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Episode 15: Saving Face   This week, Sarah and Alicia have a special guest! Erica from LezRepresent Podcast joins us to discuss possibly the best lesbian movie ever made, Saving Face. Join them as they talk about the rare joy of positive representation/own voices storytelling, hot moms, subverted tropes and How to Awkwardly Eat Food: A Study On Wil.    Subscribe to Lez Represent! https://itunes.ap...

Episode 14: Mulholland Drive   We're just going to be straight (ahem, gay) with you: this movie is messed up. But join Alicia and Sarah on their journey to try and make sense of this clusterf*ck of a film, rail on that patriarchy/White Art, appreciate Naomi Watts for who she is (which is only ever Diane?!), and hard thumbs-down this TRICK of a movie. Trick or treat! (The treat is last week's Bette...

Episode 13: Better Than Chocolate   Have you ever had a sex dream that involved body paint that looked like chocolate but wasn't? Do you like butch/femme pairings? Are you obsessed with queer bookstores and/or questionable existential art? Then you'll love Better Than Chocolate! Except for its (many) problematic aspects! But seriously, this 1999 Canadian gay romp is an important part of queer pop...

Episode 12: Desert Hearts   This week, Alicia and Sarah dig into this crucial film in the lesbian culture canon, and Sarah is downright shocked at how GAY this 1985 movie is! Want to hear about women in love in the desert who don't die or end up with men? Think you'd never find such a thing in a movie made before 2018? WELL HERE YOU GO.

Episode 11: The Feels   We all know Constance Wu is amazing, but wouldn't she be even better as a lesbian? Well, in this movie, she is! Join Sarah and Alicia as they dive into this improvised ensemble dramedy in which a couple of engaged lesbians have a joint bachelorette party and one of them admits she's never had an orgasm! Hijinks ensue! We talk about relationships, communication, and how much...

Episode 10: The Secret Diaries of Anne Lister   This week, Alicia and Sarah talk about a BBC biopic about the OG 'modern lesbian,' Anne Lister! If you haven't heard of her, you're in for a treat. She was the smartest, out-est, gayest Victorian lesbian and this movie will make you laugh, cry, and say, 'whoa, what a great sex scene!' Here's to learning about our fore-queers, y'all!   Things mentione...

Episode 9: Personal Best   Sports! This week, we're digging into the surprisingly good 1982 movie Personal Best starring Mariel Hemingway and Patrice Donnelly and some more dudes we hate! Of course Sarah is super excited about a movie involving runners who are queer women because that is her exact wheelhouse, but this movie has a surprising amount of nuance and interesting storytelling (even thoug...

Episode 8: Duck Butter  Do you know what duck butter is? Neither did we until this movie, and we kind of wish we still didn't! But whatever, it's cool! This week, Alicia and Sarah discuss the 2018 film Duck Butter, co-written by and starring another one of Sarah's crushes, Alia Shawkat! Join us as we discuss manic pixie dream girls, cute freckles, millennial stereotypes, abusive relationships, and...

Episode 7: The Runaways (2010) This week, Alicia and Sarah continue their tour of Sarah’s celebrity crushes with Power Lesbian Kristen Stewart in her role as another Power Lesbian, Joan Jett. Both Sarah and Alicia agree: this movie is 5/5 Totinos. Listen as they talk about the exploitation of women, the ways in which Kim Fowley was a monster of a human being, the visual and audio perfection of thi...

Episode 6: All About E The important take away from this episode is that Sarah has a massive crush onMandahla Rose. Other things of note are that this movie is full of plot holes, there aresome very not great aspects of our main characters, and there’s a pretty fantasticlesbian sex scene! Enjoy friends!  The book Sarah talks about when she goes off on one of her many tangents: Marriage of a Thousa...

Episode 5: The Children’s Hour All the content warning dear listeners! This movie involves intense homophobia andsuicide. Listen to Alicia and Sarah break down the 1961 film The Children’s Hour starringAudrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine, and some dudes neither of them care about! This is a tough movie but it has its redeeming factors. Well, it has one redeemingfactor, but you’ll have to listen to...

Episode 4: Imagine Me and You Ah, is there any more fluffy lesbian rom-com than Imagine Me and You? The answer is no because it’s pretty much the only one, which is may be for the best, but Alicia and Sarah have a lot of love for this movie and they’re here to share their thoughts! Take a trip down White Lesbian Nostalgia Lane with your hosts as they dive into this 2005 masterpiece heartwarming em...

Episode 3: Mosquita y Mari Alicia and Sarah are back to discuss the 2012 gem of a movie Mosquita y Mari, in which two teenage girls quietly fall in love in Los Angeles while also navigating their family lives, friendships, school, and the world in general. Both Sarah and Alicia love this movie, so tune in to hear them talk about friendship and intimacy, stylistic choices, and how beautiful this en...

Episode 2: Below Her Mouth In this episode, Alicia and Sarah share their strong opinions about the 2016 porn film Below Her Mouth. This is a controversial movie among queers, and Sarah and Alicia do not shy away! Is it another version of Blue is the Warmest Color? Is it a thinly veiled story of toxic masculinity? A realistic portrayal of lesbian sex? A movie about bathtubs? Is there a story at all...

In this inaugural episode, Alicia and Sarah discuss the highly anticipated and poorly marketed Lesbian Drama™ Disobedience starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams! They gush about character development, the portrayal of sex (and bodily fluids!), the elements of the story they thought were unique/important/great/terrible, and about gay ladies. We all love gay ladies.   Links to articles mentioned:...