It's our year end wrap up episode! Discussing the movies, music, and books consumed in 2023.

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Intro 0:00 

11:00 movies! Number of films watched compared to previous years, Letterboxd stats/logs, watching each other’s recommendations or watching films together like The Children’s Hour, Duck Butter, Theater Camp, Born in Flames,and Bottoms. Renaissance watched Studio Ghibli for the first time and has unpopular opinions (disliked Spirited Away which is a childhood favorite of Sunny’s)

33:14 sex and the city, orientalism, which derry girls character we are, more movies

44:42 we need to talk about Bottoms. Also gay movies (Shiva Baby in theaters!) Shiva Baby vs. Bottoms. Plus Sunny’s standout films of the year, Poor Things (2023), Robot Dreams (2023), The Zone of Interest (2023)

1:04:04 current music flops

1:09:41 our Spotify wrapped stats and songs

1:51:51 Breaking up with Taylor swift

1:57:40 books of 2023

2:01:56 stone butch blues

2:29:02 pod updates :)

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