Unfriendly Black Hotties

This week the Hotties are serving up a WEDDING SPECTACULAR! But first, they discuss some Nonsense in Higher Ed (1:14-19:33) that's just too good to ignore: what's the housing hubbub at Pitzer College all about? What does the ~*literature*~ have to say about interracial roomies and housing satisfaction?? And is diversity in fact an old wooden ship??? Then CT and KW get into the tricky business of I-Do-Day's (19:41-39:07) They've got thoughts on vows, dances, and first (::worst::) Corinthians. The Hotties make sure to discuss weddings in tv and film too (39:16-49:51). Spoiler alert: it is SUPER fun to watch a wedding fall apart when nothing is real and the tears don't matter. Plus, as always, they've got culture aplenty for your involvement. Join them, won't you? This episode contains swearing and the N-word. #sorrynotsorry. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/. This week's ??? outro courtesy of Cupid: https://www.amazon.com/Cupid-Shuffle/dp/B0012

The Hotties kick off this week’s episode with a wide-ranging convo on college branding, identity, and community (1:24-18:40). They’re covering campus tours and info sessions, school ethos, and how many schools have the same goddamn tagline. Call KW “Dateline” because she is here to make you feel unsafe as a consumer! Straight-from-the-store undies are cesspools of human filth…. and maybe something *even worse*. The Hotties debrief about their briefs and explore the crazy/sexy/uncool history of lady draws, from old-fashioned bloomers to the latest in period-wicking technology (18:49-38:43). Why do we wear the things that we do? How often would we discuss periods if men had them?? And, dudes, what is the deal with boxers??? Then CT and KW discuss travel entertainment: the liminal space of planes, the tranquility of beaches, and the best media to enjoy in each summery space (38:53-50:47). And as always, they’ve got plenty of culture for your involvement. Join them, won’t you? There is a lot of background plane s

CT and KW are welcoming new listeners with a fresh dose of Loud Opinions™. As on Twitter and therefore life, celebrity gossip is first on the docket – the Hotties are talking Kim, Kanye, Becky with the Good Lies, and the social metonymy therein (7:48-32:09). Spoiler alert: everything is racism. Then, they discuss their journeys to feminism, from their hellish days as vaguely ethnic young Republicans to their rebirths as professional queers and misandrists (32:21-47:45). The Hotties continue their stroll down memory lane with a turn onto Teen TV Avenue (47:57-1:04:43). What were their favorite shows? Who was the best queer teen TV couple?? And what is the deal with all the blue lighting lately??? As always, they close the show with culture for your involvement. Join them, won’t you? This episode contains typically robust swearing. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/.

This week, the Hotties tackle one of the most challenging things about higher ed: advising. What makes a good advisor? What makes a bad one? The Hotties share and reflect on the their experiences, while CT attempts to keep track of how many advisors KW had (Spoiler: a LOT.) From there, they head to the wide world of cooking shows, and the Hotties have MANY feelings and opinions, to literally no one's surprise. Hot brunettes, obnoxious men, and learning who has the range, in the world of food. Next up, the Glory of A Road Trip! It's summer! The Hotties are getting in cars and seeing the great outdoors! What traditions must accompany a road trip? What snacks? What music? Finally, they have, as always, some culture for you to Get Involved with. Join them, won't you? Explicit. We like to swear, and you know that. Intro music and transitions this episode courtesy of Ryan Little. You can find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/. You can find this week's fire outro at https://soundcloud.co

The Hotties are back and ready to share a whole new host of Loud Opinions™. They follow up on their study abroad discussion by delving into the world about voluntourism. Spoiler alert: THEY DO NOT LOVE IT. Then they return to the classic segment “Kamille Reads A Weird List,” and spend some time exploring the drunk food landscape of a blasian in the sun. CT and KW prayerfully reflect on their experience at the Formation World Tour, and as always, share some culture for your involvement. Join them, won’t you? We swear a lot. It’s fine. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/.

This week, the Hotties are gettin’ bodied and discussing their favorite (non-sexual) physical activities. They’ve got a robust Gym Taxonomy™ for your butts: who’s slaying, who’s sinking, and which gym type is the most ashy. In Nonsense In Higher Ed, CT and KW discuss college study abroad programs – chiefly, which folx are going (or not) AND WHY. Then they have a spoiler-filled chat about a deliciously bizarre little film (The Lobster), and share culture aplenty for your involvement. Join them, won’t you? “Hotties, is there swearing in this episode?” Yeah fam. Hella. Music is courtesy of Ryan Little. Find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/.

The Hotties are sipping rum and slinging extra silliness in their first episode of the summer. On the docket: a special foreign language edition of Word of the Week, #GraduationRealness, and a Summer Movie Spectacular™. They discuss their favorite grad speakers, which flicks they’re most looking forward to this season, and they finally tackle a topic they’ve been avoiding: the great Iron Man/Cap divide. Warning, fronds—here there be (gentle) spoilers. CT gets verklempt AF, KW has weird Southern aphorisms for your butts, and there’s ample culture for your involvement. Join them, won’t you? This episode contains swearing, and a bonus N word! Music this episode courtesy of Ryan Little. You can find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/.

This week, the Hotties are feeling #FriendGay, so they’re getting into lady-friends in pop culture. Who are their favorite frond-pairings? What are the most common tropes?? Are there even any dude-fronds worth discussing??? There’s a listener question about some REAL nonsense in higher ed, plus some discussion on America’s greatest IDGAF-grandmother, Toni Morrison. CT tells some weird lies, and KW is a woman on the verge of a ham-breakdown. As usual, they’ve both got plenty of culture for your involvement. Join them, won’t you? This episode contains swearing (duh) and the N word (double duh). Music this episode courtesy of Ryan Little. You can find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/.

The Hotties are back and sipping Lemonade all episode long. They talk about where they were when Beyoncé changed the world (for the second time), their favorite tracks, and all the things that hit them hardest. On the docket: the most arresting images, the most powerful messages, the slayingest ~*looqs*~, the best (and worst) Lemonade cultural conversations, and the unending struggle of discussing Lemonade with the uninitiated. Join them, won’t you? This episode contains abounding swearing. Music this episode courtesy of Ryan Little. You can find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/.

The Hotties are out sick this week, so they're sharing one of their favorite episodes from the archives: "The Encarta of Whores." CT and KW bring back the people’s favorite “Word of The Week” and investigate more of their very particular vernacular. In “Nonsense In Higher Ed” they discuss student activism on college campuses, touching on both the recent events at Yale and at the University of Missouri. From there, they introduce a segment titled “This House is Not a Home” wherein they chat about relationship management (and hierarchies). Of course, they get involved with various culture, and think you should too. Join them, won’t you? This episode contains extravagant swearing. Improbably, it does not include the N word. All music in this episode is courtesy of Ryan Little. You can find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/

The Hotties are here and more eager than ever to push the Gay Agenda™! They’re talking about bisexuals in pop culture: who they are, who they ain’t, and what hot woman CT feels especially attacked by these days. Nonsense in Higher Ed is back on the docket this week as the Hotties discuss diversity in the academe and what’s missing from university discourse. Kamille has MANY thoughts on how we can all be better (convo-wise and sex-wise), and the Hotties both have culture aplenty for you to Get Involved with. Join them, won’t you? This episode is replete with swearing, and definitely contains the N word. Music this episode courtesy of Ryan Little. You can find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/.

This week, the Hotties take you back in time to 2004 and revisit the seminal classic The L Word. They talk archetypes, representation, crushes, and that awful theme song. Then, in honor of Women’s History Month, they give thanks to the unsung heroes who helped make our lives as women a little brighter. Now that it is (closer to?) spring, the Hotties prep for the season by talking about every woman’s least favorite occurrence: street harassment. They talk first memories of SH, as well as what kind of White Boy Pack™ is the most upsetting. And, of course, they have some culture for you to get involved with. Join them, won’t you? This episode contains commodious swearing. We cannot remember if it includes the N word. Music this episode courtesy of Ryan Little. You can find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/.

The Hotties are back this week with fresh Nonsense in Higher Ed. On the docket: America's ugly past (*cough cough slavery*) and how that past gets represented (or not) on university campuses. Then the Hotties take a #DeepDive into the Lifetime original series UnREAL. Women's inner lives are complex, reality television is anthropologically riveting, and the Hotties have a lot to say about it. Kamille talks immigrant moms, Christina laughs in a deeply unhinged way about Allison Janney, and the Hotties come close to blows over their lady loves. As always, CT and KW have new culture for you to get involved with. Join them, won't you? This episode contains arch swearing. Strangely, it does not include the N word. Music this episode courtesy of Ryan Little. You can find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/. The song clip from KW's Get Involved is "yarom bia" by Kiosk. Find the song on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/yarom-bia/id295153983?i=295154225.

This week, the Hotties are celebrating Valentine's Day. On the docket: ways to be gay (ravenous monster? meek house gay? choose your choice!), where they were when they saw Formation, and their favorite ~*high fantasy erotica*~. By the blessings of chocolate Jesus, it's still February, so naturally they've got more black history for your butts -- this week with bonus #SCOTUS chatter. Join them, won't you? This episode contains wanton swearing. We can't remember for sure, but it probably includes the N word. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ All music this episode courtesy of Ryan Little. You can find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/.

This week the Hotties tear into some fresh Nonsense in Higher Ed via a hard (dare we say HORD) look at university politics. What is the deal at Suffolk U? What do university presidents even do? And why is it that Martha Coakley never quite curls all the way over??? Then they discuss their ~unique bodies~ and share their favorite (and least favorite) fashion #looqs for winter and spring. Spoiler alert: pants are terrible, and the Hotties have a lot to say about it. And it's time to celebrate! It's finally February--time for black history to get Unfriendly™. Plus, the Hotties have tips on how to be an ally, and some super-sway culture suggestions for your involvement. Join them won't you? This episode contains ardent swearing and the N word. All music is courtesy of Ryan Little. You can find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/

This week, the Hotties are getting political. They talk about #Hillary and the 3am phone call, the Sanders effect, and 2008 (aka The Year Everything Was Feelings). Then they reflect on Alan Rickman, our dark-haired, deep-voiced prince gone all too soon. #BlackGirlMagic is also on the docket: what can we accomplish with a simple hashtag? And how much policing do black people really need to do around their self-representation? As always, the Hotties close the show with some culture for your Involvement. Join them won’t you? This episode contains effusive swearing and the N word. All music is courtesy of Ryan Little. You can find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/

The Hotties are back and #chargedup for 2k16! In their New Year’s episode, they discuss their faves from The Year That Was—a retrospective of music, movies, moments, and global trends. In Nonsense in Higher Ed, CT and KW talk tests: what makes a good one, and why showing your work is always a #majorkey. The Hotties round out the show with their intentions for this shiny new year, and share some things for your Involvement™. Join them, won’t you? This episode contains heaps of silky sweet swearing. All music is courtesy of Ryan Little. You can find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/

The Hotties are still on holiday, but they've got a new +1 to tide you over until #2K16. They talk about Queen Bey, negro fathers, and how we name blackness. Join them, won't you? This episode contains a soupçon of swearing as well as the N word. All music is courtesy of Ryan Little. You can find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/

Join the Hotties for the first +1: a brief but incisive critique of Ron Weasley. ...he is a garbage person. Let us never forget. This episode contains impassioned swearing. All music is courtesy of Ryan Little. You can find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/

Fresh from their week off and ready to tackle whatever their little heart’s desire, the Hotties are back! Spotify’s Discover Weekly is STILL sipping tea with everyone’s therapist and leaving their edges bald, and Christina and Kamille are forced to confront the hoes that lie within. In “Nonsense In Higher Ed” the Hotties tackle affirmative action in college and delight in the #StayMadAbby hashtag. If your Christmas movie watch list is looking sparse, KW & CT have some tried and true favorites to get you through lounging around your family’s ancestral home. And of course, they have some culture for you to Get Involved and stay involved with. Join them, won’t you? This episode contains magniloquent swearing and the N word. All music is courtesy of Ryan Little. You can find more of his work here: freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Little/