Fake Geek Girls - A Critical Look at Pop Culture

It’s happening now. It’s happening for the first time. We’re discussing The Wicked + The Divine, a comic series about gods reincarnated into the bodies of young adults, the creation of art, our relationship with death, and being lovable and terrible all at once.  Warning : Contains swearing and discussions of potentially triggering material, including suicide and abuse. Some Link...

There are two kinds of people in the world, and they are Merri and Missy’s tastes over the last two weeks.  What Missy’s Been Up To: Reading Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges Watching Pride and Prejudice Fried Green Tomatoes George of the Jungle Groundhog Day What Merri’s Been Up To:  Watching Dune This is Paris  The Social Dilemma  Mortis Trilogy  Our Website |...

It’s time to discuss the Star Wars prequels! So… what’s all this about the hero’s journey? We hope you’re ready for some SPICY Star Wars opinions, because we’ve got them. We are overwhelmed with them. Please relieve us of some of our many spicy opinions. Some Links You Might Find Interesting “The Phantom Menace”: Repetition, Variation, Integration by Anne...

Actually, it gets dirty partway through and just kind of stays that way. What have we been up to that caused all this? Let’s find out. Warning: The title is a fun quote but it’s also true. Once we hit Sex Criminals, a number of inappropriate topics come up and continue through the episode. There’s no swearing or anything explicit, but there are references to sex, so proceed with...

Michael Moscovitz is our collective dream boyfriend, and it’s time the world knew. We’re talking about The Princess Diaries, including the first three books in the series and the two Disney films. What’s up with the diary format? Why do movies insist on trying to tell us Anne Hathaway is unattractive? Let’s find out! Mistakes: The Princess and the Frog was among our list of...

There's really no uniting theme to this week's WWBUT, other than that we've been under some time constraints due to watching lots of [REDACTED] and reading Animorphs.

The Animorphs series draws to a close with a not-insignificant amount of heartbreak. So how did those character types pan out? Did [REDACTED] have to die? And will we ever recover?

Hope you like trash-talking Scarlet Johannson because uh... there's a lot of that, for some reason. Also: psychoanalyzing Missy's terrible taste in men, Merri's thoughts on wide boys, and showing himbos some love.

Body horror, anti-imperialism, and cinnamon buns—what more could you want? Let's talk about Animorphs, a foundational middle-grade series best known for traumatizing a generation of readers and being the butt of every joke about bad cover design. What exactly makes the series so special? Is this just all silly children's fare? And why were we all allowed to read this series without any oversight?...

A "short one" in which we talk about Hamilton for 20 minutes. Other topics include: grocery games, cowboy feelings, and time loops.

We return to another high school classic with George Orwell's Animal Farm! Why does this book get cited as proof that revolutions don't work as often as the opposite? What's all this REALLY about? And why is it taught in American high school, anyway? Let's find out!

It's musical season among the Fake Geek Girls. Also: Scientology, villainous women, and things that aren't as good as Carmilla.

We're taking a look at the fascinating history of Eddie Brock and Venom! Join us for conversations about the Jungian shadow self, masculinity, and Missy's theory about Peter Parker's ridiculous dancing in Spider-Man 3.

Usually our WWBUT episodes are our lighter, fluffier fare, but this one gets a little serious. Warning: Contains discussions of emotional abuse, suicide, and fictional attempted sexual assault against a child. We also have a long discussion about J. K. Rowling and her TERF manifesto and what to do with our feelings as people whose lives were shaped by the series, so if any of that includes things...

He's mean, he's green, and he may just be the perfect representation of authenticity, in the existentialist sense. Join us as we journey into the depths of the swamp to discuss the Shrek franchise!

Some good games, good books, and some disturbing documentaries.

After an unfortunate deletion incident, we're back with our second take on Brave New World. Is this the dystopia we live in? If anything was gained by screwing up our first attempt at this episode, it's that we can definitively say: no, this is absolutely not the dystopia we live in.

Trilogies abound! Here's what we've been up to over the past few weeks. including two separate trilogies, music, and lots of Schitt's Creek.

Let's talk about Dollhouse, Joss Whedon's 2009 - 2010 show about the entertainment industry! Or is it the ethics of voluntary slavery? Or is it an excuse to look at hot people? How about a little of all three?

You would think that we'd be doing more stuff in quarantine, but you would be wrong. It's a pretty short one!

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby has long been a part of high school English curricula, but why? How great can he be, really? What's all this about the American dream? Does this book hit different at age 30 than it did at age 17? Let's find out!

A few murders, a princess, the best boy in the world, and endless bickering. That's not what we've been up to. We promise.

Are you tired of biopolitics yet? Then you probably shouldn't be watching Orphan Black. We're wrapping up our discussion of the series with discussions of racism, motherhood, and more!

What we've been up to, first quarantine edition. Missy finally finishes The Graduate and dives deep into escapism. Merri also dives deep into escapism. We're all in escapism now.

Ah, what a time to think about bioethics and biopower. We're taking a closer look at seasons one and two of Orphan Black, a BBC America show following a bunch of clones masterfully played by Tatiana Maslany. We're talking about biopolitics, we're talking about the body and personhood, and we're talking about genre.