Informed Attraction

You read that right. If you are being Jennifer Check for Halloween and you have pom-poms, you better unhinge your jaw, swallow them like a snake, and then pick up a color guard flag. This week, Mackenna and Aubrey are joined by Paul and Erika from That Aged Well to discuss Karyn Kusama and Diablo Cody's Jennifer's Body. This movie was made by women for women and girls and yet... the marketing folks over at Fox went... well, it's starring Megan Fox... so it must be stupid and for boys? WRONG. SO MUCH WRONG. 
Hosted by: Mackenna Goodrich (she/they; @mack3nna) and Dr. Aubrey Hoffer, PHd (she/her; @hoff.phd)Guests: Paul Caiola & Erika Villalba @thatagedwellPATREON LAUNCHING EARLY NOVEMBER: https://www.patreon.com/c/InformedAttraction
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The world according to... us? This week, Mackenna and Aubrey are discussing Stephen King's story Carrie and its many adaptations. You will all be so shocked to hear that we have a lot of big feelings about the fact that Carrie is supposed to be fat and yet, we've never gotten a fat Carrie on film. And thus, the big question we are asking this episode is... why is that? Why don't any of these directors think the story works if Carrie is fat? And also... the last few minutes are about the musical, we love musicals, folks. Apologies for the audio issues on Mackenna's track - Mike Flanagan or Brian de Palma tried to silence our truth!
Hosted by: Mackenna Goodrich (she/they; @mack3nna) and Dr. Aubrey Hoffer, PHd (she/her; @hoff.phd)
Logo design: Freya SierraTheme Music: Josh CapatiPATREON LAUNCHING EARLY NOVEMBER: https://www.patreon.com/c/InformedAttraction
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Today, we are continuing our conversation about Frankenstein with a discussion of its major adaptations. Mackenna and Aubrey (primarily) discuss Frankenstein (1931), Young Frankenstein (1974), Frankenstein (2025) and the National Theatre adaptation of Frankenstein from 2011. We talk a lot about the choices all of these notably male adaptors made in translating Shelley's work and what we'd like to see in a future adaptation. And also, we try to figure out wtf happened to Frankenstein, M.D.? TW: Extensive discussion of sexual assault from 1:34:00-1:40:30. (And if you're like... in an episode about adaptations of Frankenstein, a book that has no explicit sexual violence? YEP.)
Hosted by: Mackenna Goodrich (she/they; @mack3nna) and Dr. Aubrey Hoffer, PHd (she/her; @hoff.phd)
Logo design: Freya SierraTheme Music: Josh Capati
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Listening notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTMnrwinL5uQ4U7kObvsAzdfe074-uUOEiysG2beTWyagp4M5JLrD_lv9fkLiPZXTh9gsLPt-ypGnRJ/pub

Happy spooky season! Today, we are kicking off a two part series on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Mackenna and Aubrey discuss the book and its major themes. And everyone will be shocked to hear that they spend a lot of time talking about masculinity and the male loneliness epidemic. But also, we spend a good bulk of the essay talking about Susan Stryker's essay about transgender rage. Thank you to listener Alyssa for sending that along! Also, we are joined today by a cast of talented actors to bring the words of Mary Shelley, Charles E. Robinson, and Susan Stryker to life. Thank you my friends for helping us out <3 
Hosted by: Mackenna Goodrich (she/they; @mack3nna) and Dr. Aubrey Hoffer, PHd (she/her; @hoff.phd)Voice cast:Charles E. Robinson: Bennett Clarkson (@bennettclarkson)Mary Shelley: Aubrey HofferVictor Frankenstein: Michael Ortiz (@mctease)Susan Stryker: Annie Grey Smith (@annie.mae.smith)The Creature: A.J. Ditty (@thefuzzymaskedman)Robert Walton: Nicholas Louis Turturro (@nickturturro01)
Logo design: Freya SierraTheme Music: Josh Capati
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Listening notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQ6LbxWvV1a8XVqrgU15K34zjne-6ju2-NEKSJi4_CVcJO85kQOm3BI0I1ZiyfQBFbaG5oR_Jb9hgTi/pub

Today, we pick up with the other Gilmore Girl: Rory, a girl who probably should have just been a literature professor, but instead stole a boat. We talk through her relationship with her mother, her friends (namely, Paris and Lane), and all the boys she dated and spoilers, did not end up with!Hosted by: Mackenna Goodrich (she/they; @mack3nna) and Dr. Aubrey Hoffer, PHd (she/her; @hoff.phd)
Logo design: Freya SierraTheme Music: Josh Capati
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I was a little chilly when I went outside today, which means it is time for Gilmore Girls! Over the next two episodes, we will be talking about the two titular Gilmore Girls. Today, we are starting with Lorelai Gilmore, a mother and a mommy. We talk through her relationship with her daughter, her parents, and all the boys she's kissed before. And Aubrey uhhhh really loves Max Medina.  **The previous intro glitched out and a new version should be fixed now :) Hosted by: Mackenna Goodrich (she/they; @mack3nna) and Dr. Aubrey Hoffer, PHd (she/her; @hoff.phd)
Logo design: Freya SierraTheme Music: Josh Capati
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Nice. Last week, we discussed the relationship between beauty and representations of parents in media. This week, we're getting stupid with it. Aubrey and Mackenna are joined by the good lads from Breaking Mayberry to place four hot fictional parent couples into a bracket to answer the question: which couple would be the best to have a threesome with? And I'm gonna be real... I don't think you're going to guess who we picked. 
Hosted by: Mackenna Goodrich (she/they; @mack3nna) and Dr. Aubrey Hoffer, PHd (she/her; @hoff.phd)Guests: Marty Schneider (he/him) and Dan Ludwig (he/him) @breakingmayberry
Logo design: Freya SierraTheme Music: Josh Capati
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This week, Mackenna and Aubrey examine the question "why are so many parents on TV hot?" And why does Hollywood love to kill off a mom? They also dissect how media uses attractiveness to inform the audience about how good of a parent someone is. And they pitch a hot new TV show starring Aubrey and [redacted hot Hollywood man.] This is a real grab bag of an episode, folks, so get grabbin'! Hosted by: Mackenna Goodrich (she/they; @mack3nna) and Dr. Aubrey Hoffer, PHd (she/her; @hoff.phd)
Logo design: Freya SierraTheme Music: Josh Capati
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This a Marathon stan podcast now. Besides that, Aubrey and Mackenna are joined by Josh Boerman of The Worst of All Possible Worlds and Ill Conceived to discuss where the internet is now in regards to women in gaming. They discuss The Last of Us, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Marathon, Baldur's Gate III, and a whole host of other games. And unfortunately, Mackenna and Josh teach Aubrey who Asmongold and Grummz are. 
Hosted by: Mackenna Goodrich (she/they; @mack3nna) and Dr. Aubrey Hoffer, PHd (she/her; @hoff.phd)Guest: Josh Boerman (he/him; @bosh.worstpossible.world)
Logo design: Freya SierraTheme Music: Josh CapatiPATREON LAUNCHING EARLY NOVEMBER: https://www.patreon.com/c/InformedAttraction
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Mackenna yells a lot into the microphone this week. Which is surprising because this week's topic is the completely uncontroversial conversation surrounding women in video games. We track the hot girls of the video game boom of the 90s (like Tomb Raider's Lara Croft) through the downfall of booth bathes all the way to the rise of the alt-right, aka a little thing called Gamergate. 
Hosted by: Mackenna Goodrich (she/they; @mack3nna) and Dr. Aubrey Hoffer, PHd (she/her; @hoff.phd)
Logo design: Freya SierraTheme Music: Josh Capati
Send us an email at informedattraction@gmail.comListening notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSiD0hEVps8kgSM-8z39Mt4eS6VyDPG-zxXUxWuV-G2FmF-tMBDvmZKCjcBa8U23tq_SC_ZregdqDaK/pub