The Three Best and Worst Moments of the 2022 Oscars

March 28, 2022 Kelli

You may have noticed that this year, BSG did not publish our annual guide to the Oscars. After three consecutive years of correctly predicting less than half of the attempted categories, I’ve decided to throw in the towel. Predictions: I’m just not good at them!

Instead, I’ve decided to share some thoughts on the best and worst moments of the night — just in case you aren’t already completely exhausted by everyone on the entire internet having a take.

Iron Widow Dragged Me Out of a Reading Slump

March 23, 2022 Mary

I have a slight confession. I haven’t been excited about a book in a long time. Sure, there have been plenty of books I’ve enjoyed lately, but not many that I’ve been genuinely excited about. You know that feeling when you can’t put a book down because it’s just too good to not keep reading? It’s a great, thrilling feeling, and I just haven’t really gotten to enjoy it much lately. After treating myself to a day off Friday (freelance life, amiright?), I decided to pick up a book for fun, just for me. Settling on Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao, I prepared myself to read for about 15 minutes then delve into TikTok for an inevitable doom scroll session. Then those 15 minutes passed, then 30, then an hour, then two. I couldn’t put down Iron Widow. I didn’t want to.

Susan's #PodSquad: Twin Flames

March 19, 2022 Susan

A few weeks ago, I was listening to A Little Bit Culty, and the episode was about Twin Flames Universe (TFU), a high-pressure group I'd never heard of before. The guest was Keely Griffin, a former member of the group. I've heard of the concept of "twin flames," but I had no idea there was a whole culty organization centered on the idea. A few days later I heard an advertisement for a new Wondery show called Twin Flames that explores and exposes the group, and I immediately downloaded the first two episodes.

YA Book Club: Of Curses and Kisses

March 9, 2022 Mary & Emily

Mary: Hello and welcome back to YA Book Club! Today we’re talking about Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon, which has been on our TBR for quite some time now. Menon is one of our favorites, and we’ve talked about her novel There’s Something About Sweetie in the past, and we even did a whole podcast episode about Make Up Break Up. Of Curses and Kisses is different from any other Menon book I’ve read before simply because it has kind of a fantasy spin. It’s a contemporary retelling of “Beauty and the Beast” (we can get into which version later), and there is a curse as the title implies. There’s not really magic or anything, but there is a fabulous boarding school and lots of money, which is basically magic, isn’t it?

Elden Ring Stuns and Saddens

March 1, 2022 Mary

I spent the last weekend in February planted firmly on my couch, playing hour after hour of Elden Ring, the latest offering in the Soulsborne series. A while back, I wrote about Bloodborne, another FromSoftware game that is incredibly punishing. I concluded the post by saying I wasn’t sure if I liked it, and now, even much later, the answer is still unclear.

Sensuality and Spirituality in Asha's Awakening

February 14, 2022 Kelli

Appropriately enough for a Valentine’s Day post, I initially heard of singer/songwriter Raveena during my first ever queer romance, when the girl I had just started dating made me a playlist (lol, gay). I remember being immediately struck by Raveena’s music, which is queer and sexy and undeniably magical, and texting the aforementioned Girl about how much I loved it. I have since bitterly unsubscribed from that playlist, but I simply could not unsubscribe from Raveena.

Raveena’s latest, Asha’s Awakening, is a concept album centered around the titular Asha, a Punjabi space princess from ancient times. In an instagram post promoting the music video for the album’s first single, “Rush,” Raveena writes of Asha: “[She] is trained by peaceful aliens in highly advanced spiritual magic. When she comes back down to Earth after her 2000 years of training in space, she attracts an obsessive cult following around her, which leads to her eventual demise.” The album weaves together a number of musical influences, from Bollywood scores to R&B of the early 2000s, and the result is a joyful and sensuous experience that demands repeated listening.

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window: Yes, Really

February 10, 2022 Susan & Emily

Emily: Welcome to the blog friends, and welcome to another blog post in which Susan and Emily talk thrillers. We love it here. Susan and I both read (and LIKED) The Woman in the Window, and yes, we do know it’s problematic. So we were excited about discussing the Netflix film The Woman in the Window, which was bad. Bad. Bad. Bad. And so now we’re coming around full circle to chat about The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window, which is a Netflix series spoofing domestic thrillers. But let’s be real. It’s mostly a spoof of The Woman in the Window, which is fair, because that’s a story that’s pretty easy to make fun of. Oh, and this series stars my queen, Kristen Bell.

So how was this series? Was it funny? Was it thrilling? Did Kristen Bell crush it, as always? That’s what we’re here to chat about.

Anyway, spoilers to follow.

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