Season 1
Yes, Women Can Be Friends and Not Frenemies (Ft. White Lotus, Gossip Girl, and The Women)
No, Biopics Don’t Always Suck (Ft. Val Kilmer)
Lauren and Christine ask why bitchy, backstabbing lady-friends have always been so compelling in popular culture, and if “best friends” should make compromising videos of themselves with their friends’ boyfriends. Book Recommendations Susan Douglas, Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media https://a.co/d/2s1Ib7m Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice https://a.co/d/bKDE724
Lauren and Christine ask why biopics and biographies of musicians and other celebrities are so hard to do well, what we really want when we want to “know” a celebrity through a film or book, and why everyone is staring so adoringly at Bob Dylan all the time. Check out our book recommendations! Lauren Sklaroff, Red Hot Mama https://a.co/d/hVAmXZU Harvey Cohen, Duke Ellington's America https://a.co/d/8Dcgv1O Nick Tosches, Hellfire https://a.co/d/1DgSXz3
Pop-culture-loving history professors Lauren and Christine discuss three films about sex workers. Is it really so hard to make a good movie about the world’s oldest profession? Book links: Murder of Helen Jewett https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Helen-Jewett-Patricia-Cline/dp/0679740759/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2QXSITL9P8AHO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1piwib8a9EvuEnthmq_q4AIABiYlipZO38yrp9J1qhNhYmzOIiv4FYxf-5fSBqZ3cuRiaiMdWjrEg_J8uX_MORG3uf430nxd_MwdT0hpwBK2FkoohKSsgAnFSGfBKtx6.G-bOUX610gAuhOaXM1_81r5XesxmfQ6DmFgD0gHGmzs&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+murder+of+helen+jewett&qid=1743378804&sprefix=Helen+Jewett%2Caps%2C8199&sr=8-1 Trying Neiara https://www.amazon.com/Trying-Neaira-Courtesans-Scandalous-Ancient/dp/0300094310?ref_=ast_author_dp_rw&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.bgBN1VY33MxTLLYU6vDJzHRK8ZbFtaHXSwjTNKv9AhkpotErhhn0NS3UIwLZRdHtKwi7jQlTxtT-geSCeUh_2Ouanx5885DK9PnxarofxbSJTZT6_w1euIACB4-wn0kNDaOaUuAHzEamDlyDIFs-mcU2f4QRgfHLdeEcsDeLfAZhJUmI9sGxdyqr23BOBS6M.c8yAJk3ECGlT1ksTPRr0Oc5-K5FPwJZ8866WdpSsGH8&dib_tag=AUTHOR