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Episode 190: Five years of lovely bitches

Last updated on September 5, 2024

In this special 5th anniversary episode, the lovely bitches take a look back at the best of the best of BoC. Five years of laughs, five years of profound conversations, five years of comics, baby! Join Monika Estrella Negra and S.E. Fleenor for this retrospective and enjoy some clips from some of our many favorite episodes. (They’re all our favorites, tbh.)

Episodes clipped for introductory section

  • Episode 146: Plenty goes wrong featuring Sara Century with guest host Danny Lore
  • Episode 159: Trans mutant besties featuring Charlie Jane Anders with guest host Izzy Wasserstein
  • Episode 158: The queerness of the narrative with guest host Alex Malcolm
  • Episode 126: Reflecting worlds that reflect me featuring Nadia Shammas
  • Episode 157: It’s everyone’s problem featuring Mario Cesar with guest host Craig
  • Episode 43: The energy of all comics featuring Gabby Rivera
  • Episode 116: Bimbos, himbos, thembos featuring Tina Horn and G Romero Johnson
  • Episode 135: Trojan horse moment featuring Sara Tomko and Alice Wetterlund

Episodes clipped for questions and deep dives

  • Episode 27: I will go down with this ship
  • Episode 102: Deadpool is entertaining, problematic, charming, chaotic featuring Monika Estrella Negra
  • Episode 117: Not a hero or a villain featuring Monika Estrella Negra

Episodes clipped for guest names and social media

  • Episode 133: Making each other laugh featuring Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti
  • Episode 43: The energy of all comics featuring Gabby Rivera
  • Episode 116: Bimbos, himbos, thembos featuring Tina Horn and G Romero Johnson
  • Episode 109: Cannibalism and capitalism featuring Sarah Gailey
  • Episode 57: My eyes were hungering featuring Nalo Hopkinson
  • Episode 123: Oh, X-Men featuring Jay Edidin
  • Episode 113: A queer young woman who wants to do good featuring Natasha Alterici
  • Episode 98: A lot of big queer feelings featuring Trung Le Nguyen
  • Episode 95: Seems pretty gay to me featuring Yoshi Yoshitani
  • Episode 107: Can I make it gay? Let’s do it. featuring Preeti Chhibber
  • Episode 132: Bringing decolonial theory and blowing your minds featuring Alina Pete

Episodes clipped for interview excerpts

  • Episode 120: Fertile gay soil featuring Stephanie Williams
  • Episode 58: The miraculous year of queer featuring Rachel Pollack
  • Episode 56: Goth in a rainbow factory featuring Bianca Xunise
  • Episode 131: The filter of non-reality featuring Carmen Maria Machado
  • Episode 122: Sports are really gay featuring Crystal Frasier and Val Wise
  • Episode 147: Visual metaphors featuring MariNaomi
  • Episode 148: Carmilla came first featuring Amy Chu
  • Episode 164: An interesting and horrifying time to be alive featuring Lea Anderson
  • Patreon episode: Ammonite review featuring S.E. Fleenor, Sara Century, and Monika Estrella Negra

Episodes clipped for comics titles

  • Episode 159: Trans mutant besties featuring Charlie Jane Anders with guest host Izzy Wasserstein
  • Episode 123: Oh, X-Men featuring Jay Edidin
  • Episode 99: Centered on queer, Brown people featuring Vita Ayala
  • Episode 10: The X-Men are just hella gay
  • Episode 14: The quintessential Jewish Experience featuring Elana Levin
  • Episode 25: Beards for Beards featuring Em and Alex of The Good The Bad The Basic
  • Episode 83: A bitch who reads comics featuring Connor Goldsmith
  • Episode 133: Making each other laugh featuring Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti
  • Episode 75: Getting the short end of the stick featuring Monika Estrella Negra
  • Episode 20: Let’s get astrological featuring Clare McBride
  • Episode 24: We know the truth featuring Em and Alex of The Good The Bad The Basic
  • Episode 37: Did you read the comic? featuring Amy Chu
  • Episode 49: Pain is used to justify a lot
  • Episode 36: They’re both into plants
  • Episode 77: Lesbian mafia things
  • Episode 173: Once it’s out there, it’s out there featuring Archie Bongiovanni
  • Episode 154: Friendship and chosen family featuring Elizabeth Pich
  • Episode 126: Reflecting worlds that reflect me featuring Nadia Shammas
  • Episode 161: Queer people are magic featuring Joey Capuana
  • Episode 165: Write what you survive featuring Jeremy Holt
  • Episode 63: Reclaiming our right to exist featuring Ria Brodell
  • Episode 172: A conscious act to believe in something better featuring Emma Jayne
  • Episode 175: A very tenacious drive featuring Sarah Kuhn
  • Episode 148: Carmilla came first featuring Amy Chu
  • Episode 142: Yes it’s queer featuring Fell Hound
  • Episode 97: So many queer characters featuring Sophie Campbell
  • Episode 40: Tell queer stories featuring Anthony Oliveira
  • Episode 107: Can I make it gay? Let’s do it. featuring Preeti Chhibber

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