Gender on Overthinking It

Episode 32: Georgina ex Machina

Sheely and Wrather welcome Glee back for its second season, and consider the many meanings of Britney Spears, spirit animal.

The radical subversion of gender roles at the heart of Glee.

Sheely, Stokes, and Wrather consider the strange domestic tragedy and stranger sex-farce of Sid’s family.

Is it sexist to kill off a female supporting character? Or sexist to complain about it?

A pseudo-scientific look at the phenomenon of the “strong” female character.

They don’t call it MAN vs. Nature for nothing.

This episode finally puts the fucking in These Fucking Teenagers.

The TFT podcast returns with more insight into Gossip Girl. Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather comfort you with visions of a transnational elite.

Stokes picks up on Cowboy Bebop right where he left off. On the menu for this week: sexually ambiguous saxophonists and mutant space blobs.

Dollhouse is just an old-fashioned show about a mind control doomsday.