Episodes

Intro Song: Duster, "Unrecovery"

Mid Song #1: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, "OUR SIDE HAS TO WIN"

Mid Song #2: Protomartyr, "Polacrilex Kid"

Outro Song: Protomartyr, "Rain Garden"

HEY VANITY: Nobody's Perfect

In the penultimate episode of the HEY VANITY series, Heaven gets into Marilyn Monroe's second half of her career, as she pivots to being taken seriously as an actress and show off what she has learned from studying at the Actor's Studio under Lee Strasberg. Heaven also discusses Marilyn's marriages to Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller, and how these two marriages would intersect with her film career and how she navigated those waters. And lastly, we chip away at the beginning phases of Marilyn's demise as she gets deeper into pill addiction, and her mental health steadily goes into decline.

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Intro Song: SZA feat. Phoebe Bridgers, "Ghost In The Machine"

Outro Song: boygenius, "Not Strong Enough"

HEY VANITY: The Metamorphosis

In the second part of the Marilyn Monroe series, HEY VANITY, Heaven goes into detail how Norma Jeane Baker turned into Marilyn Monroe. In this episode, Heaven discusses Marilyn's humble beginnings taking small roles in different films, her modeling career, her on-set demeanor and crippling insecurities that made it difficult for her to film, the people who guided and supported her on her way to the top, her business relationship with good friend Milton Greene and the start of Marilyn Monroe Productions, and how she learned to bargain for better wages and treatment from her bosses at 20th Century Fox, giving her control over her career.

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Intro Song: Queens of the Stone Age, "Skin on Skin"

Outro Song: Midwife, "Miss America"

HEY VANITY: Behind The Mask Another Mask

***CW: Sexual assualt, mental illness***

On the premiere episode of the Marilyn Monroe series, HEY VANITY, Heaven discusses Marilyn's beginnings, when she was better known as Norma Jeane Baker. Norma Jeane's childhood was unstable due to an absent father and mentally ill mother. Because of the instability of never having a permanent home throughout her childhood, Norma Jeane would develop abandonment issues along with low self esteem, anxiety, and her longing for love, affection, and safety, that would carry on into adulthood.

As Norma Jeane grew up, she developed into a great beauty, which would one day be discovered by a photographer in a factory. This would be the start onto the path of Norma Jeane Baker transforming into Mariyln Monroe.

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Intro Song: Deftones, "Around The Fur"

Outro Song: Thou, "Behind The Mask Another Mask"

I'm A Man

CW: Topics surrounding sexual assault and violence

Heaven returns with a retrospective review of the controversial 2002 Gaspar Noe film, IRREVERSIBLE. In this episode, Heaven talks about her history with the film, and re-watching it 15 years later with a different perspective. She also discusses the issues surrounding toxic masculinity, the Male Gaze, unlearning social constructs, and the film's heavy use of slurs and if whether or not that changes the impact of this film, or constitutes it as another piece of art that has not aged well.

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Intro Song: Thomas Bangalter, "Rectum"

Outro Song: Pissed Jeans ft. Lindsay Hunter. "I'm A Man"

Saint Alicia, The Absolute Wife Pt. II

In part two of the episode covering the CBS drama, THE GOOD WIFE, Heaven continues to unpack the anti-heroine character trajectory of Alicia Florrick by analyzing her relationships with other main characters in the show, with emphasis on her relationship with her old law school flame, Will Gardner.

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Intro Song: Deftones, "Battle Axe"

Outro Song: SZA, "Forgiveless (Featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard)"

Saint Alicia, The Absolute Wife Pt. I

In the first part of a two-part episode, Heaven discusses the CBS drama, THE GOOD WIFE. For the first part of the episode, Heaven goes over the show's competition with the emergence of the preigious cable dramas coming onto the scene, how the series premiered early in the Obama administration, leaning into the liberal politics of the time, as well as be critical of the some of the administration's missteps, and how Kant's Categorical Imperative and Nietszche's view of nihilism play into two separate arcs in the character trajectory of the protagonist, Alicia Florrick, and how she becomes an anti-heroine over the course of the series.

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Intro Song: Grouper, "Disengaged"

Outro Song: Girlpool, "It Gets More Blue"

Love, Actually Sucks

In honor of Valentine's Day, Heaven bitches and moans about the 2003 Rom-Com, LOVE, ACTUALLY. She also discusses how poorly it's aged since it was released 20 years ago along with the rampant fatphobia, sexism, workplace harassment, and creepy moments this film has been celebrated for.

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Intro Song: Dude York, "My Favorite Part (Of This Time of Year)"

Outro Song: Deftones, "Do You Believe?"

Icelandic Woodland Nymph

In this week's episode, Heaven takes a jounrey into the 45 year lomg career of Icenlandic singer, Bjork. In this episode, she details her achievements, her legacy, her influence, her creativity, her Anarchist values, her critiques on sexism in the music and film industry, and the Swan Dress. Heaven also discusses why the mass media continues to infantilize Bjork despite her long, influential, and fruitful career as a musician, an actress, and an Artist.

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Intro Song: Bjork, "Venus As A Boy"

Outro Song: Bjork, "Hunter"

I'm Not Like The Other Girls

It's 2023 and Heaven is back from hiatus to deliver a super-sized episode! This week's episode will discuss the popular film trope of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, specifically, what Manic Pixie Dream Girls say about men's thoughts on women, male filmmakers and the male protagonists who fall head over heels in love with these women. Heaven also goes through the list of the most popular Manic Pixie Dream Girls in film history and asks: Are they Manic Pixie Dreams Girls or are they just women with quirks and an odd personality?

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Intro Song: Beck, "Nitemare Hippie Girl"

Outro Song: Pixies, "Velouria"

Would Thou Like To Live Deliciously?

For Heaven's Halloween episode, she goes over how witch craft is portrayed in film and television while addressing historical and mythological contexts of why we have a negative view of witch craft. She also delves into why plot lines involving witches are attractive to women, where in the real world we don't have power, while witches hold a lot of power and have the capability to instill fear.

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Intro Song: Lingua Ignota, "Woe To All (on The Day Of My Wrath)"

Outro Song: ✝️✝️✝️ (Crosses), "thholyghst"

MY PROBLEMATIC FAVE: Call Me By Your Name

In the next segment of MY PROBLEMATIC FAVE, Heaven discusses one of her favorite films, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME. She discusses why the film resonates with her along with the problematic elements attached to the film: Elio and Oliver's age gap and the sexual assault allegations against Armie Hammer since the film's release. Do these elements change the meaning and make it harder to enjoy the film?

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Intro Song: Sufjan Stevens, "Futile Devices"

Outro Song: Lil Nas X, "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)"

My Darling Wife

On this week's episode, Heaven spends the first half of the episode talking about Wife Guys: how these men make their personalities all about their wives as a way to gain clout and favor with women, only to then abuse their power to then cheat on their spouses. Wife guys view their wives merely as property and not as human beings with their own individuality. Their spouses now make up their financial livelihood and public personas, as we have seen with the recent scandals involving Marroon 5's Adam Levine and The Try Guys' Ned Fulmer.

In the second part of the episode, Heaven reviews Olivia Wilde's, DON'T WORRY DARLING--how the film fails to deliver its Feminist message as well as the drama surrounding this film. Is it a case of women struggling to get a job done due to sexism or is it all kayfabe to get people to buy tickets to a movie?Heaven also discusses how male and female directors are treated differently creating a double standard in Hollywood.

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Intro Song: Fiona Apple, "Ladies"

Outro Song: Misfits, "Die, Die My Darling"

(Nu)Metal Heart

This week Heaven finally goes into a topic that took two years in the making--Nu Metal! Specifically, how much more inclusive Nu Metal is than what meets the eye with it's meshing of different musical genres to the diversity of musicians from different backgrounds to its lyrical content and way of subverting toxic masculinity seen in a lot of metal genres. She also discusses Woodstock '99 and how Nu Metal started to go into decline due to how the genre was seen after Limp Bizkit was blamed for issues of Woodstock '99, the ubiquity of Nu Metal acts, and how Depeche Mode's VIOLATOR became a major inspiration for Metal and Nu Metal acts alike.

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Intro Song: Orgy, "Stitches"

Outro Song: Chevelle, "It's No Good" (Depeche Mode Cover)

Nickel, Dimed, and Severed

Heaven makes her return from the WHO, ME? ENNUI? series to discuss the Apple+ Series SEVERANCE and how it relates to the phrase that's on the tip of everyone's tongue--"Quiet Quitting". Specifically, what "Quiet Quitting" is, its origins, how it relates to China's "Lying Flat" movement, the labor movement in the U.S. and looming strikes that are upon us.

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Intro Song: Nothing, "Say Less"

Outro Song: Björk, "Atopos"

WHO, ME? ENNUI? Pt. IV: The Straights Are At It Again

In the final episode of the Sofia Coppola series, WHO, ME? ENNUI?, Maren and I discuss the 2017 adaptation of THE BEGUILED. We discuss the White Feminist lens that erases Black History, specifically two Black Women originally in the book, along with the sexual politics among heterosexual women, how Sofia's upbringing keeps bringing her back to Ennui and insular worlds she has built for her characters in the films she makes and a Jennifer Coolidge fun fact, as a treat.

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Intro Song: Sharon Van Etten, "Memorial Day"

Outro Song: PJ Harvey, "Red Right Hand"

WHO, ME? ENNUI? Pt. III: The Girly Show

For the penultimate episode of the WHO, ME? ENNUI? series, Maren and I discuss the 2006 feature, MARIE ANTOINETTE. We discuss the Female Gaze, how we have processed this film as Socialist Feminists, the kinship Sofia Coppola may feel towards Marie Antoinette, the use of contemporary touches and color to make this period piece sparkle along with Sofia's attitudes towards sex and women who like sex.

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Intro Song: The Cure, "Plainsong"

Outro Song: New Order, "Ceremony"

WHO, ME? ENNUI? Pt. II: The Male Fantasy

In the second installment of the WHO, ME? ENNUI? series, Maren and I take a closer look at Sofia Coppola's debut feature length film, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES. We discuss heavily about The Male Gaze and how Sofia manages to show the point of view of the teenage boys' obsession with the Lisbon Girls while also inserting the Female Gaze to give the Lisbon Girls individuality and a voice not heard in the book by Jeffery Eugenides. We also talk about the haunting qualities of the film and the insular world Sofia delves into that seems to reflect a lot of her earlier life.

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Intro Song: Air, "High School Lover"

Outro Song: Lana Del Rey, "hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have"

WHO, ME? ENNUI? Pt. 1: The Coppola Inferiority Industrial Complex

For the first part of the August is For Auteurs Month mini series on Sofia Coppola, WHO, ME? ENNUI? Me and my co-host, filmmaker Maren Moreno (@hexicanprincess) discuss the 2010 film, SOMEWHERE. We talk about Sofia Coppola's history, specifically her famous family history as a Coppola, along with her aimlessness and feelings of being lost in her younger years that resonates in much her filmography.

Among the other things we discuss is the ennui her characters feel, the insular world of Hollywood, nepotism, White Feminism, and the striking workers who worked at the Chateau Marmont, which is the main backdrop for this film.

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Intro Song: Julian Casablancas, "I'll Try Anything Once"

Outro Song: Cherry Glazerr, "Daddi"

Elon Musk's Oyster Liquor

I honestly don't know how to summarize this episode other than this would be my version of Cum Town.

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Intro Song: Devo, "Too Much Paranoias"

Outro Song: The Roots w/ Cody Chestnutt, "The Seed 2.0"

MY PROBLEMATIC FAVE: Glassjaw's "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence"

Heaven dips her toes into quite possibly a new segment where she unpacks a problmatic fave of hers to see if her opinion has changed or not. For the first segment, Heaven discusses one of her favorite albums, Glassjaw's "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence". Heaven discusses why this album is so personal to her while addressing the violent and misogynistic lyrics, plus what the band thinks of the album 20 years after its initial release.

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Intro Song: Glassjaw, "El Mark"

Outro Song: Glassjaw, "Convectuoso"

Trying Is The First Step Towards Failure

Heaven is back from her brief break and ready to get back down to business! This week, Heaven goes in the world of the Try Guys--the four man group who grew from Buzzfeed fame into an entire franchise based on the premise they'll try anything once. In this episode, Heaven discusses their rise from Buzzfeed, their flamboyant display of positive masculinity, their large female following, how their politics lean further left than they would care to admit and how they seem understand inclusivity better than most Leftists, making them far more effective in making change in the world.

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Intro Song: 311, "Amber"

Outro Song: Phoenix, "Trying To Be Cool"

A Bedtime Story: Veni Vidi Vici

In the final episode of the Madonna Deep Dive Series, A Bedtime Story, Heaven goes over the legacy Madonna has left behind thus far not only in music, but also in pop culture and feminism.

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Intro Song: Madonna, "What It's Like For A Girl"

Outro Song: Madonna, "Vogue"

A Bedtime Story: Unapologetic Bitch

We have made it to the penultimate episode of the Madonna Deep Dive series, A BEDTIME STORY and this week Heaven reviews the Queen of Pop's most controversial moments. From her music videos "Justify My Love" to "God Control", her penchant for cultural appropriation, the circus involving her coffee table book, SEX, her infamous David Letterman interview in 1994, her Blond Ambition tour and accompanying tour documentary, MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE, and how she forced Pepsi to revoke her endorsement deal due to her "Like A Prayer" music video.

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Intro Song: Madonna, "Human Nature"

Outro Song: Madonna, "Express Yourself"

A Bedtime Story: Music Makes The Bourgeoisie and The Rebel

For the second part of the Madonna series A Bedtime Story, Heaven dives into Madonna's discography, going over every studio album she made with selected tracks, facts about making the records along with some of Madonna's influences and the different genres she has dipped her toe in for the past forty years.

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Intro: Madonna, "Music"

Outro: Madonna, "Into The Groove"

A Bedtime Story: BITCH I'M MADONNA

After a month hiatus, Heaven is BACK and she's ready to kick into Smut Month with the Smuttiest Icon that ever was--MADONNA! All this month, Heaven will be hosting a four part series about Madonna.

The first episode of the series will discuss THE WOMAN; her beginnings, her struggles, her professional and personal accomplishments and disappoints, her demeanor and strong work ethic and so much more!

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Intro Song: Madonna, "Bitch I'm Madonna"

Outro Song: Madonna, "Veni Vidi Vici"

Schmasmortion

Emergency episode has been recorded on the recent news regarding Roe V. Wade being overturned.

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Intro Song: PJ Harvey, "When Under Ether"

Outro Song: Xiu Xiu, "I Luv Abortion"

Return To Cookie Mountain

What can I say? This week Heaven goes a little off the rails. She talks about the Liberal's disdain over Chris Smalls, President of the Amazon Labor Union, making a guest appearance on Tucker Carlson and how cancelling student loan debt is a feminist issue. Also, cookies! OM NOM NOM NOM NOM

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Intro: Death Cab For Cutie, "Lowell, MA"

Outro: TV On The Radio, "I Was A Lover"

Drain the Clock, Not the Cock

This week Heaven does an overview of how sex work is depicted in film from good representation to downright ugly and degrading. Heaven discusses what certain films think about sex work, how it oftentimes stereotyped as being easy work without taking into account how it requires both physical and emotional labor, as well as stigmatized because of the type of work that is done. Heaven also goes into how sex work is like any other job that requires the same amount of protections as any other industry, and ties in with the current labor movement and the climate of unionizations at major corporations such as Amazon and Starbucks.

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Intro Song: Queens of the Stone Age, "Burn The Witch"

Outro Song: Amanda Palmer and The Grand Theft Orchestra, "Berlin"

Snow. Glass. Apples. Critters.

This week Heaven discusses the Disney Princess franchise and analyzes well-known tropes and what the tropes say about what Disney thinks of gender roles, specifically when it applies to women--how they should behave to what they should look like. Heaven also evaluates the three waves of Disney Princesses and Disney's attempts to evolve with the times and join in on the conversation about what being a Princess means.

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Intro Song: The Armed, "Nowhere To Be Found"

Outro Song: The Dresden Dolls, "Glass Slipper"

Himbos and Bimbos

***I will be discussing issues surrounding Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's divorce, specifically discussion of domestic violence and abuse. Please skip to 27:45 if you find this discussion triggering. Take care of yourself first. --H.***

This week Heaven talks about the 1999 Alexander Payne film, ELECTION. Specifically, Heaven will be discussing the cultural view of how the public viewed powerful men fall from grace due to taking advantage of power dynamics and assaulting young women as a sense of entitlement and inability to take account for their own bad actions, such as the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal that happened a year prior to this film's release. Heaven will also discuss male entitlement and another film that came out the same year that dealt with similar themes, AMERICAN BEAUTY, and how victims of these types of abuse can feel as if they have agency in the situation if they went into these relationships willingly despite power dynamics and age.

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Intro Song: Pile, "I Don't Want To Do This Anymore"

Outro Song: At The Drive-In, "198d"

Scammed My Way To The Top

This week Heaven discusses the fake German heiress/Scammer Anna Delvey/Anna Sorokin and the show based on her scam, INVENTING ANNA. Heaven goes into her biography, the scams she pulled and asks the question if Anna was a Millennial Robin Hood. Along with the bio of Anna Delvey, Heaven also reviews the Shonda Rhimes show, discussing how it uses Identity Politics to serve as a guiding light in this muddled narrative.

Building off the discussion, Heaven talks about influencers, conspicuous consumption, and it relates to the scams Anna Delvey pulled.

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Intro Song: The Roots, "Hustla"

Outro Song: Cardi B, "Bodak Yellow"

Basic Caucasian Marriage

Heaven has returned from her brief hiatus as she gives an update regarding her vehicle and why she has been MIA for almost a month!

This week's discussion centers around reality TV shows based on marriages--specifically arranged marriages that are described as "social experiments". Heaven discusses two specific shows, "Love Is Blind" and "Married At First Sight" and how these shows try to eliminate physical appearance from the equation while showing what good marriages look like, in particular what kind of marriages are considered good, who is able to fall in love, and if these experts have these people's best interests at heart.

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Intro Song: Pile, "Hair"

Outro Song: Deftones, "Mascara"

UNLOCKED: DICK PICS-Jackass The Movie

I revisit the DICK PICS segment to review another male-centric film, JACKASS THE MOVIE. I discuss it's relationship with MTV and how it combatted with low pay, low support from the channel and it's controversy surrounding Senator Joe Lieberman along with the Dude's Rock movement--male bonding, male camaraderie, self-destructive behavior and how Federico Fellini, Minutemen, Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye's friendship tie in with the spirit of JACKASS. I also review this film and some of the standout sequences.

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Intro Song: Minutemen, "History Lesson Part 2"

Outro Song: Minutemen, "Jesus and Tequila"

The Agency of Women

In the first half of this week's episode, Heaven discusses the idea of taking problematic elements/scenes out of film, and whether or not it's beneficial to adhere to such practices to make some films easier to swallow.

In the second half of the episode, Heaven talks about the Bechdel Test--what it is, its origins, how it tends to get used as a gauge of whether or not a film is considered "good" rather than it's intended use which is if whether or not there is female representation in the film.

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Intro Song: iamwhoiam, "Goods"

Outro Song: CHAI, "Fashionista"

Ask Heaven: Valentine's Day Edition

This week Heaven does a special Valentine's Day episode where she takes questions out of the r/relationship subreddit and answers them! This is a special bonus episode patrons of the podcast get occasionally so if you're interested in hearing more of these episodes, please subscribe to the Patreon:

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Intro Song: Sharon Van Etten, "Hands"

Outro Song: St. Vincent, "Savior"

Exile in Guyville Part Deux: Taint Rock

This week Heaven revisits the topic of Butt Rock to the Butt Rock adjacent genre, Taint Rock. Heaven investigates the bands in 90's rock who were Sad Boys and explored their emotions in masculine ways via common tropes such as using a woman in peril, admiring a messed up woman from afar or songs of self-loathing and self-deprecation, and pitying the romantic partners who stuck with them as a way to divorce themselves from hard topics they are otherwise unable to talk about. She also follows the thread of what may have been the start of Taint Rock--The Smashing Pumpkins.

Exile In Guyville episode:

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Intro Song: The Smashing Pumpkins, "X.Y.U"

Outro Song: The Smashing Pumpkins, "Zero"

Interview With The Vampire

This week Heaven does a reading series on the recent profile piece released this week about Joss Whedon. She discusses accountability, white male entitle, abuse of power dynamics, and using Feminism as a guise to hide misogynistic ideals.

The Undoing of Joss Whedon by Lila Shapiro:

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Intro Song: Lingua Ignota, "MAN IS LIKE A SPRING FLOWER"

Outro Song: Bikini Kill, "Star Bellied Boy"

All That Glitters Is Not Gold

In honor of what would have been Betty White's 100th birthday and a celebration of her work, Heaven discusses one of the roles she was best known for--Rose Nylund in the hit series, THE GOLDEN GIRLS. In this episode, Heaven goes over some of the most progressive parts of the series as well as discussing some of the more problematic elements.

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Intro Song: STRFKR, "Golden Light"

Outro Song: Le Tigre, "Hot Topic"

Material Control

For the first episode of the New Year, Heaven discusses the mini docuseries, LULARICH, based on the MLM clothing company, LuLaRoe. In this episode, Heaven goes over the origins of DeAnne and Mark Stidham, how LuLaRoe got started, its misuse of Feminist language to lure women into the company to only then reinforce patriarchal family norms, how they scammed women out of thousands of dollars, exploitation of workers, why bosses suck, and how non-men are usually powerful organizers due to their reach and involvement in different communities.

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Intro Song: Glassjaw, "bastille day"

Outro Song: Glassjaw, "my conscience weighs a ton"

Best of 2021

Heaven gives her list of the Best of 2021 in television, film, and music!

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Intro Song: Van Halen, "Eruption"

Outro Song: U2, "New Year's Day"

You've Got Some 'Splainin' To Do

This week Heaven reviews the new Aaron Sorkin film, BEING THE RICARDOS. Heaven, an expert in I LOVE LUCY history, discusses the things Sorkin gets right about the film and the things he makes into fiction to create a more dramatic piece of cinema. Heaven also discusses the Sorkinisms sprinkled throughout the film as well as give a brief history of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's relationship, how I LOVE LUCY came about, how the show revolutionized sitcom programming, and answers the question: Was Lucille Ball a Communist?

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Intro Song: Mina, "Piu di te (I Won't Tell)"

Outro Song: M. Ward, " I Get Ideas"

Bossypants

This week Heaven reviews the 2011 Tina Fey memoir, Bossypants. Specifically, Heaven discusses some of the good stuff Fey mentions in her book, such as motherhood, dealing with sexism, and rude people, while also highlighting some of the problematic elements of her book, such as racism, classism, White Feminism, her Mean Girl voice, and Neoliberalism.

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Intro Song: Bully, "Seeing It"

Outro Song: Lucy Dacus, "I Don't Want To Be Funny Anymore"

What Women Want (w/ Ruby Longoria-Ali)

Heaven is back and she has returned with a super sized episode! This week she has invited photographer Ruby Longoria-Ali to the pod to talk about a subject that's been long awaited--The Female Gaze. Heaven and Ruby discuss how non-male artists' perspectives can change how a piece of art is made in pop culture, music, film, and art.

NOTE: The last ten minutes were unfortunately lost somewhere in podcast land but the episode is still a treat!

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Intro Song: Warpaint, "Go On"

Outro Song: Kate Bush, "Sat In Your Lap"

Welcome to the OC, Bitch!

NOTE: At some point during the episode (Second half, Power Rankings), I refer to the Michaelangelo piece, "Pieta" but during my recording I ended up pluralizing it, which is a different meaning entirely. I was in hour two of recording and misspoke.

Before going on a mini vacation for the remainder of the month, Heaven breaks down the FOX television series, THE OC in a jam packed, jumbo sized episode. Specifically, she talks about the cultural impact, life in a post 9/11 world, the show's classism and disdain for anything in Central/North OC + the Inland Empire, the accuracy of its depiction of life in the OC, and the world's fascination with rich people and Orange County. In the second half of the episode, Heaven does power rankings for the characters and you'll be surprised who takes the number 1 spot!

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Intro Song: Phantom Planet, "California"

Outro Song: Coconut Records, "West Coast"

Lighting Our Freedom Torches in the Marketplace of Feminist Ideas

This week Heaven discusses Marketplace Feminism--from what it is to how Capitalism infiltrates the movement. Some of the topics evaluated are the inclusivity of beauty campaigns to sell you products, Pinkwashing and Breast Cancer Awareness, pop stars proclaiming to be Feminists and Male Feminism.

We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement by Andi Zeisler:

Feminism and Pop Culture by Andi Zeisler:

https://www.sealpress.com/titles/andi-zeisler/feminism-and-pop-culture/9780786726714/

Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight For Sex Workers' Rights by Juno Mac and Molly Smith:

https://www.versobooks.com/books/3039-revolting-prostitutes

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Intro Song: Big Black, "Kerosene"

Outro Song: Cardi B, "Money"

The Raven

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Here is my reading of the famous Edgar Allen Poe poem, "The Raven".

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Intro Song: Thomas Bangalter, "Tempus Edax Rerum"

Middle Song: Thomas Bangalter, "Rectum"

Outro Song: Thomas Bangalter, "The End"

Scenes From a Shit Show

This week Heaven FINALLY reviews the remake she has been moaning about for months now--Hagai Levi's remake of Ingmar Bergman's SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE. Heaven discusses the original material and how it fails to compare to the remake along with referencing other works such as Ari Aster's HEREDITARY and MIDSOMMAR and MASTER OF NONE: MOMENTS IN LOVE better captures Bergman's piece despite not being a direct remake of his 1973 masterpiece.

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Intro: Gang of Four, "Anthrax"

Outro Song: Björk, "History of Touches"

UNLOCKED-RANTS AND RAVES-: Master of None

This week Heaven has unlocked one of her Patreon only episodes to prepare for next week's in depth episode dissecting the SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE remake, which will also discuss the latest season of MASTER OF NONE: MOMENTS IN LOVE. Heaven will discuss both Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe's controversial pasts, how the latest season expands into new territory such as making the primary focus of the season on a Black Lesbian couple, and how it borrows heavily from Ingmar Bergman's classic 1973 mini-series, SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE.

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Intro Song: Beach House, "Master of None"

Outro Song: Liz Phair, "Divorce Song"

Luxury of Time

This week Heaven talks about the new Netflix series, MAID, and it's honest portrayal of poverty along with domestic violence, alcoholism, mental illness, feminized labor, and how we as a society and government entity view the poor.

The last 20 minutes unintentionally are ASMR due to a rainstorm that came through in the middle of recording.

Heaven also talks about her first concert since the pandemic started.

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Intro Song: Modern Color, "X51"

Outro Song: Modern Color, "Pale"

The Art of Making Women Feel Ugly

CW: Body issues, eating disorders, self esteem

This week Heaven discusses the beauty industry, and specifically how the beauty industry goes out of its way to make women feel ugly--everything from advertisers to influencers to beauticians, there are numerous ways the industry preys on women's insecurities to sell them things they don't need, and in turn, help contribute to low self esteem and body issues many people battle with every day. In the end, it contributes to the Capitalistic system where the rich, beautiful, and powerful stay on top and retain the status quo and the rest of us are made to feel awful about ourselves.

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Intro Song: Devotchhka, "How It Ends"

Outro Song: The Shivers, "Beauty"

The Sinister Dustbowl Part III: Your Anger Is a Gift

In the third and last installment of the Dirtbag Left series, Heaven compares and contrasts Chapo Trap House, a Dirtbag Leftist podcast, and Pod Save America, a Liberal media podcast. Heaven reads two separate articles on each podcast written in the New York Times to reveal classism and bias to illustrate how each podcast is showcased in Mainstream Media outlets.

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Intro Song: Rage Against The Machine, "Freedom"

Outro Song: Sleater-Kinney, "Combat Rock"

The Sinister Dustbowl Part II: The Crooked, Liberal Media

In the second installment of the mini series on the Dirtbag Left, Heaven evaluates Liberal media and dives into the Crooked Media Universe and discusses Pod Save America. In this episode, Heaven evaluates how four former Obama aides use their podcast as a Liberal propaganda machine to show the Democratic party in a positive light, views itself as sincere despite the party's insincerity to the working class, how it disempowers its listeners by emphasizing the importance of voting and little to nothing more beyond that, and how there may be a secret Bernie Bro amongst the Pod Jons.

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Intro Song; Parks and Recreation Theme Song

Outro Song: Against Me!, "Baby, I'm An Anarchist!"

The Sinister Dustbowl Part I: Pure Comedy

This week Heaven takes a closer look at the Dirtbag Left in a small mini series and sees how the influence of Leftist podcasters plays a role in political discourse as well as pop culture using Chapo Trap House as an example. To support her argument, she references the 1993 David Foster Wallace essay, "E Unibus Pluram" as well as Father John Misty to highlight how irony is often misunderstood, and isn't nearly as detached as many would find it to be, that even through irony sincerity can still shine through.

"E Unibus Pluram" by David Foster Wallace:

"What David Foster Wallace Got Wrong About Irony: Our Culture Doesn't Have Nearly Enough of It" by PETER FINOCCHIARO:

https://www.salon.com/2014/04/27/what_david_foster_wallace_got_wrong_about_irony_our_culture_doesnt_have_nearly_enough_of_it/

"David Foster Wallace Was Right: Irony Is Ruining Our Culture" by MATT ASHBY and BRENDAN CARROLL:

https://www.salon.com/2014/04/13/david_foster_wallace_was_right_irony_is_ruining_our_culture/

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Intro Song: DJ Smokey, "Salute 2 el Chapo"

Outro Song: Father John Misty, "Please Don't Die"

Crabs In a Barrel

Heaven is back and ready to bitch and moan about the current state of things: Roe v. Wade being overturned, Afghanistan, the OnlyFans controversy, The California Recall election, anti-vaxxers taking medicine for animals to combat COVID and Socialists buying homes.

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DSA Orange County's Statement on voting NO in California Recall Election:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/165H8EdtSKDuvoW9eeN7v0Jz3g5A9Tjrhn7KpxDFWYOg/edit

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Intro Song: Zack de la Rocha, "March of Death"

Outro Song: Elliott Smith, "Between The Bars"

THIS AMERICAN LIFE PT. IV: City of Dreams

In the last installment for the David Lynch miniseries, THIS AMERICAN LIFE, Mason and Heaven discuss the 2001 film, MULHOLLAND DRIVE. They discuss the All American Girl trope and lack of diversity in David Lynch's films, The American Dream and how it looks different depending on your race, religion, gender, and what part of the world you come from. The American Dream isn't as prevalent as culture would lead you to believe. We also discuss how actors have had to adapt to the Hollywood beauty standard and the lasting impact Lynch has made on pop culture.

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Intro Song: Linda Scott, "I've Told Every Little Star"

Outro Song: Team Sleep, "Blvd. Nights"

THIS AMERICAN LIFE PT. III: About A Girl

CW: Sexual assault, domestic abuse, and incest

For the third installment of THIS AMERICAN LIFE, Heaven and Mason analyze the film, TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME. They discuss the facade of Suburbia, the Knight and Shining armor motif that runs through this film, specifically with the characters Dale Cooper and James. They also revisit the Dead Girl trope and why art gravitates towards using dead women as character devices to move a story forward, as well as how the cycle of abuse can seem never ending.

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Intro Song: Angelo Badalamenti, "The Pink Room"

Outro Song: Big Thief, "Coma"

THIS AMERICAN LIFE PT. II: Don't Look At Me!

On the second installment of the David Lynch series, THIS AMERICAN LIFE, Mason and I discuss BLUE VELVET (1986). We discuss the Golden Age of Capitalism, as David Lynch grew up in the 1950's, how the Boomer generation has taken and depleted the Earth's resources making younger generations re-think their futures. Another topic we tackle is America's issues with sex and reputation for sexual repression in relation to Frank Booth and Jeffery Beaumont and how women owning their sexuality can be frightening. We discuss the Boy Scout trope Lynch loves to explore in his films with male protagonists and finally we ask the question: is BLUE VELVET misogynist?

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Intro Song: Lana Del Rey, "Blue Velvet"

Outro Song: Lingua Ignota, "All Bitches Die (Bitches Die All Here)"

THIS AMERICAN LIFE PT. I: In Heaven Everything Is Fine

In the first installment of the new David Lynch mini series, THIS AMERICAN LIFE, Heaven and Mason discuss David Lynch's childhood, his days in art school, how he came about making films, his family life, how Lynch himself sees himself as a father, and how it relates to his first film, ERASERHEAD.

Heaven and Mason dissect Lynch's reluctance to fatherhood, the Starving Artist trope, how the mentality "Pull yourself up by your bootstraps" is an American way of thinking that in order to be successful, one must have to suffer financially and work through the pain in order to achieve success, and how art is too under appreciated for artists to be respected when asking for money to make art.

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Intro Song: David Lynch, Alan Splet, "In Heaven Everything Is Fine"

Outro Song: Nirvana, "Serve the Servants"

Thrown To The Wolves

Heaven discusses her new job and why she quit after three days.

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Intro Song: Beach House, "Lazuli"

Outro Song: Radiohead, "In Limbo"

White Girls Can't Dance

This week Heaven discusses the strike Black TikTok creators are holding in order to get recognized, credited, and properly attributed for the work they create and the labor they do to make it happen. Along with the strike, Heaven also talks about cultural appropriation, the Western Beauty Standard, and how often times White Women will knock non-white people for their physical attributes while stealing the attributes to create trends.

Heaven also complains about the "Scenes From a Marriage" reboot from HBO and announces the new David Lynch mini series coming in August!

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Intro Song: Howlin' Wolf, "Smokestack Lightnin'"

Outro Song: Sleater-Kinney, "My Stuff"

Voices Carry

This week Heaven investigates the phenomenon of Uptalk and Vocal Fry, specifically how it relates to sexism along with accents and how a person speaks can give people false impressions and play into negative stereotypes, even affecting a person's class status.

Along with vocal sounds, inflections, affectations, and patterns, Heaven also discusses Disco.

"Can a Woman’s Voice Ever Be Right?" by Jordan Kisner:

"This Is Why Ridiculing Vocal Fry Is Sexist" by Lily Feinn:

https://www.bustle.com/articles/157606-ridiculing-vocal-fry-is-sexist-and-this-awesome-video-explains-why

"The Purpose Of Uptalk Is Actually Feminist AF" by Lucia Peters:

https://www.bustle.com/p/uptalk-is-actually-important-feminist-communication-cue-so-seriously-stop-policing-how-women-speak-62520

"From Upspeak To Vocal Fry: Are We 'Policing' Young Women's Voices?":

https://www.npr.org/2015/07/23/425608745/from-upspeak-to-vocal-fry-are-we-policing-young-womens-voices

You're Wrong About: "Disco Demolition Night":

https://open.spotify.com/episode/408d5mTIc2rqfjpqB9ueRl

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Intro Song: The Cure, "All Cats Are Grey"

Outro Song: Freddy and the Flying Dutchman & The Sistina Band, "Wojtyla Disco Dance, Part 1"

Atrocity Exhibition

This week Heaven discusses the controversial teen drama, 13 REASONS WHY--the problematic story lines, use of graphic imagery to create shock value vs. dialogue on depression, suicide, and mental health, and how this show is a Liberal response to the beginning of a Trump Administration that provides all theater and no substance.

Heaven also complains about unemployment.

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Intro Song: Joy Division, "Atmosphere"

Outro Song: Joy Division, "Isolation"

Like A Virgin

For the last installment for Smut Month, Heaven discusses Purity Culture--an abstinence movement that requires young girls to pledge purity to their fathers until marriage. Often times this is cemented in an elaborate ceremony known as "Purity Balls" where they make these pledges to their fathers. In this episode, Heaven points out how Purity Culture treats young girls like property, can lead to self-worth and self-esteem issues, an attempt to control the sexuality of young women, and some of the creepy elements attached to this movement.

Heaven also makes a major show announcement.

"Pledging My Purity To Dad (Celibacy Documentary) ":

https://youtu.be/3mhez8t8IFs

"Would You Pledge Your Virginity to Your Father?" by Jennifer Baumgardner:

https://www.glamour.com/story/purity-balls

"The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women" by Jessica Valenti:

https://www.sealpress.com/titles/jessica-valenti/the-purity-myth/9780786744664/

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Outro Song: Madonna, "Like A Virgin"

Bang Bus--For Her

Continuing with this month's theme for Smut Month, Heaven delves into the world of Feminist Porn and the popular genre, "Porn For Women". In this episode, Heaven gives a brief overview of Feminist Porn--how it first got started, the history of the sex positive movement and anti-porn movement heralded by Second Wave Feminists. Heaven also goes over the history of pornographic actor James Deen and how "Porn For Women" grew out of his popularity, statistics on what kind of porn women generally like, and how this influences the aesthetic and type of porn that is made for women.

Articles and Resources referenced in this week's episode:

"15 Porn Sites for Women That You’ll Really, Really Enjoy":

"Pornhub Just Dropped Some VERY Interesting Stats About Women's Porn Habits"

https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a30171574/pornhub-year-in-review-2019/

"What Guys Can Learn From Watching "Porn for Women"

https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/a22563796/men-watch-porn-for-women/

Wikipedia Entry For Feminist Pornography:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_pornography

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Outro Song: Serge Gainsbourg, "En Melody"

The Wandering Uterus

Continuing this month's theme for Smut Month, Heaven discusses Hysteria: what it is, its origins, how it came about, its ties to the invention of the vibrator, and the mystery behind female pleasure.

Heaven also touches upon the recent allegations against Virgil Texas.

Hysterical Literature by Clayton Cubitt:

http://hystericalliterature.com

It's On The List podcast:

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/05/overwork-underwork-unemployment-underemployment-workers-boundaries-unionize-post-work

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Outro Song: Björk, "The Pleasure Is All Mine"

Soccer Mommy Porn

To kick off this month's theme for Smut Month, this week Heaven dives into the world of Erotic Fiction and Romance Novels based off the 2020 documentary, NAUGHTY BOOKS. In this episode, Heaven discusses the market for this genre of books, the writers who have made money self-publishing their novels, how self-publishing has gained a boom in the last decade thanks to the Fifty Shades series by E.L. James as well as how it's an industry dominated and ran by women. Heaven also talks about how Erotic Fiction gives women a safe space to explore and discover more about their sexuality.

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Outro Song: Lovage, "To Catch A Thief"

Work Sucks, I Know

This week Heaven discusses the latest Jacobin piece by Alex Press, "We're Being Worked To Death By Capital" on how people are dying by putting in overtime at their office jobs leading to multiple health problems and ultimately death. Heaven also discusses how stress from work can affect mental health, how the pandemic has brought upon changes in working longer days thanks to our bosses colonizing our homes, minimum wage, gig economy work and everything in between.

"We're Being Worked To Death By Capital" by Alex Press:

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Outro Song: Dolly Parton, "9 to 5"

OUR SIDE HAS TO WIN

This week Heaven discusses Palestine, Marjorie Taylor Greene trying to debate AOC and the new CDC mask mandate.

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Intro Song: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, "GOVERNMENT CAME" (9980.0kHz 3617.1kHz 4521.0 kHz)"

Outro Song: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, "OUR SIDE HAS TO WIN (for D.H.)"

Happy and Bleeding

This week Heaven discusses the Pink Tax/Tampon Tax that is specifically targeted towards women even though it affects all genders. Heaven also talks about the financial burden people who purchase these products, the toll pregnancy and menstruation can take on a body, and why these taxes are cruel since many of these products are necessities. These taxes tie in with the fact non-men suffer from the never changing gender wage gap.

Heaven also talks about her symptoms that came with the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and all the crappy movies she watched during her fever dreams.

Artwork by Mey Gökyay

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Outro Song: PJ Harvey, "Dress"

I'm Not Here To Make Friends

This week Heaven delves into Capitalism and Reality Television--how both work together to push such agendas as individualism, the narrative "pull yourself up by your bootstraps", and of course, product placement. Heaven pulls from the television show, INK MASTER, to provide examples of her argument.

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Outro Song: Deftones, "Ceremony"

Painting of a Panic Attack

CW: Mental Health, Anxiety, Depression

Heaven checks in with her mental health.

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Outro Song: Pile, "Bruxist Grin"

Guns, Razors, KNIVES!!

This week Heaven discusses the rising amount of gun violence that has been occurring recently--from police brutality to mass shootings. Heaven connects how the U.S.'s fascination with individualism along with domestic violence and lack of universal healthcare tie all these things together that work in the wonderful world of Capitalism.

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Outro Song: Jaye Jayle, "Guntime"

Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman

Heaven is back solo this week to discuss the Matt Gaetz sex scandal and how it relates to teenage girls being perceived as "women" when they stop looking like little girls and look more like adult women despite having a young girl mindset. In this episode, Heaven dives into the Awkward Horny Teenage Girl who is discovering her sexuality in a fumbling, amusing, awkward manner drawing examples from television shows like BIG MOUTH, PEN15, SEX EDUCATION, and BOB'S BURGERS.

To read a personal essay about my own sexual awakening I penned for the Street Fight Radio zine, you can purchase it here:

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Outro Song: New Order, "Age of Consent"

Jackie Or Marilyn (w/ Mason from It's On The List/The Barn)

This week Heaven invites Mason (co-host of It's On The List and The Barn podcasts) to discuss MAD MEN and feminism! They go over Don Draper's relationship with key women on the show, how these women help shape the series, and the dynamic characteristics that highlight the type of struggles they dealt with being women in the 1960's.

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Outro Song; The Armed, "AN ITERATION"

They Only Want You When You're 17, When You're 21 You're No Fun (w/ Diane)

This week returning guest Diane comes on to the pod to discuss the HBO docuseries ALLEN V. FARROW. In this episode, we discuss the sexual assault allegation his daughter, Dylan Farrow, brought against Woody Allen along with Allen's marriage to Soon-Yi Previn, his 1979 film MANHATTAN and how it deals with his character, Isaac, dating a 17 year-old girl.

We also discuss one of Woody Allen's biggest fans and fellow sex pest, Louis C.K. and his 2017 shelved film, I LOVE YOU, DADDY.

Lastly, we cover cancel culture and ask the question, "Can you separate the art from the artist?"

Story on Christina Engelhardt's relationship with Woody Allen in 1976:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/woody-allens-secret-teen-lover-manhattan-muse-speaks-1169782

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Outro Song: Thou, "Fallow State"

Wedding Industrial Complex

This week Heaven talks about the multi billion dollar industry that is all about weddings. Heaven delves into how weddings and marriage in general plays into sexist tropes as Capitalism wipes out the purity of declaring your love and eternal devotion to another person. She also expresses how much she hates weddings.

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