherine Hardwicke and starring bi-con Evan Rachel Wood and Nikki Reed. With help from the incredible filmmaker and writer/director of RAGAMUFFIN, Kaitlyn Mikayla, Amanda and Erin dive into this cult classic movie and explore why it feels so darn bi while pulling back the many layers of teenage friendship and the violence of girlhood. Throw away your Paul Frank pj pants and don your lace-up crop tops, because babe, we're diving into the messy, sapphic world of girlhood, and it's going to be a bumpy ride.

What do Halloween and being bi have in common? The stereotypical "hedonism" and "debauchery," the duality, the queering of gender performance, and obviously the ghost girl that haunts the back of our sapphic mind-house. In this episode, Amanda and Erin are joined by New York Times best-selling author and host of the MAGICAL OVERTHINKERS and SOUNDS LIKE A CULT podcasts, Amanda Montell, to discuss the beloved, spooktacular, and yes, very bi-coded holiday of HALLOWEEN. We'll pose questions like "what's the most bi Halloween costume you've ever dressed up as?" and "what Disney villains are power bottoms?" Halloween lovers and bi babes alike, we're DYING to share this episode with you.

Gimme a B! Gimme an I! What's that spell?! You guessed it, bi babes—it's our very first episode and we're kicking it off with the iconic, powerful... CHEERLEADERS (or queerleaders?) Amanda and Erin share their personal experiences with being bi while being (or crushing on) a cheerleader and dive into a myriad of film and television show examples in an effort to find out just why cheerleaders feel so darn bi. Expect coverage of classic films like BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER, BRING IT ON, and JENNIFER'S BODY, as well as a few beloved TV shows—GLEE and RIVERDALE, we're looking at you. We'll address questions like, "how did such a patriarchal sport become so queer?" and "why is it so hard for folks to believe cheerleaders might be sapphic?" Grab your pompoms and join us as we dive into the potentially wlw world of these cheerful queen bees.