The Struggles of Creative Effort and Audience Reception

Cori and Nina chit-chat about things that have nothing to do with gender: heat indices, ducktails, cat poop, impermanence, Hulk Hogan, Conway’s Game of Life, Michigan in the summer, Permethrin, online shopping, Spaceballs, elephants, and The Book of Job. But other topics in our wandering conversation are inevitably related to gender: Psycho, synthetic blue velvet dresses, hijabs, and a recently-deceased poet. As always, we ask the important questions: Why would God create mosquitoes? Does Reality exist beyond our perceptions? Why is 24fps better than 25fps for animators? Does Nina’s loss of her female tonsils make her less of a woman? How many hats does Cori have? (A: too many)

Links:

Benjamin Boyce w/ Cori and Graham Linehan

Psycho shower scene

cloaca: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca

Feline Follies (from Nina’s blog): https://ninapaley.com/2025/07/21/feline-follies/

Hulk Hogan dies at 71: https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/45813406/pro-wrestling-legend-hulk-hogan-dies-age-71

Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (again): https://www.vhemt.org/

Conway’s Game of Life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_Game_of_Life

Permethrin: https://www.sawyer.com/product/permethrin-fabric-treatment-insect-repellent-24-oz-trigger-spray

Informed Dissent

Spaceballs

soma crappy animation Nina DID NOT do: https://www.facebook.com/CoffeemateUSA/videos/23973682502325784/?rdid=0FcIVbVR5QfzzfBb#

The Book of Job

Believe by Ross Douthat

Andrea Gibson’s Love Letter from the Afterlife