The Bechdel Cast

On this episode, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Crystal sink their teeth into Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)!

Follow Crystal on social media at @crystalwillseeyounow and check out Camp Classics podcast!

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This week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Ayumi Shinozaki form a jazz band and discuss Swing Girls (2004)!

Follow Ayumi on social media at @ayusheknows, check out her podcast Sparkleside Chats and follow it at @magicalgirlayu, and check out the new podcast Charm Point Radio, coming soon!

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THE MOMENT WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!!! Very special guest ALISON BECHDEL — ever heard of her??? — joins us to talk about her new comic novel '`Spent,' the Bechdel Test, and more!

Check out Alison's website at https://dykestowatchoutfor.com | see her book tour dates at https://dykestowatchoutfor.com/blog | buy her book 'Spent' at https://bookshop.org/p/books/spent-a-comic-novel-alison-bechdel/21754189?ean=9780063278929&next=t&affiliate=397 

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This week, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Korama Danquah dig deep into the movie Holes (2003)!

Follow Korama on social media at @koramadrama

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On this episode, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Keah Brown discuss Always Be My Maybe (2019)! Here's the link for Jamie's upcoming book events -- https://us.macmillan.com/tours/jamie-loftus-raw-dog/ 

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Follow Keah on Instagram at @keah_maria and check out her website at https://keahbrown.com 

and here are the links mentioned in the episode -- 

https://www.vox.com/first-person/2019/6/13/18661961/always-be-my-maybe-ali-wong-randall-park / 

https://www.glamour.com/story/ali-wong-randall-park-always-be-my-maybe-interview /

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/what-always-be-my-maybe-gets-about-making-an-asian-american-rom-com /

https://planamag.com/always-be-my-maybe-gentrification-and-the-asian-american-rom-com/ 

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We're irrevocably re-covering Twilight (2008) with special guest Diannely Antigua! As if you could outrun us!!! Here are the various pieces / links from the episode: https://www.hcn.org/issues/44-11/the-quileute-reservation-copes-with-tourists-brought-by-twilight/

https://www.burkemuseum.org/static/truth_vs_twilight/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqloPw5wp48&t=1s

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Follow Diannely on Instagram at @nellfell13 and check out her website at https://diannelyantigua.com

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You must! You must! You must listen to Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Kate Helen Downey chat about Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret!

Check out Kate's podcast, Cramped, wherever you get your podcasts, and follow Kate on Instagram at @katehelendowney and on TikTok at @kateiscramped

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Jamie and Caitlin get invited to Muriel's Wedding! Here's the Guardian piece we reference - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/13/muriels-wedding-is-a-feminist-masterpiece-and-more-relevant-than-ever 

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This week, babygirls Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Emma Alamo drink a full glass of milk while discussing Babygirl (2024). Here's the piece by Angelica Jade Bastién - https://www.vulture.com/article/the-ending-of-babygirl-explained.html and here's the piece by Jourdain Searles - https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/purely-carnal/

Follow Emma on Instagram at @emma_alamo and check out her website/online store at https://emmaalamo.com 

Also, don't forget to check vote for We the Unhoused for a Webby Award here: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/shows/public-service-activism and listen to We the Unhoused here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-the-unhoused/id1490017575 ...Also, check out Caitlin's upcoming shows at linktr.ee/bechdelcast

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On this completely normal and very sincere episode, Jamie and Caitlin discuss the mother fucking feminist masterpiece Snakes on a Plane!

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We're bewitching you body and soul by unlocking this Matreon episode on Pride and Prejudice (2005). Check on Caitlin's unpcoming comedy shows & workshops in State College, PA and Brooklyn, NY -- tickets at linktr.ee/bechdelcast

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This week, little rascals Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Tariq Ra'ouf head to their clubhouse and discuss The Little Rascals (1994)!

Follow Tariq on social media at @tariq_raouf

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On this episode, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Shelli Nicole stroll through south London and chat about Rye Lane (2023).

Follow Shelli on Instagram at @ayoshelli and check out her website at www.hishelli.com

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This week, Jamie and Caitlin are one. Will they respect the balance? Find out on this episode about The Substance! Here's the Making-Of Featurette we mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H64HNvXrqU 

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House of Bechdel Cast presents an episode on Paris Is Burning with special guest DoctorJonPaul! Here is Jon's piece on the movie: https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/06/paris-is-burning-rerelease-controversy-legacy.html / here is more information about the Dorian Corey story: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-famous-drag-queen-a-mummy-in-the-closet-and-a-baffling-mystery / here's the Hollywood Reporter piece on Junior LaBeija: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/paris-is-burning-emcee-junior-labeija-pose-rupaul-1234964404/

Follow Jon on social media at @doctorjonpaul and check out Jon's website & preorder their book at doctorjonpaul.com 

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The Bechdel Cast is so hot on this episode where Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Kenice Mobley discuss Zoolander (2001). Here is more information about the humanitarian crisis happening in the DRC - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/21/a-guide-to-the-decades-long-conflict-in-dr-congo

Follow Kenice on Instagram at @kenicemobley and check out her website at kenicemobley.com

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On today's episode, special guest Danielle Bezalel joins to help us celebrate Caitlin's hysterectomy/uterectomy and to discuss the Hulu original movie Plan B (2021)!

Follow Danielle and her podcast, Sex Ed with DB, on Instagram at @sexedwithdbpodcast, on TikTok at @sexedwithdb, and at the website sexedwithdb.com

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This week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Maya Williams harvest honey and discuss The Secret Life of Bees!

Follow Maya on Instagram at @emmdubb16 and check out eir website at mayawilliamspoet.com

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On this episode mermaids Caitlin, Jamie, and special guests Imani Davis and Demma Strausbaugh (hosts of Players - A Film Industry Podcast) emerge from the ocean and become human to discuss Aquamarine! Here's the piece from Lez Hang Out podcast - https://www.lezhangoutpod.com/eps/sbg99aquamarine#:~:text=If%20you%20haven't%20seen,with%20her%20and%20save%20the 

Follow Imani on Instagram at @imanimdavis, Players - A Film Industry Podcast at @players_pod, and RM.19 Productions at @rm.19productions

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This week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Yasmina Tawil discuss Salt of This Sea (2008)! Check out linktr.ee/bechdelcast for links to Solidarity Cinema, Palestine Film Index, Palestinian Film Calendar, and Cinema Arabiyya!

Follow Yasmina on Instagram at @yasmina.tawil and check out her website www.yasmina-tawil.com 

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Life may be like a box of chocolates, but on this episode, you know exactly what you're gonna get, which is Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Maia Wyman aka Broey Deschanel talking about Forrest Gump (1994)!

Follow Maia on Instagram at @broey_deschanel, on YouTube at youtube.com/BroeyDeschanel, and check out her podcast, Rehash!

Here's our guest's video essay, "The Strange Conservatism of Forrest Gump" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeGeT3ZeKO0 

Here is the piece entitled "Autism on Screen: Forrest Gump" - https://aisforaoifenotautism.com/2017/05/19/autism-on-screen-forrest-gump/ 

and here is the piece entitled "'Forrest Gump' at 25: Disability Representation (For Better and Worse) - https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristenlopez/2019/07/05/forrest-gump-at-25-disability-representation-for-better-and-worse/

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On this episode, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Kate Cheka dicuss kissing and cats and Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging (2008)!

Follow Kate on Instagram at @katecheka, visit her website at katecheka.co.uk for tickets to upcoming tour dates, and grab tickets to her London shows at https://sohotheatre.com/events/kate-cheka-a-messiah-comes/ 

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As far back as we can remember, we've always wanted to unlock our Matreon episode on Goodfellas. Grab tickets to our upcoming shows + livestreams at linktr.ee/bechdelcast

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 This week, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Alex Danton-Klein spend one wild episode discussing Eight Crazy Nights.

Follow Alex at @zinniasocialistsupplyco on Instagram! 

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On this mini-sode, Jamie and Caitlin discuss what we watched this past year, movies we're looking foward to, plans for future episodes, and of course, plugged our upcoming live shows in January -- tickets at linktr.ee/bechdelcast

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Awooga! We're going on another little tour in January 2025, in which we are doing live shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Portland, OR -- AND livestreaming the LA and Portland shows! Tickets at linktr.ee/bechdelcast

Los Angeles - January 19 - A Bechdel Cast Celebration! live show + livestream!

San Francisco - January 23 - Shrektanic Presents Titanic! live show!

Portland - January 26 - Shrektanic Presents Shrek! live show + livestream!

See you there!!!

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On this episode, Caitlin and Jamie *lampoon* the movie National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989).

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This week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Honey Pluton don their masks and cloaks and Gregorian chant about Eyes Wide Shut.

Follow Honey at @honeypluton on Instagram and check out the podcast Up Good!

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We're taking the week off from a normal episode to plug our upcoming West Coast Tour in January 2025!! Live shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Portland, PLUS the LA and Portland shows will be live-streamed! PLUS there's a bonus solo show of Jamie's in LA on November 29! All tickets at linktr.ee/bechdelcast

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On this episode, gladiators Caitlinus, Jamieus, and special guest Emma Southon enter the Colosseum to battle with Gladiator (2000).

Follow Emma at @emmasouthon on Instagram and check out her website -- where you can learn more about her books -- at www.emmasouthon.com 

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Jamie and Caitlin phone home and chat about E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial!

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Beautiful models Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest James Adomian discuss Triangle of Sadness on the intercom of a luxury yacht!

Follow James on Instagram at @jadomian and check out his website jamesadomian.com and his special, Path of Most Resistance 

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Jamie and Caitlin meet at the grocery store for a little discussion about Fresh (2022).

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On this episode, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Korama Danquah discuss Get Out! Here are the articles we cite: the NextShark piece "Why ‘Get Out’, a Movie About Anti-Black Racism, Had an Asian Character" - https://nextshark.com/get-out-film-asian-character-racism-llag / the Bustle piece "Why The Asian Character In 'Get Out' Matters" - https://www.bustle.com/p/why-the-asian-character-in-get-out-matters-so-much-42569 / and the Slate piece "The Disturbing Truth That Makes Get Out Depressingly Plausible" - https://slate.com/culture/2017/03/get-out-and-americas-many-missing-black-people.html 

Follow Korama at @koramadrama on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, etc!

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This week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Angela Campos chat about Frida (and of course, Alfred Molina)!

Follow Angela at @angelacmps on Instagram!

Here are the pieces we referenced:

"Frida Kahlo and Questions of Identity" by Tanya Núñez -- https://www.nunez.media/is-frida-kahlo-problematic/ 

Salma Hayek's NYT op-ed, "Harvey Weinstein Is My Monster Too" -- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/13/opinion/contributors/salma-hayek-harvey-weinstein.html 

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On this episode, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Vanessa Guerrero discuss From Dusk Till Dawn at their favorite local watering hole, the Twitty Twister!

Follow Vanessa at @nessguerrero on Twitter and at @snesguerrero everywhere else, and check out her show 'Ten Minute Power Hour' at https://gamegrumps.com

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This week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest Olivia Woodward get their werewolf periods and discuss Ginger Snaps!

Follow Olivia on Instagram at @livnative93

Made To Be Monsters: ‘Ginger Snaps’atranslog.medium.com

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On this episode, Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Crystal lick away all the layers of the movie Jawbreaker!

Follow Crystal at @crystalwillseeyounow on all platforms!

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This week, Jamie, Caitlin, and special guest José María Luna "discover" all the problems with The Road to El Dorado. Check out José's video "Decolonizing Adventure: A Cinematic Road to El Dorado" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD4gWOpSvyQ&t=36s  and here is the article we cite, "‘Road to El Dorado’ Has No Respect for History" by Olin Tezcatlipoca, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-10-ca-18071-story.html 

Follow José on Instagram at @josemlunad and on YouTube at youtube.com/josemarialuna 

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On this episode, Caitlin and Jamie use their very particular set of skills to discuss the movie Taken. Here's the Polaris Project guide we mention in the episode -- https://polarisproject.org/telling-the-real-story-of-human-trafficking/ 

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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert with Matt Baume

Follow Matt at @mattbaume on Instagram and go to www.mattbaume.com where you can watch his videos, buy his books, and listen to his podcast!

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On this episode, best friends Caitlin and Jamie attend each other's weddings where they discuss My Best Friend's Wedding!

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Say, folks, Caitlin and Jamie covered His Girl Friday!

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IT'S JAMIE'S BIRTHDAY AND WE'RE COVERING THE MUPPET MOVIE!!! Here is the video essay by Be Kind Rewind that we cite, "Miss Piggy, Camp, and the Death of the Movie Star" -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkvAckgH4Yw and grab tickets to the screening we're presenting of Chicken Run with American Cinemateque's Friend of the Fest at linktr.ee/bechdelcast

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On this unlocked Matreon episode, Jamie and Caitlin cluck about Chicken Run! Check out the screening of Chicken Run that we're presenting at American Cinemateque's Friend of the Fest in Los Angeles on August 25 -- tickets at linktr.ee/bechdelcast and here's the article in Film School Rejects by Brianna Zigler that we reference -- https://filmschoolrejects.com/revolutionary-spirit-of-chicken-run/

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On this episode, sexy lady robots Caitlin, Jamie, and special guest Olivia Gatwood discuss Ex Machina. 

Follow Olivia on Instagram at @oliviagatwood and buy her book 'Whoever You Are, Honey' at https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653524/whoever-you-are-honey-by-olivia-gatwood/ 

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This week, we’re re-airing last year’s episode on Slap Shot in honor of Jamie’s dad Mike Loftus, who passed away over the weekend. Little new intro to accompany. You can learn more about the amazing MPL here, and donate to the American Red Cross in his honor because he was a self-professed ‘avid bleeder’ that nurses across New England declared as having ‘good veins.’ He rocked and rocks and we love him. Pour one out for the best dad ever, go Bruins.

More about Mike: https://bostonhockeynow.com/2024/07/21/colageo-boston-bruins-reporter-mike-loftus-a-pros-pro/

Donate to Red Cross: https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation.html

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On this episode, tornado scientists Caitlin and Jamie analyze Twister (1996).

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This week, demon kings Jamie and Caitlin invite special guest Puloma Ghosh into their treehouse to discuss Hereditary. Here's the article by Sasha Geffen entitled "Trans Horror Stories and Society's Fear of the Transmasculine Body" -- https://www.them.us/story/transmasculine-horror-stories

Follow Puloma on Instagram at @pulomeow and buy her book 'Mouth' at https://www.pulomaghosh.com 

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Bello!!! Caitlin and Jamie are discussing MINIONS!!! FYI, talking about Kevin, Stuart, and Bob passes the Bechdel Test. Okay poo-pye! 

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