Bad Feminist Film Club
107 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsDiscussing our favorite films through a feminist lens. Episodes released every two weeks.
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Episodes
4 Fast & Fridging
March 10, 2017 05:41 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBIn Episode 4, it's back to business as usual as Sarah and Kelly forge onwards in their quest to find meaning, or at least a decent plot, in the Fast and Furious franchise. In a stunning twist, FAST & FURIOUS turns out to be pretty dang watchable, and includes such gems as a real plot, the appearance of Detective Dom, and the debut of fan-favorite Giselle. Also discussed: is Letty's death considered "fridging", or did Michelle Rodriguez just have better sh*t to do?
BFFC Bonus 2: Logan
March 04, 2017 07:06 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBOMG, it's another BFFC Bonus Episode! The girls have seen the excellent LOGAN, and they can't wait to talk about near-futures, fridging, and feral children. The real question, though: is Hugh Jackman living proof that mutants are real, un-aging, and playing the same character for 17 years at a stretch? Listen for the hard-hitting answer!
3 Tokyo Drift(ing away from well-rounded female characters)
February 24, 2017 15:07 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBIn Episode 3, the girls tackle The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. They'll ponder why Han wasn't just the main character, why the Peruvian love interest is portrayed as Japanese by way of Australia, and whether drifting in muscle cars is possible or just a weirdly-coded message about buying foreign vs domestic. PS: this episode takes place in the future.
2 2 Fast 2 Feminist
February 17, 2017 07:05 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBIn Episode 2, the girls watch 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS so you don't have to. From Miami street racing to Eva Mendes' questionable outfits (and storyline, and everything), Kelly and Sarah delve into the dark world of thugs-for-hire, torture by rat and of course, boat stunts.
BFFC Bonus: John Wick 2
February 11, 2017 19:18 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBIn a SUPER SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE, the girls dive into the phenomenon that is John Wick: Chapter 2. SPOILER ALERT: They loved it. Also discussed: is Keanu the greatest action hero of our generation? What's the demographic of mute genderfluid assassins? And is John Wick just Batman without those pesky "murder is wrong" hangups?
1B The Fast and the Feminist, Part 2
February 04, 2017 00:33 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBIn the thrilling second half of BFFC's first episode, Kelly and Sarah discuss police work in the F&F universe and dive into the feminist reading of the first film. Find out answers to all the important questions, like: how can there be both male and female leads in a film, but only the men ever speak to each other? Is Vin Diesel's head just one giant muscle? And is car racing a metaphor for sex, drugs, or both?
1A The Fast and the Feminist, Part 1
February 04, 2017 00:06 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBKelly and Sarah get so excited to talk about their first movie that they blow past their time limit like Dom Toretto on NOS. Listen as the girls dissect why "Brian" is the whitest name ever, how terrible fashion in the early 2000s was, and the fact that Christopher Nolan totally stole the car-driving-under-a-truck stunt from this franchise.