Like a Virgin
A new pop culture podcast with a mix of news, cultural criticism, and comedy through a queer-trans lens, hosted by Fran Tirado and Rose Dommu. Though they are best friends now, Fran and Rose grew up very differently. Fran was a cult-ish, sheltered Christian camp counselor and Rose had a penchant for writing deranged fanfiction. Now they’re both godless heathens taking a look back at the formative classics that popped their cherries and made them who they are. Each week, the show starts off with a breakdown of the week’s pop culture news, then does a deep dive into one cultural object that one of them might be experiencing for the first time. They’ll also invite writers, comedians, activists, and entertainers to help them break it down. Follow @rosedommu and @fransquishco on Instagram and Twitter.
Episodes
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- What the hell did Fran win a (regional) Emmy for?
- We must prepare for war (Girls reboot)
- Kelly Clarkson is beefing with a “curiosity shop” slash luxury magic boutique
- Why Troye Sivan is the Only F*gg*t Pop Star
- Is Amazon’s Carrie Certified Doodoo Caca?
- C...
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- Our commenters have really strong feelings about latte art
- Gothic Renaissance NYC is our chosen family
- Batman production halted; so begins our hunger strike
- Fran & Rose have agreed to direct Batman Part 2
- Our [SPOILER FREE] review of Club Kid by Jordan Firstman
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- A Gleeboot Ryan Murphy wrote “an hour ago”
- Tinashe sampling the worst song in Gaga’s catalogue
- Poly representation on Great British Baking Show
- An Atlantis live-action remake — but who plays Tarzan?
- A Sleeping Beauty “inspired” adaptation
- Read more
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Subscribe to our Patreon for twice-monthly deep-dive bonus episodes!
Coming up this month on Patreon, we’ll excavate the hidden gems and gay interest lore of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry. patreon.com/LikeaVirgin
Our free episode this week is a two-part review of:
- HOPE: The highs and lows of the largest American release of a Korean film since Parasite — a 2 hour, 47 minute monster-chasing gag&...
Subscribe to our Patreon for an upcoming deep dive two-parter on Dolly Parton and Tim Curry: patreon.com/LikeaVirgin
This free episode discusses:
- Shallow thoughts on surviving gay 9/11 (ahead of deeper thoughts on Dolly/Tim on Patreon)
- This podcast does not formally recognize the passing of racist Instagram backdrop designer Yayoi Kusama
- Galliano and the hypocrisy of the...
No new episode this week as we are recovering from Doll Invasion, but that means you get a special treat: one of our Patreon bonus episodes! We release two of these a month, so subscribe now and get more of us in your ears!
Refer to our free post on Patreon to see photos of each dress and superlative category:
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Best Disney Dresses, Ranked
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Worst Dress
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Best Separates
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Unconventional Materials Challenge
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Tboy Swag
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C...
Next week, we will be discussing nothing but Dolly Parton. This episode, recorded hours before the passing of the one and only Dolly Parton, features the following:
- Why everyone should come to Doll Invasion
- The Ren Faire docuseries just might get us to reconsider the documentary genre
- Our X3 viewing
- Recent casting controversy in the upcoming Har...
This episode discusses two films we’ve lovingly labeled as the “queer homework” genre. Both films are about sex, and some kind of unlocking, and both films are very firmly in an indie filmmaker canon for the Criterion-enjoyer:
- Jane Schoenbrun's Sex & Death at Camp Miasma
- and Gregg Araki’s I Want Your Sex
It’s a Girls Girling episode! Rose and Fran conduct unstructured gossip and the latest in culture. For highly researched deep-dive episodes twice a month, subscribe at Patreon.com/LikeAVirgin
This week, we discuss:
- Baela get your gun! And more on the House of Dragon S3 finale
- Titane’s place in the trans canon
- Is Muriel’s Wedding better than the Odyssey? ...
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You are listening to the free episode of Like a Virgin. For bimonthly bonus episodes, head on over to our Patreon. Our most recent bonus episode was an Action Movie Diva Smackdown — bracket style!
On week’s episode we discuss:
- Fran’s current planning phase for Dol...
A jam-packed episode devoted solely to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey — and the original Homeric text? You’re welcome! Stories are so powerful.
Love the deep dive discussion? You’re only getting half the story! Head to patreon.com/likeavirgin for twice-monthly bonus episodes where we tend to do more of the excavational analysis.
In this episode we discuss:
- Why there was no butt sex i...
A juicy episode on the main feed this week discussing the transgender undertones of John Early’s Maddie’s Secret.
Love the free episode? You’re only getting half the story! Head to patreon.com/likeavirgin for twice-monthly bonus episodes.
On this week’s free episode we discuss:
- How to enjoy John Early’s Maddie’s Secret when some of its comedic sensibility rests on a ...
Subscribe to bonus episodes on patreon.com/likeavirgin - this month, jam-packed dive into Madonna’s Confessions 1 and 2.
On this week’s free episode we discuss:
- Going to Club Confessions
- God Tier Madonna Remixes
- The Xmen reboot HATES women ?
- Avatar: the Last Airbender live action is the most unfunny shit!
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This is a free episode of Like a Virgin! Support our independent work and get bonus episodes and ad-free episodes on Patreon.com/LikeAVirgin !
- Rose is a recent Sniffies convert thanks to Sniffiesvangelist Fran
- A gay history of a circulating meme featuring photo-chopped Madonna from 2006 that’s weirdly entwined with Rose and Fran’s career
- Rose and Fran’s...
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This week, we discuss:
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Why you should listen to our latest bonus episode “Best Disney Dresses” on Patreon.com/LikeAVirgin
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Recent viewings of:
This week we discuss:
- Rose met Zohran and now they’re in a nonhierarchal poly structure
- House of Dragon S3: MILF porn?
- The State of Olivia Rodrigo, and why her music is for virgins (derogatory)
- The Vampire Lestat: MILF porn???
- Rose’s Reading List:
- So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison
This week we discuss:
- Rose’s late grandma is a fashion icon
- Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day is a little bit about aliens and a lot about mewing
- Adam Shankman has yet another update on the AI controversy surrounding Stop! That! Train! thus vindicating Rose & Fran
- Rose’s recent viewing of Terms of Endearment
- Fra...
This week we discuss:
- We lost our virginities at the Stop! That! train! NY premier and now there’s an AI controversy
- The perplexing Obsession and the horrors of compulsory heterosexuality
- Rose lost her anal virginity at the Vampire Lestat concert
- The end of Euphoria and how every character is a stripper, pimp, or dead !
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Rose and Fran saw the Cats revival on Broadway, and despite a range of trepidations and doubts, the show overdelivered in ways we could barely squeeze into the episode. We share a bit of background on the musical and how one of the longest running shows on Broadway transformed into this modern iteration.
Also discussed in this episode:
- Rose’s recent viewing of The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo&...
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