femfreq
femfreq
Feminist Frequency
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Follow our latest initiative - The Games and Online Harassment Hotline - a text-based, confidential, emotional support line for people who make and play games. Text SUPPORT to 23368. https://gameshotline.org
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femfreq · 4 years ago
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Daniel Kaluuya gives an outstanding performance as Illinois Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton in the film Judas and the Black Messiah, but can the film do justice to Hampton's radical politics?
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Our focus on Black films continues with this week's FFR episode on Julie Dash's landmark 1991 release Daughters of the Dust, a daring film of remarkable beauty, rich with meaning and emotion, whose influence is still keenly felt today.
Listen on your favorite podcast app of choice. 😊
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This week we kick off a month of episodes focusing on work by Black filmmakers with a look at Dee Rees' outstanding 2011 debut Pariah, a film about the experiences of a young gay Black woman that captivates with its remarkable authenticity.
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This week, we're joined by Kat Spada from the @90210blaze​  podcast to talk about the incendiary revenge thriller Promising Young Woman! We cover the look of the film, its examination of "nice guys," that shocking ending, and more.
Listen now! 📣
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We passed through turnstiles to talk TENET for this week's FFR! Join us as we discuss the film's protagonist The Protagonist, its alluring aesthetics, its globe-hopping, time-twisting plot, and whether or not it all adds up to a good movie. Listen now!
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Ebony takes over as host in the latest FFR. We watched the comedy-drama This Way Up, a show about anxiety, moving forward, and rekindled joy. Listen now! 😉
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It's the final episode of our Star Trek Discovery season 3 podcast! It went by so fast! Anita and Ebony are here to share final thoughts on the season, musings on the future of the series, and, you guessed it, The Hair Report.
Find the latest episode here, Patreon, or your podcast app of choice!
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FFR is back with a new episode about #WonderWoman1984! Join us as we use the ✨ Lasso of Truth ✨ on each other to share what we really think of the film's storyline, acting, and the aspects of its politics that should have stayed back in the 80s. Listen now!
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We're here with some Star Trek Discovery goodness for y'all! We're joined by Annalee Newitz and Steve Shives to recap the latest episodes. We share some alarming theories and Anita reflects on why she started this podcast to begin with.
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femfreq · 4 years ago
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We hit our initial goal of $25k! With the match of our sponsors, we've raised just over $30k in total. Next up: Stretch goals.
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Continued donations will allow us to expand the hours of the Games and Online Harassment Hotline and give us a fighting chance to end abuse in games.
http://givebutter.com/femfreq2020
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This year reminded us how important it is to resist.
Tomorrow, we begin fundraising for what we believe in: End Abuse and Harassment in the games industry. You’ll join us, won’t you?
https://givebutter.com/femfreq2020
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On this week's FFR, we discuss Chloe Zhao's outstanding new film Nomadland, starring Frances McDormand as one of a group of poor American workers who live in their vehicles, going wherever there's a place to park and a job to be done. Listen now ⤴
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This week on FFR we are joined by Dave Proctor who schools us on the Christmas movie formula. Ebony, as usual, hates on whimsy and Anita wishes that the Happiest Season came out in 1998 where it belongs.
Give it a listen! 🔊
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We're back to talk about Star Trek Discovery with our pals Charlie Jane Anders and Trace Dominguez! We had some mixed reactions but we all agree: everything is better with a cat 😸
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This year reminded us how important it is to resist.
Tomorrow, we begin fundraising for what we believe in: End Abuse and Harassment in the games industry. You'll join us, won't you?
https://givebutter.com/femfreq2020
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For this week's FFR, we virtually attended the 14th Annual @laskinsfest spotlighting films by and about indigenous people. Join us as we discuss some of the important documentaries and exciting sci-fi and horror shorts we watched.
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In this week's FFR we have a pipin' hot entertainment roundup! 🎥🟣☝🏽
Who's being tragically transphobic this week? What's the latest in video game labor? What brave artist can tackle the dreaded menace of cancel culture?
We talk all this and more. Find it with the link in our bio!
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Our Star Trek podcast has arrived! 🚀🎉 We're joined by special guests Laura Hudson and Steve Shives to recap what has happened so far, including the introduction of Star Trek's first trans character and what looks to be a promising season. Listen now! 🔊😊
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