Podcast
Feminists Watching Action Movies
Hosted by FWAM · EN
Vanessa and Meagan, the ladies of Feminists Watching Action Movies (FWAM), agree on four things: (1) wine is delicious, (2) women are underrepresented or misrepresented in action movies, (3) action movies are awesome in spite of this, and (4) it is really hard to keep track of what day it is. Join them every other Monday as they discuss a new action movie.
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11: Point Break
Jul 27, 201500:46:54Tap to summarizeNo description available
Transcribe →10: Independence Day
Jul 18, 201500:49:19Tap to summarizeIn a very special episode, FWAM celebrates America the only way it knows how, by talking about Independence Day on Independence Day. Vanessa and Meagan manage to discuss Bill Pullman's presidential failures and how they would react to an alien invasion despite spending much of the episode marveling at the combined action hero hotness of Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum.
Transcribe →09: Twister
Jun 16, 201500:53:35Tap to summarizeIn their most heated/high stakes discussion yet, Meagan attempts to dismantle Vanessa's favorite childhood weather disaster film, Twister. Can the ladies have a mature debate about sexual harassment, the Bechdel test, and corporate sponsorship, or will the episode turn into an F5 of emotions and blind childhood loyalty?
Transcribe →08: Furious 7
Jun 2, 201500:54:29Tap to summarizeWith a promotional poster watching over the FWAM studio, Meagan and Vanessa attempt to reconcile their joy and grief while discussing Furious 7. Topics include impractical footwear, women in STEM, and three rounds of FMK.
Transcribe →07: The Fast and the Furious
May 31, 201500:44:37Tap to summarizeFWAM's first ever special guest, Kaitlyn, stops by to talk about the first ever Fast and Furious movie. While Meagan vows to defend her favorite franchise to the death, Vanessa and Kaitlyn discuss the male gaze and internalized misogyny. All of the ladies are subsequently sidetracked by Paul Walker, the logistics of driving a convertible without a hair elastic, and adults who eat tuna fish sandwiches with no crusts.
Transcribe →06: True Lies
May 19, 201500:41:54Tap to summarizeMeagan and Vanessa are able to cover guns (literally and figuratively), animals as action heroes, stalking behavior, women's fashions, and very expensive family therapy in a third of the time it takes True Lies to do anything. Note: All of this is done "In Perfect Arabic."
Transcribe →05: The Rock
May 19, 201500:46:30Tap to summarizeAfter a (not so?) startling confession, Vanessa and Meagan dive in to The Rock, where they encounter a dynamic "car" chase, a disturbingly fragile chemical weapons storage system, and a sex scene so horrifying that they almost call their first Nicholas Cage action film quits at about 30 minutes in.
Transcribe →04: Assault on Precinct 13
May 19, 201500:48:35Tap to summarizeMeagan and Vanessa watch Assault on Precinct 13, which is apparently the only New Year's Eve themed action film in existence, and are forced to confront the Worst Female Character Ever. The bitter cold that actually exists in the FWAM studio creeps into a discussion about obvious plot twists, Ethan Hawke's affinity for butterfly tattoos, and the Worst Rap Ever.
Transcribe →03: Die Hard
May 19, 201500:49:01Tap to summarizeThe Christmas season concludes with the Gold Standard in Christmas Action Movies, DIE HARD (all caps necessary). Vanessa and Meagan attempt to discuss the film's feminist issues, including working mothers and taking a man's name but are distracted by the inauguration of a new game, Vanessa's burning desire for Hans Gruber, and the difference between Family Ties and Family Matters.
Transcribe →02: The Long Kiss Goodnight
May 19, 201501:07:09Tap to summarizeThe Christmas season continues as Meagan and Vanessa watch The Long Kiss Goodnight, starring Real Life Feminist Hero Geena Davis. An intellectual and yet lighthearted discussion about what it means to be a "good" versus "bad" woman and Christmas decor as weaponry turns acrimonious when the ladies of FWAM begin to debate the film's various hairstyles.
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