Today we are joined by special guest peach to talk about episodes 2.22, “Father Knows Best”, and 2.23, “Eye of the Beholder”! We discuss copaganda and the military, anxiety-inducing TV, what true trust and safety look like, solidarity to shoplifters and looters, and how Ali would NEVER ride the bus. peach takes us for a walk, Deepa says the word fish, and Cameron thinks her friendship with Deepa is unfortunate. All our oppressive systems must be destroyed!

This episode was recorded in January when wildfires were devastating Los Angeles; you can still provide support for marginalized communities impacted by the fires at @mutualaidla on instagram.

Theme song by Ashok R. Chandran.

Chickpeas Oh My Gosh!

Korean Multigrain Rice (Japgokbap or Ogokbap) but add chickpeas!

peach’s Resources for Building the World We Want to Live In
Cameron Gets Academic On Us
Things We Referenced Related to PLL
  • Class dynamics in Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin
  • Troian Bellisario is a cop in a new show (boo) and apparently got training from cops to prep for the show! WTF
Things We Referenced Completely Unrelated to PLL
  • The full moon! In Cancer!
  • The army in Shrinking
Fashion Analysis

Our favorite outfits were Hanna’s braid and peacoat (mostly the braid) and Aria’s brown pleated skirt (mostly Deepa liked it)…

Aria, Spencer, Emily, and Hanna are on a sidewalk arguing; Hanna is wearing a long dark peacoat and her hair is in a fishtail braid that goes to the top of her crown
Aria, Spencer, Emily, and Hanna are on a sidewalk arguing; Hanna is wearing a long dark peacoat and her hair is in a fishtail braid that goes to the top of her crown
Close-up of Hanna where the braid is more visible
Close-up of Hanna where the braid is more visible
Hanna, Aria, Spencer, and Emily are all standing looking shocked; Aria is wearing a brown leather-like pleated skirt, a white top with a pattern of skulls on it, and a short black leather jacket with large buttons
Hanna, Aria, Spencer, and Emily are all standing looking shocked; Aria is wearing a brown leather-like pleated skirt, a white top with a pattern of skulls on it, and a short black leather jacket with large buttons

We had a worst outfit so unanimous that we made ourselves say at the same time: Aria’s horrendous poncho? sweater? and fascinator headband

Emily and Wayne looking concerned; Wayne is wearing a baseball cap with “army” in big all-caps lettering and “National Guard” beneath it, with the National Guard logo of a person with a gun

Also, Aria pulled a Spencer and wore a top with fish on it!

Aria is talking to Emily while wearing a long blue knitted top with black, red and white, and yellow and black fish on it, along with a sparkly headband that matches the blue of the top

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