Fake Geek Girls - A Critical Look at Pop Culture

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

  1. Jun 9

    WWBUT 116 – Have These People Not Read Animorphs?

    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. What Missy’s Been Up To: Watching The Drama Reading 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 Totleben This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladdstone Hellblazer: Dead in America by Simon Spurrier, Aditya Bidikar, Aaron Campbell, and Jordie Bellaire  Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab  What Merri’s Been Up To: Watching Off Campus Scream 7 Reading Alchemised by Senlinyu The Predator and the Reaper by Runyx  Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries and Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett Filthy Rich Fae and Filthy Rich Fae Fallen Court by Geneva Lee Hot for Hostage by Maggie Evans Love Me Stalk Me by Laura Bishop  Website | Facebook | Bluesky | Instagram | Threads | Patreon | Merch | Episode Transcripts The post WWBUT 116 – Have These People Not Read Animorphs? appeared first on FAKE GEEK GIRLS.

    2h 9m

  2. May 26

    Episode 212 – Alien Franchise – Part One

    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. Some Sources You Might Find Interesting: 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” Without: The Primal Scene and the Return to the Repressed by Ilsa J. Bick “Alien” as an Abortion Parable by John L. Cobbs  MASOCHISM AND REPRESENTATION IN MODERN HORROR: THE CASE OF “ALIEN 3” by Celestino Deleyto Alcalá Beautiful Monsters: The Unofficial and Unauthorized Guide to the Alien and Predator Films by David A. McIntee “Alien, The Thing” and the Principles of Terror by Douglas Fowler Website | Facebook | Bluesky | Instagram | Threads | Patreon | Merch | Episode Transcripts The post Episode 212 – Alien Franchise – Part One appeared first on FAKE GEEK GIRLS.

    2h 11m

  3. May 12

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

    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). But even better, we got to chat with Ren Strapp (The Shepherd’s Sword, Amira the Van Life C**t, 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, really, going to want to give both of these interviews a listen and check out their work—you won’t be disappointed. Timestamps: The Ren Strapp interview begins at 39:27 and the interview with Becca Farrow begins at 58:05. Mistake (?): Missy misremembered where she heard about Webtoon’s presence at ECCC—it was in fact in Ren Strapp’s blog post, not during the interview. A Link You Might Find Interesting: ECCC 2026 Recap by Ren Strapp Website | Facebook | Bluesky | Instagram | Threads | Patreon | Merch | Episode Transcripts The post WWBUT 115 – Emerald City Comic Con + Ren Strapp and Becca Farrow Interviews appeared first on FAKE GEEK GIRLS.

    1h 29m

  4. Apr 28

    WWBUT 114 – The Animorphs of Bravo Shows

    We’re still going through it, which means we’re releasing another WWBUT! And it’s a doozy, because we saw Wuthering Heights and we have some (unpopular) opinions about it, about the critical response to it, and more. What Missy’s Been Up To: Watching Wuthering HeightsA Knight of the Seven KingdomsDear DavidMarty SupremeTrain DreamsFrankensteinThe Secret AgentProject Hail MaryBilly the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire Reading Babel by R. F. Kuang What Merri’s Been Up To: Watching Wuthering HeightsSouthern HospitalityThe Secret Lives of Mormon WivesBridgerton Reading Caught Up by Navessa AllenButcher and Blackbird / Leather and Lark by Brynn Weaver Website | Facebook | Bluesky | Instagram | Threads | Patreon | Merch | Episode Transcripts The post WWBUT 114 – The Animorphs of Bravo Shows appeared first on FAKE GEEK GIRLS.

    2h 6m

  5. Mar 17

    WWBUT 113 – Stalker With Manners

    It’s time for OPINIONS as we get into what we’ve been up to! Missy begins this year’s Oscar journey and Merri has thoughts on reality TV and stalker romance. Notes: The sound on this one is a little rougher than usual because a piece of our usual recording equipment went out and we weren’t able to monitor the sound the way we normally do. We should have this under control for our next episode! What Missy’s Been Up To: Watching Wake Up, Dead ManDust BunnySinnersBugoniaOne Battle After AnotherThe MomentSend HelpDogmaUntil DawnHeated Rivalry Reading Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban What Merri’s Been Up To: Watching Predator: BadlandsHeated RivalryThe Traitors Season 3Toy Story 1 – 4Summer House Website | Facebook | Bluesky | Instagram | Threads | Patreon | Merch | Episode Transcripts The post WWBUT 113 – Stalker With Manners appeared first on FAKE GEEK GIRLS.

    1h 38m

  6. Feb 17

    Episode 211 – A Wrinkle in Time

    Let’s get into personal history, religion, the power of love, and sado-masochism (the clinical kind, let’s not get too excited) as we discuss Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time! This is the first in our series of episodes on L’Engle’s Time Quartet (or Quintet?)—we’ll be back throughout the year with more! Some Sources You Might Find Interesting: There is Such a Thing as a Tesseract: A Wrinkle in Time by Mari Ness Breaking Out of the “Muffin Tins”: A Wrinkle in Time, Cosmopolitanism, and Children’s Literature by Deborah Lindsay William From Camazotz to Stranger Things: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle by Alan Brown Unusual Children: Queerishness and Strange Growth in A Wrinkle in Time and The Giver by Olivia Morris The Pied Pipers : interviews with the influential creators of children’s literature by Justin Wintle and Emma Fisher Why We Still Need Aunt Beast by Jaime Green Seraphim, Cherubim, and Virtual Unicorns: Order and Being in Madeline L’Engle’s Time Quartet by Wayne G. Hammond I Saw Myself in Meg Murry Even Before She Looked Like Me by Tajja Isen The Grand Inquisitor for Children: Rejecting Sadism and Masochism in A Wrinkle in Time by Julie Straight The Inadequacy of Language in A Wrinkle in Time by Michael G. Lilienthal A Better Country: The Worlds of Religious Fantasy and Science Fiction by Martha Sammons The Time Quartet as Madeleine L’Engle’s Theology by Marek Oziewicz The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm Why We Still Need Aunt Beast by Jaime Green Website | Facebook | Bluesky | Instagram | Threads | Patreon | Merch | Episode Transcripts The post Episode 211 – A Wrinkle in Time appeared first on FAKE GEEK GIRLS.

    1h 43m

  7. Jan 13

    WWBUT 112 – Paddington’s Brother Eddington

    Oh, what a month we’ve had. We’re back with a belated WWBUT, covering everything we did while our brains turned to mush. What Missy’s Been Up To: Reading The Stranger by Albert Camus It Came from the Closet edited by Joe Vallese Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Watching The Lobster Fleabag Eddington What Merri’s Been Up To: Watching The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Fantastic Four Wicked: For Good The Grinch Website | Facebook | Bluesky | Instagram | Threads | Patreon | Merch | Episode Transcripts The post WWBUT 112 – Paddington’s Brother Eddington appeared first on FAKE GEEK GIRLS.

    1h 45m

  8. 11/25/2025

    Episode 210 – The Righteous Gemstones

    Join us as we journey into history, depravity, and hypocrisy as we take a closer look at Danny McBride’s The Righteous Gemstones! Can people this bad be redeemed? Isn’t that what the whole Christ story is about? And how close to reality is this, anyway? Let’s find out. Some Links You Might Find Interesting: The prosperity gospel, explained: Why Joel Osteen believes that prayer can make you rich by Tara Isabella Burton The Joel Osteen Fiasco Says A Lot About American Christianity by Laura Turner THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES: What is a “Megachurch”? by Shrink Tank Psychology of THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES by Shrink Tank John Oliver set up his own church to expose televangelists for fleecing vulnerable people by German Lopez John Oliver forms his own church and just keeps on winning by Lisa Respers France What HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones gets right about evangelicals by Emily St. James and Alissa Wilkinson The Righteous Gemstones: The Good, The Bad, & The Brilliant by Wisecrack Berlioz’s Requiem by Jennifer Walker How The Righteous Gemstones Quietly Became TV’s Most Homoerotic Show by Nadine Smith ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ skewers pro-Trump evangelicals’ real-life hypocrisies by Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons White evangelical voters show steadfast support for Donald Trump’s presidency by Peter Smith In God’s country by Elizabeth Bruenig Pastor defends Trump amid affair allegations Danny McBride Is the Darkest Artist on the Planet, and Righteous Gemstones Is His Magnum Opus by Shane Ryan The Righteous Gemstones Careens Wildly Through Emotional Tones, and Nails Them All by Shane Ryan The Lost Sheep of Danny McBride’s “The Righteous Gemstones” by Doreen St. Felix Judy’s diary prop photos Righteous Gemstone Wiki God bless The Righteous Gemstones, the TV show that helped me reckon with my religious trauma by Jay Ashdown Website | Facebook | Bluesky | Instagram | Threads | Patreon | Merch | Episode Transcripts The post Episode 210 – The Righteous Gemstones appeared first on FAKE GEEK GIRLS.

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