Strong Female Lead

Join Tessa and Tricia as they discuss Netflix newest film that has completely infiltrated my Instagram feed forcing me to watch a movie that I frankly did not like all that much. More importantly, Tessa tells us how she really feels about this "documentary". On the bright-side, we recap some really great new movies and TV shows that we hope you will dive in to. 

This week:  Marriage Story on Netflix.  Tessa hates it, Tricia likes it, and Laura Dern KILLS it.  Also, why all the monologues?  And where's the podcast on how to get divorced?  SFL wants to know.

A Christmas Prince (Netflix) starring Rose McIver , Ben Lamb , Alice Krige tells the love story a NYC journalist Amber Moore as she lets NOTHING stand in the way of her dreams including but not limited to lying to children, breaking priceless artifacts and spilling family tea. Tessa & Tricia are joined by the hilarious Laura Retson @elleelleare for a very special viewing of A Christmas Prince. Fol...

And on the fourth night of Hanukkah we give you the fourth part of our Crazy X Girlfriend series. While Rachel Bloom as Rebecca Bunch is the gift that keeps giving, this series has come to an end after this installment. This show is the glue that holds the three of us together and we are grateful for that. Merry Christmas :)

This week, join Tessa and Tricia as they discuss s3 of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend - the DARKEST season yet.  While Hilary mad preps for her annual Tiki Christmas, the hosts chat about Rebecca's big diagnosis reveal, Nathaniel's sexy daddy issues, the hot priest epidemic, email politics, and more!  

She's just a girl in love, ya'll! This week, Tessa and Tricia are back at it again with Dr. Laura Retson for Part 2 of the pod's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend series.  They discuss the brilliance of CEG's theme songs, episode titles with a message (!.?), Rebecca's mental health spiral, Chick-fil-A dumpsters, and more!  Also, Dr. Laura drops some serious knowledge about "splitting" and how our parents screw...

On this week's episode, Tessa and Tricia are joined by Dr. Laura Retson, friend/fan/medical consult of the pod, to discuss S1 of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, the seriously Feminist AF, dark-ish musical comedy starring Rachel Bloom aka Rebecca Bunch.   They chat about the subversion of rom-com tropes, RB's relatability, how the CEG music TRANSCENDS, reality distortion fields, and more!  Oh, and Josh.  But...

This week on SFL, we have the pod-father himself, Andrew O'C guest hosting with Tessa. After learning that Tessa had not seen a single Star Wars movie, he brings himself on board and they begin what will hopefully be episode one of, I don't know, 10 episodes or however many Star Wars movies there are. Tessa's affinity towards the empire may be due to a lack of background knowledge on the entire un...

This week on the pod we FINALLY have our hosts back together. Even more importantly, they covered our most recent obsession on Netflix...Chewing Gum. We went into this episode looking for a rom-com, but came out with a full blown comedy which we're totally OK with. Hats off to Michaela Coel for including all types of diversity and representation in this show without the pandering token. Come for t...

This week on the Pod Tessa has on a very special guest... her sister TERYN (@Teryn_it_up7). The ladies  eventually get totalk about the movie but also celebrity gossip, bad dates, vision boards, enneagrams and 2020!   Take the test ... join the convo!  https://www.eclecticenergies.com/enneagram/test    

This week on the pod, fan-favorite guest co-host Ellen rejoins Tessa for a deep dive into the love-to-hate or hate-to-love genre of Rom-Coms. More importantly, Tessa reveals the plot for her newest Rom-Com which we will cover on the on the Podcast in about 3 years once we get funding and actors to play he who shall not be named, and First Lady Michelle Obama. This is where I should tell you the mo...

The call is coming from inside the house this week on SFL. Tessa & Tricia take a stab at the 1996 Cult Classic SCREAM.  This slasher is stars Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, Rose McGowan and Drew Berrymore. Find out who's is an SFL and gain a little incite Tessa's daddy issues. Happy Halloween! 

This week, Tessa and Tricia nearly explode from an SFL overload as they take on AHS: Apocalypse aka Return of Coven.  Also, Kathy Bate's haircut is everything, Tessa believes in ghouls, Latter Day SFLs is in full effect, and thank GOD the witches are back.    

This week, Tessa & Tricia talk about the 2016 Blockbuster SUICIDE SQUAD starring Amanda Waller (Viola Davis),Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), The Enchantress (Cara Delevingne) and Katana (Karen Fukuhara).  These ladies are DEFINITELY Villains but are they SFL's? Indulge.

Join Tessa, Tricia, and guest Patty Terhune on this week's episode of Strong Female Lead. Tricia makes fan converts out of Tessa and Hilary with the TV show Killing Eve and the hosts all discuss how their new favorite show FINALLY lets the lead characters' femininity be played as one of their strengths...even if their strength is cavalierly murdering people.  Tessa and Tricia disagree about how of...

In the first installment of SFL's Strong Female Villain series, Tessa and Tricia take on the character of Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) in the 80's classic, Fatal Attraction.  They discuss whether Alex is a villain, a Manic Pixie gone rogue, or a woman in need of mental health care STAT. Tricia laments the original ending they will never see, Hilary hates dirty dishwater sex, and HPV is after Michael...

Every once in a while you re-watch a favorite movie from your childhood and it just doesn't hold up as much as you'd hope. Hosts Tessa and Tricia bring producer Hilary out from the shadows to discuss all things Stardust. But of course, no episode goes without talking about the Bachelor or Hilary's rolodex of celeb sighting. We learn that Tricia simply isn't a fan of Fantasy, but she may be forced...

Thank god for the melodic voice of reason @PatrickMiguel of @Lifetimeuncorked for helping Tessa & Tricia navigate the messy & fantastic world of 2001's Glitter, starring Tessa's idol in all things DIVA, Mariah Carey. If you'd like to choose a movie for the podcast, leave us a review on Apple Podcast and include your pick there!! Also, keep up with all things SFL by following us @StrongFemalePOD on...

Tessa and Tricia are joined by Patrick Serrano from Lifetime Uncorked to discuss the Netflix slasher flick, Hush, and all of it's SFL problematic goodness.  They talk representation issues and casting decisions, hot stranger murder breath, and how Patrick would Nellie Furtado the f&%$ outta there to escape a killer.  Also, Tessa considers impersonating a doctor for free shit, Patrick is disappoint...

Black Mirror strikes again with their award winning San Junipero. So magical, so so 80's. The hair is amazing, the clothes are A-MAZING... the LOVE STORY is A-MAZ-ING! Though, the ending is still a bit of a mystery to Tessa & Tricia.  If you're confident that you know what happened at the end of San Juinipero, hit us up @StrongFemalePod on Instagram or @SFL_Chicago on Twitter!   Also, if you'd lik...

This week on SFL, Tessa and Tricia talk about " White Bear " from Netflix's Black Mirror. Victoria (Lenora Crichlow) struggles to figure out who she is and what's going on as she stumbles through a theme park of side show foes. Alas, this is Black Mirror and nothing is as it seems... Is an "eye for an eye" punishment just or is it just dressing up the humiliation of others in the name of entertain...

This week on SFL, Tessa and Tricia discuss Black Mirror's "Nosedive," the pastel horror show starring Bryce Dallas Howard aka Lacie Pound.  They discuss Lacie's plight, perfectionism, last name jobs, and get real about therapy and their love of self-help everything.  Also, Tessa's mad about the wedding scene, Tricia's fearful her choices in Bandersnatch will "black mirror" her, and both wonder whe...

This week on the pod, Tessa and guest host Andrew O'Connor talk all things Terminator 2. Feminist action heroes, killer robots, and time-traveling shiny butts! Terminator 2 is loved for a reason and Tessa and Andrew take a James Cameron deep dive into why Sarah Connor is a timeless SFL icon. Come to relive the 90's classic, stay for the incel dwarfs, and don't get scared off by the Christian Bale...

This week Tricia and Tessa talk Ingrid Goes West. This 2017 indie darling starring Aubrey Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen takes the MPDG (Manic Pixie Dream Girl) trope to its absolute bonkers extreme. So get out your selfie stick because #sfl is #goingwest!   If you'd like to choose a movie for the podcast, leave us a review on Apple Podcast and include your pick there!! Also, keep up with all things SF...

This week on SFL, Tessa and Tricia finish out their MPDG series with everyone's favorite band-aid, Penny Lane, played by Kate Hudson. Tessa shares her fear of the dark web and hatred of the Beatles while Tricia wants Jason Lee to "give her that verbal" and talk shit to her all day.  They can't figure out whether Penny Lane is an actual Manic Pixie or for whom, but it doesn't matter because EVERYON...