Fake Geek Girls - A Critical Look at Pop Culture

A podcast looking a nerdy pop culture from both a fan and critical perspective, encouraging the things we love to do better.

Fake Geek Girls - A Critical Look at Pop Culture is a arts podcast hosted by Fake Geek Girls, with 300 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode 214 – Alien Franchise – Part Two

  Aug 10, 20261h 51m

  All of those notes we had about ecofeminism and capitalism came in handy, because it’s time for part two (the last part) of our episodes on the Alien franchise! Join us as we tackle Prometheus, Alien: Covenant, Alien: Romulus, and Alien: New Earth. Some Sources You Might Find Interesting: “Alien, The Thing” and the Principles of Terror by Douglas Fowler Between A Rock And A Hard Place by Vivian Sobchack “Prometheus” in Excavating the Future: Archaeology and Geopolitics in Contemporary North American Science Fiction Film and Television by Shawn Malley Fractal Patterns Out of Chaos in Ridley Scott’s Alien, Prometheus, and Covenant by Carrie Lynn Evans ‘We Were So Wrong’: The Perversion of Male Creation. Motherhood, Fatherhood and Birth in Recent Incarnations of the Alien Series by Amanda Digioia On the ‘Alien: Earth’ Set, Everyone Can See You Sweat by Mike Hale ‘Alien: Earth’ Review: FX’s Sci-Fi Prequel Is an Intriguingly Ambitious, Eventually Thrilling Journey Into the Semi-Known by Angie Han The uses of immortality: Barbie and popular culture by John Hartley Speaking the Monster: Ecofeminism in “Alien” and “Aliens” by Eleanor Johnson Prometheus by Thomas Doherty “ The Future Is Female: Bateson, Benjamin and How Women Learn in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus ” by Cynthia Kraman ‘Mothers and Others’ by Ginette Carpenter in Women and the Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion edited by Avril Horner and Sue Zlosnik Reproductive Fear: Ideological Horrors and Final Girls in Alien and Alien: Romulus by Rhiannon Celeste Lewis Website  |  Facebook  |  Bluesky  | Instagram  | Threads  | Patreon  |  Merch  | Episode Transcripts The post Episode 214 – Alien Franchise – Part Two appeared first on FAKE GEEK GIRLS .

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  WWBUT 117 – I’ve Been to Notre Dame and the Gargoyles Weren’t That Big

  Jul 13, 20261h 31m

  We’re back to tell you what we’ve been up to! And, as is our wont, to have a little rant about something. What Missy’s Been Up To: Watching 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple I Saw the TV Glow Together Off Campus Reading Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett Copper Script by KJ Charles What Merri’s Been Up To: Watching Voicemails to Isabelle Toy Story 5 Reading The Emperor and The Finisher by Runyx The Gargoyle from General Management by Kate Prior Website  |  Facebook  |  Bluesky  | Instagram  | Threads  | Patreon  |  Merch  | Episode Transcripts The post WWBUT 117 – I’ve Been to Notre Dame and the Gargoyles Weren’t That Big appeared first on FAKE GEEK GIRLS .

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  WWBUT 116 – Have These People Not Read Animorphs?

  Jun 8, 20262h 9mS0

  <p>Someday we will catch up to time and not be doing these super-sized WWBUTs, but that day is not today! So: here’s what we’ve been up to.</p> <p>What Missy’s Been Up To:</p> <p>Watching</p> The Drama <p>Reading</p> Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami Scotch on the Rocks by Elliot Fletcher Kiss Me, Judas by Will Christopher Baer The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Godzilla Rivals: Jet Jaguar versus Megalon by Nola Pfau and Megan Huang Swamp Thing by Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, and John Totleb...

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  Episode 212 – Alien Franchise – Part One

  May 25, 20262h 11mS0

  <p>Abjection? The Monstrous-Feminine? Motherhood? What else could we be talking about other than the Alien franchise? Join us as we examine the first four films in the Alien series—Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien: Resurrection—to trace how this franchise has evolved, shifted, and taken on grotesque new forms over time.</p> <p>Some Sources You Might Find Interesting:</p> Powers of Horror by Julia Kristeva Alien and The Monstrous-Feminine by Barbara Creed What’s the Story, Mother?: The Mourning of the Alien by Stephen Scobie Monstrous Mothers: Medusa, Grendel, and Now Alien by Lynda K. Bundtzen  “Alien” Within, “Aliens” Witho...

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  WWBUT 115 – Emerald City Comic Con + Ren Strapp and Becca Farrow Interviews

  May 11, 20261h 29mS0

  <p>Join us in our belated discussion about this year’s Emerald City Comic Con, including what’s working (artist alley), what isn’t (panels), and what we hope to see in the future (a scrap of curation on the convention’s part).</p> <p>But even better, we got to chat with Ren Strapp (The Shepherd’s Sword, Amira the Van Life Cunt, How Could You?) and Becca Farrow (First Test, Ladycastle, Seventh Circle)! We’re so grateful to both of them for their time and for entertaining our questions about things like bodies and erotica and adaptation. You’re really, rea...

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