The Night Circus x Reading Ecosystems
One of Marcelle's favorite books is The Night Circus, so she decided to be brave and do an entire episode about the best-selling fantasy novel by Erin Morgenstern. Why brave? Well because sometimes it...
12 Dec 20231h 8min
Bonus Episode: Sitcom and Reframing Israel-Palestine Beyond Security Discourse
We hit our fundraising goal for Palestine Children’s Relief Fund in October and this is the bonus episode we promised as a thank you for your support. As of today, you, our listening community, have r...
5 Dec 202333min
Blackout Tuesday x Platformization
At Material Girls, we’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of using social media for social change and what those calls imply about the role of social media in our collective imaginations. And so, in...
28 Nov 20231h 15min
Patreon Preview: Taylor Swift Pt. I
We had to talk about Taylor Swift more — especially as so many of you had great comments, feedback and specific inquiries! We structured this bonus like our usual Patreon-only Q&A episodes, except thi...
21 Nov 202327min
Les Misérables x Encoding/Decoding with Erin Keif
We're so lucky to be joined this episode by Erin Keif (she/her) of the beloved Headgum podcasts Hey Riddle Riddle and Sitcom DnD. If you're a fan of Les Mis, or any musical, you'll appreciate this rea...
14 Nov 20231h 7min
Taylor Swift x Intimate Publics with Margaret H. Willison
Given last week's release of 1989 (Taylor's Version), we just had to have Swiftie and Tay-lore expert Margaret H. Willison (she/her) on the show to talk about one of the (if not THE) most influential ...
31 Okt 20231h 9min
Star Wars x Mass Culture
Why is Star Wars so popular? What were the material conditions that set the first film, A New Hope, up for success in 1977? What can a Marxist critique help us understand about the film?In this episod...
17 Okt 20231h 6min
Bridgerton x Reading the Romance with Vanessa Zoltan
In this episode we talk about Bridgerton with a very special guest — Vanessa Zoltan. We discuss Bridgerton the book series and its move into the mainstream through the Shondaland adaptation on Netflix...
3 Okt 20231h 6min
