Chasing Amy: Deep Thoughts About Bi-Erasure, Neurodivergence, and Well-Meaning White Men in Pop Culture

Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. Your mother’s a tracer!Emily was very confused by the 1997 film Chasing Amy when she was an undiagnosed neurodivergent 18-year-old–in part because she was (and still is) crap at reading subtext and in part because the film accidentally illuminates the reality of bi-erasure. This week, Emily tells Tracie about what this well-meaning film about a cis-het white man learning to let go of his insecurities gets right about LGBTQ representation in pop culture, what it gets wrong, and how it reinforces the gendered division of emotional labor in textual and metatextual ways. The sisters also talk about the documentary Chasing Chasing Amy by Sav Rodgers that really helps contextualize the good and bad of this film and the era in which it was made. Finally, both Guy girls agree that Ben Affleck’s Holden really is mid.If you’ve ever wondered what a Nubian is, throw on your earbuds and take a listen.CW: Mentions of homophobia, homophobic bullying, Harvey Weinstein, and sexual assaultMentioned in this episode:Sav Rodgers: The Rom-Com That Saved My Life TED TalkChasing Chasing Amy: A Film by Sav RodgersOur theme music is "Professor Umlaut" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Learn more about Tracie and Emily (including our other projects), join the Guy Girls' family, secure exclusive access to bonus episodes, video versions, and early access to Deep Thou​​ghts by visiting us on Patreon or find us on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/guygirlsWe are the sister podcasters Tracie Guy-Decker and Emily Guy Birken, known to our extended family as the Guy Girls.We're hella smart and completely unashamed of our overthinking prowess. We love 80s and 90s movies and tv, science fiction, comedy, and murder mysteries, good storytelling with lots of dramatic irony, analyzing film tropes with a side of feminism, and examining the pop culture of our Gen X childhood for gender dynamics, psychology, sociology, religious allegory, and whatever else we find. We have super-serious day jobs. For the bona fides, visit our individual websites: tracieguydecker.com and emilyguybirken.com. For our work together, visit guygirlsmedia.com We are on socials! Find us on Facebook at fb.com/dtasspodcast and on Insta at instagram.com/guygirlsmedia. You can also email us at guygirlsmedia at gmail dot com. We would love to hear from you!