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Bitch, Why?
by Neeta Thadani & Gaia Malin
Two bitches talking about books, movies, plays and all other kinds of art made by humans, for the rest of the bitches out there. Hosted by Neeta Thadani and Gaia Malin, (the aficionado art critics that white, cis, heterosexuals don't want you to know about) this podcast asks the essential question of the media we consume: bitch, why did you make that?
Episodes
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RuPaul's Drag Race: RuPaul, Sashay Away
This week, we bring Cameron on to explain RuPaul’s Drag Race to Neeta, who has never seen a single episode (sorry I’m a bad queer y’all!). Cameron recaps the origins of the show, from the first few seasons on to how we got to the Drag Race empire we have now. Neeta and Cameron discuss the...
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WandaVision: Let Women Be Evil
In our final episode with Alyssa, we talk all things WandaVision (cue literally any of the seven WandaVision theme songs)! Neeta was forced to watch all of WandaVision in one nine hour sitting by Alyssa, something they will not let Alyssa forget. We discuss whether or not the WandaVision sitcoms...
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Loki: Tom Hiddleston, Call Me
Our special guest, Alyssa, is back this week to talk Loki and all the “wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff” that happened this season! We, of course, compare this show to Doctor Who and Neeta explains why Marvel is incapable of telling good queer stories. We get R-Rated in Bitch Time, Alyssa…
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Black Widow: Baby’s First Bourne Movie
In order to give Gaia a little break from having to consume Marvel content, we have a special guest this week to talk about Black Widow: resident Marvel expert and Neeta’s oldest friend, Alyssa Mendoza! We cover Scarlett Johannson’s lawsuit against Disney (Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know...
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Jennifer’s Body: Should We Kiss?
We covered Jennifer’s Body this week to celebrate a whole year of ‘Bitch, Why?’! We start out listing all the amazing songs that have come out recently and have a moment solely dedicated to discussing Princess Diana. Neeta and Gaia get into everything Jennifer’s Body from Megan Fox’s career to...
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In The Heights: Get Me Away From Realism
This week we covered the new film adaptation of Lin Manuel Miranda’s superior musical In The Heights. Gaia gives us some sweet Sour Patch Kids bag opening ASMR, Neeta cries about community and being from an immigrant family, and we are almost forced to give Lin Manuel Miranda his flowers for this...
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Pirates of the Caribbean Part 2: Will Turner Eats Pussy
Be sure to leave us a review and email us at [email protected] if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod! @Off_SarahLouise on Twitter @officialsarahlouise on Instagram Follow the Pod: @bitchwhypodcast on Instagram @bitchwhypodcast on Twitter Follow...
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Luca: Run Away With Me (On A Vespa)
Happy Pride Month yet again bitches! This week, we covered Luca, quite literally the gayest movie Pixar has ever made! Gaia’s voice was mostly gone and our internet was barely working but we still got this episode out especially for you! We kick off the episode with the revelation that Gaia…
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Cruella: Capitalism Meets Camp
Happy Pride Month bitches, we covered Cruella this week! Gaia and Neeta get right to talking about how conflicting it was to like this movie and whether or not Disney is able to accurately portray queer stories, given their long history of queer coding villains. We discuss what makes this movie...
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Pirates of the Caribbean Part 1: Am I Hungover or Am I Still Drunk?
This week we have very special guest and pirate nerd, Sarah Louise, who will cover all the Pirates movies with us over the course of this series! Drunk, high, and stone cold sober, we analyze the first Pirates movie, Curse of the Black Pearl, it’s development history, and it’s position as one of...
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Sour: Everyone Can Be a Teenage Girl
Bitch, Why? is back with Season 2 baby and we are kicking off this new start with Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album, Sour! I mean, how could we not cover this? We have been talking about Miss Olivia for MONTHS now. We discuss which songs are our favorite, how women are treated in the music industry…
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Genderbent Twilight: Everything's Better With Women
This week, we covered Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined by Stephenie Meyer in the SAME ROOM. We know we said we were done with Twilight but we just could not resist talking about it again for our first in-person episode! We have way too much fun terrorizing Cameron with the gender bent Twilight...
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Midnight Sun: White Men Go To Therapy Challenge
This week, we wrapped up our deep dive into the Twilight Saga with Stephenie Meyer’s latest addition into the canon, ‘Midnight Sun’! We kick off the episode with Neeta’s very valid crush on Seth Rogen, Gaia’s latest farm endeavor, and some book recommendations! Gaia and Neeta discuss what it felt...
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Raya and the Last Dragon: Queerbait But Make It Diverse
This week, we cover Disney's latest princess movie, Raya and the Last Dragon. Be sure to leave us a review and email us at [email protected] if you have a topic you want us to cover (or just to say hi)! We’ll read them on the pod! Follow the Pod: @bitchwhypodcast on Instagram @bitchwhypodcast on...
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Twilight Part 2: Team Bella Becoming a Vampire
This week, we FINALLY return to our Twilight series, covering the second two installments of the Twilight Saga, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn! We, of course, cover Jasper being a Confederate soldier, the birth scene, and how Edward was able to impregnate Bella (there’s venom in vampire semen. YIKES)....
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BONUS: Hamilton: An Interview with Camelia de los Ángeles Muñiz
As a special bonus treat, we release the interview we did in July with our friend, Camelia about all things Puerto Rico, Lin Manuel Miranda, and Hamilton! Digressions include Zac Efron, Broadway lotteries, and Bad Bunny. Resources: Puerto Rico Earthquake Relief Direct Relief Stop Letting the Rich...
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The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson Doesn’t Hate Us
This week, we covered the first Percy Jackson & The Olympians book, The Lightning Thief, written by Rick Riordan! We start the episode talking about the Meghan and Harry interview with Oprah and Gaia gives us more Pirates of the Caribbean content! Neeta and Gaia use this episode as an excuse to...
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: The ‘Driver’s License’ of Books
This week, we covered the Hunger Games prequel book, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, written by Madame Suzanne Collins! We start the episode talking about how much we love Dolly Parton and Gaia gushes over their longing to be Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom’s third (a possible Pirates of…
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Twilight Part 1: One Man's Trash is Another Man's Glitter
This week, we covered the first two installments of the Twilight Saga, Twilight and New Moon! We start the episode discussing misconceptions about how acting works and why Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson were unfairly maligned for their performances in these movies. Gaia talks about the...
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Hunger Games: When Revolutions Become Un-Revolutionary
This week, we covered The Hunger Games franchise, Suzanne Collins’ YA Dystopian Masterpiece! We start the episode talking about tarot cards, maligned women, and how history should not be perceived in a binary. We get into how the Hunger Games movies are a direct contradiction to themes of the…
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Bridgerton: When You're Sexy, You Don't Have to Be Interesting
This week, we covered Bridgerton, Shonda Rhimes’ Regency Gossip Girl straight sex fest! Of course we must (and do) gush over Madame Olivia Rodrigo’s masterpiece “Drivers License” and why adults should simply leave the kiddos alone. We get into the politics that Bridgerton doesn’t have the energy…
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The Prom: The Homophobia is Coming from Inside the House
This week, we covered The Prom, a musical-to-movie adaptation directed by Ryan Murphy. We get into how this movie fails at adapting from the source material, why it doesn’t qualify as “camp”, and whether or not straight people can play gay roles. We, of course, discuss the controversial James...
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Wonder Woman 1984: Coup d'é-Cheetah
This week, we covered Wonder Woman 1984 and if Queen’s Gambit represented how we felt going into the first week of the new year, Wonder Woman 1984 definitely represents how this year is currently going. We get into the implications of the Steve Trevor body swap, how this movie fails because of…
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Queen’s Gambit: Chess Has Always Been Sexy
For our first episode of the new year, we covered Netflix’s overnight success, Queen’s Gambit! We start the episode by talking about Gaia’s next farm adventure and Neeta pulls a tarot card for 2021! We get into discussion of the show by talking about how it became successful so fast, how starved…
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Halloween: Bury Your Banh Mi
This week, we covered Halloween, from our Horror Franchise Showdown in October, with Harris of Harris’ Hot Takes! We start the episode talking about ski lift accidents and bleak video games and then open up a discussion about Halloween (1978) and Halloween (2018) and whether or not Michael Meyers...
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Die Hard: Inside the Mind of a Centrist
This week, we covered Die Hard, the most action-packed Christmas movie out there. Truly this is our most chaotic episode yet: Gaia just got their wisdom teeth taken out, everyone mixed up the time zones, and Neeta accidentally punched Cameron in the face. Take a shot every time Gaia screams!! We...
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Happiest Season: Lesbian ‘Get Out’
Y’all asked for it so here it is! This week we covered the Hulu produced Christmas rom-com, Happiest Season starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis, directed by Cleo DuVall! We start the episode talking about gnomes, stripper poles, bleeping out the term “white men'' and the [REDACTEDS] in…
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IT Part 2 with Adelynn: Everyone Talks About the Child Orgy But No One Talks About the Sociopath Handjobs
This week, we’re finally back with special guest and resident twink, Adelynn Anderson to finish off our series on IT! Gaia is home from the farm and we have finished reading the monster of a book that is the IT Novel just in time to recap the entire thing for Adelynn. We start off the episode...
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BONUS: Short Films with Daniel - “Merry Christmas, Here’s a Gender Crisis”
This week, Gaia left the farm, so while they get settled in at home, Neeta interviews Playwright and friend of the pod, Daniel Holzman, about the short films they have been working on all semester! They talk about how they met at school and what they’re snacking on, going off on tangents about...
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BONUS: Twinkology with Adelynn - The Gang Rants About Repressed Gay Bitches
This week, Gaia was super busy on the farm so Neeta and Adelynn used this bonus episode as an opportunity to ask Adelynn some questions! We start this episode off talking about Wendy Williams’ performance on The Masked Singer and then ask Adelynn questions submitted by our listeners. We discuss…
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IT Part 1 with Adelynn: The Hate Crime Clown Movies
This week, we’re back with special guest and resident twink, Adelynn Anderson to talk about her second favorite franchise where Finn Wolfhard plays a closeted gay kid in the 80’s, IT Chapters 1 and 2. This episode was recorded in the middle of the election and gets off to a very chaotic start as…
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Stranger Things Part 2 with Adelynn: The Stranger Things Problem
This week, we’re back with guest and resident twink, Adelynn Anderson to talk about seasons 2 and 3 of Stranger Things! We finally address the long awaited, highly anticipated “Stranger Things Problem”! Gaia starts the episode talking about repressing memories from their senior year of high…
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Stranger Things Part 1 with Adelynn: The Demogorgon is Homophobic
This week, we have special guest and resident twink, Adelynn Anderson! We start on a tangent about hot animated characters, Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Adelynn’s saga with how she got into Stranger Things. We talk about the pitfalls of television writing and the throuple we wish was canon...
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Midsommar V. Hereditary: It’s the Keening for Me
This week, we talked about Ari Aster’s ~filmography~ Hereditary and Midsommar! We talk about why Ari Aster loves to make movies with white women sobbing. We say the phrase “white man” SO many times that we literally have Cameron bleep it out. We talk about everything that makes these films so...
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Horror Movies with Harris: Just the Tip
This week, we talk about horror movies with Harris of our Harris’s Hot Takes segment! Neeta and Harris talk about what got them into horror, why they keep going back and the horror movie tropes they like and dislike! Harris unpacks some ~family trauma~ and he and Neeta talk about their hopes for...
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Parasite: White People Learn How to Read Subtitles Challenge
This week, we had our listeners decide what piece of art we should cover and y’all chose Bong Joon-ho’s Academy-Award winning, genre-bending, MASTERPIECE Parasite. We kick this episode off with a wild tangent on organic farming, restoring golf courses and ultimately decide we will be starting a...
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High School Musical: It's Kenny Ortega's World, We’re Just Living In It
This week, we cover the High School Musical trilogy! Neeta and Gaia get into their High School Musical related trauma and the gay awakenings that transpired from the ‘iconique’ “I Don’t Dance” sequence from High School Musical 2. We get into who the real villain of the series is and the way High...
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BONUS: The Lion King (2019) - "It's Lion Hamlet But It's Also Not"
Following our episode on Mulan (2020) we felt that now was the perfect time to release the first episode we ever recorded that just so happens to be on another Disney Remake, Lion King (2019). This episode is different from the norm, but that’s on growth and figuring out a structure! You’ll hear...
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Boycott Mulan (2020): Say "Chi" One More Time!
This week, we cover Mulan (2020) following its release on Disney Plus. We get into all the controversy surrounding the film and our critical feelings about it! Take a shot every time Neeta mentions diaspora! Take a shot every time Gaia makes a "Reflection" reference! No one knows why we started...
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Black Panther: Chadwick Forever
This week, we cover Black Panther in light of Chadwick Boseman’s sudden passing. We honor him and talk about the impact of his performances, specifically his performance as Black Panther and what it means to see a Black superhero save the world. Despite the heartbreak, we get up to some...
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Into the Spider-Verse Part 1: Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse
This week, we cover one of our favorite movies, Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse, as a lovely little palate cleanser before we get into our three-part series on Twilight. We gush over everything from the stylization to the animation to the SOUNDTRACK. We attempt to unpack the significance of...
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BONUS: Taylor Swift - "folklore is gay because i say it is."
During research for our previous episode (The Taylor Swift Incident), Neeta had so many emotions dealing with Post Taylor Swift Stress Disorder (PTSSD) and decided to interview friend and Taylor Swift fan, Kenzie. They talk about how they each got into Taylor Swift, the previously alluded to…
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Taylor Swift: Look What You Made Us Do
This week we talk about Taylor Swift and her recent album, "Folklore", with a special guest: our editor, Cameron! We realize that we probably should never do an episode on a person ever again because it feels weird to give human beings a Bitch Meter score? We discover that all three of us have…
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BONUS: No Thoughts, Head Empty (Conversations with Katherine) - "Look at My Wand Collection!"
In our new bonus series, ‘No Thoughts, Head Empty’ we interview our friend, Katherine about Harry Potter, cosplay, conventions, and our WAND COLLECTIONS. Supplement the intellectual thoughts from our ‘Bitch, Why?’ episodes with some Real Smooth Brain Hours! Get ready for some absolute foolery as...
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Harry Potter Part 3: She Didn't Do That. We Did That.
This week, we finally wrap up the backwards car crash that is Joanne’s (gasp) career with our thoughts on the Harry Potter books. We got really sad in this one, folks, so be prepared. Gaia calls in from a farm in Maine and we talk about how to continue being Harry Potter fans by focusing on fan...
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Jojo Rabbit: Being a Nazi is Bad But Also Stupid
This week, we cover Jojo Rabbit and recreate the 3-hour long drunk conversation we had on the floor of Gaia’s apartment. But this time, we did not fight once! After attempting to record this episode three times, we finally wore each other down enough to have a GOOD, WHOLESOME CONVERSATION. We...
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Harry Potter Part 2: A Very Cursed Child Musical
In the second episode of our three part series on Harry Potter, we out ourselves as people who have read fan fiction (sorry, not sorry!), screech about our Deep and Profound love of college theater and get extremely confused about the plot of Cursed Child (we still can’t really tell you what...
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Hamilton: The Obama of Musicals
This week, Gaia and Neeta cover Hamilton in light of its recent release on Disney Plus. We talk about Lin Manuel Miranda’s treatment of Puerto Rico, how Hamilton was a product of its time, and whether or not immigrants have to get the job done (can’t we just like…live?). We discuss the extremely...
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What's Up Bitches?!
Welcome to Bitch, Why? where we bitch about books, movies, plays and all other kinds of art made by humans, for the rest of the bitches out there! Hosts, Gaia Malin and Neeta Thadani, give you an itty bitty sneak preview of what will be covered on their brand new podcast, gushing about their…
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Harry Potter Part 1: Fantastic TERF Wars and Where to Find Them
In the first of this three part series on the Harry Potter franchise, we take a deep dive into the backwards car wreck that is JK Rowling’s career, starting with a deconstruction of Joanne and the Extremely Transphobic Essay and the two 'Fantastic Beasts' movies. We denounce Aurors AKA Wizard…
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Two bitches talking about books, movies, plays and all other kinds of art made by humans, for the rest of the bitches out there. Hosted by Neeta Thadani and Gaia Malin, (the aficionado art critics that white, cis, heterosexuals don't want you to know about) this podcast asks the essential question of the media we consume: bitch, why did you make that?
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