women-in-film

A lot of us who love drag, love it because because it channels the spirit of those wild, outrageous women who embrace their rebellious side and point their middle finger at what the world wants them to be.



Today. Peaches Christ, San Francisco’s drag impressario and cult film fanatic joins us to take a look at movies with wild women who don’t give a fuck. Listen as we look at sexploitation and hagsploitation in films like All About Eve and Showgirls, Valley of the Dolls and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and Female Trouble and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.

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➤ Riding in the passenger seat with Faster Pussycat Kill Kill’s Tura Satana at the wheel?

➤ Can anything taboo anymore?

➤ Forced feminization- is it tired movie trope or a legit sexual fetish?

Joining Ena and SunAh is filmmaker, artist, creative director, and creator of Crown Me Royal Labs - Chassidy Jade. Chassidy discusses balancing multiple hats as a creator and working in a male-dominated industry. She shares the motivation behind her all-women showcase, “Visuals & Vibes.” The episode ends with Chassidy’s words of wisdom for women creatives.


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The #BookSquad crash lands on planet C-53, aka Earth in the mid-90s, to talk about "Captain Marvel," the newest origin story movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We discuss where this movie fits in the MCU, how it works as trauma narrative, the film's feminist themes, how it compares to other superhero origin stories, and — of course — Goose the cat! Plus, we give you a rundown of what's on the #BookSquadBlog (it's a lot of recaps!) and what's up next on the pod. Read along with us for our next #bookpisode on "Fruit of the Drunken Tree" by Ingrid Rojas Contreras. Our next #othersode will be on the remake of "Pet Sematary," coming to theaters soon! Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe to the podcast, and send any listener feedback to us at thesquad@booksquadgoals.com. We want to hear from you!

0:30 – Welcome to our weird voices/what’s your fave MCU movie?
11:50 – Let’s get into the movie—a digression on race and aliens, and a history lesson!
19:50 – Captain Marvel as a trauma story
26:40 – Feminism themes
29:45 – Nick Fury and young people make up
33:02 – The 90s setting
37:37 – Sweet Goose (and Emily’s Australia corner)
44:20 – Captain Marvel v. other origin stories
54:35 – Representation matters!
1:03:30 – Reviews
1:07:00 – Sleepy Ben Opinions
1:10:15 – What’s on the blog? What’s up next?

Articles referenced:

Dana Stevens' review: https://slate.com/culture/2019/03/captain-marvel-review-brie-larson-movie.html
Internet trolls & Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.avclub.com/the-fight-against-trolls-goes-beyond-captain-marvel-yo-1833165390
Friend-of-the-pod Gabriella's review for Express: https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1095785/Captain-Marvel-review-Brie-Larson-Carol-Danvers-feminism-marvel-movie