Woman Inherits the Earth: Anora

In this, the Anora episode of the pod, Beth and Tess relate Anora to everything from Pretty Woman to Maid in Manhattan to the trad wives of TikTok, including yet another lengthy Oscars discussion, how Anora does and does not compare to The Substance, that oh so prevalent male gaze, and how boring a clubbing montage can be.

Content warning: a lot of adult language and discussion of sex and sex work, and minor violence.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

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Woman Inherits the Earth: Conclave

In this, the Conclave episode of the pod, Beth and Tess talk all things Catholicism, including diversions into the films Doubt and In the Shoes of the Fisherman, as well as our own limited understandings of the Church, the gender dynamics at work in the film, and how we fell about final ending twist.

Content warning: some adult language, discussion of sexual assault including use of the word that rhymes with grape, and forced genital surgeries performed on infants.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

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Woman Inherits the Earth: Mulholland Drive

In this, the Mulholland Drive episode of the pod, in honor of David Lynch, Beth and Tess discuss one of the greats of strange dream-logic cinema: Mulholland Drive. Topics include how Lynch plays with genre and expectation, what a trip Mulholland Drive is for a first-time Lynch viewer, a bit of Twin Peaks, a few secret cabals of powerful men, the dualities of Betty/Diane and Rita/Camilla and Betty/Rita and Camilla/Diane, Rebekah del Rio, an unexpected connection to The Fifth Element, and whether trying too hard to pin down this movie might not be missing the point.

Lynch’s interview with the Criterion Collection: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/3771-lynch-on-mulholland-dr?srsltid=AfmBOorwx8-2A2D0T2fCzj1wx43tf3SfHV0EzwzKM8kOwAa2NGHOxffc

Content warning: some adult language, discussion of sex and implied violence.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

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Woman Inherits the Earth: Children of Men

In this, the Children of Men episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss a movie about the bleak far-off future of…2027! Topics include Michael Caine’s performance as a hippie, the music of the dystopia, a lot about how the children are very literally our future, how gender relates to violence, and what do you do in a world without hope?

Content warning: some adult language, discussion of film violence, particularly cruelty to refugees.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

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In this, the Fifth Element episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss a movie about the future that’s actually fun, sci-fi stories where humanity gets neither better nor worse but remains obsessed with McDonalds, the vibes and politics of the 90s, Gary Oldman, Chris Tucker, the gender fluidity of Ruby Rhod, and whether a movie has to make any sense at all to be good.

Content warning: some adult language and frank discussion of the sexual content of a film.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

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Woman Inherits the Earth: Jurassic Park

In this, the Jurassic Park episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss the origin of our show’s name! Other topics include loving a movie so much you have no choice but to nitpick it, the endless appeal of Jeff Goldblum, Beth’s argument for why Muldoon should have survived, and what Jurassic Park might have to say about the coming AI apocalypse.

Content warning: discussion of movie deaths.

Extra Spoiler Note: This episode contains mild spoilers for all 3 original Jurassic Park movies, the first Jurassic World movie, Schindler’s List, and Alien.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

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Woman Inherits the Earth: Alien

In this, the Alien episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss scifi horror, the gender politics (or lack thereof) of Alien, Beth’s unabiding love of Yaphet Kotto, and what it means to stare into the abyss.

Content warning: discussion of body horror and other horror movie-level violence, and discussion of partial nudity.

Extra Spoiler Note: This episode contains spoilers for Alien, Aliens.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

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Woman Inherits the Earth: Terminator 1 & 2

In this, the Terminator episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss the feminist legacy, such as it is, of Sarah Connor, what makes a good robot story, Data from Star Trek and the Iron Giant, and finally all possible iterations of a time travel story and whether Terminator’s time travel story makes any sense at all.

Content warning: discussion of action movie violence.

Extra Spoiler Note: This episode contains spoilers for Terminator 1 & 2, but also for The Iron Giant, 12 Monkeys, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and multiple episodes of Star Trek: Voyager, including the finale.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

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Woman Inherits the Earth: X-Men

In this, the X-Men episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss their deep and abiding love for Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, no less than 3 X-Men/Star Trek connections, a poor use of your Halle Berry, the many layered themes of the X-Men comics, and who has the best comic book hairdo of them all.

Content warning: discussion of action movie violence and misogyny.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

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Woman Inherits the Earth: Birds of Prey

In this, the Birds of Prey episode of the pod, Beth and Tess discuss the unusual history of Harley Quinn as a character, the visual drama of certain action scenes, tropes and how to subvert them, and of course, the best bacon-and-egg sandwich that money can buy.

Content warning: discussion of action movie violence…and poop.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WhereYouLead

Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

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