Not My Scene

Not My Scene will be back for a new episode on March 31st, but in the meantime we’re excited to share this episode of STAN that we were on!

STAN is hosted by Allegra Ponti and explores obsessive celebrity worship, parasocial relationships and digital intimacy. On this episode, we go all in on Gossip Girl. We get into how media catalyses the loss of childhood innocence, unrealistic expectations of adulthood and the versatility of New...

In honor of awards season we are tapping in to the cinephile community. Filmmaker and host of the podcast Behind the Slate Aaron Strand (@behindtheslatepod) joins us for an insightful conversation (19:20) about the importance of IRL film community, Letterboxd culture, gatekeeping, KPop Demon Hunters, and what the heck the Criterion Collection is all about. Plus, we give our two cents on Olympic figure skating and, of course, the Os...

The girls are joined by fan fiction expert Annamarie who gives us a history lesson on the origins of the art form (spoiler alert - always been gay!) and catches us up on where it is now (kinky and somehow even gayer?). We also discuss fan fiction's impact on mainstream media (Twilight, 50 Shades of Grey, The Love Hypothesis) and Kaia and Yarden read some of their extremely embarrassing fan fiction based on their 8th grade clas...

On this week's episode we're sharpening our cheekbones, locking into our 'hunter eyes,' and mogging so hard that we promise you'll be able to sense our physical ascension even through an audio medium. We went deep on incel manosphere forums to get the scoop on looksmaxxing so that you can spot the warning signs when your tween boy cousins start referencing 'bonesmashing' at the next family functio...

It's finally time... to reveal the dark underbelly of renaissance festivals!!! We discuss the glorious origins of the festival and its descent into a capitalist hellscape built on the labor of unpaid volunteers and rife with sexual harassment. Fortunately, there are lots of heroic community members working to build local festivals and change the toxic culture. Among them is our anonymous interview subject who gave us all the t...

Hear ye hear ye! Calling all barbarian bombshells, swashbuckling sailors, and washing well wenches for we have a tale to tell! Are renaissance festivals magical sanctuaries for the fairies and witches of the world or simply an excuse to get drunk on mead and make lewd jokes? Both? We're discussing our personal experiences as well as an interview with a professional ren faire performer! Discussion topics include KATSEYE, ren fa...

Get your cards ready for swiping and your pins ready for entering because this week we're maxxxxxing out our spend limits to bring you the juiciest secrets and craziest point-fueled adventures from the world of credit card churners. When it comes to reward optimization, churners know no bounds. Are we telling you to throw caution to the wind and open as many credit cards as you can? No! Are we telling you to create ten email a...

Madison haunts the pod!!! We are famously scaredy cats so we had to get a true horrorfile on to tell us about her experiences frequenting haunts such as Halloween Horror Nights, Knotts Scary Farm, and the Eastern State Penitentiary. We attempt to understand the psyche of a brave girl and answer the question "why are you built different?" Discussion includes social anxiety in haunted houses, the sexualization of scare acto...

Listen closely. Not for very much longer. Our Rocky Horror episode is here! A play and movie with an outsized cultural impact, this cult classic has built a community in every sense of the word. We got in on the madness to understand the inside (dirty) jokes in the counter script, the ins and outs of audience participation, and the queer representation (and misrepresentation) in the political climate then and now. I see you shiver ...

What is bobcheese you might ask? Well in a nutshell, it's thinking "bob" and "cheese" are funny, but really it's so much more than that. This week we're revisiting a more wholesome era of memes (I can has cheezburger?) and bring it all the way up to the present to discuss what elements of our society could be deemed "bobcheese" (Tim Robinson), or in contrast, "cheugy" (Dubai ch...

It seems like every week there is a new theory online about how to keep your face looking smooth, glassy, and wrinkle-free. From "skin flooding" to the "caveman method" we've seen it all, but what actually works? Skincare angel Lili Stenn has descended on the pod to give us her tried and true routine. We also discuss anti-aging politics and the procedures that take it a step too far (Vampire Facials anyone?...

Joined by bff of the pod Hana, we discuss social media accounts dedicated to celebrities! Long before PopCrave, PopBase, and PopTingz were around to tell you that Sabrina Carpenter "stunned" in new photo, we had One Direction fans dedicating hours to posting edits, photos, and updates to our Tumblr feeds. The ancient craft of stanning is alive and well today and we were lucky to get interviews with the loyal stans behind ...

On this very special episode we are joined by fragrance connoisseur Camryn Kim (@cammyreviews) to dive into the delightfully smelly world of Frag Heads (Fragrance Heads) and find out what got her and the rest of #PerfumeTok hooked on scents. We ask Cammy about her fragrance origin story and discuss other important questions like "what perfume should I wear if I'm going to a Charli XCX concert and want to be the Apple girl...