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The Trump Verdict

We followed every moment of Trump’s first criminal trial, and now that the verdict is in, boy is there a lot to talk about. From Trump falling asleep (and farting himself awake), to his defense team’s dumbest moves, to the electoral implications of 34 felony convictions, Maya and Rebecca dive into the all pleasures and surprises of watching this real-life procedural drama unfold.

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The Dune Movies

Dune is Rebecca’s favorite novel, but Maya is a pure 100% Dune virgin. We watched Denis Villeneuve’s massively popular adaptation of this legendary, and legendarily unfilmable, sci fi epic to see if we see any of the same things. Does it work as a movie series? As an adaptation? As a meditation on the white savior narrative?

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Swifties Strike Back

Were we wrong about Taylor Swift? Actual, real live Swiftie Jenna Parrot responds to Maya and Rebecca’s takes about her favorite pop megastar. Can she help us understand Swift’s musical appeal, not to mention her cultural and political impact?

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Taylor Swift and Beyonce

We can’t start the new year without talking about THE biggest pop culture story of 2023: Beyonce and Taylor Swift dominating American music, culture and even economics with their wildly popular, wildly extravagant Renaissance and Eras tours. Maya and Rebecca break down the star power, the spectacle and the songwriting, asking what makes these two megastars so powerful? And what does that reveal…

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More Israel!

Apparently there are some people we didn’t alienate with our last Israel episode? Well, if at first you don’t succeed… Maya and Rebecca dive back into Israel/Palestine and try, try again to understand why this topic is so hard to have conversations about.

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Hot Labor Summer w/ Miles Kahn

Organized labor is so hot right now. The UAW and SAG are on strike – and more industries are getting ready to join. Multi-talented writer/producer/director Miles Kahn joins Maya and Rebecca to take us inside the recent Hollywood writer’s strike, analyze pop culture depictions of unions, and uncover why labor is having such a moment.

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The Supreme Court (Part 1)

Isn’t the Supreme Court supposed to protect our rights – not take them away? Maya and Rebecca examine how our idealized notions about SCOTUS don’t match current reality, and how that didn’t happen by accident. They dig into Supreme Court history and uncover the far right’s decades-long project to capture the court and subvert democracy.

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Government Secrets & Rich People vs. the Ocean

Sometimes it’s good to leak government secrets, sometimes it’s not? Maya and Rebecca ask how we’re supposed to know the difference, when we’re not the ones keeping the secrets. Then we talk orcas, Titanic tourism, and why the ocean seems to have something against rich people.

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Gender Panic!

Drag bans! Trans panic! Won’t somebody think of the children’s normative gender socialization? Maya & Rebecca take a look at the massive wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation sweeping across the United States. Why is this happening? What does it reveal about the right wing mindset? Have 15 seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race taught us nothing? And how is it all linked to the fight for abortion rights?

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E. Jean Carroll and Tucker Carlson

With E. Jean Carroll standing up to Trump and Tucker Carlson getting fired, are we finally (FINALLY) reaching a point of accountability? Or at least, liability?

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It's that time of year, happy Women's History Month to all who celebrate

Great news - this poster is finally available for purchase from my Etsy shop! Click here to take a look.

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Only people who live with a cat can truly understand.

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All this excitement about Goncharov is just wild to me, in that weird way where something you're into but nobody else knows about suddenly becomes massively popular, and it's cool but you're also kinda like, "Hey that's MY thing."

I first saw it years ago in grad school - Martin Scorsese had donated one of the few existing prints to the NYU film library. You couldn't really find it on video/DVD back then. It felt like this very "NYU Film insider" thing.

But nothing stays obscure in the internet & social media age, which is for the best, because it's too good a film to go so underappreciated for so long.

Everybody go watch Goncharov if you haven't seen it yet!

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A comic I made a while back for Upworthy.

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Think you know what sexual consent is? My latest for Upworthy.

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New comic for Upworthy! About why I avoid calling out jokes for being "offensive." Whole comic here: http://www.upworthy.com/this-artist-brilliantly-tackles-the-concept-of-being-offended-in-a-colorful-comic?c=ufb1