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.
Follow @rosedommu and @fransquishco on Instagram and Twitter.
Latest episodes
Jan 26, 2023 • 1h 6min
That is Mahogany!
Have you guys heard of the Hunger Games? Fran & Rose discuss the hit books/movies that apparently everyone but producer Phoebe knows and loves Plus, Fran's dispatch from Sundance, lots of Madonna news, gay hockey erotica in Rose's Book Corner, some Oscars talk and an Avatar debate tag our finsta @likeavirgin42069See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 19, 2023 • 45min
Snort Dance Fuck
Fran & Rose discuss The Last Movie Star, Julia Roberts, her laugh, her hair and her oeuvre: from My Best Friend's Wedding to her literally small role as Tinkerbell in Hook to Erin Brockovich to Eat, Pray, Love is she the last movie star? tag our finsta @likeavirgin42069See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 12, 2023 • 58min
The Diva Doll Herself
...is M3GAN Plus, Drag Race, Mayfair Witches and announcing Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin as the inaugural Like A Virgin Book Club read! tag our finsta @likeavirgin42069See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 5, 2023 • 1h 18min
All Mermaid Stories Are Trans
Once upon a time we made an episode about fairy tales and talked about everything from what Fran considers to be Carmen Diaz's best performance (Shrek) to the horny riddle guessing of Rumpelstiltskin to the secret gay life of Hans Christian Andersen Plus, Fran & Rose watched Matilda the Musical and Glass Onion and they each hated one and loved the other can you guess which?! what's your favorite fairy tale? tag our finsta @likeavirgin42069See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 29, 2022 • 49min
F Boy Insurrection
It’s that time of year when Fran & Rose synthesize not only their favorite albums/movies/shows of the year but also divulge their best purchases (get out the guillotine!!!), compare psilocybin, Lexapro, and other substances they ingested in 2022, and announce the winner of the highly coveted Azealia Banks Award for Longest Voice Memos happy new year virgins we love you tag our finsta @likeavirgin42069See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 22, 2022 • 1h 2min
Three Crazy Dads (feat. Jill Gutowitz)
Happy Hanukkah, Virgins!! To celebrate the festival of lights, writer and director Jill Gutowitz joins Fran & Rose to talk about the 2017 Jewish lesbian film Disobedience that has nothing to do with Hanukkah but everything to do with spit, Mamma Mia and brown hair! Plus, takes on that other winter holiday, Christmas, and Titanique tag our finsta @likeavirgin42069See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 15, 2022 • 1h 7min
Xena Was A Warlord (feat. Macy Rodman)
TRUE VIRGINS PLEASE TAKE OUR LISTENER SURVEY AND BE ENTERED TO WIN A VIRGIN HAT!!! Fran & Rose are joined by performer and podcast icon Macy Rodman to talk about gayming, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in all its iterations, and the Angelina of it all Plus, it's New SZA Season!!!, White Lotus & a quick mention of The Menu (no spoilers!) send us pics of your favorite big t!tty gaming avatar @likeavirgin42069See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 8, 2022 • 47min
Neville Bongbottom
TRUE VIRGINS PLEASE TAKE OUR LISTENER SURVEY AND BE ENTERED TO WIN A VIRGIN HAT!!! Fran & Rose got stoned in the studio to talk about their enduring love affair with weed Plus, an important announcement about the format of this show!!, life updates, The Crown this episode puts the 420 in @likeavirgin42069See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 1, 2022 • 1h 1min
The Mommy Vibes Of It All
It's officially The Holidays, so Fran & Rose are talking about the only holiday film worth watching, Lesbian Christmas Classic Carol. Plus, age gap relationship discourse & power dynamics, Cate & Rooney's careers more generally and who's a Carol and who's a Therese. Plus, Bones and All, new Weyes Blood, Wednesday thoughts and Disenchanted Are you a Carol or a Therese? tell us on our finsta @likeavirgin42069See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 24, 2022 • 1h 10min
The Lion, The Witch & The Trans Lesbian Centaur
Fran & Rose can turn any conversation — even one about a children's series rife with Christian symbolism — into a conversation about gay bestiality porn. That's right, today's episode is about Narnia, and covers all its adaptations including the 2005 movie that launched the careers of James McAvoy and Tilda Swinton, and the imagined gay illicit romances of Narnia's creator C.S. Lewis Plus, Black Panther conspiracy theories, Taylor Swift's antitrust army & getting sucked in to The Crown tag our finsta @likeavirgin42069See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
