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Mar 2022
1h 34m

Lesbophobia online? Can men direct movie...

Renaissance & Sunny
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Welcome to episode 10 of season 3! Thank you to the listeners who emailed us their hot take submissions, as it allowed us to shit talk that awful Tik Tok song (“hey mom… I like boys too… I’m not a full on raging lezbo—“ ew), discuss the efficacy of men directing lesbian movies (re: Mulholland Drive, Disobedience, The Handmaiden vs. Below Her Mouth, Blue is the Warmest Color, etc.), and puzzle over the NYPost article about ‘lesbian fashion’, supposedly becoming cool. Renaissance brings up The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Sunny alludes to the YA novel Last Night At The Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (which we discuss in episode 6 of season 3). Next, we sing the praises of the 2019 Natasha Lyonne TV show, Russian Doll, and Sunny references a video essay (that Renaissance didn’t watch…) by lady the knight brave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIFPNbiUJS4 delineating the many themes of trauma, feminism, and humor of this Netflix original series. We greatly anticipate the second season!!! Finally, Renaissance recommends another Netflix exclusive piece of media, Hannah Gadsby’s stand up comedy show Nanette, and Sunny recommends the movie Tully (2017) and the recently released contemporary romance novel Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake. Thanks for joining us for this episode, and you can find us on twitter, instagram, Tik Tok, and letterboxd if you want to connect! Send your hot takes to thelavendermenacepodcast@gmail.com.

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