Episode 110: Mulan: Does it Hold up?
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Andi and Lise discuss the 1998 Disney animated film Mulan to determine whether it holds up after 23 years. They discuss its representation, gender, what it might have meant to different audiences, how it may have resonated with certain people, and the story it told. Note: the story of Mulan is derived from a centuries-old Chinese poem/ballad created during the Wei Dynasty. 1998 trailer Shout-outs! Lise recommends... Continue Reading →
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Episode 109: Cosplay: Fan-fic in 3D
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Cosplay: Fanfic in 3-D Andi and Lise are doing something a little different in this show! Here, Andi interviews Lise about her involvement in cosplay – specifically propmaking and even more specifically, cool weaponry and armaments. Here we talk about how she got into it, some of the materials she uses, and what cosplay is all about for... Continue Reading →
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Episode 108: Tremors: Does it Hold up?
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Andi and Lise introduce a new feature for LGO; “Does It Hold Up?” in which they look at older media and determine if it could, basically, still hold up today. Here, in the inaugural episode of the feature, they are pleasantly surprised that the 1990 creature feature flick Tremors does hold up, and also had some interesting... Continue Reading →
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Episode 107: Snapdragon by Kat Leyh
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Andi and Lise simply LOVE the graphic novel Snapdragon by Kat Leyh (published 2020). The main character is Snapdragon (she goes by Snap), a young girl who ends up befriending the town’s alleged witch. It’s a delightful, layered story about outsiders, found family, and finding magic within yourself. POC rep, queer rep (including great butch lesbian rep FINALLY), feminist rep and storylines that... Continue Reading →
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Episode 106: Viva Las Vegas! Army of the Dead!
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Andi and Lise chat about the movie Army of the Dead (2020), a zombie heist gore-fest directed by Zach Snyder (Dawn of the Dead, 2004). That’s right, heist. A zombie outbreak has occurred in Las Vegas after a military convoy crashes and patient zero escapes into the city and the government has to build a wall all around it.... Continue Reading →
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Episode 105: The Hazards of Love by Stan Stanley
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Andi and Lise rave the hell out of this amazing first volume of Stan Stanley’s The Hazards of Love, which follows a nonbinary teen, Amparo Uribe, who ends up agreeing to a bargain with a shitty cat that allows the latter to take over the teen’s life and body and sends the now exiled teen’s spirit to Bright World, where they are... Continue Reading →
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Episode 104: Pride and Representation
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Pride and Representation This week, in recognition of Pride month, Andi and Lise talk about LGBTQ representation in media, including tokenism and how it intersects with queerbaiting and even bury your gays. When is tokenism “good”? When is it “bad”? Join them as they try to unravel some of this. Shout outs: Lise is stoked about an 8-episode mini-campaign for the D&D show Critical Role, which... Continue Reading →
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Episode 103: The CW’s Nancy Drew
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Andi finally managed to convince Lise to give Season 1 of the CW’s Nancy Drew a watch and Lise did and she enjoyed it! So they talk about that season here. This is a re-imagining of Nancy Drew, which brings some diversity to the cast, some queer rep, and some excellent paranormal elements layered in with the mystery that consumes Nancy and her... Continue Reading →
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Episode 102: Birds of Prey: All About Harley F*ckin’ Quinn!
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Andi and Lise discuss and express much love for the 2020 DC movie with the longest subtitle in either the DC or Marvel universe: Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn. The movie, narrated in parts by Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), is a story about how she finds herself after the end of a... Continue Reading →
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Episode 101: Digital Media that Keeps Us Coming Back
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This week, Andi and Lise talk about their current fave podcasts and other digital media that keeps them engaged and gets them through these times. Lise: YouTube channel Punished Props Academy, which is a how-to on awesome cosplay with Bill and Brittany Doran. Podcast Tenfold More Wicked, on Exactly Right Network. Historic true crime hosted by author and journalist Kate Winkler Dawson. Dungeons... Continue Reading →
info_outlineAndi and Lise rave the hell out of this amazing first volume of Stan Stanley’s The Hazards of Love, which follows a nonbinary teen, Amparo Uribe, who ends up agreeing to a bargain with a shitty cat that allows the latter to take over the teen’s life and body and sends the now exiled teen’s spirit to Bright World, where they are a seriously marginalized human trying to survive in systems of debt and ever-changing rules that subject them to constant threats. But formerly Amparo (they lost their name when they agreed to the bargain) is working to find a way out. Wonderfully layered, meta-meanings, queer rep, gorgeous artwork and writing, dark humor, and fantastical beasts and Bright World denizens – Stanley explores what it means to be who we are, and what comes to define us.
The first volume collects the first 12 issues of the comic and we can barely stand waiting for the next issues…
Find more info about the volume at Indiebound.
And at Simon & Schuster
Stan Stanley’s website – we’ve heard she’s a devilishly handsome woman of science…