Rich Text

Dec 06 2024 97 ep. 27 mins 32

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Claire Fallon and Emma Gray obsessively analyze our cultural obsessions, from fashion trends to books to the buzziest scripted TV shows.

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'Our Little Secret' Enters The Lindsay Lohan Cinematic Universe

Dec 06 2024 11 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comLindsay Lohan isn’t just a zany rom-com leading lady! She’s a (semi) serious rom-com leading lady. After “Falling for Christmas” (extremely unhinged) and “Irish Wish” (extremely AI-generated), Lohan apparently wanted to work on a film that was slightly more grounded. Enter “Our Lit

'Hot Frosty' Is A Horny, ACAB Romp

Nov 15 2024 12 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comWe imagine the pitch for “Hot Frosty” was simple: Olaf from “Frozen,” but he f***s. This Netflix holiday rom-com is here to remind us that Christmas may take place during the cold season, but it can still be *hot*. “Hot Frosty” follows widow-slash-diner owner Kathy (Lacey Chabert) as

A Post-Election Processing Sesh

Nov 07 2024 6 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comWe don’t have any answers, but we do have a lot of feelings. We tried to express them in a cogent way, but full warning that we maybe were only partially successful. Claire would also like all of you to know that she’s angry and doing punditry. Please feel free to ignore her (or both of us!)

The 'Love Is Blind' DC Reunion Dropped Every Ball

Nov 01 2024 13 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comWarning: This post and episode contain spoilers for the “Love Is Blind” season 7 reunion!This “Love Is Blind” DC reunion had it all, if “it all” refers to every one of Nick and Vanessa Lachey’s well-documented inadequacies as hosts: corny dad jokes that Nick’s punch-up writer cle

'Love Is Blind' DC's Devastating Finale

Oct 25 2024 12 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comWarning: This post and episode contain spoilers for the “Love Is Blind” season 7 finale!The first 15 minutes of the “Love Is Blind” season 7 finale was riveting and wrenching. The following hour was largely boring, with sides of sweetness and dramatic irony. This is one of those finales

'Love Is Blind' DC Is In Its Breakup Era

Oct 18 2024 13 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comThe psychologist John Gottman has posited that there are four horsemen that portended doom in a relationship: contempt, criticism, defensiveness and stonewalling. If this theory didn’t already exist, it could have been developed simply by watching this season of “Love Is Blind,” in which c

The FBoys Of 'Love Is Blind' DC, Revealed

Oct 11 2024 13 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comAt this point, it feels like it happens every season. You think you know who the villains are… and then more episodes come out and the TikToks start rolling in. Move on over, Leo. Stephen and Tyler (sob!) are ready to take your place. In this week’s batch of “Love Is Blind” episodes, our

'Love Is Blind' DC Gets Messy

Oct 07 2024 14 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comOur nation’s preeminent insta-marriage reality show has taken its talents to the capital for season seven! It’s “Love Is Blind,” DC edition, and this mammoth first drop (six episodes, some close to 75 minutes long) showcases that special DMV flavor. Cast members work at think tanks and p

'Nobody Wants This' Portrayal Of Jewish Women

Sep 30 2024 101 mins

There are a lot of things to love about the new Netflix show “Nobody Wants This,” Netflix's new rom-com TV show starring Adam Brody and Kristen Bell. Unfortunately, its depiction of Jewish women isn’t one of them. In this episode, we get into the joys and failures of “Nobody Wants This,” our eternal crushes on Adam Brody, the show’s shared cultural DNA with “Keeping T

'Emily in Paris' Is Still Our Perky American Paper Doll

Sep 23 2024 13 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit claireandemma.substack.comAfter four years and four seasons of television, Emily Cooper has finally been in Paris for an entire year. That’s right: despite seasonal hopscotch, some misleading pregnancy timelines, and a general sense among the show’s audience, characters, and seemingly even writers that our plucky you