Growing Up Millennial

Welcome to Halloweentown (1998)! Join Adri and Helene as they talk skeletons, neurodivergence/magic, and the predictability of a smarmy mayor incel being the big bad. Pass us a note in class. Type up your notes in the computer lab (or record a voice memo) and send them to us at gummypod@gmail.com We're also a newsletter. Subscribe to get a weekly dose of nostalgia right in your inbox: https://gumm...

Helene is out for medical reasons, but our resident white man is here to talk with Adri about 1996's Spooky Feminist Manifesto, The Craft. Join Adri and Seth in their conversation about magic, high school, consent, the Guadalupe Virgin, and much more. Pass us a note in class. Type up your notes in the computer lab (or record a voice memo) and send them to us at gummypod@gmail.com We're also a news...

Spooky Season continues with Casper (1995), the first feature film with a CGI main character. Adri and Helene talk about sexual awakenings, the inconsistent metaphysical rules of this world, all the cameos in this film, ghost therapy, spiritual uncles, slightly relatable villains, and much more. Pass us a note in class. Type up your notes in the computer lab (or record a voice memo) and send them...

Your hosts had to wait 300 years for a virgin to light a candle. That's right: Helene and Adri are cackling about the iconic film Hocus Pocus (1993) on this episode! Spooky Season wouldn't be the same without touching on this cultural phenomenon. Join your hosts as they tackle feminism, sassy little sisters (favorite genre alert!), witches, immortal cats, sexual awakenings, slutty menswear, virgin...

Join Adri and Helene as they gab about the spooky claymation classic: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). Listen in for talks about how they wish Sally's character and relationship with Jack had been better developed,  Adri does every holiday as if it were Easter, Helene triumphed over COVID but missed out on a spooky trip to Salem, Seth enjoyed the movie while the gals thought it was mid, Adri...

Welcome to Season 3: Spooky Films! Adri and Helene found the perfect excuse to watch Death Becomes Her (1992) for the first time. They are Death Becomes Her virgins no more! They talk about fatphobia, unrealistic beauty standards, boomer therapy, uninspiring men, female friendship/rivalry, Sabrina Carpenter's nod to this movie in her "Taste" music video, and the horrors of being a woman in this wo...

Join Adri and Helene as they embark on a retrospective all about the DComs they covered in Season 2: Smart House (1999) Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999) The Thirteenth Year (1999) Luck of the Irish (2001) Motocrossed (2001) Cadet Kelly (2002) Get a Clue (2002) Read it and Weep (2006) Princess Protection Program (2009) Avalon High (2010) They talk about the best and worst of the main characte...

Welcome to the last DCom of Season 2! In this episode, join Helene and Adri as they gab about the adaptation of Meg Cabot's novel of the same name, Avalon High (2010). They talk plot twists that were twisting, high school drama, throuples, shady history teachers, embarrassing parents, the agony of attending a football game, bringing your books everywhere you go, friend burgers, the historical trac...

Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez in the same movie? Do we really have to say more than that? This week, we're traveling back to 2009 and gabbing about the first DCom ever filmed in Puerto Rico, Princess Protection Program (2009). Join us as we talk about frogs, lizards, bait, crowns, mean girls, hot dads, dictators with flourishing capes, bipolar representation, and much more.  Pass us a note in class...

This episode is like Interview with a Vampire, but way less exciting. Nevertheless, we soldier on. We can't all be Ann Rice, after all. Join our resident white man, freed from the corner that Adri sent him to (on time out), as we talk about Star Wars, Bridgerton, DComs, and whatever is going on in that brain of his (and only because Helene is indisposed and we needed some content for everyone).  P...

Have you ever accidentally turned in your journal to an essay contest and then proceeded to have a menty b? Welcome to menty b, the movie, also known as the DCom Read it and Weep (2006).  Join your hosts, Adri and Helene, as they talk about Jamie and Is, first kisses, fainting, and much more.   Pass us a note in class. Type up your notes in the computer lab (or record a voice memo) and send them t...

We're taking a break from our regularly scheduled programming to talk about season 3 of a teeny tiny not at all popular current show on Netflix: Bridgerton. Helene and Adri talk about Cressida Cowper, Lord Debling, Colin, Penelope, Violet, Lady Danbury's iconic behavior, whether or not the Queen was needed as a character this season, Mother-daughter dynamics, Francesca and John, and that BIG LGBTQ...

Were you obsessed with Harriet the Spy (1996) and Clueless (1995) as a kid? Boy oh boy... do we have great news for you! Get a Clue (2002) is streaming on Disney+ (and in our hearts), as Helene and Adri already know. Join your hosts on a journey through improbable journalistic standards and publishing schedules, questions on how a journalist can afford to live such a luxe life, and wondering what...

We're getting shipped off to George Washington Military School! Well, not literally, but we're watching the 2002 DCom Cadet Kelly starring the incomparable Hilary Duff at the height of the Lizzie McGuire Era. And what an era that was... Join Helene and Adri as they talk about neurodivergent characters, not being subject matter experts on anything yet still yapping about things anyway, gender norms...

Have you ever watched She's the Man (2006) and thought to yourself, "This movie needs more motorcycles?" Well, do we have FANTASTIC news for you because we're talking about the 2001 DCom Motocrossed on this episode of the show. Join us as we talk about dirt bikes, homophobia, nail polish, feminism, yet another Coach Dad (is this a trope?), and much more. Pass us a note in class. Type up your notes...

Do you ever feel like you lost your luck? Well, then, make sure you didn't attend an Irish festival like Kyle did in the 2001 film The Luck of the Irish. Join Helene and Adri as they gab about this DCom, racism, identity, and stereotyping. Pass us a note in class. Type up your notes in the computer lab (or record a voice memo) and send them to us at gummypod@gmail.com We're also a newsletter. Subs...

It's the quintessential coming-of-age story of a boy who begins puberty and finds out that he's actually *checks notes* a merman?! Join Adri and Helene as they gab about the 1999 DCom, The Thirteenth Year. Filled with doppelgangers of actually more famous actors of the time, this gem of a movie also made Helene and Adri wonder... Are there mermaid (merthey/them?) OBGYNs? Is there such a thing as M...

Join Helene and Adri as they visit 2047 with Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999). Helene and Adri talk about how this 1999 movie shows the future as a still capitalist nightmare where 13 year-olds are master hackers. Are they just born with all these technogical skills? If so, when does this start? Did this 1999 DCom foresee the future? And are we buying it? Give us a listen and find out.  Pass...

Your hosts are kicking off Season 2 (covering DComs) by re-watching (and talking about) Chat GPT Incarnate, also known as Smart House (1999). Helene and Adri talk about how this film was horny, weirdly prophetic, and possibly the genesis of one of the greatest technological scams of the last ten years, Theranos. Did this 1999 DCom foresee the future? And are we buying it? Give us a listen and find...

Welcome to the first ever Gummies, also known as the Gummy Awards. As we wrap up our Olsen twins-fueled journey through the past, we are discussing the best (and not so great) moments of the rewatch that we have studiously completed. Hosts Adri and Helene talk about the fashion we couldn’t stop thinking about, who the best parents were in these movies, our favorite (and not so favorite) characters...

Here's the episode that was never supposed to happen: It Takes Two (1995). A departure from our Dualstar Entertainment Produced-Journey, this film starring the Olsen Twins is a throwback for the ages. Adri is joined by our resident White Man from our White Man's Corner, Seth, to talk about the shenanigans two identical strangers get up to when their world is threatened by adoption to what amounts...

One more for the road! We're back with an episode we originally didn't plan on making: Billboard Dad (1998). In this Dualstar/Tapestry production, tweens Tess (Mary-Kate Olsen) and Emily (Ashley Olsen) try to hook up their dad via a reliable dating service: billboards. Honestly, the premise is in the name of the movie. Join us for a romp through Venice (not Venice Beach, just Venice), where sundae...

It had to happen sometime... No new episode today. That's the bad news. The good news? Initially, we planned to end this season with New York Minute (2004), BUT we’ve added two more movies to the roster of our seeing double season. Next time, on Growing up Millennial, we’re embarking on a matchmaking group project as we try to find a date for the twins’ movie dad in the 1998 movie Billboard Dad. H...

We're starting the new year with the 2004 Dualstar production, New York Minute. Starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, this was the last movie that the twins made together. Join your hosts as they talk about cultural appropriation, Eugene Levy, Dr. Drew, Bob Saget, and Jack Osburne, among others.  Pass us a note in class. Type up your notes in the computer lab (or record a voice memo) and send them...

Join Adri and your resident white man (from White Man Corner fame), Seth, as they talk about all the boyfriends we've seen in our Dualstar journey so far. They talk about challenging stereotypes, vacation movies, and engaging with local culture (or lack of engagement with the local culture, iykyk). Seth also learns a valuable geography lesson, which is surprising since he just casually let Adri kn...