Okay, But Is It Gay‪?‬ SHOVEL/ground Productions

2012’s For a Good Time Call (dir. Jamie Travis) is a semi-autobiographical story about two women running a phone sex line out of their Gramercy Park apartment and they absolutely do not fall in love with each other even a little bit. Join Autumn, Hal, Z, and Maddy has they discuss basic storytelling structure, the nature of female friendships, sex positivity, and homophobic caricatures on this week’s episode of Okay, But Is It Gay?. We’d like to thank EnoffMusic for our theme song.Alternative titles for this episode include: “This is Just Like Twilight”, “We Could’ve Just Watched Jupiter Ascending”, and “Several Homophobic Short Films in a Row”.TW: this episode contains discussion of sexual themes (this is a movie about sex and sex work), sex toys, frank discussions of sex and masturbation, forced outing, drugs and alcohol, racist microaggressions, homophobia, lesbophobia, “jokes” about sexual assault and date rape, erotic horror, graphic discussions of genital warts and STDs, nonconsenting sexual exposure, blood, menstruation, and bodily fluids.

Chicken Little (2005) is a movie about disability. It is a movie about baseball. It a movie about space aliens. But mostly, it is a movie about how you have to talk to your dad. Join Z and Hal as they discuss this movie's troubled production (all my homies hate Mike Eisner), the nature of parenting as seen from a child's perspective, and the intersection of nuerodiversity, disability, and queerness in this week's episode of Okay, But Is It Gay?.Thanks to EnoffMusic for our theme song.Alternate titles for this episode include, "That Chicken is Also Autistic", "You Can't List Your Homies' Positive Attributes Unless You're In Love With Them", "Simply Support Your Children".TW: This episode contains discussion of childhood abuse and neglect, young children in danger, public humilation and public shaming, ableism, misogyny, violence, lobotomies. There is also a brief mention of sexual assault allegations in the beginning trivia section.

Sky High (2005), dir. Mike Mitchell, is the story of a young boy navigating the ways in which he seems to be inherently different than his peers. Until he isn’t. Join Hal and Autumn as they discuss worldbuilding questions, the nature of allegory, and their eternal of for Ron Wilson, bus driver on this week’s episode of Okay, But Is It Gay?. Thanks to EnoffMusic for our theme song. Alternate titles for this episode include, “We Could’ve Had It Aaaaall!”, “Justice for Layla”, and “It’s Good and Interesting Until He Gets the Superpowers”. TW: This episode contains discussion of ableism homophobia, homophobia from a parent, systematic oppression, violence, questionable romantic age gaps, and the removal of agency.

Sample Favor (2018), dir. Paul Feig, is the story of a stay-at-home mom developing a fraught relationship with a working mom in her community, only to be forced into launching her own investigation when her new friend goes missing and no one seems to want to find her. Join Hal, Autumn, and new guest host Kayleigh as they discuss how that description doesn't cover even half of the bonkers stuff that happens in this movie in this week's episode of Okay, But Is It Gay?Thanks to EnoffMusic for out theme song. Alternate titles for this episode include, "Blake Lively as a Beautiful, Sexy Monster", "Lurk in The Bushes Like a Normal Person," and "I Could Fix Her".TW: This episode contains discussion of violence, blood, death by drowning, murder, childhood abuse, the manipulation of young children, falsified domestic abuse allegations, actual domestic abuse/spousal emotional abuse, infidelity, car-related danger and violence, nudity and sexual themes, suicide, homophobic slurs, drug and alcohol addiction, and incest.

Jennifer's Body (2009) dir. Karyn Kasuma is the story of two best friends growing apart after one of them is ineffectively sacrificed in a Satanic ritual. Join Autumn, Hal, and brand-new guest host Heath as they discuss the follies of teenage girldom, platonic homoeroticism, and the lengths anyone should be able to go to save their bestie from themselves on this week's episode of Okay But Is It Gay?. Thanks to EnoffMusic for our theme song.Alternate Titles for this episode include: "Teen Choice Award Winner Megan Fox", "Lesbionic Bonds", "I Kissed a Girl But It Turned Out She was Possessed :/"TW: this episode contains discussions of blood, violence, gore, murder, cannibalism, body horror, sexual themes, sexual violence, asylums, ableist slurs, homophobia, the f-slur, fire-related death and carnage, possession and demonic activity, casual racism and micro-aggressions, and gaslighting.

The Lost Boys (1987), dir. Joel Schumacher, is the story of two brothers moving to the Murder Capital of the World(tm) and trying not to fall victim to the Scourge of the Undead(tm). Join Autumn, Hal, and new guest host Phoebe as they discuss 80s genre tropes, the rules of vampirism, the most intense passions we've ever had, and the two kinds of women that can exist. Thanks to EnoffMusic for our theme song.Alternate titles for this episode include, "Proposing on the First Date", "Justice for Star, Justice for the Frog Brothers", and "LGBTQ+ Ally Kiefer Sutherland". TW: this episode contains discussions of misogyny, homophobia, microaggressions, drug use, blood and gore, death, murder, and dog based violence (no dogs were harmed in the making of this podcast).