Feminist Frequency Radio

Following this week's announcement about the closure of Feminist Frequency, Executive Director Anita Sarkeesian and the Games and Online Harassment Hotline Director Jae Lin chat more about what this means for our work as the organization sunsets.Links Mentioned:Some books about burnout, rest, and worth:Burnout by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoskihttps://www.burnoutbook.net/Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey, founder of The Nap Ministryhttps://thenapministry.com/How to Keep House While Drowning, by K.C. Davis, founder of Struggle Carehttps://www.strugglecare.com/bookJae Lin’s Heartwork deck: https://www.patreon.com/doodlemealiveFind Anita:twitter.com/anitasarkeesianFind Jae:twitter.com/enviplaysgamesinstagram.com/doodlemealiveFind Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq

Feminist Frequency Radio presents the second mini-episode in our Fortnightly FREQouts series. Kat’s back with more brief reviews and industry news from the last two weeks, along with her reactions to the opening weekend event of the summer: Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.Links Mentioned:Support workers affected by the Hollywood work stoppage: Bid on the WGA Garage Sale auction or donate to the Entertainment Community Fund; Bid on the TUSC auction or donate to the Union Solidarity Fund.Kat’s review of Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns on LetterboxdWomen’s World Cup: French deep fake commercial, Netherlands news, and Haitian team historyGreta Gerwig interviewed for Letterboxd: https://youtu.be/s2rNnOGfmv0Find Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq

The cultural phenomenon that is Sex and the City continues with the second season of And Just Like That… where 50-something, wealthy Manhattanites Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda return to navigate life, love, and loss, joined by new friends and lovers. Joining Kat to discuss the series is her good friend, licensed mental health counselor and screenwriter, Pallavi Yetur.Links Mentioned:Kim Cattrall’s 2005 documentary Sexual Intelligence: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/sexual-intelligence/umc.cmc.1ny2dka7n1021smgmks7k2tovKim Cattrall jazz performance: https://youtu.be/XcEKtVZ0XX4And Just Like That… interview with Samantha Irby - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/18/magazine/samantha-irby-interview.htmlFind Pallavi:twitter.com/pallaviyeturhttps://pallaviyetur.com/Find Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq

Welcome to the first of a series of bonus mini-episodes we’re calling “Fortnightly FREQouts,” where our host Kat Spada walks us through what’s been thrilling, moving, upsetting, or infuriating her in recent weeks. Today’s Fortnightly FREQout features special guest A.C. Lamberty to discuss the new documentary on Max, Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed.Find A.C.:Website: https://www.aclamberty.com/On Instagram and Letterboxd at @aclambertyFind Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq

Welcome to a new season of feminist media criticism goodness! Today Kat and Anita are discussing the 1989 action classic Road House, starring none other than our beloved Patrick Swayze. Listen in for a nostalgic stroll through the absolutely bonkers landscape of this corner of the Dirty Dancing/Point Break/Road House Swayze trifecta.Links Mentioned:FFR 203, 1940s Hollywood: https://feministfrequency.com/video/femme-fatale-1940s-hollywood-film-noir-with-julie-grossman-ffr-203/Find Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Anita:twitter.com/anitasarkeesianFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq

This past season of Feminist Frequency Radio co-hosts Kat Spada and A.C. Lamberty investigated masculinity in movies and TV on our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series.  On this final bonus wrap-up episode, Anita Sarkeesian returns to strap in, strap on, and weigh in on all our most-loved machos.Links Mentioned:Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/Political (?) Twitter thread about menswear tailoring - https://twitter.com/dieworkwear/status/1658561021160865794Find A.C.:Website: https://www.aclamberty.com/On Instagram and Letterboxd at @aclambertyFind Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Anita:twitter.com/anitasarkeesianFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq

Strap in, Strap on, and join us on the dance floor for one last episode of our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series. Today is all about the machos with the moves. From studio musicals of the 40s and 50s to our podcast’s patron saint, Patrick Swayze, we’re tripping the light fantastic with a look at dudes who dance! Links Mentioned:Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/Gene Kelly SUMMER STOCK newspaper dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0tnHNYpRG8The Nicholas Brothers’ STORMY WEATHER dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNBtvj7KZw0“Take Off With Us” from ALL THAT JAZZ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whuhoWZ5dVYBaryshnikov on Broadway: https://youtu.be/413JgYfL5eYGregory Hines tap challenge in Tap: https://youtu.be/5Zd6GnFCfckSwayze on SNL: https://youtu.be/stqG2ihMvP0Swayze’s PBR commercial: https://youtu.be/nTVj5lIkxp4 Time Stamps:1:08:48 - Macho of the Week Find A.C.:Website: https://www.aclamberty.com/On Instagram and Letterboxd at @aclambertFind Kat:tw

We’re diving into the Macho hierarchy with an episode of “Machos: Fully Loaded” that’s all about the Alphas.  What is it that makes these machos reign supreme? Is it domination, power, or just living your life a quarter mile at a time? Listen to our discussion of some of the most over-the-top, high-octane machos out there.Links Mentioned:Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/Fast & Furious nomenclature on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fredasquith/video/7199205413357653254Blood Knife piece: https://bloodknife.com/everyone-beautiful-no-one-horny/Keanu training for Wick 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yk7K8-HnfI&t=3sFFR 168, Point Break: https://feministfrequency.com/video/feminist-frequency-radio-168-point-break-patrick-swayze-and-keanu-reeves-in-peak-90s-action-cinema/FFR 208, Johnny Mnemonic: https://feministfrequency.com/video/johnny-mnemonic-w-ryan-broderick-ffr-208/Time Stamps:1:15:

This Machos: Fully Loaded episode is all about MLM—Machos Loving Machos, as Kat and A.C. get into the world of gay cinema with a look at mainstream Hollywood releases, biopics, documentaries, New Queer cinema, and more.Links Mentioned:Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/“The Competition” podcast: https://competitionpodcast.wordpress.com/Time Stamps:1:13:13 - Macho of the WeekFind A.C.:Website: https://www.aclamberty.com/On Instagram and Letterboxd at @aclambertyFind Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq

In this episode of our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series, Kat and A.C. are drawn in by these two-dimensional machos. From formative childhood favorites to more modern adult animation, we look at how cartoons present and play with masculinity in ways other mediums can’t.Links Mentioned:Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/B.D. Wong Teaches You How to Eat a Chicken Wing | GQBD Wong on “Las Culturistas”: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/control-king-w-bd-wong/id1092361338?i=1000513402281Josh Gad as “openly gay” LeFou: https://i.insider.com/621e7fb996929400196c2080?width=1200&format=jpegOptimus Prime’s Lifetime Achievement Award: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_-f1bc7VrMTime Stamps:1:05:43 - Macho of the WeekFind A.C.:Website: https://www.aclamberty.com/On Instagram and Letterboxd at @aclambertyFind Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq

Calling all daddies, zaddies, and baddies! This week on our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series, we’re continuing our investigation of onscreen masculinity through a discussion of fatherhood in media, looking at portrayals of dads and father figures who've been central figures of movies and television.Links Mentioned:Machos: Fully Loaded film list – https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/New York Times article about a man adopting the baby he found in a subway station: https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9D0DE7DD1230F930A35750C0A9659D8B63.htmlHannah Hamad's "Hollywood Fatherhood: Paternal Postfeminism in Contemporary Popular Cinema": https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/105216/1/Hollywood%20Fatherhood%20HH.pdfTime Stamps:1:01:05 – Macho of the WeekFind A.C.:* On Instagram and Letterboxd at @aclambertyFind Kat:* twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our community via Patreon – https://patreon.com/femfreq or give and help make the media more feminist: http://www.feministfre

It’s time for Lady Machos! This week on our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series, we’re continuing our investigation of onscreen masculinity through a discussion of gender transgression and the women in media who have taken some of the most memorable and iconic macho action roles in history.Links Mentioned:Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/https://www.instagram.com/p/CqdvreEj5bs/Time Stamps:1:02:49 - Macho of the WeekFind A.C.:Website: https://www.aclamberty.com/On Instagram and Letterboxd at @aclambertyFind Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq

On this episode of our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series, we’re talking about mental health, trauma, therapy, vengeance, and more, as we focus on onscreen representations of masculinity and emotional or mental health struggle.Links Mentioned:Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-sopranos-male-mental-health/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tarja-Laine/publication/254901598_'American_Psycho'_a_double_portrait_of_serial_yuppie_Patrick_Bateman/links/601c13134585158939804548/American-Psycho-a-double-portrait-of-serial-yuppie-Patrick-Bateman.pdfhttps://read.dukeupress.edu/positions/article-abstract/17/3/713/21505/Residual-Selves-Trauma-and-Forgetting-in-Park-ChanTime Stamps:1:15:56 - Macho of the WeekFind A.C.:Website: https://www.aclamberty.com/On Instagram and Letterboxd at @aclambertyFind Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq

On this episode of our “Machos: Fully Loaded” series, Kat and A.C. are…not talking about machos? Instead, we’re going full sweetie mode to look at another side of masculine characters onscreen, the Soft Boys of cinema. From artists suffering for love to macho momma’s boys, join us as we try to pin down the anatomy of the archetype.Links Mentioned:Machos: Fully Loaded film list - https://letterboxd.com/aclamberty/list/machos-fully-loaded/ Time Stamps:1:13:46 - Macho of the WeekFind A.C.:Website: https://www.aclamberty.com/On Instagram and Letterboxd at @aclambertyFind Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq

This installment of “Machos: Fully Loaded” is for mature listeners only because we’re talking about exotic dancers, adult film stars, and machos who engage in sex work. From Magic Mike and Boogie Nights to more triple-X-rated arthouse picks, we’re tackling the onscreen intersections of masculinity and sexuality.Links Mentioned:Danielle Silverstone TikTok about Arnold’s video: https://www.tiktok.com/@daniellesilverstone/video/7207868536574790954?lang=enArnold Schwarzenegger video decrying hate and antisemitism: https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/1632823423159107591Time Stamps:1:08:54 - Macho of the WeekFind A.C.:Website: https://www.aclamberty.com/On Instagram and Letterboxd at @aclambertyFind Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq

It’s the first episode of this season of Feminist Frequency Radio, presenting “Machos: Fully Loaded!” This week we’re going back to high school, getting to know some of the moodiest machos of all: teen machos! From big men on campus to the bad boys underneath the bleachers, we’re taking a look at the archetypes and iconic portrayals of teen masculinity on screen.Links Mentioned:“Bad Boys and Hollywood Hype: Gendered Conflicts in Juvenile Delinquency Depictions” by Timothy SharyLetterboxd viewing list: https://boxd.it/lxjVGTime Stamps:1:02:37 - Macho of the WeekFind A.C.:Website: https://www.aclamberty.com/On Instagram and Letterboxd at @aclambertyFind Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq

Feminist Frequency Radio’s Kat Spada and special guest A.C. Lamberty introduce you to a brand new season of the podcast with a different spin. For the next several episodes, we will be bringing you all of the feminist media criticism goodness you crave, but this time exploring the specifics of masculinity and machismo in a season we’re calling MACHOS: FULLY LOADED.Links Mentioned:FFR’s episode on Tár - https://feministfrequency.com/video/unpacking-tar-with-special-guest-a-c-lamberty-ffr-220/Find A.C.:Website: https://www.aclamberty.com/On Instagram and Letterboxd at @aclambertyFind Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq

Our “Eat the Rich” mini-series concludes with a high-concept final course and an exciting special guest. Soleil Ho—writer, podcaster, and San Francisco Chronicle restaurant critic—joins our discussion of Mark Mylod’s 2022 comedy thriller The Menu, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes, and Hong Chau.Links Mentioned:The willow’s inn article: “The Island Is Idyllic. As a Workplace, It’s Toxic.”Harvest of shame from 1960: https://youtu.be/yJTVF_dya7ETime Stamps:43:45 - What’s your Freq Out?Soleil on the novel Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn MuitAnita on the novel Under the Whispering Door by TJ KluneKat on the film Ikiru (1952) directed by Akira KurosawaFind Soleil:https://soleilho.comtwitter.com/hooleilhttps://www.sfchronicle.com/author/soleil-ho/Find Anita:twitter.com/anitasarkeesianFind Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq

Anita and Kat welcome special guest Devindra Hardawar for the next installment of our Eat the Rich mini-season. This week we’re discussing Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion. Guest and co-host opinions on the film run from 1-10, so listen in to see where you land on this lively episode of Feminist Frequency Radio!Links Mentioned:FFR episode on The Witch - https://feministfrequency.com/video/the-witch-with-special-guest-dr-kishonna-gray-ffr-199/FFR episode on We Are Lady Parts - https://feministfrequency.com/video/we-are-lady-parts-with-special-guest-zahra-noorbaksh-feminist-frequency-radio-173/Time Stamps:50:40 - What’s your Freq Out?Anita on the series Fleishman Is in Trouble on huluKat on the podcast If Books Could KillDevindra on the film Polite Society (2023) directed by Nida ManzoorFind Devindra:engadget.comthefilmcast.comtwitter.com/devindrahttps://mastodon.social/@devindraFind Anita:twitter.com/anitasarkeesianFind Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple Podcas

The first course of this "Eat the Rich" mini-season is served! Kat and Anita are joined by professor, podcaster, and author Karen Tongson to sink our teeth into Ruben Östlund's Oscar-nominated 2022 saga Triangle of Sadness. Tune in to find out how we think the movie's satirical look at class dynamics may (or may not) have been successful.