Join us on this trip down memory lane and into the forests of Forks as we examine Twilight, the enormously loved and extremely reviled YA vampire series! The post Episode ...

Hope you're ready for some mood ping-pong this week as we both consumed very different kinds of media. Only God can judge us (especially Missy). The post WWBUT 57 – ...

We're taking a closer look at the James Bond film franchise, and more specifically the early Sean Connery days. What kind of cultural context gave birth to these films? Is ...

We're sorry, we just cannot stop talking about spicy topics! In this case, it's sexual chemistry, Dirty Dancing, and (in non-spicy content), Cruella. The post WWBUT 56 – Bumping and ...

Sometimes you just have to get on a surrealist train to learn more about empathy, and that's just a fact. We're talking about Infinity Train, an animated series about growth, ...

Wow, what a wholesome time we're having! Absolutely nothing untoward happens in this episode! The post WWBUT 55 – Spice Rating appeared first on FAKE GEEK GIRLS.

Brooding boys, lots of blood, and the peak of 2009 fashion—it's time to take a closer look at seasons 1 - 4 of The Vampire Diaries. The post Episode 156 ...

It's time for Missy to wax poetic about Carmen Maria Machado again, for Merri to talk about knife girls, and for the two of us to sigh fondly over how ...

We hope you like Keats, because he's back for another round. We're talking about Philip Pullman's The Subtle Knife, the second book in the His Dark Materials series! The post ...

It's time for jazz, a long discussion of YA fiction, and Val Kilmer. The post WWBUT 53 – The Sexy Flight Attendant Musical appeared first on FAKE GEEK GIRLS.

Cult film Donnie Darko is notorious (get it?) for being a labyrinthine narrative of time travel, teen angst, and destruction. But is there something more beneath the surface? The post ...

Welcome to the first installment of Merri's book club, where Missy reads the books Merri read a month ago because Merri bought them for her. The post WWBUT 52 – ...

It's time to dive into The Lighthouse, meaning we're talking about Freud, Jung, and myth, and seeing how many times we can say "phallus" in 1.5 hours! The post Episode ...

Grammar tips and spicy monster opinions: that's the WWBUT way! The post WWBUT 51 – Pros and King Kongs appeared first on FAKE GEEK GIRLS.

Join us as we take a look at Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass! We're talking a little about Milton, a little about religion, and a whole lot about the process ...

Missy watches a bad movie, Merri reads good books, and we are both baffled by the college admissions scandal. The post WWBUT 50 – A Mansion of Bone and Rosemary ...

Join us as we take a look at the Borderlands series, exploring its roots in urban fantasy, Celtic fairy stories, and the concepts of heterotopias! The post Episode 151 – ...

Missy watches some garbage, Merri does not. That's the WWBUT way. The post WWBUT 40 – Spilling Blood Everywhere appeared first on FAKE GEEK GIRLS.

We're talking about Rebels' function in the larger Star Wars franchise and how this series was the proving ground for some of the Disney era's best elements. The post Episode ...

Anti-rom-coms, terrible video game rip-offs, and a discussion about how people respond to female characters in fantasy fiction—exactly what you expect from us. The post WWBUT 48 – Nicholas Cage ...