Feminist Frequency Radio

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FFR 180: Slumber Party Massacre with Special Guest Jessica Zollman Oct 27, 2021

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The podcast returns for our Spooky Season finale with a viewing of the 1982 slasher classic Slumber Party Massacre featuring horror super-fan and friend of Feminist Frequency, returning special guest Jessica Zollman. Listen in to join us on this wild ride via the ultimate “thriller killer driller” iconic slasher movie.

Time Stamps:

8:37 - Main Discussion on Slumber Party Massacre

43:56 - What’s your Freq Out?

Jessica on The Batman
Anita on Tom Holland casting in the Uncharted movie
Ebony on the IATSE strike and Netflix walk-out
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https://twitter.com/StorySlug/status/1297996912822493196?s=20 (which Jess initially saw shared by Ali Barthwell right after the Batman trailer dropped: https://twitter.com/wtflanksteak )

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FFR 179: No Time To Die with Special Guest Teddy Dief Oct 13, 2021

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This week the podcast is taking a step away from October’s spookier fare so that we can discuss the latest Bond movie, No Time To Die, with returning special guest, game designer, director, and musician, Teddy Dief. Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and co-written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the 25th entry to the franchise is also the last that will star Daniel Craig as the titular, not-so-secret-identity, super spy. While it can be argued (and will be on this podcast) that Daniel Craig’s turn as Bond has been a divergence for the franchise from the start, No Time To Die promises to be something radically different from a film series built around male power fantasies. Is it? Listen in for our (somewhat differing) takes.

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44:37 - What’s your Freq Out?

Ebony on the film The Descent (2005) written and directed by Neil Marshall
Teddy on copyright conversion
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FFR 178: The People Under the Stairs with Special Guest Dave Proctor Oct 06, 2021

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We’re back from break, and just in time for spooky season! Joining Anita and Ebony is returning special guest—writer, mental health advocate, video game designer, and friend to Feminist Frequency—Dave Proctor, to take a look at Wes Craven’s somewhat bizarre entry to his horror empire, 1991’s The People Under the Stairs. This film was a divergence for the “Master of Horror” both in its tone and topic—a self-aware horror comedy dealing with disenfranchisement, white Christian moralism, and Reagan era social and economic politics in an utterly over-the-top way. Listen in to hear our take on the good, the bad, and where this movie fits into the horror genre as a whole.

Time Stamps:

11:15 - Main discussion on The People Under the Stairs

43:27 - What’s your Freq Out?

Ebony on the Netflix series Squid Game
Anita on the Netflix series Sex Education
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twitch.tv/femfreq

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FFR 177: Back to the Future with Special Guest Teddy Dief Sep 08, 2021

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Great Scott! We’re firing up our flux capacitors and heading back in time to talk about 1985’s Back to the Future. Recent listeners will remember our special guest from our last episode—game designer, director, musician, and friend of the podcast, Teddy Dief. Chosen by our Patrons from a group of time travel films, Back to the Future (produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Robert Zemeckis) is far more problematic than many of us remembered. Listen in to our discussion as we interrogate how a movie so culturally iconic and beloved presents so many issues. Or else, just tune in to hear Teddy give us some A+ Marty McFly impressions.

Time Stamps:

4:53 - Main discussion on Back to the Future

41:53 - What’s your Freq Out?

Ebony on the problems with some progressive responses to anti-abortion/anti-choice rhetoric
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FFR 176: The White Lotus with Special Guest Teddy Dief Sep 01, 2021

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Frequent listeners will know that Anita has been dying (not) to talk about The White Lotus from writer, actor and director Mike White. On this episode, she and Ebony are joined by video game designer, creative director and singer, Teddy Dief, the discuss the HBO series centered around wealthy white vacationers in Hawaii and the staff catering to their every whim.

Time Stamps:

7:55 - Main discussion on The White Lotus

40:32 - What’s your Freq Out?

Ebony on the comic Love and Rockets by Jaime Hernandez
Teddy on the graphic novel On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden, and also on being frustrated with dating apps
Anita on the book American Hippo: River of Teeth, Taste of Marrow, and New Stories by Sarah Gailey
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Links Mentioned:

https://www.vulture.com/article/the-white-lotus-episode-one-recap-arrivals.html

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FFR 175: Tuca & Bertie, Season Two with Special Guest Annalee Newitz Aug 25, 2021

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Anita and Ebony are joined by author, journalist and podcaster Annalee Newitz to talk about the highly anticipated second season (that almost didn’t happen) of Tuca & Bertie. Two years and a hundred episodes of this podcast ago, we talked about the first season of this show and have been pleased to see this season offers even more weird delights from its off kilter bird world, and continues to charm and move audiences with its bracing honesty, sincere compassion, and lots of boob jokes.

Time Stamps:

9:42 - Main discussion on Season Two of Tuca & Bertie

52:25 - What’s your Freq Out? * SCIENCE EDITION *

Annalee on who believe in evolution
Ebony on the mysterious sex life of eels
Anita on the film The Hunger (1983)
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FFR 174: Creativity in Crisis with Special Guest Charlie Jane Anders Aug 18, 2021

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Anita and Ebony are joined on this episode of FFR by special guest Charlie Jane Anders— writer, podcast host, event impresario and one of the founders of io9, a website devoted to science fiction, fantasy, futurism, science, technology and related news. She’s the author of several books of speculative fiction and “inspirational weirdness,” including Victories Greater Than Death, The City in the Middle of the Night, and All the Birds in the Sky. She’s here today to hold our hands as we try to wrestle with creativity in times of crisis, the subject of her new book, Never Say You Can’t Survive: How to Get Through Hard Times By Making Up Stories.

Time Stamps:

4:56 - Main segment

51:39 - What’s your Freq Out?

Ebony on the series Reservation Dogs on Hulu
Charlie Jane on the novel Perfectly Parvin by Olivia Abtahi
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Never Say You Can’t Survive - bit.ly/NeverSayYouCantPreorder
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FFR 173: We Are Lady Parts with Special Guest Zahra Noorbaksh Aug 11, 2021

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Anita and Ebony are joined this week by a special guest—Iranian-American comedian, writer, actor and co-host of the award-winning #GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast, Zahra Noorbaksh—to discuss the new comedy from writer/director Nida Manzoor, We Are Lady Parts. The wildly funny and fiercely feminist show centers on the brash, raucous, unapologetic members of all-female, all-Muslim punk band. Listen in to our conversation as sing the show’s praises and engage in a larger discussion around how stories about and by Muslims are told.

Time Stamps:

6:33 - Main discussion on We Are Lady Parts

43:00 - What’s your Freq Out?

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FFR 172: We Are the Best! Aug 04, 2021

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It’s Caro’s last episode as co-host of the Feminist Frequency Radio Podcast, but she’s lightening the weight on our hearts with her final delightful discussion pick: the irreverent 2013 gem We Are the Best! about a group of young teen girls forming a punk band in 1982 Sweden. Another perfectly “Caro Movie” that focuses on beautiful, character-driven storytelling, We Are the Best!captures those golden moments of adolescence when everything seems both possible and impossible at once. Friendships seem to burn brighter; parental attention starts to chafe; and identity is an ever-changing kaleidoscope. Listen in for our discussion as we say goodbye.

Time Stamps:

8:20 - Main discussion on We Are the Best!

41:53 - What’s your Freq Out?

Anita on the film Desert Hearts (1985) directed by Donna Deitch
Caro on the film Sweat (2020) directed by Magnus von Horn
Ebony on the 2016 crime drama series Maigret
Guest Freq Out from listener Kit on the 6 book series Murderbot Diaries
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Caro’s haircut - https://twitter.com/carolynmichelle/status/1421182463649280001
Bitch Media review of We Are the Best! - https://www.bitchmedia.org/post/we-are-the-best-is-a-joyous-coming-of-age-film-about-young-punks

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FFR 171: To Sleep With Anger Jul 28, 2021

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Ebony is back to hosting as she and Carolyn surrender to the contemplative pacing and character-driven appeal of “A Very Caro Movie”: Charles Burnett’s 1990 masterpiece, To Sleep With Anger. Recently added to the Criterion Collection, the film centers around a middle-class Black family in South Central LA, and the mysterious drifter—both charming and menacing—who upends their lives. Starring Danny Glover, Mary Alice and Vonetta McGee, To Sleep With Anger is just the kind of luminous and thoughtful storytelling to course-correct a podcast which may or may not have been talking about a few too many MCU titles of late. In addition to our main discussion, we’ll be making a Big Announcement regarding the future of the FFR podcast, as well as sharing some thoughts on the recent news surrounding Activision Blizzard.

Time Stamps:

1:40 - Activision Blizzard harassment

9:35 - Big changes for the FFR podcast

12:47 - Main discussion on To Sleep With Anger

40:38 - What’s your Freq Out?