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Jamie is joined by Indica Dominant (@DominantIndica) a.k.a. Olive, adult performer/sex worker and co-host of the Dysphoria podcast, to discuss director Sean Baker’s anti-Cinderella story Anora (2024), which just won the Oscar for Best Picture. Is it possible to combine a screwball comedy, a hooker exploitation film, and a twee Sundance indie into one movie? What does Anora have to say, or not, about sex work, class, and capitalism? And what’s up with Zoomers and ketamine? Spoilers, obviously. Check out Olive’s podcast (with fellow friend of the show Maxelle Talena), Dysphoria at dysphoria.info and patreon.com/dysphoriathepodcast NOTE: Cultural Marxism is usually a premium series, but this week it’s free! Sign up as a supporter at patreon.com/partygirls or youtube.com/@partygirlspod to get the rest of the series, plus all other bonus content, access to our Discord community, and a shout out on the pod! 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:43 “Anora” recap starts 00:13:20 Surface level worship of wealth or critique of capitalism? 00:18:19 Dehumanization, creative characterization, or subversive anti-work queen? 00:22:51 Real world relationships to sex work 00:25:20 Scene analysis: Ani gets tied up by Igor 00:29:36 Chasing the American Dream 00:38:14 Scene analysis: finding Vanya at the strip club 00:43:47 Disagreement about the ending 00:58:32 Should we hold stories about SWs to higher standards? 01:03:04 Where’s that oligarch money from Vanya?? 01:08:01 You can’t escape the imprisonment of capitalism thru a Gilded Cage 01:13:51 Humanizing public perception of sex work 01:19:04 "Anora" and “The Florida Project,” strip club v. survival 01:23:21 Criminalization of trans sex workers 01:25:31 Defanged drug use in “Anora” 01:29:54 “It’s a Cinderella story” 01:34:32 Plugging Patreons! *** SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get all of our bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Join our YouTube channel as a member to get access to bonus videos (the same one's you'd find on Patreon!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0T-lzkTsMt1tBSvp958UGQ/join Follow us on ALL the Socials: Instagram: @party.girls.pod YouTube: @partygirlspod TikTok: @party.girls.pod Twitter: @partygirlspod BlueSky: @partygirls.bsky.social Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify if you feel so inclined: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-girls/id1577239978 https://open.spotify.com/show/71ESqg33NRlEPmDxjbg4rO *** Executive Producer: Andrew Callaway Producers: Charlotte Albrecht, Jon B., Ryan M.

In dark times like these, it's vital to shine light on signs of life, revolting against the order of things. Today, March 5, marks the two year anniversary of the 5th Week of Action to Stop Cop City, when hundreds of activists took direct action at the Cop City construction site. Party Girls Riot Tracker returns with a spotlight on Greece, when last Friday, Feb. 28 hundreds of thousands of Greeks took to the streets in nationwide General Strike on the two year anniversary of a controversial trail accident that the government covered up. Jamie and Sam also catch up on some much needed conversations about fashion, art, the Oscars and of course Trump and Vance yelling at that Ukrainian guy. 00:00:00 Sam's new jacket, Oscars, America's Most Powerful playing cards 00:22:44 Two year anniversary of the 5th Week of Action to Stop Cop City 00:37:05 "Some Ukranian guy" Zelensky gets a verbal beating from Donald Trump and J.D. Vance 00:49:33 Riot Tracker: Greek Lightening 00:55:01 USA Economic Blackout #riot #ukraine #oscars *** SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get all of our bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Join our YouTube channel as a member to get access to bonus videos (the same one's you'd find on Patreon!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0T-lzkTsMt1tBSvp958UGQ/join Follow us on ALL the Socials: Instagram: @party.girls.pod YouTube: @partygirlspod TikTok: @party.girls.pod Twitter: @partygirlspod BlueSky: @partygirls.bsky.social Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify if you feel so inclined: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-girls/id1577239978 https://open.spotify.com/show/71ESqg33NRlEPmDxjbg4rO

In this PATREON PREVIEW, Sci-Fi Legend Kim Stanley Robinson explains his true feelings about cryptocurrency, some things would would have done differently in Ministry For the Future if he wrote it today, and the influence of How To Blow Up a Pipeline. Watch the full interview here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/we-need-w-kim-122570852 *** SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get all of our bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Join our YouTube channel as a member to get access to bonus videos (the same one's you'd find on Patreon!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0T-lzkTsMt1tBSvp958UGQ/join Follow us on ALL the Socials: Instagram: @party.girls.pod YouTube: @partygirlspod TikTok: @party.girls.pod Twitter: @partygirlspod BlueSky: @partygirls.bsky.social Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify if you feel so inclined: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-girls/id1577239978 https://open.spotify.com/show/71ESqg33NRlEPmDxjbg4rO

Jamie is once again joined by her brother in darkness Leslie Lee III (@leslieleeiii) of Struggle Session (@strugglesession) to discuss Robert Eggers’ horny and polarizing polarizing Nosferatu (2024) in a MEMBERS ONLY episode of their series Vampire Castle. In this sneak preview, Leslie and Jamie discuss the hoe-less Count Orlok (at least compared to Gary Oldman) and what's lacking from this version of Dracula. Minor spoiler alert! Much, much more in the full episode: Is the 2024 film original enough to justify making yet another movie based on Bram Stoker’s 1897 gothic novel? How does it stack up to Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 masterpiece? And when will men learn that having a goth girlfriend is a big responsibility? Check out Struggle Session: https://www.patreon.com/strugglesession *** SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get all of our bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Join our YouTube channel as a member to get access to bonus videos (the same one's you'd find on Patreon!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0T-lzkTsMt1tBSvp958UGQ/join Follow us on ALL the Socials: Instagram: @party.girls.pod YouTube: @partygirlspod TikTok: @party.girls.pod Twitter: @partygirlspod BlueSky: @partygirls.bsky.social Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify if you feel so inclined: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-girls/id1577239978 https://open.spotify.com/show/71ESqg33NRlEPmDxjbg4rO Executive Producer: Andrew Callaway Producers: Charlotte Albrecht, Jon B., Ryan M.

In our most EDGY and CONTROVERSIAL episode of ALL TIME, Jamie and Sam catch up on the many happenings since their last news episode. Is Party Girls too edgy for polite society? We think Not! Society would do itself well to toughen up a bit, and dive deeper into the into the reality of life and suffering trenches of America today. But are libs ready to abandon respectability politics? The team traces the contours of the burgeoning Anti-Tesla/Anti-Musk movement, which has seen everything from arson to one-man protests as activists target Elon’s ‘Cash Cow.’ Later they explore precisely what role puppygirls have in bringing down US empire. And finally, updates from Luigi Mangione's trial. *** SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get all of our bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Join our YouTube channel as a member to get access to bonus videos (the same one's you'd find on Patreon!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0T-lzkTsMt1tBSvp958UGQ/join Follow us on ALL the Socials: Instagram: @party.girls.pod YouTube: @partygirlspod TikTok: @party.girls.pod Twitter: @partygirlspod BlueSky: @partygirls.bsky.social Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify if you feel so inclined: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-girls/id1577239978 https://open.spotify.com/show/71ESqg33NRlEPmDxjbg4rO

Sci-fi Legend Kim Stanley Robinson joins Jamie Peck and Sam Beard to discuss the end of capitalism, why being a leftist gives him hope, what he thinks of Bill Gates and Obama’s takes on Ministry For the Future, and communism. Much is gathered and realized through the readings and this conversation. For example, did reading Ministry for the Future turn Sam into a Statist? Is KSR working on a new book? Can we defeat the death cult fury of the billionaire class? What is the role of utopian fiction in revolution? How did Fredric Jameson’s feedback affect Ministry For the Future?? Get Kim Stanley Robinson’s takes on Luigi Mangione, Bitcoin, sabotaging fossil fuel infrastructure, what we would add to Ministry For the Future today, and all the plane crashes everywhere.... BEHIND THE PAYWALL: https://patreon.com/partygirls *** SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get all of our bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Join our YouTube channel as a member to get access to bonus videos (the same one's you'd find on Patreon!): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0T-lzkTsMt1tBSvp958UGQ/join Follow us on ALL the Socials: Instagram: @party.girls.pod YouTube: @partygirlspod TikTok: @party.girls.pod Twitter: @partygirlspod BlueSky: @partygirls.bsky.social Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify if you feel so inclined: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-girls/id1577239978 https://open.spotify.com/show/71ESqg33NRlEPmDxjbg4rO

Luigi Mangione has accepted the funds that Jamie Peck, Sam Beard, the December 4 Legal Committee have raised from everyday working people across the globe. The mainstream media has some wack takes about it. Also Kendrick Lamar's Superbowl halftime show was good and the Mud Wizard's statement is HELLA good. Donate to Luigi Mangione's legal defense: https://www.givesendgo.com/legalfund-ceo-shooting-suspect The Mud Wizard's statement: https://antidotezine.com/2025/02/07/the-mud-wizard-in-his-own-words/ *** SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get the full version of this episode, all other bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Join our YouTube channel as a member to get access to bonus videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0T-lzkTsMt1tBSvp958UGQ/join Follow us on ALL the Socials: Instagram: @party.girls.pod YouTube: @partygirlspod TikTok: @party.girls.pod Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts if you feel so inclined: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-girls/id1577239978 :)

Our heroes are dead and our enemies are in power. This week Executive Producer Andrew Callaway makes a rare appearance in front of the camera and speaks to the profound impact of David Lynch’s work - and explains why he disagrees with the master filmmaker that he is not a political filmmaker. Jamie Peck and Sam Beard both watch Lost Highway for the first time and have a lot to unpack. 00:00:00 David Lynch is dead 00:08:15 He was born is Missoula, Montana 00:11:29 “I’m not a political person” 00:17:00 Eraserhead explained 00:19:17 David Lynch’s unique form of class consciousness 00:21:33 Blue Velvet and the middle class 00:25:40 Intuitive understanding of psychology and trauma 00:30:08 Ronald Reagan and David Lynch 00:36:58 Transcendental meditation and politics 00:46:12 Libertarianism & Mitt Romney 00:50:47 YAY! BERNIE SANDERS FOR PRESIDENT!!! 01:00:56 Twin Peaks Season 3 (no spoilers) 01:04:21 Fire Walk With Me & CPTSD 01:08:41 Minor Lost Highway SPOILERS start here 01:21:44 Spoilers END here as we speak on Zizek and Lacan 01:27:20 Explaining a film? No no no no no 01:30:56 Some personal stuff and also closing wisdom from Special Agent Dale Cooper *** SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get the full version of this episode, all other bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Join our YouTube channel as a member to get access to bonus videos -- INCLUDING Jamie and Andrew talking more indepth about Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0T-lzkTsMt1tBSvp958UGQ/join Follow us on ALL the Socials: Instagram: @party.girls.pod YouTube: @partygirlspod TikTok: @party.girls.pod Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts if you feel so inclined: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-girls/id1577239978 :)

Happy pod-a-versary to us! Jamie Peck and Sam Beard celebrate one year of Party Girls by answering a bunch of listener questions. How many years does the American empire have left? How hopeful are we that we’ll see serious social change within our lifetimes? How many times a day do we think about Lenin? And why does Sam dress like a zoomer now? All this, plus we reveal which super exciting guest we have coming on in February and what book(s) you should read to prepare. Fundraiser for the person Jamie could not remember the name of: https://givebutter.com/support-sandiego-protester 00:00:00 Happy one year anniversary 00:08:05 Does Chris Cuomo smell like week old coffee and gold bond powder like I assume? 00:08:17 If we were to control the means of production, what industry should be prioritized first? 00:09:43 Who is your dream party girl guest? 00:13:34 What is your favorite David Lynch movie. 00:15:45 What would you ask Luigi if you could? 00:17:19 You’re in charge of sending the first 5 people to mars, who u sending? 00:19:45 Would Jamie ever go back on the majority report as a guest? 00:20:15 How do I correctly channel my anger, isolation and sadness regarding the current events? 00:23:41 What is to be done? How it might should be done? 00:25:30 How many years do you think this empire has and does it fall from within or another war loss ends it? 00:28:36 Thoughts on folk punk as a genre and I guess also as politics? 00:31:22 If you could say one more thing to Chris Cuomo what would it be? 00:32:46 How hopeful are you that serious social change will happen in America During Your Lifetime? 00:35:34 Sam, why do you dress like a zoomer now? 00:36:12 Sam, how are you so hot? 00:36:26 I have a crush on you Jamie. 00:38:37 Who is your ideal candidate for 2028? Sky is the limit, dead or alive even. 00:40:45 As more spaces and housing becomes rapidly absorbed into a neo-feudalist hellscape, what are ways to protect and liberate property from privatization? Are community land trusts effective to this goal? 00:43:36 How many times a day do you think about Vladimir Lenin, father of socialism and our humble saviour? 00:44:42 What was your favorite memory doing party girls? 00:50:37 Isn’t anger over AI art simply petty-bourgeois anxiety from proletarianization? 00:53:31 Do you have an escape America Plan? 00:55:30 What inspired your political views? 00:57:56 What’s your historical comparison between Luigi Mangione and John Brown? 00:59:56 Thoughts on general strike May 1 2028? 01:01:46 What do you think about decommodfied music & the relationship of music to ideological critique? 01:05:56 Sam, what was it like being on CNN? 01:06:24 Is the meaning of life dependent on economic conditions only? Or is there more to meaning? 01:09:47 As goth socialists, what keeps you guys from falling into cynicism and doom?? 01:16:15 What are your party girls goals for year 2? *** SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get the full version of this episode, all other bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Follow us on ALL the Socials: Instagram: @party.girls.pod Twitter: @partygirlspod TikTok: @party.girls.pod Youtube: @partygirlspod Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts if you feel so inclined: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-girls/id1577239978 :)

***Sign up as a patron to participate in next week’s AMA special where Jamie and Sam will field questions from the Discord to celebrate the show’s one year anniversary.*** https://patreon.com/partygirls Sam is back from his hiatus for this special episode with Natasha Lennard, journalist, educator, Friend and comrade. The day after Trump re-ascends to the helm of the federal government, the Party Girls team teases out just what collective political wisdom led to a categorically different protest response to Trump’s inauguration this go around. 2017’s inauguration was marked by a massive black bloc protest, but the one this week saw dozens of smaller convergences around the country focused on community-building and activating more localized responses to Trump's deportation machine. What role does journalism actually hold in making the world a better place? What brings us hope in this grim political moment? Should Antifa make a comeback? All this and more in this week's episode. 00:00:00 Intro to Natasha Lennard 00:04:20 I Protested Trump's First Inauguration, But I'm Not Protesting Him Today 00:14:03 Elon Musk's Sieg Heil and other inauguration news worth talking about 00:38:00 Direct action & Gary, Indiana (the town, not the writer) 00:52:45 The King of Antifa says, "anything can happen" but there are currently no plans for a second season 01:12:45 ANNOUNCEMENTS ETC!!!! Links: https://theintercept.com/2025/01/20/trump-second-inauguration-dc-protests/ https://crimethinc.com/2025/01/20/reports-from-the-festivals-of-resistance-day-of-the-forest-defender Super Solidarity Smash Bros A fundraiser for activist legal fees Featuring comedy by Jamie Peck, Jake Flores, Fellatia G aka Lena NW, and more! @ The Robinson Space 4308 Burns Ave Los Angeles, CA 90029 $10 suggested donation Saturday January 25th 6pm doors, 7pm show *** SIGN UP NOW at https://patreon.com/partygirls to get the full version of this episode, all other bonus content, Discord access, and a shout out on the pod! Follow us on ALL the Socials: YouTube: @partygirlspod Instagram: @party.girls.pod TikTok: @party.girls.pod Twitter: @partygirlspod Leave us a nice review on Apple Podcasts if you feel so inclined: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/party-girls/id1577239978 :)