3.10 First Encounters of the Close Kind

Put on your shower sandals and hang a Starry Night poster in your dorm cause we’re going to college in season 3, episode 10 “First Encounters of the Close Kind” (Original airdate December 15th, 1999. Written by Leslie Ray and directed by Greg Prange). Of all the slime creatures to torment our gang, we meet a banged monster named A.J. that out slimes em all! Plus we get perennial teen Biance Lawson in the Capeside mix and a rare glimpse of Boston’s thriving gay buses. Board our gay bus on twitter (@dawsons_creeps) and instagram (@dawsonscreeps). Our antiracism doc is linked on insta and you can listen to our Spotify playlist Dawson’s Creeps - Do You Want to Dance Tomorrow while you cheerfully murder a TA. I concur!The Ol’ Creek Link RoundupIn DISHONOR of the secret of the patronizing, racist ooze aka A.J. please consider purchasing something from this resource list of native owned brands. In the actual frozen wasteland that is New England and not North Carolina, one of these blankets would go down a treat.It’s not directly related but you can also see the blog post about stereotypes and racist mascots Gabby wrote for her old job here. It includes a reference to the documentary Reel Injun which was directed by a native filmmaker and has some good commentary on stereotypes and white washing specifically. Even if you’re not “into pigs now” like Gabby, there’s plenty of other subjects depicted in the lovely and vibrant prints available from black artist Tabitha Brown on Etsy. As a born and bread Masshole, Gabby has visited the Alcott Orchard house in Concord several times and read multiple LMA biographies but her fave is Marmee and Louisa: The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother by Eve LaPlante. Really get to see how much LMA’s dad was a Joey’s dad style dipshit.Zoe endorses Maya Deren’s At Land while Gabby was failing to remember the title of Meshes of the Afternoon. Both well worth your surreal and dreamy time.Inside the Thrilling, Chaotic Writers’ Room of Dawson’s CreekText us!Support the show