Ada, Katie & Gia take a quick break from Evangelion to look at Hideaki Anno's first work as an animator on this classic Miyazaki film from 1984. There's big bugs, and they definitley have feelings. Watch along with us!

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Katie, Ada and Gia are getting a little tired of the constant sexualization of the women (and child!) characters in the show, but a sassy redhead is a fun addition nonetheless. Also, an extended digression on redheads in comics! Watch along with us!

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Ada, Katie and Gia talk about a Misato-focused episode that really starts to open up the show to a larger scale. We also talk McDonald's toys, nuclear reactors (pushin' on tubes) beer for breakfast and being a woman at academic conferences

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We continue watching Neon Genesis Evangelion! In this episode:

The D8 tries to use an overdesigned vibrator to break into NERV, so Misato has to rush to come up with a plan, and the plan is...Big Gun! Ada, Gia and Katie talk Twin Peaks comparisons, a little Japanese geography, and mispronounce a bunch of words. This is a good episode, you should watch along with us! ☺️

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Katie, Ada and Gia continue their coverage of Neon Genesis Evangelion, and discuss the D8 of Doom, Homeschooling, and more cameos from a beagle named Idgie.

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Katie, Ada and Gia continue disccusing Neon Genesis Evangelion, and also discuss: the GATE conspiracy theory and the CIA, how everything always leads back to When Harry met Sally, and an extended interlude where we meet Idgie, Ada's (very) new beagle puppy, and her extended menagerie. Robots! Emotions! Alien attack!

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Hi friends! We continue our Neon Genesis Evangelion watch with Episode 3! Is Shinji cringe and fail and a loser? Will he and the bully kiss? When will we see more PenPen? The adult women long for PenPen! Katie, Ada and Gia discuss this and much more, you should watch along with us!

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In the final installment of her miniseries, Rabia (of Suddenly: A Frank Sinatra Podcast) gives us a deep dive into the backstory of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, a film based on three actual Sydney drag queens: Cindy Pastel, Lady Bump, and Styrkermyer. How did this film come to be, and how did they get queer and trans life so wrong? This deep dive will change the way you think about Priscilla—and trans Australian history—forever.

Source notes for this episode:

WATCH “LADIES PLEASE” ON YOUTUBE HERE

• “Fact sheet: The sorry rock phenomenon”, Uluru – Kata Tjuta National Park,
• “I Love the Nightlife” rehearsal footage with Cindy Pastel, Strykermeyer and Lady Bump – shot on camcorder, outtake from Ladies Please
• The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert DVD commentary track by Stephan Elliott
• Al Clark – Making Priscilla (1995)
• Birth of a Queen documentary on Priscilla DVD
• Footage of Priscilla premiere aftermath at Cannes 1994 including Stephan introducing “the people it was based on”
• “’Priscilla’ lets director Elliott indulge in his loves for disco and high camp”, Steve Murray, The Atlanta Journal, 26 August 1994
• “The drag queens behind Priscilla”, Wendy Tuohy, The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 May 1995
• Interview with Carlotta from Stations of the X, 1963
• Clip of Carlotta’s appearance on Number 96, 1976
• “Priscilla party boat, Sydney Harbour, Australia Day 2007” video
• Damien W. Riggs – Priscilla, (white) queen of the desert (2006)
• Stephan Elliott Q&A at Austrian Film Museum, 2019
• “The real life Priscilla Queen of the Desert”, 60 Minutes Australia
• “Putting Stamp on role”, Robert W. Butler, Syracuse-Herald Journal, 28 September 1994

Between a Frock and a Hard Place (2015)

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