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FFR 219: That Time When with Anita Sarkeesian & Carolyn Petit Nov 02, 2022

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On this special episode, Kat Spada interviews cohost Anita Sarkeesian and Feminist Frequency Family Founder Carolyn Petit about their new Nebula original series, That Time When. Directed and presented by Anita and written by Carolyn, the show dives into some of the most divisive moments of modern history, when politics and pop culture collide. Listen in as they discuss the behind-the-scenes creative process, why this show is so different from the “Tropes” series, and why this show about the past matters now.

Time Stamps:

50:52 - What’s your Freq Out?

Kat on the reality series The Amazing Race and the podcast The Gaymazing Race
Anita on the novel Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
Carolyn on the film Vesper (2022) directed by Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Sampler

Links Mentioned:

Watch That Time When on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/thattimewhen

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twitter.com/anitasarkeesian

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twitter.com/kat_ex_machina

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FFR 218: She-Hulk with Annalee Newitz Oct 26, 2022

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Welcome to the first episode of a mini-season of pop culture goodness! Today Anita, Kat, and returning special guest Annalee Newitz are talking about She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, the most recent of the MCU’s forays into television series. Created by Jessica Gao and starring Tatiana Maslany, the show brings to the screen a character introduced to comics in 1980: lawyer Jennifer Walters. After an emergency blood transfusion from her cousin Bruce Banner, she transforms, developing Hulk-like superpowers similar to his. Listen in as we discuss the critical, as well as the social, reception of the series, along with our own thoughts on what unique takes and perspectives She-Hulk adds to the bulk of film and television comic book adaptations.

CW: She-Hulk contains depictions of online harassment, violence, and sexual assault, so please listen to our conversation with caution.

Time Stamps:

52:30 - What’s your Freq Out?

Kat on the FreeVee series High School
Anita on the 2011 film Weekend directed by Andrew Haigh
Annalee on the AMC series Interview with the Vampire (2022)

Links Mentioned:

eff.org
Anita’s new show on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/thattimewhen

Find Annalee:

https://twitter.com/annaleen
website: https://www.techsploitation.com
podcast: https://www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/

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FFR 217: Hackers with Shadi Petosky Sep 28, 2022

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On the season finale of Cyberpunk Summer, we’re hacking the planet with special guest, Emmy-winning writer and producer, Shadi Petosky, discussing Hackers, a 1995 crime thriller from director Iain Softley. A crew of high school hackers led by Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie find themselves involved in a corporate conspiracy in this movie that has become a cult classic in the nearly three decades since its release.

CW: This episode includes mention of suicide.

Note: Enjoy this episode of the podcast as a video at patreon.com/femfreq or on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/GF3dd-Rp4_M

Time Stamps:

40:41 - What’s your Freq Out?

Anita on the film Tampopo (1985) directed by Juzo Itami
Shadi on HBO Max series Veneno (2020)
Kat on the series Angelyne (2022) on Peacock

Links Mentioned:

The Hacker’s Manifesto in the e-zine Phrack: http://www.phrack.org/issues/7/3.html
The allegedly “hacked” promotional website for the movie: https://web.archive.org/web/20000229152611/http://www.mgmua.com/hackers/inventory/hacked/index.html

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https://twitter.com/shadipetosky

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FFR 216: Strange Days with Emily St. James Sep 21, 2022

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This week on our Cyberpunk Summer series, we’re joined by writer, journalist, and podcaster Emily St. James to discuss Strange Days, Kathryn Bigelow’s 1995 action thriller starring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, and Juliette Lewis. Based on a story by Bigelow’s ex-husband James Cameron, Strange Days was influenced by several sensational early-’90s news stories, including the trial of Lorena Bobbitt and the 1992 L.A. riots. Set in a black market trading in virtual reality recordings of people’s past experiences and memories, Fiennes and Bassett play an ex-cop and a bodyguard who investigate a murder seen on one of these recordings.

CW: This episode includes discussions of fictionalized sexual assault.

Note: Enjoy this episode of the podcast as a video at patreon.com/femfreq or on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/WiQMdT38OEI

Time Stamps:

46:05 - What’s your Freq Out?

Kat on the pilot episode of the Peacock series The Resort
Anita on Somatic Experiencing
Emily on all things Michelle Zauner

Find Emily:

https://twitter.com/emilyvdw
Newsletter: https://emilyvdw.letterdrop.com/
Podcast: https://www.ardenpodcast.com/

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FFR 215: Ghost in the Machine with Mike Eagle Sep 14, 2022

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We are discussing Ghost in the Machine on this episode of Cyberpunk Summer, a 1993 horror sci-fi film from director Rachel Talalay (whose follow-up film was Tank Girl). Karen Allen plays the intended victim of a serial killer who, after his physical death, remains “alive” when his soul is transferred into a computer, where he can continue his killing spree using objects connected to the internet and electrical grid. Joining us for this episode is our special guest—comedian, podcaster, and acclaimed rapper—Open Mike Eagle.

Note: Enjoy this episode of the podcast as a video at patreon.com/femfreq or on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/YJkfX9kX2ZM

Time Stamps:

47:12 - What’s your Freq Out?

Kat on this blog post: http://everydayheterosexism.blogspot.com/2014/05/wil-horneff-gay-subtext-teen-idol-of.html
Mike on the Desus & Mero split
Anita on revisiting the film Tank Girl

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FFR 214: Blade Runner with Inkoo Kang Sep 07, 2022

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On this episode of Cyberpunk Summer, we’re welcoming special guest, writer, critic, and podcaster Inkoo Kang to talk about Blade Runner, Ridley Scott’s 1982 film adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Set in the dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, Harrison Ford plays a cop hunting down bio-engineered androids known as replicants, who have returned to Earth from the space colonies where they were sent to work as slave labor.

Note: Enjoy this episode of the podcast as a video at patreon.com/femfreq or on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/OBZNlKhygx8

Time Stamps:

46:19 - What’s your Freq Out?

Inkoo on the Peacock series Angelyne and the Starz series P-Valley
Anita on the novella The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
Kat on Thom Andersen’s 2003 video essay Los Angeles Plays Itself

Links Mentioned:

Inkoo’s Criterion Collection essay on Parasite: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7158-parasite-notes-from-the-underground
Kat’s Freq Out, Los Angeles Plays Itself: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/losangelesplaysitself
FREQ Show episode about Blade Runner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYRsDi4fGOA
Nicole He’s cyberpunk, yelling-at-computer-game, ENHANCE.COMPUTER - https://nicole.pizza/enhance-home

Find Inkoo:

https://twitter.com/inkookang
at the Washington Post - https://t.co/Rxm1rf972b
All About Almódovar podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-about-almod%C3%B3var/id1533092827
All About Campion podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-about-campion/id1589998212

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FFR 213: Spy Kids with Fran Tirado Aug 31, 2022

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Okay, so maybe “Cyberpunk” is a stretch for this one. Still, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to discuss one of our special guest—writer, critic, podcaster, and media consultant—Fran Tirado’s childhood faves. This week, we are talking about the first movie in Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids franchise, which debuted in 2001. Alexa PeñaVega and Daryl Sabara star as the titular kids who have to spring into action when their ex-spy parents—played by Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino—are captured by the sinister duo played by Alan Cumming and Tony Shalhoub. The supporting cast includes Cheech Marin, Robert Patrick, and Teri Hatcher, as well as the introduction of Danny Trejo’s iconic character “Machete.” Listen in as we revisit the iconic kids classic that offered early Latinx representation in a blockbuster film.

Note: Enjoy this episode of the podcast as a video at patreon.com/femfreq or on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/EFUn1duBHds

Time Stamps:

46:11 - What’s your Freq Out?

Fran on the Disney+ series Ms Marvel
Kat on the series The Bear
Anita on the novel A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

Links Mentioned:

Feminist Frequency’s Tropes vs Women in Video Games episode on gender signifiers - https://feministfrequency.com/video/ms-male-character-tropes-vs-women/

Find Fran:

https://twitter.com/fransquishco
Fran’s Joy Digest newsletter - https://fransquishco.substack.com/
Like a Virgin podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5r2qw5Zlp6mxtteQeF5n3K?si=de26f919ffe24192

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FFR 212: Total Recall with Karen Tongson Aug 24, 2022

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Special guest, professor, podcaster, and prolific author Karen Tongson joins Anita and Kat for episode five of our “Cyberpunk Summer” series, where we are discussing the 1990 sci-fi action film Total Recall, from director Paul Verhoeven. Based on Philip K. Dick’s 1966 short story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,” the movie stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as a construction worker who receives implanted memories of his time working as a spy on Mars—or is he a Martian spy whose memories of life as a construction worker were implanted?

Note: Enjoy this episode of the podcast as a video at patreon.com/femfreq or on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/xM9RRHmwvEI

Time Stamps:

46:26 - What’s your Freq Out?

Karen on Rachel Bloom’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend singalongs at The Stowaway piano bar in DTLA
Anita on RRR
Kat on Mall Stories and City of Ghosts from Elizabeth Ito

Links Mentioned:

Previous Verhoeven episodes of FFR:
Erotic 80s on the You Must Remember This podcast - http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/2022/7/11/erotic-80s-archive

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FFR 211: TRON with Geraldine DeRuiter Aug 17, 2022

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On this episode of Cyberpunk Summer, we are discussing TRON, a 1982 adventure film directed by Steven Lisberger and starring Jeff Bridges as a software engineer-turned-arcade owner, who is corporeally transported into cyberspace by a power-hungry computer program. Anita and Kat are joined by acclaimed author, public speaker, and travel writer, Geraldine DeRuiter, to sift through the film’s convoluted plot, and perhaps more importantly, its legacy as one of the earliest movies to use computer-generated animation and groundbreaking technology.

Note: Enjoy this episode of the podcast as a video at patreon.com/femfreq or on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/3VaUZ0luumI

Time Stamps:

49:23 - What’s your Freq Out?

Kat on the “What I Want” music video by MUNA
Anita on the movie Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness
Geraldine on the series Our Flag Means Death

Links Mentioned:

Roger Ebert’s review: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tron-1982
Kat’s freq out: https://youtu.be/ysQl74R_Tog

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FFR 210: The Net with Bridget Todd Aug 10, 2022

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Welcome to Cyberpunk Summer, episode 3, where we are discussing the 1995 thriller The Net, directed by Irwin Winkler and starring Sandra Bullock as a systems analyst whose life is threatened by cyber terrorists in a film that drives home the mid-’90s fascination with how much of our lives were just beginning to be tied to the internet. Anita and Kat are joined by the perfect guest for this discussion: “There Are No Girls on the Internet” host, Bridget Todd.

CW: This episode includes brief mentions of suicide.

Note: Enjoy this episode of the podcast as a video at patreon.com/femfreq or on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/zkMdP5NmBQY

Time Stamps:

47:11 - What’s your Freq Out?