Erika and Katy begin a lengthy discussion of Jordan Peele's "NOPE." In this first of two parts, they dive deep into the Hebrew scriptures, poorly suppressed trauma, and how OJ's autism is basically his super power.

• "The Best Shots of 2022," Adam Nayman: https://www.theringer.com/2022/12/19/movies/best-shots-in-movies-2022-nope-fabelmans-tar
• "If the UFO in Nope a Biblically Accurate Angel?" Jason Faulkner: https://www.gamerevolution.com/guides/711475-is-nope-ufo-biblically-accurate-angel
• "The Hidden Meaning Behind the Clothes in Nope," Clarissa Cruz: https://ew.com/movies/hidden-meaning-behind-clothes-nope-alex-bovaird-interview/

Katy and Erika kick off Hot Alien Summer with--what else?--Ridley Scott's Alien. They dive deep into Joseph Conrad's Nostromo, technology as Mother, and why this is actually a pride episode.

• "A Curious Case of Influence: Nostromo and Alien(s)," Ted Billy: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24634674?seq=1
• "How 'Alien' (1979) Queered the Binaries of Traditional Gender," Michaela Barton: https://flipscreened.com/2020/08/18/how-alien-queered-the-binaries-of-traditional-gender/
• "Reassessing Alien: Sexuality and the Anxieties of Men," Jason Haggstrom: https://reel3.com/reassessing-alien-sexuality-and-the-anxieties-of-men/
• "Representations of the Body in Alien: Mother and the Other," Daniel Pimley: https://pimley.net/documents/the-body-in-alien.html
• "The Virginity of Astronauts: Sex and the Science Fiction Film" in Alien Zone, Vivian Sobchak: https://www.versobooks.com/products/1299-alien-zone
• "What 1979's Alien says About Humanity's Relationship with Sexuality," Hamad Naroze: https://studybreaks.com/tvfilm/film/what-1979s-alien-says-about-humanitys-relationship-with-sexuality/

Erika and Katy are taking you to the movies to see the B-Horror classic: Camp Bloobath--I mean, The Final Girls. They dive deep into the hero's journey, the hallmarks of a final girl, and how it's kind of a weird choice to do a strip tease for your daughter. Happy (belated) mother's day!

• "Her body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film," Carol J. Clover: https://www.jstor.org/stable/i347286
• “The (Extremely) Short Guide to Writing Horror,” Tim Waggoner: https://www.williamcookwriter.com/2014/03/the-extremely-short-guide-to-writing.html
• "The Hero With a Thousand Faces," Joseph Campbell: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/588138.The_Hero_With_a_Thousand_Faces