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Is Arrival Even a Science Fiction Movie?

Is Arrival Even a Science Fiction Movie?

Woman Inherits the Earth: Arrival

In this, the Arrival episode of the pod, Beth and Tess open up the new season with discussions of life and death, what constitutes a science fiction movie, what the ‘speculative fiction’ genre is, why science fiction has the reputation it does, how humanity might change if we no longer had to worry about the future, and where this fits into the ‘first contact’ cannon of stories.

Content warning: discussions of grief and child death.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth


Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

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Anora, the Oligarchy, and the Recursive Curse of Trad Wives

Anora, the Oligarchy, and the Recursive Curse of Trad Wives

Woman Inherits the Earth: Anora

In this, the Anora episode of the pod, Beth and Tess relate Anora to everything from Pretty Woman to Maid in Manhattan to the trad wives of TikTok, including yet another lengthy Oscars discussion, how Anora does and does not compare to The Substance, that oh so prevalent male gaze, and how boring a clubbing montage can be.

Content warning: a lot of adult language and discussion of sex and sex work, and minor violence.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth


Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

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Mulholland Drive Owes You No Explanation

Mulholland Drive Owes You No Explanation

Mulholland Drive Owes You No Explanation

Woman Inherits the Earth: Mulholland Drive

In this, the Mulholland Drive episode of the pod, in honor of David Lynch, Beth and Tess discuss one of the greats of strange dream-logic cinema: Mulholland Drive. Topics include how Lynch plays with genre and expectation, what a trip Mulholland Drive is for a first-time Lynch viewer, a bit of Twin Peaks, a few secret cabals of powerful men, the dualities of Betty/Diane and Rita/Camilla and Betty/Rita and Camilla/Diane, Rebekah del Rio, an unexpected connection to The Fifth Element, and whether trying too hard to pin down this movie might not be missing the point.

Lynch’s interview with the Criterion Collection: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/3771-lynch-on-mulholland-dr?srsltid=AfmBOorwx8-2A2D0T2fCzj1wx43tf3SfHV0EzwzKM8kOwAa2NGHOxffc

Content warning: some adult language, discussion of sex and implied violence.

A note about spoilers: As much as we’d love to make this a spoiler-free podcast, the truth is, we can’t really get much of a discussion going without completely spoiling the plot of the film we’re talking about. If you don’t want to be spoiled, watch the movie before you listen to us.

Special thanks to aceinet, who recorded our intro and outro song, “Floyd Filtertron DA Shuffle.”

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/WomanInheritstheEarth


Find Tess at https://www.tessadair.com/

Find Beth on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stl_writer_beth/ or on Facebook at bethvonbehrenWRITER.

#feministpodcast #feminism #podcast #moviepodcast