Fake Geek Girls - A Critical Look at Pop Culture Fake Geek Girls
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Fake Geek Girls is a podcast looking at nerdy pop culture from both a fan and critical perspective, encouraging the things we love to do better.
By that, we mean we value pop culture for what it is—entertainment for the masses—and for what it tells us—what our culture values—and the interconnected relationship of how culture shapes media and media shapes culture. We’re critical in the sense that we think critically (though sometimes we can be just regular ol’ critical, too), and we almost always choose topics we’re interested in. When we’re negative, it’s not out of spite or hatred or dismissal. Pop culture has value.
Our goal with this podcast is not to tell everybody what it’s okay to like—we’re not the grand arbiters of taste, and we like plenty of things considered problematic, weird, or just plain bad. But understanding them contextually, as representations of cultural desires and anxieties, is our goal, not tearing popular things down just because they’re popular.
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Episode 197 – Scott Pilgrim, Part One with Kat Overland
Join us as we chat about growing up and alongside a single piece of media, why Scott Pilgrim is shonen battle manga, and more!
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WWBUT 100 – Egg Guy
Join us for Merri's last WWBUT before maternity leave! We're talking about cults, labyrinths, romance, and more.
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Episode 196 – Ken (Or: Barbie 2.0)
Join us as we take an even closer look at 2023's Barbie movie, focusing on patriarchy, domination, existentialism, and the goals of feminism.
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WWBUT 99 – That Boy Can MOPE
Vampires, werewolves, necromancers, some guy, and our favorite teenage dingdongs.
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Episode 195 – Barbie
Come on Barbie, let's go take a potentially controversial look at 2023's biggest summer blockbuster!
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WWBUT 98 – Vapers Gonna Vape, Vape, Vape, Vape, Vape
In this week's WWBUT, we're talking about revisiting books, being skeptical about nice characters, and Big Vape.