NOTE: this episode was recorded on May 13 and released on June 21.

We're sooooo back. For the long awaited third installment of the MPDG season, your femcels have returned to chat about the 2009 rom (?) com (?) film (500) Days of Summer, directed by Marc Webb and written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber. We’ll get into on-campus developments at UCLA, the Ottessa Moshfegh literary universe, Challengers, Timothee Chalamet's heritage, Los Angeles architectural history, and good ol’ situationship discourse.

A gift from us to you this national holiday. In this episode, your favorite femcels take a lil treat before discussing the 2018 teen rom-com The Kissing Booth. Discussion topics include gender issues (and the aggressive male trope), unethical height differences, Jacob Elordi’s hair, non-legally binding weddings, and fan fiction.

For the first film of the MPDG season, your favorite femcels discuss the 2004 rom-com-drama film Garden State, written and directed by Zach Braff and starring Braff himself and Natalie Portman. Topics include voting, femcel’s political alignments, matcha vape, Zach Braff’s fraternity origins, white hipsters, and whether or not Braff's fantasy girl can be salvaged.

Yes… the rumors are true… the femcels are BACK with the first episode of our 4th season on the most loved-hated character trope in film history: the manic pixie dream girl! In this ep, we bravely face the trope's (film blog) origins, gritty critiques, and evolution as well as the relevance of its modern application – if any. Discussion topics include Larry David’s age, Carrie Fisher auto-fiction, the tortured mind of a film critic, and the Noted MDPG magnet Zach Braff.

In this episode, the femcels bring on special guest Elsa Servantez (DJ Elthuh) to discuss the 2021 body horror psychological drama film Titane (dir. Julia Ducournau). Discussion topics include True Detective, freaks and perverts, not-quite incest, car metaphors, and Alexandra Daddario’s boobs (respectfully!)

Elsa is a fourth year undergraduate studying Philosophy and English at UCLA where she met and became lifelong friends with your dearest co-host Bella Garcia. She is the Co-Head of FEM Newsmagazine’s Radio department, a member of UCLA Radio’s Comedy department, the founder of the notorious @uclabeers on Instagram, and an excellent valet driver.

The femcels shed their usual chill-girl persona to regale old tales of their depressive adolescence and take a moment to see where life has gone during a well-deserved break from school and work and pod. Topics include bad therapists, attachment style theory, pharmaceuticals, unstable women from your wild past, and being normal. 

In this episode, the femcels throw on their condom coats to discuss the 2023 absurdist fantasy film Poor Things (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos.) Topics include the film’s extensive costume and production design inspiration, Lanthimos’ filmography, the adaptation of the original Alasdair Gray novel, and the narrative’s feminist themes. Along the way, they may delve into the Born Sexy Yesterday trope, pull up a certain paparazzi photo of Bradley Cooper and Suki Waterhouse, and recount the exact point they realized they couldn’t jack off at the dinner table. 

In this episode, the femcels bring on special guest Lilah Peck to discuss the 2012 coming-of-age film Frances Ha. Discussion topics include Noah Baumbach’s divorce tea, Adam Driver’s millennial fits, shitty men, omelets, and mutually fulfilling friendships.

Lilah is a second year undergraduate studying theater and is an entertainment writer for FEM newsmagazine. Some of her past articles include “No One’s Laughing: “Funny Girl” and an Accountability Crisis,” “Shiv or be Shivved: Siobhan Roy’s Guide to the Corporate Man Club,” and “Just to be Queer Here: “Bottoms” is Only the Beginning.”