Like a Virgin

An actually herstoric crossover episode with Matthew Lawson and Joan Summers from our sister pod Eating for Free .  Head over to their podcast feed to hear Rose and Fran featured on their show too! ༺𓆩༒︎𓆪༻ DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE ༺𓆩༒︎𓆪༻ Tr- Anne Hathaway?  Lady Gaga — more like MANy Gaga amirite? Transvestigating Sigourney Weaver Transvestigating Brigitte Macron Transvestigat...

༺𓆩༒︎𓆪༻ DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE ༺𓆩༒︎𓆪༻ A hetero porn star ’s YouTube channel as ASMR RIP @likeavirgin42069 LONG LIVE @likeavirginpod RIP the Covid Conscious Lesbian Bar Love is dead. (Chrishell and G Flip broke up) Nathan Fielder is not a sex symbol The return-to-form villain fantasia: Clayface Live-action Clayface vs. Harley Quinn’s animated Clayface We teach Whales to fall themselve...

༺𓆩༒︎𓆪༻ DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE ༺𓆩༒︎𓆪༻ We have a tiktok now!!!! Follow @likeavirgin42069 Why are you barefoot in a hotel lobby? Where were Dixie Kong and Olive Oyl? Roxxy Andrews at Orlando Pride (Jesus at Christmas) The best rollercoaster at Universal/Disney Parks Orlando The fastest rollercoaster at Universal/Disney Parks Orlando Avatar: Seven Havens (Jae, Datu and daddy Karthik) Homework: See...

༺𓆩༒︎𓆪༻ DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE ༺𓆩༒︎𓆪༻ What the hell did Fran win a (regional) Emmy for? We must prepare for war (Girls reboot) Kelly Clarkson is beefing with a “curiosity shop” slash luxury magic boutique Why Troye Sivan is the Only F*gg*t Pop Star Is Amazon’s Carrie Certified Doodoo Caca? Carrie’s adaptational changes compared to the book Stephen King and what Mike Flana...

༺𓆩༒︎𓆪༻ DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE ༺𓆩༒︎𓆪༻ Our commenters have really strong feelings about latte art Gothic Renaissance NYC is our chosen family  Batman production halted; so begins our hunger strike Fran & Rose have agreed to direct Batman Part 2 Our [SPOILER FREE] review of Club Kid by Jordan Firstman Josh Hutcherson is trans masc culture Verity and the Enchickenification of Media Cathy i...

༺𓆩༒︎𓆪༻ DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE ༺𓆩༒︎𓆪༻ A Glee boot Ryan Murphy wrote “an hour ago” Tinashe sampling the worst song in Gaga’s catalogue Poly representation on Great British Baking Show An Atlantis live-action remake — but who plays Tarzan? A Sleeping Beauty “inspired” adaptation Jesse Singal and the Boston Covid Lesbian Bar Drama Is Primetime Robbie’s best...

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Subscribe to our Patreon for twice-monthly deep-dive bonus episodes!  Coming up this month on Patreon, we’ll excavate the hidden gems and gay interest lore of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry. patreon.com/LikeaVirgin Our free episode this week is a two-part review of: HOPE: The highs and lows of the largest American release of a Korean film since Parasite — a 2 hour, 47 minute monster-c...

Subscribe to our Patreon for an upcoming deep dive two-parter on Dolly Parton and Tim Curry: patreon.com/LikeaVirgin This free episode discusses: Shallow thoughts on surviving gay 9/11 (ahead of deeper thoughts on Dolly/Tim on Patreon) This podcast does not formally recognize the passing of racist Instagram backdrop designer Yayoi Kusama Galliano and the hypocrisy of the fashion world Doll Invasio...

No new episode this week as we are recovering from Doll Invasion, but that means you get a special treat: one of our Patreon bonus episodes! We release two of these a month, so subscribe now and get more of us in your ears!  Refer to our free post on Patreon to see photos of each dress and superlative category: Best Disney Dresses, Ranked Worst Dress Best Separates Unconventional Materials Ch...

Next week, we will be discussing nothing but Dolly Parton. This episode, recorded hours before the passing of the one and only Dolly Parton, features the following:    Why everyone should come to Doll Invasion The Ren Faire docuseries just might get us to reconsider the documentary genre Our X3 viewing Recent casting controversy in the upcoming Harry Potter series The Gilded Age is retur...

This episode discusses two films we’ve lovingly labeled as the “queer homework” genre. Both films are about sex, and some kind of unlocking, and both films are very firmly in an indie filmmaker canon for the Criterion-enjoyer:  Jane Schoenbrun's Sex & Death at Camp Miasma and Gregg Araki’s I Want Your Sex For deeper-dives into the culture of yore twice a month, sub...

It’s a Girls Girling episode! Rose and Fran conduct unstructured gossip and the latest in culture. For highly researched deep-dive episodes twice a month, subscribe at Patreon.com/LikeAVirgin This week, we discuss: Baela get your gun! And more on the House of Dragon S3 finale Titane ’s place in the trans canon Is Muriel’s Wedding better than the Odyssey ? Someone Please Buy Rose...

IMPORTANT TRAN-DATE FOR VIRGINS! Please take two seconds to give our podcast a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.  You are listening to the free episode of Like a Virgin. For bimonthly bonus episodes, head on over to our Patreon . Our most recent bonus episode was an Action Movie Diva Smackdown — bracket style! On week’s episode we discuss: Fran’s current planning p...

A jam-packed episode devoted solely to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey — and the original Homeric text? You’re welcome! Stories are so powerful. Love the deep dive discussion? You’re only getting half the story! Head to patreon.com/likeavirgin for twice-monthly bonus episodes where we tend to do more of the excavational analysis. In this episode we discuss: Why there was no...

A juicy episode on the main feed this week discussing the transgender undertones of John Early’s Maddie’s Secret.  Love the free episode? You’re only getting half the story! Head to patreon.com/likeavirgin for twice-monthly bonus episodes. On this week’s free episode we discuss: How to enjoy John Early’s Maddie’s Secret when some of its comedic sensibility...

Subscribe to bonus episodes on patreon.com/likeavirgin - this month, jam-packed dive into Madonna’s Confessions 1 and 2.   On this week’s free episode we discuss: Going to Club Confessions God Tier Madonna Remixes The Xmen reboot HATES women ?  Avatar: the Last Airbender live action is the most unfunny shit!  Why The Americans is required viewing  Vampire Lestat in...

This is a free episode of Like a Virgin! Support our independent work and get bonus episodes and ad-free episodes on Patreon.com/LikeAVirgin ! Rose is a recent Sniffies convert thanks to Sniffiesvangelist Fran A gay history of a circulating meme featuring photo-chopped Madonna from 2006 that’s weirdly entwined with Rose and Fran’s career Rose and Fran’s abbreviated thoughts on Co...

This is a free episode of Like a Virgin! Support our independent work at Patreon.com/LikeAVirgin ! This week, we discuss: Why you should listen to our latest bonus episode “Best Disney Dresses” on Patreon.com/LikeAVirgin Recent viewings of: Ever After Salt Escape Room: Tournament of Champions The Americans Recent readings of:  Carrying by Samantha Josephs (out 10/6, PREORDER NOW!!...

This week we discuss: Rose met Zohran and now they’re in a nonhierarchal poly structure  House of Dragon S3: MILF porn? The State of Olivia Rodrigo, and why her music is for virgins (derogatory) The Vampire Lestat: MILF porn???  Rose’s Reading List:  So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison Petty Lies by Sulmi Bak Mister Magic by Kiersten White Hard Luck Jenny by David Sodergren Th...

This week we discuss: Rose’s late grandma is a fashion icon Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day is a little bit about aliens and a lot about mewing Adam Shankman has yet another update on the AI controversy surrounding Stop! That! Train! thus vindicating Rose & Fran Rose’s recent viewing of Terms of Endearment Fran’s recent viewing of Uptown Girls  Why we’re bo...

This week we discuss: We lost our virginities at the Stop! That! train! NY premier and now there’s an AI controversy  The perplexing Obsession and the horrors of compulsory heterosexuality  Rose lost her anal virginity at the Vampire Lestat concert The end of Euphoria and how every character is a stripper, pimp, or dead !  AS ALWAYS, get ad-free episodes and bonus episodes onl...

Rose and Fran saw the Cats revival on Broadway, and despite a range of trepidations and doubts, the show overdelivered in ways we could barely squeeze into the episode. We share a bit of background on the musical and how one of the longest running shows on Broadway transformed into this modern iteration.  Also discussed in this episode: Rose’s recent viewing of The Mysterious Gaze of th...

GET AD-FREE EPISODES AND BONUS EPISODES ONLY ON PATREON.COM/LIKEAVIRGIN — thank u for supporting our work! It finally happened. Rose watched Malcolm in the Middle. The Bush-era suburbia sitcom has long been known to virgins as a Top Five in Fran’s formative cultural objects. Rose’s critique may absolutely shock you. Plus, one episode predicted the plot of a recent horror film???...

Why aren’t there more movies glamorizing s*x w*rk? Fran and Rose are on Fire Island watching Pretty Woman like transgender Cocomelon.   This episode features: Why the latest episode of Hacks is prestige television Is All Stars S11 worth watching?   Serial Mom and why the hell can’t John Waters get a movie funded? The Autopsy of Jane Doe, who is giving puss by the wa...