Hot and Bothered

Punch Drunk Love

Vanessa Zoltan and Mauricio Bruce meet-up at a warehouse in the San Fernando Valley to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about Punch Drunk Love. This week we discuss the gender politics of this film and Anderson's use of light, color, and music. We finish the episode by calling Dr. Laura Barraclough [https://americanstudies.yale.edu/people/laura-barraclough] to give us some background history on the San Fernando Valley. --- Hot and Bothered is a Not Sorry Production [https://notsorryworks.com/] Find us at our website [https://www.hotandbotheredrompod.com/] | Follow us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/therompod] If we give you butterflies, consider supporting us on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/hotandbotheredrompod]! On Patreon we have more great romance content including a bonus close scene analysis with Mauricio and Vanessa. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Ending Of: Love & Basketball

For this week’s bi-weekly scene study, Vanessa and Hannah analyze the ending of Love & Basketball. Vanessa explains the implications of the one-on-one basketball game and Hannah talks about how careers get prioritized within heterosexual relationships. Hot and Bothered is a Not Sorry Production [https://notsorryworks.com/] Find us at our website [https://www.hotandbotheredrompod.com/] | Follow us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/therompod] --- If we give you butterflies, consider supporting us on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/hotandbotheredrompod]! On Patreon we have more great romance content including a bonus close scene analysis of Love & Basketball with Vanessa and Hannah. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Love & Basketball

Vanessa Zoltan and Hannah McGregor meet-up on the courts to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about Love & Basketball. This week we discuss double standards, bodies as commodities, and Title IX. We finish the episode by calling Dr. Samantha Sheppard [https://pma.cornell.edu/samantha-noelle-sheppard] to talk to us about women's roles in sports movies. --- Hot and Bothered is a Not Sorry Production [https://notsorryworks.com/] Find us at our website [https://www.hotandbotheredrompod.com/] | Follow us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/therompod] If we give you butterflies, consider supporting us on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/hotandbotheredrompod]! On Patreon we have more great romance content including a bonus close scene analysis with Hannah and Vanessa. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Ending Of: Desert Hearts (with Carmen Maria Machado)

For this week’s bi-weekly scene study, Vanessa and Carmen Maria Machado analyze the ending of Desert Hearts. They discuss femme expression, the bittersweet quality of the ending, and what they would want to see in a sequel. If you'd like to join Vanessa and Carmen in Cornwall on their Rebecca pilgrimage, you can find more information about that here [https://www.commongroundpilgrimages.com/trips/p/rebecca-cornwall-2026]. Hot and Bothered is a Not Sorry Production [https://notsorryworks.com/] Find us at our website [https://www.hotandbotheredrompod.com/] | Follow us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/therompod] --- If we give you butterflies, consider supporting us on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/hotandbotheredrompod]! On Patreon we have more great romance content including a bonus close scene analysis of Desert Hearts with Vanessa and Carmen. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Desert Hearts (with Carmen Maria Machado)

Vanessa Zoltan and author Carmen Maria Machado meet-up on a dude ranch in Reno, Nevada to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about Desert Hearts. This week we discuss Westerns, risk as a condition for love, the 'closet' in queer media, and briefly sidetrack into Heated Rivalry discourse. We finish the episode by calling Dr. Michael Higdon [https://winston.utk.edu/directory/michael-higdon/] to talk to us about why people went to Reno for divorce. If you'd like to join Vanessa and Carmen in Cornwall on their Rebecca pilgrimage, you can find more information about that here [https://www.commongroundpilgrimages.com/trips/p/rebecca-cornwall-2026]. --- Hot and Bothered is a Not Sorry Production [https://notsorryworks.com/] Find us at our website [https://www.hotandbotheredrompod.com/] | Follow us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/therompod] If we give you butterflies, consider supporting us on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/hotandbotheredrompod]! On Patreon we have more great romance content including a bonus close scene analysis with Carmen and Vanessa. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.