Pitney & Amelia's Bitchen Boutique

We've gotten some questions about Wicca lately, so we decided to answer them. Pitney teaches us, in a nutshell, about the Wheel of the Year, about rituals and spellwork, and about the duality of deity. Amelia does her best to keep up. (If you downloaded this podcast on day one, you may have gotten a file with some audio hiccups. You may need to load it again! Sorry about that!)   If you're interes...

Happy Thanksgiving! It's been a weird year, but there's always something to give thanks for, right? We thought it would be fun to talk about some of the more unusual things we're thankful for, things that continue to bring us joy every day!   And when you're done listening to this episode, head on over to bitchenb.libsyn.com to check out our first download-only bonus episode! It's a bit of extra l...

What a week, huh? We swear it's a coincidence that we're putting up a podcast about being happy during a week when a lot of us are so miserable. But Amelia DID change her mind about calling this episode "Get Happy, Stupid!" so we all won, in a way. Some people are just determined to be DOWN all the time, you know? Maybe you feel like happiness isn't real because you don't think you can be happy. W...

It's our 13th episode, and it's Halloween! Our favorite holiday by far. The sights, the sounds, the scares, all of it!   We tell stories of our glorious party days of the past and the complications of putting scary decorations on a "murder house."   Then we get to the educational bit where we talk about the origins of Halloween traditions and how American Halloween was shaped over the years! (Shou...

We LOVE horror movies. A lot. And this is the time of year when regular people are in the mood for horror, so we got to chatting about horror movies through the decades, and how they often tend to reflect the times!   When we get to the 1980s, it's all about demonic influence on teenagers, so you know we just had to reminisce about the Satanic Panic! Do you remember all that ridiculous crap? Cuz w...

Don't miss our Halloween Special, airing October 28th!

We're a little all over the place this week with bits of silliness and seriousness. Trusting your gut. Bathing in a public hot tub. Mister Diskette and his quest to see Xena's boob. Listener email! And another tale of the Worst Person in the World. And Ted Nugent sucks! I mean, that's just TRUE. We love you for listening! Please take a moment to rate and review us! DON'T FORGET TO ENTER THE CONTES...

As we continue our conversation about gender, we talk about tone and attitude in interactions, particularly on social media, and whether or not people are truly willing to learn from each other. In other words, shit gets real. Like, really real. Maybe you're non-binary, maybe you've never even thought about gender before; either way you may learn something! (Split into two podcasts for your comfor...

(Get it? 101? Binary? Aw. come on.) We've been talking to each other about gender for a while, and thought it was time to share our thoughts. Listen to two cisgender folks get super nerdy about word definitions and analyze the hell out of them, and the way human brains use words to categorize people. Maybe you're non-binary, maybe you've never even thought about gender before; either way you may l...

Pitney and Amelia discuss getting rid of "stuff" and why Pitney is an expert purger and Amelia is sentimental as hell. What we collect and why. Some musical samples of Amelia's super famous relative you've probably never heard of. And stories about Verity and the Worst Person in the World! We love you for listening! Please take a moment to rate and review us! Questions? Comments? Complaints? Write...

We're not due for a new episode this week, but we had to share with you the harrowing saga of TOILET RAT!!! Check out the @bitchenboutique tweets from the evening of Sept 1st for Amelia's online freakout!  

A discussion of unguents, balms, and salves takes an odd turn. Then things get dirty. NSFW. We mean it. Oh, and we introduce yet another new character! We love you for listening! Please take a moment to rate and review us! Questions? Comments? Complaints? Write to us at PitneyAndAmelia@gmail.com! Tweet at us at @bitchenboutique!

(Sorry about the slightly odd audio...sounds at times like we're broadcasting from space!) The food like Mom used to make, the food Pitney really shouldn't have been eating, and the wonders of chicken nivernaise. Our biggest boy crushes from the 70s. The arrogance of inanimate objects. And we introduce a new character!! Questions? Comments? Complaints? Fangirliness? Write to us at PitneyAndAmelia@...

Listen in as two non-experts talk about politics in America. As we admit that while we believe it's important to listen to those on the other side of an issue, we don't always do it. As we talk about how the way you approach people who disagree with you affects their ability to listen. Recorded right at the beginning of the RNC, before we knew how ugly the rhetoric would get. Here's the link to th...

Were you a weird child? Come with us as we reminisce about why we were the weirdest kids we knew. Then we continue down the weirdness track, discussing the joys of cussing, fake pregnancies, and some really odd compliments we've received. Questions? Comments? Complaints? Fangirliness? Write to us at PitneyAndAmelia@gmail.com ! Tweet at us at @bitchenboutique! And if you're feeling generous, review...

We discuss Pitney's experience at the Kerrville Folk Festival, and how important it is to find your tribe, especially when you don't quite fit into the larger community. And we open the mailbag, answering our first listener question! Questions? Comments? Complaints? Fangirliness? Write to us at PitneyAndAmelia@gmail.com ! Tweet at us at @bitchenboutique!  

Coincidentally, during the week following the horrific Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, we had already planned to post this episode that features a frank discussion about homophobia and the ugliness we lived and witnessed during our formative years. Plus, the 80s sucked more than a lot of people realize these days. And, to wrap things up, we share a story about removing an awful person from ou...

We've been attending conventions since the 1980s. Doctor Who, Star Trek, Star Wars, Xena, general sci-fi, fantasy, anime, horror...you name it, we've been a fan of it! In this episode, we talk about the excitement that comes with being a fan, and what we love the most about cons. We discuss the types of conventions, some of the famous folks we've met, and the new "comic-con" setup that isn't nearl...

Our first episode was recorded in the car while we drove to Dallas to our favorite annual horror movie convention. We talked about stopping in Waco, a jerk we used to hang with, "Normcore Dining," music snobbery, and how much we hate granite countertops. Enjoy!