We’ve been on a rollercoaster ride over at Ladies Love Paul Rudd! Larissa and I made some very poor choices on movies to include in the first batch and while some of the films were terrible, ALL of the discussions with our guests have been fantastic.
I was SHOCKED to find this out when I guested on the Kill By Kill podcast this week. Surprising no one, I completely misunderstood a key point of the Friday the 13th franchise but I still stand by my assumption as a reasonable one.
In addition to my ridiculousness, hosts Patrick Hamilton and Gena Radcliffe and I discuss the why everyone in the 80s was obsessed with their friends’ virginity, the improbability of shower sex, and how to #GetBunked. Plus, we get to feminine gaze the hell out of Patrick which is a fun time for all!
Download Episode 18 – Friday the 13th The Final Chapter on iTunes
Ladies Love Paul Rudd, it’s a fact. So my co-host, Larissa, and I started this podcast for ladies appreciating all things Paul Rudd. We discuss and appreciate his films, tv shows and appearances — and we’re going to feminine gaze the hell out of him while doing so.
There are three episodes so far!
Ep 1: Clueless with Amy and Larissa
Ep 2: I Love You Man with Meghan Griffin
Ep 3: Halloween 6 with Gena Radcliffe
Plus, you can join us on our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter at @LLPaulRudd
Caroline and Loose Canon Podcast let me gush about my great love for The Legend of Billie Jean and how Helen Slater helped shape my thoughts on feminism at a young age. Not to mention my huge crush on Keith Gordon and the brilliant (really!) commentary on how the media demonizes and deifies “villains” in the news.
Check it out here: http://loosecanonpod.com/post/150283621758/episode-23-legend-of-billie-jean
I was so thrilled to be on “The Songs that Saved Your Life,” a podcast about the 3 songs that had the biggest impact on you when you were 15 years old. This is basically my origin story of how 120 Minutes changed my life and introduced me to Camper Van Beethoven, The Stone Roses and Nine Inch Nails, all of which had a profound effect on me.
I loved this discussion and have thought about it a lot ever since. In addition to talking about how NIN gave so many girls a cathartic outlet for their anger and why Camper Van Beethoven changed the way I thought about longing, I tell my utterly dorky story about Siouxsie and the Banshees at the first Lollapalooza. AND you’ll learn about my long lasting love for much I love mix tapes/cds. (Please, please make me a mix cd!)
Listen to The Songs that Saved Your Life here (yay Ear Trumpet Audio Network).
I’m back on “As If,” where Larissa and I make it a Ladies Week to discuss:
+ Cher’s disastrous driving test
+ Addressing the mystery of WHO DROVE CHER TO HER TEST?!?
+ Tai moving on from her Elton crush
+ Why Tai is a crappy friend
+ How Larissa was an utterly adorable Australian teenager in Blossom hats, listening to Nate Dogg and Warren G
+ Being super creepy weirdo teenagers with crushes
+ The Awesomeness of Ron Orbach
+ Super controversial declarations about hackey sacks and more
+ Our Groundbreaking comparison of Cher to Chris Traeger on Parks and Recreation
Check out minutes 73-77 here: http://shoutengine.com/AsIf/
I love “Clueless” so very much and I’m super excited that I get to host two weeks “As If,” the podcast that discusses the movie minute-by-minute. It’s been great fun to listen to over the past few weeks and you should check definitely check it out on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, etc.
This is my first week, and we kick everything off with Cher getting mugged.
Get them all: As If on Shoutengine and As If on iTunes
There’s an emotional element (outside of the connection to the story) that’s missing when binge-watching a TV series instead of watching it week-to-week. You don’t get the experience of watching a story unfold over many months, the anticipation of a new episode and with it new developments, the rush when discussing it with friends — and the excitement once you’ve found a fandom filled with people who understand your love and become your partners in all of those experiences. I still marathon a ton of shows, but I am hard-pressed to think of any viewing that evokes the same long-term emotional highs of the shows I come back for every week, and every year.
On Saturday, December 12, I’ll be in Beacon, New York for the Hudson Valley Winter Book Fair with a plethora of writers from the area. You should come by! Books make excellent gifts and I’ll have copies of “Joss Whedon: The Biography.”
(I might also have cookies, so you should definitely come because I make excellent cookies.)
It’s from 11a – 5p at the First Presbyterian Church in Beacon.
GPS address: 50 Liberty St, Beacon, New York 12508
This image popped up on my Facebook feed today, and I realized that it’s one the guiding principles of my life.
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