The Femme on Collective is a podcast collective where we discuss issues or pop culture that interests us, with a feminist, female view. Hosts Ada, Alyson, Jess, Ria and Tonya bring their unique voices to a variety of subjects including books, film, TV, feminism, comics, fitness, activism and so much more.
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Spotlighting entertainment's best kept secrets that a mainstream audience may find boring! #ComicBooks #CultMovies #PrepareForPrattle #PrattleWorld #JoinThePrattalion #SecretBores
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X-Men: The Adventures Of Cyclops & Phoenix
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My Darwinist double bill continues…Learn how Askani’son became an ass-kicker! As Scott & Jean Summers go from their honeymoon to 2000 years in the X-Men’s future to raise their time-lost son. Who will grow to become the man Cable all the while protecting him from the ancient evil of Apocalypse in X-Men: The Adventures Of Cyclops & Phoenix! Join me …
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*Spoilers for X-Men '97 *This was recorded prior to the SDCC 2024 Marvel Studios Hall H Panel announcements. Do you have the Baals to learn The First One's origin? In #XMenTheRiseOfApocalypse we chronicle the tragic beginnings #XMen's most implacable foe! #EnSabahNur abandoned as a baby to die in the desert of ancient Egypt, in this environment "on…
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Sharing The Silver Screen: Of Unknown Origin (1983) W/ Angry Andy Reviews
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In another #SharingTheSilverScreen I introduce vermin into Angry Andy's life in the form of #GeorgePCosmatos' #OfUnknownOrigin1983 starring #PeterWeller as this up and coming yuppie begins "Falling Down'' and coming apart as he is confronted by an entirely different and quite literal rat race for survival! Join us as we discuss my own "Mousehunt," …
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DC Comic's Cosmic Odyssey W/ @IAmJACSMusings
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BOOM! The #Highfather Of Podcasting @IAmJACSMusings has arrived on #PrattleWorld to accompany me on a #CosmicOdyssey through the #DCUniverse brought to us by two princes of the comic book industry #JimStarlin & #MikeMignola honouring The King #JackKirby’s creations #TheNewGods & #TheFourthWorld as we close out #AlienMonth. Join us as we discuss #Da…
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Body Snatchers (1993) V.S. The Puppet Masters (1994) W/ Ria Carrogan & Tony Farina
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*Slight issue with Ria's audio on this one it periodically cuts out briefly not sure why, it sounded all right live. I've done my best to cut round it but it is still noticeable. The infiltration has begun and its time to embrace change! As I unite our collective for the first time on #PrattleWorld by bringing together two of my favourite #PodPeopl…
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Starman (1984) W/ Super Dummy Paul & Angry Andy Reviews
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On its 40th Anniversary, Paul & Andy come back down to earth to celebrate #JohnCarpenter’s #Starman this #AlienMonth. A road trip across an idealised version of America through the eyes of #JeffBridges’ visitor who has taken the form of #KarenAllen’s deceased husband who now must assist him in getting home. A story of love, grief & hope. Join us as…
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District 9 (2009) W/ Megan Gritti & Mike Burton
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Things are about to get Prawnographic as Mike & Megan kick off #AlienMonth with a bang! With #NeilBlomkamp’s #SouthAfrican apartheid allegory #District9 inspired by classic Sci-Fi like #Robocop & #TheFly join us to hear our awful #SharltoCopley impressions along with us discussing Nigeria banning the film & The “Furby” Theory… #PrepareForPrattle Li…
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Femme on Creatives: Annie Sklaver Orenstein
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Alyson sits down with Annie Sklaver Orenstein author of the forthcoming non-fiction book, Always a Sibling: The Forgotten Mourner’s Guide to Grief (coming out May 28th) and talks about their shared experiences of sibling loss, the lack of sibling loss resources and the how her book will fill a much needed void. Annie also talks about her publishing…
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Tonya speaks with And I Thought Ladies Jade & Wilnona about why they write literary life guides with pop poetry, the idea behind the Inspirational Woman in Literature Awards, and how kindness is a form of advocacy. Links for the And I Thought Ladies: Website: https://andithoughtladies.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andithoughtladies/ Fac…
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What are you waiting FIVE? In this episode of Femme on TV, Ria and Alyson chat about Girls5Eva, a show Ria forced Alyson to watch so that she would have someone to talk about it with. Just like the Barbie episode they overuse the words 'fun' and 'joy' but in the best way. They chat about all three seasons of the show, the performances, and the catc…
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Fine Cut with Alyson: TV moms with Natalie Serber
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Alyson and Natalie Serber (author of the novel, Shout Her Lovely Name and her memoir, Community Chest) discuss their love of TV moms and how women like Carol Brady and Alice on the Brady Bunch gave them comfort and hope when they were little and how now, Sam Fox on Better Things offers them support as mothers themselves. We don’t just discuss one s…
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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2024 Day 4
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It’s Day 4 of The #ForbiddenWorldsFilmFestival 2024! Listen to the result of the short film competition, Indonesian martial arts & Renny Harlin's epic return to the festival. The films shown were #Innerspace, #TheDevilsSword, #TimeCop & #TheLongKissGoodnight #PrepareForPrattle If you want to subscribe to Forbidden World's newsletters or anything el…
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Disney Discussions - On A Wing & A Prayer: Condorman (1981) & The Rocketeer (1991) W/ Ria Carrogan, Megan Gritti & Mike Burton
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The sky's the limit in our latest #DisneyDiscussion as we look at both Condorman & The Rocketeer! Two dim fellas are miraculously given the ability to fly, but do these films soar or are we in for a crash landing? Join Ria, Megan, Mike & myself as we discuss irritating characters, spectacular stunt work & Timothy Dalton stealing every scene with hi…
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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2024 Day 3
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It’s Day 3 of The #ForbiddenWorldsFilmFestival 2024! Films shown were #FoxyBrown #TheLastStarfighter #LaFemmeNikita #Outland. We also have the first 6 Short Film competition entrants! Listen as I talk about icon Pam Grier, Exclusive introductions by cast & crew as well as tired ol’ me continually forgetting or messing up people’s names! #PrepareFor…
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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2024 Day 2
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It’s Day 2 of The #ForbiddenWorldsFilmFestival 2024! The films shown were #KinDzaDza #CapricornOne #Stargate #AttackOfThe50FootWoman #FemalePrisoner701Scorpion. Listen to me as I confuse Watergate with Watershed, describe Soviet Star Wars meets Mother Russia Monty Python and marvel at giant aliens in medieval tunics? #PrepareForPrattle If you want …
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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2024 Day 1
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"Pop quiz hotshot!" Who's back from Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2024 with a whole lot to say about it? That's right your friendly neighbourhood podcaster! In my coverage of Day One, I talk about Speed's director Jan De Bont being mauled by a lion, Kathryn Bigelow's sexy sleek and stylish thriller Blue Steel, what the festival means to me and all…
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This episode Tonya speaks with Femme On creator Ria Carrogan about the importance of all acts of activism, food insecurity and poverty, parenting and podcasting! It is basically one long Ria rant! Organisations that Ria mentions: The Black Nursery Manager: https://www.theblacknurserymanager.com/ Bloody Good Period - https://www.bloodygoodperiod.com…
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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2023 Day Four
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Originally published via Patreon on 27/05/23 Day 4 of Forbidden Worlds 2023! Featuring stop-motion skeletons, John Carpenter & the forgotten tradition of Titty Easter... #PrepareForPrattle To hear my thoughts on Day One & Day Two in 2023 listen to them here... https://pod.fo/e/17d689 & https://pod.fo/e/17d93e If you want to subscribe to Forbidd…
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Join us for a fiercely feminism discussion about film, media, TV, memoirs, and everything feminist with author, humour writer, teacher and generally cool person Elissa Bassist. Inspired by Elissa's substack post 'Films Shouldn't Win Awards Unless They Pass the Bechdel Test', Ria, Alyson and Elissa discuss feminism in movies (and media in general), …
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Fine Cut with Ria Carrogan and Kim Rowe Alyson, Ria and Kim discuss the “Are You There Moriarty?” Scene from One Day (episode 9) starring Leo Woodall and Ambika Mod. Dex (Leo Woodall) goes to visit his incredibly posh girlfriend’s family and ends up getting pulled into a family game of “Are You There Moriarty?” that ends poorly when Dex crosses the…
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Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2023 Day Three
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Originally published via Patreon on 26/05/23 Day 3 of Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2023 Baybee!!! Featuring canals, Renny Harlin & weird films even I don't like! #PrepareForPrattle To hear my thoughts on Day One & Day Two in 2023 listen to them here... https://pod.fo/e/17d689 & https://pod.fo/e/17d93e If you want to subscribe to Forbidden World's…
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Literature for Life: Pride and Prejudice with Rosemary Drescher
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In this episode, host Jess speaks with poet and retiree Rosemary Drescher about Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. We talk about relying on stories when we need to escape reality, creating a safe space with language and manners, and the importance of understanding and accepting ourselves to help us adapt to the world around us. If you would like to…
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Femme On Creatives: Misako Rocks! is back!
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The wonderful Misako Rocks! is back to discuss her new books, Learn Manga with Misako, with Ria and Indie Comic Spotlight host Tony Farina. Yep, it is another crossover episode! Find out more about Misako's work and her new books: www.misakorocks.com And you can enter a competition to win an original Misako drawing, whoop whoop! Find out more: http…
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200th Episode! Top 5 Best & Worst Films Covered On The Podcast W/ @IAmJACSMusings
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#PrattleWorld’s biggest fan JAC joins me again a 100 Episodes later for episode 200! This time we list our Top 5 Best & Worst Films Covered On The Podcast!! I wouldn’t be here without the support of my guests, listeners, friends & family who have been with me from the beginning just like JAC has and all the wonderful people we’ve picked up along th…
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Ria's questions: what seemingly normal thing freaks you out?
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It's time for Ria's questions again! In this episode, Ria asks the collective 'What seemingly normal thing freaks you out'. Are you well adjusted or are you more like Ria? How do you feel about dirty laundry baskets? Things touching your neck? Other people's hair? It's another great episode where we enjoy learning the weird things about each other!…
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Alyson speaks with George Ella Lyon (Kentucky Poet Laureate and author of the poem, Where I’m From) about many things including: the creative life, writing, the Celtic tree calendar, revisiting old work, her poem, Where I’m From and how it’s changed Alyson’s life and more! George Ella is funny, honest and engaging when talking about anything and he…
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Johnny Mnemonic (1995) W/ Georgina Ruth Hanmer
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Everyday living in a #Cyberpunk dystopia gets that much closer to becoming Science Fact rather than Science Fiction. Luckily #Neuromancer Georgina Ruth Hammer returns to defend her favourite cautionary tale #WilliamGibson’s #JohnnyMnemonic starring #KeanuReeves Join us as we discuss Ceefax Teletext, a naked #DolphLundgren & Munch Bunch yogurts mark…
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Actress Megan Hutchings is back, this time speaking to Tonya about how she was put on this planet to save dogs. In their conversation, she explains why it’s essential that we meet each other with love and respect to make the world better, how social media helps animal advocacy, and an easy way people can get involved without significant change to t…
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Welcome to Femme On Film! In this episode, Ria is joined by Ada, Suzan and Jen discuss Nida Manzoor's Polite Society. Polite Society is the story of two sisters, Ria and Lena Khan, as Lena gives up her dreams of becoming an artist and marry local heartthrob, Salim. Ria aspires to become a professional stunt performer and will do anything to save he…
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Alyson and Michelle Yang (author of forthcoming memoir, Phoenix Girl: How a Fat Asian with Bipolar Found Love from 5th Avenue Press) talk about the restaurant scene in the first episode of Mr. and Mrs. Smith (starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine) and a few others that subtly discuss and unpack the racism the two main characters live with everyda…
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Literature for Life: Becoming by Michelle Obama with Sindeka Mandoyi
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In this episode, Jess speaks with Sindeka Mandoyi, founder of the Chosi Chosi Book Club in Cape Town, South Africa. The book club is helping children in the local area to access books outside of school and to learn to read for meaning. Sindeka talks about her plans to expand the club, her own love of books and why Michelle Obama’s memoir Becoming m…
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Top 5 Films Featuring Full-Frontal Male Nudity W/ Ria Carrogan
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After years of waiting its finally time to #ReleaseTheDongs Femme On’s Ria Carrogan lets it all hang out while she lists her Top 5 Films Featuring Full-Frontal Male Nudity in order to balance the scales and the amount of fully nude men we see on screen compared to women. Join us as we discuss naked Nazis, LGBTQIA+ adopted films & this time Dan rant…
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Ria's questions reissue: Easter special - What's your best type of Easter egg?
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This episode was first publish on 7 April 2023. It's Easter! In this very special episode the collective discusses Easter egg chocolate. What is your favourite Easter chocolate? Do you think Jess should receive free Hotel Chocolat? Yeah, so do we. Have a wonderful Easter everyone! Answer more of Ria's questions are riasquestions.com Please do revie…
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Sharing The Silver Screen: Frankenhooker (1990) W/ Angry Andy Reviews
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Is #PoorThings a remake of #Frankenhooker? The short answer is no but there are some thematic similarities. After the majesty of #Gladiator @AngryAndyReviews & I return to the gutter! From the basket case that brought you #BasketCase #FrankHenenlotter brings us a surprisingly feminist Frankenstinian film! Join us as we discuss the male gaze, super …
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Ria's questions: Do you think you could punch a bird
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In this episode of Ria's questions, Ria asks "Do you think you could punch a bird?". Obviously, please don't punch birds, they are awesome and we should encourage more birds (apart from pigeons). Listen to the episode to discover why Ria asked this question and also learn why you shouldn't wear big sleeves. As always, we know there are so many podc…
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Join Ria as she talks with artist and illustrator Katie Bass about her inspiration, attending cons, the female gaze in art, and why diversity is important in art and illustration. And they even discuss Jane Austen! Find out more about Katie: https://www.katiebass.co.uk/ Follow Katie on Instagram: @k_bass_illustration…
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Eight Legged Freaks (2002) V.S. Big Ass Spider! (2013) W/ Maff
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Get ready as Maff brings us an Arach-Attack! They’re quite literally the biggest spiders you’ve ever seen, in another tongue in cheek #CloneBores comparison! As these #EightLeggedFreaks take on one #BigAssSpider! Come into my parlour said #SpiderDan to his #Prattalion as we discuss my Mum’s hoover technique, the internal mechanics of combustion eng…
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Tonya speaks with cartoonist and graphic artist MariNaomi about the origin of the Cartoonists of Color, Queer Cartoonists, and Disabled Cartoonists databases; who they help; and how some people try to take advantage of them. MariNaomi’s links: Website: https://marinaomi.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marinaomiart/ Facebook: https://www.f…
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This episode was first published on the Comics in Motion network on 13 April 2022 This episode, Ria and prattle master himself, Spider-Dan, discuss Kathryn Bigelow's first solo directorial film, Near Dark. Released in 1987, Near Dark is a vampire western that explores family, love and loyalty. Ria and Dan chat about how they discovered the film and…
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Alyson and Jessica Waite (author of the forthcoming memoir, The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards from Simon and Schuster) talk about the reunion scene in the 2015 film, Room (starring Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay). You can watch the scene HERE. Jessica and Alyson discuss crying and how they are both “criers.” This scene covers all different types o…
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Literature for Life and ADHD Cast: The Book Thief
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In this episode, our host Jess and author and friend of the podcast, Tony Farina continue their conversation about books they love, this time talking about Tony’s recommendation The Book Thief by Markus Zusack. It is hard to spoil this book, because the author tells you from the start what is going to happen, but we talk about some of the details a…
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Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow (2004) W/ Tony Farina
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#PrattleWorld calling #SkyCaptain! Spider-Dan calling Tony Farina! #TheWorldOfTomorrow needs you!! Grab your helmet, your goggles and dive-bomb into this steampunk retro-futuristic call back to the pulp serial adventures of yesteryear in #SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow. Join us as we discuss groundbreaking SFX, #TheRocketeer & #ChristinaAguilera’s…
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Femme On Creatives: Sarah Gristwood, Secret Voices: A Year of Women’s Diaries
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In this episode of Femme On Creatives, Ria and Alyson speak with author best-selling biographer, historian, and biographer Sarah Gristwood, a former film journalist committed to publicising women’s experiences. They discuss her newest book, Secret Voices: A Year of Women’s Diaries, a captivating collection of entries for every day of the year, look…
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Ria's questions: If you could go to any time/period in history and just observe, see all the best and worst bits but not interact/change the course of history what time would you go to?
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It's been a while but Ria's questions is back! This episode Ria asks: If you could go to any time/period in history and just observe, see all the best and worst bits but not interact/change the course of history what time would you go to?By Femme On
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Femme on Creatives with Emily Price of Be Our Princesses
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Ria speaks with Emily Price of Be Our Guest Princesses on the importance of creating magic in children's (and adults!) lives, how femininity is powerful and the challenges of running your own business. Emily shares some of the stories and challenges of making children's princess dreams come true and how princesses are for EVERYONE. Find out more ab…
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In this very special episode of Femme On Creatives, Ria speaks with Fine Cut host Alyson and healer, thinker, mother, and friend of the pod Kim Rowe. Ria wanted to speak with Alyson and Kim specifically about a framework they developed called 'Me, Shining' which focuses on female friendships and how they mirror parts of ourselves that we want to ha…
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Alyson sits down with costume designer Nola Chaters (Titans, Culprits, To Hold The Night and so many more) to talk about how she became a successful costume designer and to dive into storytelling and collaboration on the short film, To Hold The Night, which Alyson wrote. They talk quite a bit about the joy and the magic when a successful collaborat…
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Disney Discussions: a crossover podcast - episode 11: Basil the Great Mouse Detective and The Rescuers
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Sneaky little Valentine's Disney Discussions episode for you all! Femme On producer and the Disney Discussions Crew: Megan, Mike and Spier-Dan are all back for another Disney filled episode. It's episode 11 and it is Ria's choice. She based her picks on submissions to the tenth episode of Disney Discussions and a big dollop of nostalgia - Basil the…
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My Bloody Valentine (1981) V.S. My Bloody Valentine (2009) W/ Dan Burgess
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Happy Bloody #Valentines to the #Prattalion! #DanBurgess descends into the darkness with me, to stroke my nozzle while comparing both the original & remake of #MyBloodyValentine in all their blood pumping, heart pounding gory! Which film will succeed in winning hearts & mines and which deserves the shaft? Take your pick! Join us as we discuss Marga…
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