Worst Friends Forever

this week we're discussing the new movie Bros, which we're assuming you've seen becuase if you haven't you're homophobic.    but for real, we're talking the movie, it's marketing, and the unfair pressures placed on queer media

This week we are talking about the little things that just bring you joy...good weather, fancy cocktail picks, drawer organizers...because you gotta find the joy where you can get it.

This week we are discussing how everyone is so dang rude these days. Are they really ruder? Why? Why can't anyone remember how to act?

This week we are deciding the Top 5 Greatest Disney-Pixar movies of all time. This is it. This is the list. We will not be accepting criticism at this time, thank you so much. 

This week we're discussing things the kill our excitment—for a movie, a book, a restaurant, whatever.  Take a shot every time we say "hype". *   *don't do this, you'll have to go to the hospital. 

This week's ep is another You're Wrong About-Style episode from Emily V., and we're tlaking poop. specifically poop in bookstores.  iykyk

This week we are disussing Nathan Fielder's HBO show The Rehearsal, and also making Taylor wonder why she ever decided to be our friend.  She's lucky we didn't rehearse this conversation.    Or did we?

This week we're discussing the new Amazon Prime series A League of Their Own--we only watched the first few episodes, so not TOO many spoilers in here if you haven't watched. But why haven't you watched?

This week we are discussing a novel (!!) for the first time in a MINUTE. And we are joined by friend of the pod, Summer. She not only recommended the book but is an ASL inturpreter irl, so she helps us add a (much needed) persepctive to our reaction.

This week we are discussing the worst adaptations of...anything. Musicals, movies, books, it's all fair game.  This episode exists because Emily K. couldn't sit through the Netflix Persuasion. 

This week we're discussing the new Appke TV+ show, Loot. Created by Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard and starring Maya Rudolph. Molly is a newly divorced billionaire trying to reengage with her charitable foundation and reconnect with the real world.

This week we are talking about the thing we'd liked in a home. Such as having them, but also baseboards and soft close cabinets. If you could have any home you wanted, what would you pick?

This week we are discussing the only 2022 Austen adaptation Emily K. is acknowledging, Fire Island. Written by and starring Joel Kim Booster and co-starring Bowen Yang, Conrad Ricamora, James Scully, and Margaret Cho. It's on Hulu and we don't know why we didn't do this topic during Pride month, please forgive us. 

This week we're talking with an actual romance SCHOLAR, Kim Coates. Kim is a graduate student at the London School of Economics and conducting research about representation in romance novels. We discus the genre, it's tropes, our personal histories with it, and representation within it.

This week we're talking about vacation...and how hard it is to take it. Even with jobs that offer PTO, the issues of solo travel, expense...bosses still trying to reach you...

This week we're talking about the new Netflix series from Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy, God's Favorite Idiot. Also we no longer have bodily autonomy, so we have some resources:  Apiary for Practical Support National Network of Abortion Funds If you have important resources, please share them with us @wffpodcast so we can amplify. 

This week, we're discussing all the pop culture references in Gilmore Girls. did they introduce us to new movies and music? Do they date the show? Why is Lorelai so snotty about The Offspring?  And in an important shoutout update: Emily's bookshelves worked out great. 

This week it's time for another classic movie—It Happened One Night. Which is certainly...a film. 

This week we're talking about the stuff we've bought: what we regret, what we don't, and why couches are such a gd commitment. 

Happy Pride, mofos.  This week we are discussing the new Netflix series Heartstopper in full (and Emily V and Taylor discuss the web comic a bit) and the joy of a proper gay panic.