Whatever, I'll Watch It

In this bonus episode, Alexia talks copaganda, the failure of state institutions, and the public/private divide in the 2025 film Weapons. Full transcript available here. References: Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build A Safer World by Dorothy Roberts

Clarisse Hansard guests to talk therapy, revenge, and lesbian U-hauling in Season 2 of The Last of Us.  Full transcript available here.

Saiba Varma guests to talk Buddhism, broken men, and sexual perversion in Season 3 of The White Lotus. Full transcript available here. References: How Realistic Is the Buddhism of the 'White Lotus?'

Raechel Anne Jolie guests to talk dominant/submissive dynamics, corporate feminism, and the limits of personal liberation in the 2024 film Babygirl. Full transcript available here . To follow Raechel's work, visit her website and Instagram . 

Maya Hislop guests to talk couple supremacy, colorism, and polyamorous power dynamics in season 1 of Peacock's Couple to  Throuple. Full transcript available here.

Alexia is back after a long hiatus to talk anti-capitalism, anarchofeminism, and chaotic bisexuals in HBO's Harley Quinn: The Animated Series. Full transcript available here.

Clarisse Hansard guests to talk queer love, race swapping, and building post-apocalyptic societies in Season 1 of HBO's The Last Of Us. Full transcript available here. Content warning: there is an in-depth discussion about (assisted) suicide from 54:00 - 1:10:35. References from the episode: Allie Capps, "Problematic Disability Tropes in 'The Last Of Us' Have Real Consequences...

Saiba Varma guests to talk white privilege, the corrupting power of wealth, and the homophobic trope of villanous gays in Seasons 1-2 of the White Lotus. Full transcript available here. 

Jackie Bustamente guests to talk white guilt, girl stoners, and the politics of faking poverty in Seasons 1-5 of Broad City.  Full transcript available here.

In this bonus episode gone full episode (because there is so much gay stuff to talk about), Alexia talks trauma and convincing characters arcs in Seasons 1-4 of Stranger Things. Leo Tuiletufuga guests in a special segment dedicated to all things queer. Full transcript available here.

Alaska Tran guests to talk mixed-race girlhood, female friendships, and thong politics in Hulu's Pen15. Full transcript available here. 

In this bonus episode Alexia talks transphobia, anti-blackness, and breaking cycles of patriarchal violence in Season 3 of Sex Education.  Full transcript available here . 

Mellissa Villafranco guests to talk homonormative tropes, toxic monogamy, and thirst for Gigi in Season 2, Episode 1 of the L Word: Generation Q. Full transcript available here. 

Steph Rojas guests to talk autistic representation, sexual self-determination, and trauma informed television in season 1 of Love on the Spectrum and Everything's Gonna Be Okay.  Full transcript available here. 

In this bonus episode Alexia talks patriarchal violence, racist tropes, and the dangers of white feminism in the 2009 film Jennifer's Body. Full transcript available here. 

In this bonus episode Alexia talks Black feminism, the limitations of rights-based political movements, and affirming bi representation in Mrs. America.  Full transcript available here. To learn more about the Combahee River Collective, check out Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor's book, How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective: https://www.akpress.org/how-we-get-free.html

Tiana Vargas guests to talk disability justice, unlearning racism, affirming masculinity, and self and collective care in seasons 1-4 of Queer Eye.  Full transcript available here . References from the episode: Steven Wakabayashi, "My Culture Is Not Your Toy: A Gay Japanese Man's Perspective on Queer Eye Japan," November 15, 2019, Medium. Imani Barbarin, "On Being Black and &ap...

In this bonus episode Alexia talks queer representation, colorblind racism, and the evil cripple trope in Season 2 of Sex Education. Full transcript available here.

Clarisse Hansard and Ly Nguyen guest to talk racial violence, genetic trauma, and techno-orientalism in HBO's The Watchmen. Full transcript available here.

Mellissa Villafranco guests to talk liberal feminism and trans and latinx representation in the pilot of the L-Word, Generation Q.  Full transcript available here.