Feminist Frequency's Programs Manager Jae Lin took the main stage at the Games for Change Festival in 2023 to join the festival's final Lightning Talks from Luminaries closing session, where six speakers were asked, "What do you envision the world and Games for Change is going to be like in 20 years?" And we said... ABOLITION!

To watch the full video with all of the other speakers, find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5rw6gVYmnI

Have you listened to the new episode of #FemFreqRadio? We're previewing the new season with a conversation about #AnyoneButYou!

Feminist Frequency Radio is coming back for its first new season as an independent podcast following the sunset of the FF organization after an incredible 15 years. Kat Spada is thrilled to be re-joined by new co-host A.C. Lamberty, who joined Kat last year for FFR's indulgent "Machos: Fully Loaded" limited series.

In this week's episode we're catching up on Feminist Frequency news, getting amped for the new season, and dissecting a movie we both enjoyed greatly and almost walked out of the theater several times: Will Gluck's 2023 rom-com Anyone But You starring Glenn Powell and Sydney Sweeney, a loose adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.

Next month we'll be back with standard FFR podcast episodes filled with feminist media criticism, and we're so excited to welcome special guests, dive into some book club selections for our Patreon subscribers, and so much more. Stay tuned!

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We’re wrapping up this season of FFR just as we started it, with Anita Sarkeesian returning for an episode where she and host Kat Spada talk about a classic movie they both love and could watch over and over. But while this season’s first episode featured Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing, this week we’re focusing on a more unconventional romantic leading man—but one that has nevertheless stood the test of time—Nicolas Cage opposite Cher in Norman Jewison’s Moonstruck.

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Feminist Frequency Radio presents another “Fortnightly FREQout” mini-episode. In this short-but-sweet installment, Kat is cutting right to the point: BEYONCÉ!

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Feminist Frequency Radio is celebrating the holidays with the creepy Christmas classic, 1984’s Gremlins. Joining Kat is this episode’s special guest: actor, comedian, and dancer Oscar Montoya.

Links Mentioned:
* Gremlins 2 sketch from Key & Peele: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x01l_jMhjVM
* La Más Draga: https://www.youtube.com/@LAMASDRAGAOFICIAL
* 60 Songs That Explain the ‘90s: https://www.theringer.com/60-songs-that-explain-the-90s
* Trek/Marry/Kill podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/voy-death-wish-s2e18-with-kat-spada-feminist-frequency/id1652275008?i=1000636757467

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On this Fortnightly FREQout mini-episode, Kat is reflecting on what good can come from Thanksgiving with a documentary recommendation and support for United Farm Workers, as well as an overview of some media she saw over the holiday break, including Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins.

Links Mentioned:
* “Harvest of Shame” documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJTVF_dya7E
* Donate to United Farm Workers: https://ufw.org/sparechange/
* Trek Marry Kill podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/voy-death-wish-s2e18-with-kat-spada-feminist-frequency/id1652275008?i=1000636757467

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Kat is joined by cartoon and comics-style illustrator Ethan Harper to discuss the new animated series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, based on both the original graphic novels written and drawn by O’Malley beginning in 2004 and the live-action film adaptation from 2010 directed by Edgar Wright. Spoilers ahead!

Links Mentioned:
* https://kotaku.com/pc-gamer-30th-anniversary-women-games-1851021562
* https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/11/at-trial-accused-pelosi-attacker-says-gamergate-led-him-to-far-right-conspiracies/
* https://www.etsy.com/shop/unpaintedhuffhines

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* https://www.etsy.com/shop/unpaintedhuffhines

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It’s time for another Fortnightly FREQout, where Feminist Frequency Radio host Kat Spada brings you brief reviews and industry news from the past few weeks. Today, she’s talking about the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike (including a final day trip to the picket line), the closure of online feminist publication Jezebel, and some thoughts on the pilot episode of the new Showtime series The Curse.

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* https://deadspin.com/the-adults-in-the-room-1837487584

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It’s Halloween, and we’re continuing our journey through scary movies about motherhood after spending last week with Rosemary's Baby. In this week's Fortnightly FREQout mini episode, Kat gets personal talking about grief, fear, and monsters in Jennifer Kent's 2014 film The Babadook. Content warning for listeners: this episode talks about death.

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Kat’s “Machos: Fully Loaded” guest co-host, A. C. Lamberty, returns to Feminist Frequency Radio for a special interview with returning guest Karen Tongson to discuss her brand-new book normporn: queer viewers and the tv that soothes us.

Links Mentioned:
* Get your own copy of normporn: https://bookshop.org/p/books/normporn-queer-pleasures-in-sentimental-television-karen-tongson/19916162
* https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-30-guyliner-tears-and-octopusses-with-kat-spada/id1549053649?i=1000632054909

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* karentongson.org

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It’s a new season of Feminist Frequency Radio with a whole new batch of Fortnightly FREQout mini-episodes. On the heels of an interesting summer for live music and concert films, Kat shares her thoughts about pop, nostalgia, and the sense of community that live music brings.

Links Mentioned:
* Sentimental Garbage podcast on Strictly Ballroom: https://play.acast.com/s/sentimentalgarbage/strictly-ballroom-with-kate-young
* Tove Lo’s Dirt Femme album in ASL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtSQeGInmeY&list=PLAfkuCiou6j8knKObgPxftQxGrTEK1YbR
* Kate Leth talking Taylor Swift on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@katelethargy/video/7275317746269736234?lang=en
* Kate Leth’s graphic novel Mall Goth: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mall-Goth/Kate-Leth/9781534476943
* “My Delirious Trip to the Heart of Swiftiedom,” by Taffy Brodesser-Akner for The New York Times Magazine: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/magazine/taylor-swift-eras-tour.html
* “The ‘Plop’ and the Plight of Being a Queer Taylor Swift Fan,” by Abby Monteil for them: https://www.them.us/story/the-plop-and-the-plight-of-being-a-queer-taylor-swift-fan

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This week we're off to Palm Springs via the new time-loop rom-com on Hulu starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milotti. We discuss how Palm Springs tweaks the familiar structure of films like Groundhog Day in some significant ways to serve up something fresh, while also acknowledging that it can't entirely avoid some of the troubling matters of consent that often seem to come with the time-loop territory. We also talk about how the film explores questions of what it means to live ethically when every day is the same as the previous ten thousand days, and the surprising sweetness of its love story.

Time Stamps:

02:10 - Palm Springs
37:55 - What’s Your FREQ-Out: Carolyn on I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Ebony on P-Valley, Anita on Carrion and A Mortician’s Tale, Listener Chelsea on The Babysitter’s Club (Netflix)

Links Mentioned:
In Palm Springs, Consent Is a Murky Line by Sarah Jae Lieber: https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/palm-springs-consent-time-loop-films

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After a brief detour into recent events in Portland, we get into Netflix's hugely successful new action flick, The Old Guard, featuring Charlize Theron as the de facto leader of a group of immortal mercenaries as they welcome a new member and face a new adversary. Our conversation touches on the strength of Gina Prince-Bythewood’s direction, as well as the makeup of the crew, with its international membership that includes two gay men whose fierce devotion to each other melted even Anita's heart. We discuss how the identities of the main characters feel central to their stories and their experiences. Additionally, concerns are raised about the “strong female character” trope, we talk about the loneliness that comes with immortality, and mention some of the fun questions that the premise of a movie like this raises.

Time Stamps:
02:00 - What’s Happening in Portland
07:40 - The Old Guard
48:10 - What’s Your FREQ-Out: Ebony on artists Jessica Spence and Frank Morrison, Carolyn on First Cow, Anita on Betty

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Jessica Spence: https://www.jessicaspenceart.com/

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Ebony hosts this episode of Feminist Frequency Radio to discuss the James Baldwin documentary, I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO, with very special guest, the prolific and award-winning writer, scholar and activist, Dr. Taiyon J. Coleman. Together, they examine the 2016 film, directed by Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck, and the legacy of Baldwin’s work against the backdrop of ongoing global protests of police violence against black people and the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

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This week’s podcast was recorded on May 31, 2020. We won’t be discussing a new piece of media; we’re discussing a nation at war. Over the past week, we have watched as righteous protests rise in the wake of the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd—and the deaths of many other black people including Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Tony McDade. In response, the white supremacist American state apparatus has activated violently. Today, we want to share with you some of what we’ve seen, resources that might help you take action, and ways to make sense of some of the conflicting narratives we’re being fed.

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Anita, Ebony and Carolyn are back with another Entertainment News roundup. What’s up for discussion today? The Snyder Cut of Justice League is coming (yikes)! E3 is cancelled, but do we even need it anymore? And Joe Biden is taking the black vote for granted. Commiserate with us as we wade through the mostly bad (and somewhat absurd) of recent news, with at least one bit of good news for fans of a particular cancelled Netflix favorite.

CW: discussion of suicide during segment on Hana Kimura’s recent death. Time stamp located below.

Time Stamps:
5:51 - The Snyder Cut of Justice League is coming - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/justice-league-snyder-cut-plans-revealed-it-will-be-an-new-thing-1295102
17:28 - The deathbed confession of Norma Corvey aka Jane Roe of Roe v Wade - https://www.vox.com/2020/5/22/21267493/aka-jane-roe-norma-mccorvey-deathbed-confession
22:35 - Joe Biden interview on The Breakfast Club with Charlamagne tha God - https://youtu.be/KOIFs_SryHI
33:36 - Hana Kimura has died at 22; online harassment was likely a factor - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hana-kimura-dead-pro-wrestler-terrace-house-contestant-dies-at-22-1295776
39:24 - Digital Games Events to replace E3 - Summer Game Fest: https://www.summergamefest.com/ - Steam Game Festival: Summer Edition: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/gamefestival - Gamescom: https://www.gamescom.global/home/
white feminism and COVID-19 - https://twitter.com/aliciasanchez/status/1262211508433543168?s=19 in regards to this article: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/coronavirus-lockdown-breaking-madrid-miami-entitled-americans-a9517476.html
54:15 - Lana Del Rey’s Instagram post - https://www.instagram.com/p/CAcQPuBJdir/
57:51 - Tuca and Bertie picked up by Adult Swim
58:56 - Article by Sara Luterman on Star Trek and disability -www.startrek.com/news/star-trek-picards-xbs-explore-the-realities-of-disability

Additional Links Mentioned:

* Renee Bracey Sherman on Twitter - twitter.com/..

**Mark your calendar for Feminist Frequency’s 11th birthday party! This Thursday, May 21st from 5:00 - midnight Pacific time join at Twitch.tv/femfreq for guests, games, and giveaways.

This week on the podcast we are delighted to think critically about the Apple TV+ series Little America. The anthology, from makers of The Big Sick and Master of None, puts the immigrant experience at the center of its plot. Currently available to view without a subscription and already renewed for a second season, this series presents stand-alone episodes observing the story and life of an individual immigrant living in the United States. Join us as we take a look at several episodes, from the tale of a young boy left to run the family motel when his parents are deported, or a Nigerian college student in Oklahoma who loves American cowboy culture, to a Syrian refugee seeking asylum in the US so that he can live openly as a gay man, and explore how successfully Little America presents their stories.

Time Stamps:
6:36 - Main Discussion on Little America
42:56 - What’s Your Freq Out?
* Carolyn on Unorthodox, Netflix series
* Ebony on this Buzzfeed Bollywood movie list: https://www.buzzfeed.com/nusrat21/a-guide-for-people-new-to-bollywood and song from Little America by Punjabi folk singer Arif Lohar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjaH2iuoYWE
* Anita on the Parks and Recreation reunion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vl_oUMyGYU

Links Mentioned:
* Lilly Wachowski twitter response to Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump taking “the red pill” - https://twitter.com/lilly_wachowski/status/1262104754496339968?s=20

** Support the Stay in the Game Relief Fund - https://givebutter.com/stayinthegame

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Because you asked (and because we need to focus on something other than coronavirus updates) Entertainment News is back! In this episode Carolyn and Anita are joined by returning special guest Laura Hudson, to discuss some of the most interesting recent entertainment news stories and media happenings. From video game and television series announcements we’re nervous about, to contemplating the cost of digital turnips in Animal Crossing, we’ve got the news you need.

Time Stamps & Links Mentioned:

2:36 - Star Wars Series in the Works at Disney+ from Russian Doll Co-creator - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/star-wars-series-works-at-disney-russian-doll-creator-1291400?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
12:20 - Cyberpunk 2077's faction The Mox protects sex workers from violence - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/04/08/cyberpunk-2077s-faction-the-mox-protect-sex-workers-from-violence/
18:15 - Rate My Skype Room - https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/04/rate-my-skype-room-twitter - https://twitter.com/ratemyskyperoom
24:05 - Tom Hanks’ Blood Is Being Used to Develop Coronavirus Vaccine - https://variety.com/2020/film/news/tom-hanks-coronavirus-blood-research-vaccine-1234589978/
30:23 - Beastie Boys Story documentary by Spike Jonze - https://g.co/kgs/eq16ef - https://twitter.com/AlanWCerny/status/1254492398039773184?s=20
42:58 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons - https://g.co/kgs/zd6hu6
52:01 - What’s Your Freq Out?
* Carolyn on Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), directed by Irvin Kershner
* Laura on “Some Good News with John Krazinski” on YouTube - youtube.com/somegoodnews and the newly released script of Rainy Day People and Halt and Catch Fire episode - twitter.com/ifyoucantwell
* Anita on season 1 of the Amazon Prime series Undone

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This week on the Feminist Frequency Radio podcast we grapple with Hulu’s limited series Mrs. America, focusing on the battle for and against the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s. The show stars Cate Blanchett as Phyllis Schlafly, a conservative writer and politician who led the conservative opposition to the ERA.Join as we struggle with the powerful questions and feelings the series raises as this telling of feminism’s past illuminates the many issues the movement continues to face today.

Time Stamps:
1:39 - Week #2645 of the Quarantine Report
4:43 - Main Discussion on Mrs. America
51:01 - What’s Your Freq Out?
* Carolyn on Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, and others undermining the severity of COVID-19
* Ebony on Year of the Rabbit, IFC series - https://www.ifc.com/shows/year-of-the-rabbit
* Anita on the finale of Devs on Hulu, and the new album Fetch the Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

Links Mentioned:
* Combahee River Collective - https://combaheerivercollective.weebly.com
* Anita on Mrs. America and the current state of feminism - https://twitter.com/anitasarkeesian/status/1250985102450065408?s=20

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Like so much of life right now, the format for this episode of Feminist Frequency Radio will be a bit different. Check in #withus while we shelter-in-place, and Anita, Carolyn and Ebony share the films, shows, books, games and new hobbies that are seeing us through self isolation.

Time Stamps:

1:34 - Vibe check
15:40 - Media for Quarantimes:
Carolyn:
* Films by Kelly Reichardt - First Cow, Wendy and Lucy, and Certain Women - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0716980/
Ebony:
* The Terracotta Bride by Zen Cho - https://zencho.org/the-terracotta-bride-out-now/
* “Penhallow Among Passing Things” by Iona Datt Sharma - https://www.generalist.org.uk/iona/fiction/penhallow-amid-passing-things/
* Foyle’s War - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foyle%27s_War
Anita:
* Hart of Dixie - https://g.co/kgs/3ZyAaV
* Nashville - https://g.co/kgs/ZFjAsd
* Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist - https://g.co/kgs/vKtkgH
* Devs - https://g.co/kgs/DsGQxh
* “Wavelength” board game - https://www.wavelength.zone
* Marco Polo app - https://www.marcopolo.me
* The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley - https://www.kameronhurley.com/writing/light-brigade/

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Carolyn and Anita are joined on the podcast by special guest Nicole He, game developer and creative technologist, to take a look at Hulu’s High Fidelity, originally a novel by Nick Hornby, but probably known by most from the 2000 film starring John Cusack as Rob Gordon, a record store owner and obsessive music fan who takes us through his all-time top-five most painful breakups while trying to reunite with his most recent girlfriend. Hulu’s series swaps out this white dude version of Rob for a queer, woman of color played by Zoe Kravitz. Does the new representation in High Fidelity matter? And what happens to the narrative when this swap is applied to a character who epitomized a new kind of toxic masculinity at the start of the 21st century?

Time Stamps:

1:45 - a little bit about Nicole and how she makes some of the coolest sh*t Anita’s ever seen
7:02 - Main Discussion on High Fidelity
41:20 - What’s Your Freq Out?
* Carolyn on Tevin Thompson’s Fortnite essay
* Nicole on women weightlifting
* Anita on The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray

Links Mentioned:
* http://www.enhance.computer
* Billy Eilish Gets Interviewed by a Robot - https://youtu.be/K0c94ghBS4A
* http://tevisthompson.com/its-not-coming-back/

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Star Trek Picard | Season 01, Episode 01: Remembrance

Welcome back aboard the USS Feminist Frequency Star Trek podcast! Brew up some hot Earl Grey and step right over and into a chair, because this season we’re tackling Picard, Patrick Stewart’s much-anticipated return to the titular role of Jean-Luc Picard— one of the greatest starship captains and operations managers of all time. TNG being the Star Trek title Anita and Ebony converge on, listeners can expect a lot of passion, awesome special guests, and even hotter Hair Reports this season, so make sure you’re subscribed!

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It’s the end of the decade! And though it was a tough task, we’ve narrowed down all the media from the last 10 years to our fave five in literature, film, music, television and gaming. Stroll with us down memory lane as we revisit the titles that made us reflect, made us feel, and maybe even moved the needle on what media has to say about the world around us.

Time Stamps:

00:01:07 - Ebony’s Fave Five
* Book: An Unkindness of Ghosts (2017) by Rivers Solomon
* Film: Winter’s Bone (2010) directed by Debra Granik, story by Daniel Woodrell
* TV: Heaven Sent (2015) episode of Doctor Who directed by Rachel Talalay, written by Steven Moffat
* Music: Hozier (immortal) fae legend and spooky bastard (Runner up - Gary Clark Jr)
* Game: Donut Country (2018) developed by Ben Esposito

00:11:27 - Caro’s Fave Five
* (honorable mention) TV: San Junipero (2016) episode of Black Mirror directed by Owen Harris
* Film: Museum Hours (2012) written and directed by Jem Cohen
* TV: Twin Peaks: The Return (2017) developed and written by creators David Lynch and Mark Frost
* Film: Call Me by Your Name (2017) directed by Luca Guadagnino
* Game: Butterfly Soup (2017) developed by Brianna Lei
* TV: The Americans (2013-2018) created by Joe Weisberg for the FX television network

00:18:59 - Anita’s Fave Five
* TV: Halt and Catch Fire (2014-2017) created by Christopher Cantwell and Christopher C. Rogers
* Music: Lemonade (2016) visual album by Beyoncé
* Book: Ancillary Justice (2013) by Ann Leckie
* Film: Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) written and directed by Jim Jarmusch
* Game(s): Guacamelee! 1 and 2 (2013, 2018) developed by DrinkBox Studios, and Gato Roboto (2019) developed by doinksoft
* (honorable mentions) Film(s): Phantom Thread (2017) directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) directed by Barry Jenkins; TV: Brooklyn 99 (2013-present) created by Michael Schur and Dan Goor; Documentary: O.J.: Made in America (2016) directed by Ezra Edelman

PS: This week we ..

On this week’s episode, Ebony and Carolyn revisit the sci-fi horror classic Alien, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Our conversation attempts to examine some of the film’s many layers—its focus on working-class characters and their concerns, the ways in which H.R. Giger’s design for the alien taps into some of our most primal fears—while also acknowledging the filmmaking elements that help to make it such an enduring landmark of sci-fi cinema.

Time Stamps:

2:00 Alien

43:35 What’s Your FREQ-Out? (Carolyn on Joseph Arthur’s new album Come Back World, Ebony on the documentary Memory: The Origins of Alien)

Relevant Links:

Ebony on Vasquez from Aliens: https://feministfrequency.com/2017/03/28/absolutely-badasses-looking-back-on-vasquez-30-years-later/

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