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A new pop culture podcast with a mix of news, cultural criticism, and comedy through a queer-trans lens, hosted by Fran Tirado and Rose Dommu. Though they are best friends now, Fran and Rose grew up very differently. Fran was a cult-ish, sheltered Christian camp counselor and Rose had a penchant for writing deranged fanfiction. Now they’re both godless heathens taking a look back at the formative classics that popped their cherries and made them who they are. Each week, the show starts off with a breakdown of the week’s pop culture news, then does a deep dive into one cultural object that one of them might be experiencing for the first time. They’ll also invite writers, comedians, activists, and entertainers to help them break it down.
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- 3 days ago1h 5m
Lady Gaga's Baby HATED Practical Magic 2
Subscribe to our Patreon for twice-monthly deep-dive bonus episodes! Coming up this month on Patreon, we’ll excavate the hidden gems and gay interest lore of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry. patreon.com/LikeaVirgin Our free episode this week is a two-part review of: HOPE: The highs and lows of the largest American release of a Korean film since Parasite — a 2 hour, 47 minute monster-chasing gag PRACTICAL MAGIC 2: Fran left the theater and Rose had to be medicated Also discussed this week: Why can’t Lilly Wachowski get any of her films made? The missing lesbian plotline from Practical Magic 2 What music artists should have been on the Practical Magic 2 soundtrack? The possible Hope sequel Lena Dunham’s baby Lady Gaga’s baby Become a true Virgin by paying us for our work :) patreon.com/LikeaVirgin XOXO ROSE AND FRANSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 1 weeks ago1h 4m
Gay 9/11, Galliano Gate, Piss Gate
Subscribe to our Patreon for an upcoming deep dive two-parter on Dolly Parton and Tim Curry: patreon.com/LikeaVirgin This free episode discusses: Shallow thoughts on surviving gay 9/11 (ahead of deeper thoughts on Dolly/Tim on Patreon) This podcast does not formally recognize the passing of racist Instagram backdrop designer Yayoi Kusama Galliano and the hypocrisy of the fashion world Doll Invasion debrief and Charlene Incarnate’s “Piss Gate” Fran and Rose’s favorite Dolly Parton songs Tim Curry’s sexuality Legend (1985) starring Tim Curry as satan and twink Tom Cruise with his pre-transition teeth Fran watched Annie (1982) also starring Tim Curry and that turned into a conversation about Sarah Jessica Parker’s hair Our official OFFICIAL FOR REAL THIS TIME statement on whether or not we will discuss Doo Doo Caca on HBO aka Harry Potter Support our independent work by subscribing to two bonus episodes per month: Patreon.com/LikeaVirgin XOXO ROSE AND FRANSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 2 weeks ago1h 43m
Most Beautiful Disney Dresses, Ranked (Patreon Preview)
No new episode this week as we are recovering from Doll Invasion, but that means you get a special treat: one of our Patreon bonus episodes! We release two of these a month, so subscribe now and get more of us in your ears! Refer to our free post on Patreon to see photos of each dress and superlative category: Best Disney Dresses, Ranked Worst Dress Best Separates Unconventional Materials Challenge Tboy Swag Crone Realness Sasha Velour Award for Excellence in Nightgowns Best Cloak/Outerwear Xoxo Fran & Rose Follow us on IG for memes and show updates: @likeavirgin42069See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- 3 weeks ago1h 1m
We Recorded This Hours Before Dolly Passed <3
Next week, we will be discussing nothing but Dolly Parton. This episode, recorded hours before the passing of the one and only Dolly Parton, features the following: Why everyone should come to Doll Invasion The Ren Faire docuseries just might get us to reconsider the documentary genre Our X3 viewing Recent casting controversy in the upcoming Harry Potter series The Gilded Age is returning and infinitely better than Harry Potter Two recommendations from Rose’s Book Corner: Red X by David Demchuk (2021) Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo (2021) 2 Trans 2 Furious What Fran and Rose would do with $10M+ in inheritance Birkin discourse The Bisexual Problem by VerilyBitchie How We Show Up by Mia Birdsong Subscribed virgins get two bonus episodes this month: One explaining Mr. X-Toon controversy (plus extended personal gossip) and another with a Disney Villain Smackdown. Subscribe to bonus episodes on Patreon.com/LikeAVirgin LOVE Y’ALL XOXO ROSE AND FRANSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Aug 20, 20261h 19m
Transgender Films for People Who Get Laid
This episode discusses two films we’ve lovingly labeled as the “queer homework” genre. Both films are about sex, and some kind of unlocking, and both films are very firmly in an indie filmmaker canon for the Criterion-enjoyer: Jane Schoenbrun's Sex & Death at Camp Miasma and Gregg Araki’s I Want Your Sex For deeper-dives into the culture of yore twice a month, subscribe to our bonus episodes at: Patreon.com/LikeAVirgin Follow us on IG for memes and show updates: @likeavirgin42069 XOXO Rose & FranSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Aug 13, 20261h 0m
GRWM to Commit Atrocities (Rhaenyra Targaryen Makeup Tutorial)
It’s a Girls Girling episode! Rose and Fran conduct unstructured gossip and the latest in culture. For highly researched deep-dive episodes twice a month, subscribe at Patreon.com/LikeAVirgin This week, we discuss: Baela get your gun! And more on the House of Dragon S3 finale Titane’s place in the trans canon Is Muriel’s Wedding better than the Odyssey? Someone Please Buy Rose the $2200 Franklin Mint Rose from Titantic Doll Trunk Set More X-Men gossip Next week we’ll discuss Jane Schoenbrun's Sex & Death at Camp Miasma and Greg Arakki’s I Want Your Sex Follow us on IG for memes and show updates: @likeavirgin42069See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Aug 6, 202656 min
Spider-Man Is on Hormone Blockers?????
IMPORTANT TRAN-DATE FOR VIRGINS! Please take two seconds to give our podcast a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. You are listening to the free episode of Like a Virgin. For bimonthly bonus episodes, head on over to our Patreon. Our most recent bonus episode was an Action Movie Diva Smackdown — bracket style! On week’s episode we discuss: Fran’s current planning phase for Doll Invasion on Fire Island Aug 28-30 Why is Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender literal porn? The highs and lows of Tom Holland’s fourth Spider-man movie: Brand New Day X-Men casting rumors and what lies ahead for the MCU XOXoxoxox Fran & Rose Follow us on IG for memes and show updates: @likeavirgin42069See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Jul 30, 20261h 24m
The Characters of “The Odyssey,” Ranked By Suckability
A jam-packed episode devoted solely to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey — and the original Homeric text? You’re welcome! Stories are so powerful. Love the deep dive discussion? You’re only getting half the story! Head to patreon.com/likeavirgin for twice-monthly bonus episodes where we tend to do more of the excavational analysis. In this episode we discuss: Why there was no butt sex in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey? Zeus’s Law, and what the film tries (and fails) to say about war. Spoiler alert: war bad Background on the collapse of the Bronze Age and how Nolan inverts the myth of the “Sea People.” How The Odyssey’s redemption of Men™ mirrors Nolan’s other films Was Zendaya a goddess or Odysseus' conscience? Does it matter?? Why Tom Holland turned every scene into gay porn Why Anne Hathaway will win the Oscar Why Samantha Morton will also win the Oscar The role of Women™ in The Odyssey — both Homerically and Nolanly Dr. Emily Wilson’s eviscerating take on Nolan’s Odyssey Odysseus’ Obstacles, Ranked on the Suck-o-meter: The Cyclops/Polyphemus The Giants/The Laestrygonians Circe Tiresies/The Shades of the Underworld The Sirens Scylla and Charybdis Helios’ Cattle Calypso Boat of Idiots (aka Odysseus’ men) All These Hoes (aka Antinous and the suitors) The Official Like a Virgin Guide to Peeing During The Odyssey Does Ludwig Göransson deserve to get his ass ate? Does Christopher Nolan deserve to get his ass ate? Is The Odyssey better than Disney’s Hercules? Is The Odyssey better than Uptown Girls? MADELINE MILLER YOU WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS!!!!!!!! XOXoxoxox Fran & Rose Follow us on IG for memes and show updates: @likeavirgin42069 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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About Like a Virgin
A new pop culture podcast with a mix of news, cultural criticism, and comedy through a queer-trans lens, hosted by Fran Tirado and Rose Dommu. Though they are best friends now, Fran and Rose grew up very differently. Fran was a cult-ish, sheltered Christian camp counselor and Rose had a penchant for writing deranged fanfiction. Now they’re both godless heathens taking a look back at the formative classics that popped their cherries and made them who they are. Each week, the show starts off with a breakdown of the week’s pop culture news, then does a deep dive into one cultural object that one of them might be experiencing for the first time. They’ll also invite writers, comedians, activists, and entertainers to help them break it down.
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