Feminist Frequency Radio

Kat and Anita are offering up a three course meal of — Triangle of Sadness, Glass Onion, and The Menu — all films exploring wealth and privilege. Take a listen to this amuse bouche to get a taste of the upcoming Eat the Rich series on Feminist Frequency Radio.

We return to the MCU for the final episode in this mini-season of Feminist Frequency Radio. Author, activist, and beloved member of the Feminist Frequency Family, Ebony Adams returns to the podcast as special guest for our discussion of Wakanda Forever, the highly-anticipated yet complicated sequel to Ryan Coogler’s 2018 film Black Panther.Links Mentioned:the best Bossip headline - https://twitter.com/Bossip/status/1110193995374886912Time Stamps:39:37 - What’s your Freq Out?Anita on the series Over the Garden WallKat on Winston DukeEbony on the series The Devil’s Hour on Amazon PrimeFind Ebony:twitter.com/ebonyasterFind Anita:twitter.com/anitasarkeesianFind Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq

Believe it or not, neither of our cohosts had ever seen Twin Peaks, the cult classic created by Mark Frost and David Lynch that has legions of devoted fans even three decades after its debut in 1990. Joining the conversation is special guest, award-winning game developer, writer, and arts manager, Leena van Deventer.Time Stamps:39:37 - What’s your Freq Out?Anita on the series Bad Sisters on Apple TVKat on the film We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2021)Leena on the book The Weird and the Eerie by Mark FisherFind Leena:https://www.leenavandeventer.com/twitter.com/leenavandtwitter.com/deadstaticdrivedeadstaticdrive.comFind Anita:twitter.com/anitasarkeesianFind Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq

We’re talking about Todd Field’s first film in 16 years: the Cate Blanchett showpiece Tár. A darling of the Venice Film Festival, and heavily buzzed about for awards consideration, Tár is a meandering two-hour and 38-minute journey through its titular character’s fall from grace. Joining our conversation is special guest, filmmaker, and entertainment professional, A.C. Lamberty, to help us unpack the film’s difficult subject matter and complex presentation.CW: The film we’re discussing deals with subjects of suicide and abuse of power, so please listen with caution.Time Stamps:38:24 - What’s your Freq Out?Anita on the film BarbarianA.C. on the vampire films he’s been watching this autumnKat on the series Alaska DailyLinks Mentioned:FFR episode on The White Lotus - https://feministfrequency.com/theyre-all-monstrous-the-white-lotus-with-special-guest-teddy-dief-feminist-frequency-radio-176-2/Find A.C.:Website: https://www.aclamberty.com/On Instagram and Letterboxd at @aclambertyFind Anita:twitter.com/anitasarke

On this special episode, Kat Spada interviews cohost Anita Sarkeesian and Feminist Frequency Family Founder Carolyn Petit about their new Nebula original series, That Time When. Directed and presented by Anita and written by Carolyn, the show dives into some of the most divisive moments of modern history, when politics and pop culture collide. Listen in as they discuss the behind-the-scenes creative process, why this show is so different from the “Tropes” series, and why this show about the past matters now.Time Stamps:50:52 - What’s your Freq Out?Kat on the reality series The Amazing Race and the podcast The Gaymazing RaceAnita on the novel Interior Chinatown by Charles YuCarolyn on the film Vesper (2022) directed by Kristina Buozyte and Bruno SamplerLinks Mentioned:Watch That Time When on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/thattimewhenFind Carolyn:twitter.com/carolynmichellekotaku.comFind Anita:twitter.com/anitasarkeesianFind Kat:twitter.com/kat_ex_machinaFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple

Welcome to the first episode of a mini-season of pop culture goodness! Today Anita, Kat, and returning special guest Annalee Newitz are talking about She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, the most recent of the MCU’s forays into television series. Created by Jessica Gao and starring Tatiana Maslany, the show brings to the screen a character introduced to comics in 1980: lawyer Jennifer Walters. After an emergency blood transfusion from her cousin Bruce Banner, she transforms, developing Hulk-like superpowers similar to his. Listen in as we discuss the critical, as well as the social, reception of the series, along with our own thoughts on what unique takes and perspectives She-Hulk adds to the bulk of film and television comic book adaptations.CW: She-Hulk contains depictions of online harassment, violence, and sexual assault, so please listen to our conversation with caution.Time Stamps:52:30 - What’s your Freq Out?Kat on the FreeVee series High SchoolAnita on the 2011 film Weekend directed by Andrew HaighAnnalee on th

On the season finale of Cyberpunk Summer, we’re hacking the planet with special guest, Emmy-winning writer and producer, Shadi Petosky, discussing Hackers, a 1995 crime thriller from director Iain Softley. A crew of high school hackers led by Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie find themselves involved in a corporate conspiracy in this movie that has become a cult classic in the nearly three decades since its release.CW: This episode includes mention of suicide.Note: Enjoy this episode of the podcast as a video at patreon.com/femfreq or on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/GF3dd-Rp4_MTime Stamps:40:41 - What’s your Freq Out?Anita on the film Tampopo (1985) directed by Juzo ItamiShadi on HBO Max series Veneno (2020)Kat on the series Angelyne (2022) on PeacockLinks Mentioned:The Hacker’s Manifesto in the e-zine Phrack: http://www.phrack.org/issues/7/3.htmlThe allegedly “hacked” promotional website for the movie: https://web.archive.org/web/20000229152611/http://www.mgmua.com/hackers/inventory/hacked/index.htmlFind

This week on our Cyberpunk Summer series, we’re joined by writer, journalist, and podcaster Emily St. James to discuss Strange Days, Kathryn Bigelow’s 1995 action thriller starring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, and Juliette Lewis. Based on a story by Bigelow’s ex-husband James Cameron, Strange Days was influenced by several sensational early-’90s news stories, including the trial of Lorena Bobbitt and the 1992 L.A. riots. Set in a black market trading in virtual reality recordings of people’s past experiences and memories, Fiennes and Bassett play an ex-cop and a bodyguard who investigate a murder seen on one of these recordings.CW: This episode includes discussions of fictionalized sexual assault.Note: Enjoy this episode of the podcast as a video at patreon.com/femfreq or on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/WiQMdT38OEITime Stamps:46:05 - What’s your Freq Out?Kat on the pilot episode of the Peacock series The ResortAnita on Somatic ExperiencingEmily on all things Michelle ZaunerFind Emily:https://twitter.com/e

We are discussing Ghost in the Machine on this episode of Cyberpunk Summer, a 1993 horror sci-fi film from director Rachel Talalay (whose follow-up film was Tank Girl). Karen Allen plays the intended victim of a serial killer who, after his physical death, remains “alive” when his soul is transferred into a computer, where he can continue his killing spree using objects connected to the internet and electrical grid. Joining us for this episode is our special guest—comedian, podcaster, and acclaimed rapper—Open Mike Eagle.Note: Enjoy this episode of the podcast as a video at patreon.com/femfreq or on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/YJkfX9kX2ZMTime Stamps:47:12 - What’s your Freq Out?Kat on this blog post: http://everydayheterosexism.blogspot.com/2014/05/wil-horneff-gay-subtext-teen-idol-of.htmlMike on the Desus & Mero splitAnita on revisiting the film Tank GirlFind Mike:https://twitter.com/Mike_Eaglehttp://mikeeagle.net/Music: Open Mike EaglePodcast: What had happened WasPodcast Network: Stony Island AudioF

On this episode of Cyberpunk Summer, we’re welcoming special guest, writer, critic, and podcaster Inkoo Kang to talk about Blade Runner, Ridley Scott’s 1982 film adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Set in the dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, Harrison Ford plays a cop hunting down bio-engineered androids known as replicants, who have returned to Earth from the space colonies where they were sent to work as slave labor.Note: Enjoy this episode of the podcast as a video at patreon.com/femfreq or on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/OBZNlKhygx8Time Stamps:46:19 - What’s your Freq Out?Inkoo on the Peacock series Angelyne and the Starz series P-ValleyAnita on the novella The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi VoKat on Thom Andersen’s 2003 video essay Los Angeles Plays ItselfLinks Mentioned:Inkoo’s Criterion Collection essay on Parasite: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7158-parasite-notes-from-the-undergroundKat’s Freq Out, Los Angeles Plays Itself: https://vimeo.com/on

Okay, so maybe “Cyberpunk” is a stretch for this one. Still, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to discuss one of our special guest—writer, critic, podcaster, and media consultant—Fran Tirado’s childhood faves. This week, we are talking about the first movie in Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids franchise, which debuted in 2001. Alexa PeñaVega and Daryl Sabara star as the titular kids who have to spring into action when their ex-spy parents—played by Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino—are captured by the sinister duo played by Alan Cumming and Tony Shalhoub. The supporting cast includes Cheech Marin, Robert Patrick, and Teri Hatcher, as well as the introduction of Danny Trejo’s iconic character “Machete.” Listen in as we revisit the iconic kids classic that offered early Latinx representation in a blockbuster film.Note: Enjoy this episode of the podcast as a video at patreon.com/femfreq or on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/EFUn1duBHdsTime Stamps:46:11 - What’s your Freq Out?Fran on the Disney+ series Ms MarvelKat on

Special guest, professor, podcaster, and prolific author Karen Tongson joins Anita and Kat for episode five of our “Cyberpunk Summer” series, where we are discussing the 1990 sci-fi action film Total Recall, from director Paul Verhoeven. Based on Philip K. Dick’s 1966 short story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale,” the movie stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as a construction worker who receives implanted memories of his time working as a spy on Mars—or is he a Martian spy whose memories of life as a construction worker were implanted?Note: Enjoy this episode of the podcast as a video at patreon.com/femfreq or on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/xM9RRHmwvEI Time Stamps:46:26 - What’s your Freq Out?Karen on Rachel Bloom’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend singalongs at The Stowaway piano bar in DTLAAnita on RRRKat on Mall Stories and City of Ghosts from Elizabeth ItoLinks Mentioned:Previous Verhoeven episodes of FFR:Erotic 80s on the You Must Remember This podcast - http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/2022/7/11/e

On this episode of Cyberpunk Summer, we are discussing TRON, a 1982 adventure film directed by Steven Lisberger and starring Jeff Bridges as a software engineer-turned-arcade owner, who is corporeally transported into cyberspace by a power-hungry computer program. Anita and Kat are joined by acclaimed author, public speaker, and travel writer, Geraldine DeRuiter, to sift through the film’s convoluted plot, and perhaps more importantly, its legacy as one of the earliest movies to use computer-generated animation and groundbreaking technology. Note: Enjoy this episode of the podcast as a video at patreon.com/femfreq or on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/3VaUZ0luumITime Stamps:49:23 - What’s your Freq Out?Kat on the “What I Want” music video by MUNAAnita on the movie Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of MadnessGeraldine on the series Our Flag Means DeathLinks Mentioned:Roger Ebert’s review: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tron-1982Kat’s freq out: https://youtu.be/ysQl74R_TogFind Geraldine:https://twitter.com/e

Welcome to Cyberpunk Summer, episode 3, where we are discussing the 1995 thriller The Net, directed by Irwin Winkler and starring Sandra Bullock as a systems analyst whose life is threatened by cyber terrorists in a film that drives home the mid-’90s fascination with how much of our lives were just beginning to be tied to the internet. Anita and Kat are joined by the perfect guest for this discussion: “There Are No Girls on the Internet” host, Bridget Todd. CW: This episode includes brief mentions of suicide. Note: Enjoy this episode of the podcast as a video at patreon.com/femfreq or on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/zkMdP5NmBQY Time Stamps:47:11 - What’s your Freq Out?Kat on the Father of the Bride remake’s “Get Lucky” coverAnita on the FX series (streaming on Hulu), The BearBridget on the Black history of House music and Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” Find Bridget:https://twitter.com/BridgetMarieunbossedcreative.comThere Are No Girls on the Internet - https://www.tangoti.com/Find Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteS

For episode 2 of Cyberpunk Summer, Anita and Kat are joined by by actor, producer, and writer Kristian Bruun to discuss eXistenZ. While you may think that sounds like an off-brand male enhancement supplement, it’s actually a sci-fi film from David Cronenberg. The filmmaker—known for his work defining the body horror genre, like The Fly and Dead Ringers—made waves at the Cannes Film Festival this year with his feature Crimes of the Future. Back in 1999, after interviewing Salman Rushdie for Shift magazine, Cronenberg reportedly came up with the idea of "a Fatwa against a virtual-reality game designer." In eXistenZ, Jennifer Jason Leigh stars as the designer of the titular game, leading a cast that includes Jude Law, Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Christopher Eccleston, and Willem Dafoe.Note: Enjoy this episode of the podcast as a video at patreon.com/femfreq or on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/FdEWrzNXixITime Stamps:47:11 - What’s your Freq Out?Kat on the Netflix series HeartstopperAnita on this Letterboxd review of

Cyberpunk Summer is here, and we’re coming in hot with JOHNNY MNEMONIC, the 1995 film directed by Robert Longo and based on the 1981 short story by one of the authors credited with the invention of the cyberpunk genre: William Gibson. It boasts a preposterous cast, including Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Takeshi Kitano, Ice-T, and Henry Rollins. The film, which was made at the time the internet was starting to enter everyday lives, includes a lot of the elements we’ve come to associate with cyberpunk fundamentally, but how does it feel to watch it in 2022 (one year after the events are the movie are set)? Join Anita, Kat, and our special guest—journalist and podcaster Ryan Broderick—as we try to make sense of it all.Note: Enjoy this episode of the podcast as a video at patreon.com/femfreq or on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/Hl2KzCYDOtA Time Stamps:43:19 - What’s your Freq Out?Kat on the reboot of Queer as FolkAnita on seeing Hannah Gadsby liveRyan on the fan reactions to the latest season of The BoysFind Rya

In our Hollywood by the Decade series, we’ve been exploring film history by watching and discussing landmark films from the beginnings of cinema up through the 1980s with new expert guests for each decade. In this final episode, we’re joined by two special guests: prolific writer and film critic Walter Chau, and long-lost co-host Dr. Ebony Adams. We dive into what was happening in the 1980s politically and cinematically, discussing Walter’s picks: 1988’s MIRACLE MILE directed by Steve De Jarnatt, and Kathryn Bigalow’s 1987 vampire western NEAR DARK.Links Mentioned:Ebony didn’t mention this link, but she meant to, because Near Dark made her think of it, so she wanted to share - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X3RiliFsHw&feature=youtu.be Find Walter:https://www.filmfreakcentral.nethttps://twitter.com/mangiottoBook preorders - https://mzsworldstore.com/products/pre-order-a-walter-hill-film-hardcover-signedVoir on Netflix - Walter Chaw episode on 48 HoursFind Ebony:twitter.com/ebonyasterWomen in Film - wif.o

Carolyn Petit returns as special guest to lead our discussion of the 1970s on the penultimate episode of our “Hollywood by the Decade” series. She selected two acclaimed films to focus our discussion. From 1971, Alan Pakula’s KLUTE, in which Jane Fonda plays a sex worker who teams up with an investigator (played by Donald Sutherland), to search for a missing person who’d once been a client of hers. In Paul Mazursky’s 1978 film AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, Jill Clayburgh stars as an Upper West Sider who navigates dating, friendships, and parenting an independent teenage daughter in the aftermath of an unexpected divorce. Two disparate films about female characters directed by men, but connected by a very 1970s focus on character with glimpses into their inner thoughts and lives.Links Mentioned:Angelica Jade Bastién’s Criterion Collection essay about An Unmarried Woman: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6975-an-unmarried-woman-the-business-of-being-a-woman“Everyone is Beautiful and No One is Horny”: https://bloodk

The 60s in America are remembered as a time of cultural upheaval and revolution, but did Hollywood keep in step with contemporary conversations? Our expert and guide on this episode of Hollywood by the Decade is Dr. Philana Payton, a scholar-activist with research interests in Black film and television history and popular culture, as well as gender and queer studies, and who is currently a professor of film and media studies at the University of California, Irvine. She’s selected two films from the period to launch our discussion: PARIS BLUES (1961) and GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967).Find Dr. Philana Payton:twitter.com/philanapaytonhttps://www.blackstarfest.org/seen/read/issue003/the-voice-i-sing-is-an-echo-the-power-of-black-collectivity/Find Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsSubscribe to our Star Trek PodcastTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq (every Thursday at 6:30pm PT)

Halfway through our “Hollywood by the Decades” series, we time-travel to the 1950s with our special guest—writer, podcaster, and film review editor—Alonso Duralde. We’ll be framing our conversation around two 50s films recommended by Alonso: ALL ABOUT EVE (1950) and THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957).Links Mentioned:Anita & Alonso on “Let’s Go, Atsuko!” https://megaphone.link/FODP1317812259Alonso’s TheWrap listicle: https://www.thewrap.com/best-romantic-comedies-made-before-1980/Alonso’s TCM puzzle: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/turner-classic-movies-alonso-duralde/1139963963Find Alonso Duralde:twitter.com/ADuraldeFind Us:Join our PatreonOur WebsiteSubscribe to FFR on Apple PodcastsSubscribe to our Star Trek PodcastTwitterInstagramtwitch.tv/femfreq (every Thursday at 6:30pm PT)