Hate Fiction

Season 2, Episode 13 (finale)

In this commemorative episode, default_friend and I cover all the major themes of the show: Tumblr, Anorexia, Fan fiction, Twitter, TikTok, and trying to grow older when the narrative is dead

We talked about Cruel Intentions (1999), Poison Ivy (1992), the teen need to be liked, the beauty of the male gaze, erotic thrillers, age gaps, and feeling like you are running out of time.

Season 2, Episode 8

The incredibly talented Sofie came on the show and we talked about artists, muses, groupies, and rockstar girlfriends - Marianne Faithfull, Anita Pallenberg, Jane Birkin, Pamela Des Barres, and Alexa Chung. Is there a price for inspiring great art and how high is it?

We also discussed the downsides of aesthetics above all else, the "subway tile-fication" of society, and tried to figure out what it means to have “it”.

Season 2, Episode 5

We talked about fanfiction, The Sims, comfort content, fandoms, TikTok visionaries, celebrity ships, YA authors, fan art, and the beauty of the feedback loop.

Season 2, Episode 4

We talked about Marie Antoinette, Sofia Coppola’s pastel dreamscapes, the female gaze, objectification, defining oneself through the process of curation, and the attempts to over-intellectualize internet aesthetics.

We also talked about our favorite movies and historical figures and discussed why Sofia Coppola is one of the very few good nepotism babies.

Season 2, Episode 3

We talked about Lolita, older men, fetishizing our own teenhood, Victorian dresses, Maggie’s art, haunted houses, Marilyn Manson, dead girls, and true love and obsession.

Season 2, Episode 2

We talked about girlblogging, the Tumblr revival, Instagram face, online archetypes, curating as an art form, algorithmically generated niche interests, and our search for a new model of femininity.

Season 2, Episode 1

Charlotte stopped by and we had a chat about the movie Thriteen(2003), internet fame, eating disorders, addiction, grief, our teenage years, and the importance of female friendship.

Season 1, Episode 34 (finale)

We talked about pornography, Sasha Grey, the Tumblr porn ban, Cicciolina, Jeff Koons, sex work, the nature of seduction, and the internet as a rich person simulator.

We also mentioned:

Season 1, Episode 31

We talked about true crime, murder as a form of flattery, police procedurals, traumatized ghost, women who kill, and the real difference between mass murderers and serial killers.

We also mentioned some true crime books like In Cold Blood and The Executioner's Song and discussed some famous killers like Aileen Wuornos and Jeffrey Dahmer.

It's actually all very anti true crime.

Season 1, Episode 29

We talked about Dazed magazine, Cara Delevigne, graphic t-shirts, queer rap, style over substance, decentralization of pop culture, hood by air, ambition versus careerism, and the death of the take economy.

Season 1, Episode 28

We talked about Mary Gaitskill’s Bad Behavior, Secretary (2002), sex work, sadomasochism, the meaning of consent, sex positivity, and the nature of eroticism.

The stories we discussed are:

A Romantic Weekend

Something Nice

Trying to be

Secretary

We also talked about this Mary Gaitskill essay:

Season 1, Episode 26

We talked about The Perks of Being a Wallflower, John Green, sad boys, theatre kids, 90s nostalgia, the beauty of suburbia and what it means to be special.

Season 1, Episode 24

We talked about it girls, socialites, and poor little rich girls; tried to categorize our favorite starlets like Cory Kennedy, Chloë Sevigny, and Edie Sedgwick, and shared our own stories of depravity and excess.

Here is some of the stuff we mentioned:

Season 1, Episode 22

The author Nicola Maye Goldberg came on the show, and we talked about White Oleander, mommy issues, the nature of YA fiction, Berlin, alienation, teenage desires, and why we shouldn’t expect the truth from novelists.

We discussed both the 1999 novel by Janet Fitch and the 2002 film adaptation.

Season 1, Episode 17

We talked about The Bell jar, Girl, Interrupted, sad girls, BPD, confessional art, mental hospitals, Greta Gerwig, suicide, and why teen girls make the best critics.

Some of the articles we discussed:

Season 1, Episode 15

We talked about pro-ana, waif Twitter, holy anorexia, lifetime ed movies, Karen Carpenter, Simone Weil, Eugenia Cooney, TikTok binge eating videos, and why anorexics are striving for beauty and holiness.

I apologize for the delay, my computer crashed yesterday:(

Here are some of the articles and videos we mentioned:

We talked about Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation, confessional culture, Caroline Calloway, Cat Marnell, and teenagers posting videos of their depression rooms on Tiktok.

Follow Marilyn on Twitter @dietcokegirl ( formerly @prozacbaby00)

Season 1, Episode 9

In this special podcast crossover, Dana and I talk about self-harm on the internet, the aesthetics of self-destruction, reality TV, and why posting sad images online will lead you to a more artistic life.

Season 1, Episode 7

We talked about American Horror Story, Ryan Murphy’s satanic endeavors, why we strive for beauty, and why women choose to suffer.

We also talked about early exposure to porn and discussed Ryan Murphy's other shows like Glee, Pose, Ratched, Nip/Tuck, and Feud. It's all satanic.

Season 1, Episode 5

We talked about creepy German P.E teachers, TikTok witches and Satanists, Aleister Crowley, Charles Manson, and widespread narcissism.

Season 1, Episode 3

I drank strawberry-flavored sparkling wine, and we talked about how it felt like to be brainwashed on Tumblr, the importance of tweeting into the void, Rupi Kaur, HRH, and what it would probably feel like to be stabbed in the back by Caroline Calloway.