Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Kat’s “Machos: Fully Loaded” guest co-host, A. C. Lamberty, returns to Feminist Frequency Radio for a special interview with returning guest Karen Tongson to discuss her brand-new book normporn: queer viewers and the tv that soothes us.
Links Mentioned:
* Get your own copy of normporn: bookshop.org/p/books/normporn-queer-pleasures-in-sentimental-television-karen-tongson/19916162
* podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-30-guyliner-tears-and-octopusses-with-kat-spada/id1549053649?i=1000632054909
Find Karen:
* twitter.com/inlandemperor
* karentongson.org
Find A.C.:
* Website: aclamberty.com
* On Instagram and Letterboxd at @aclamberty
Find Kat:
* twitter.com/kat_ex_machina
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Kat’s “Machos: Fully Loaded” guest co-host, A. C. Lamberty, returns to Feminist Frequency Radio for a special interview with returning guest Karen Tongson to discuss her brand-new book normporn: queer viewers and the tv that soothes us.
Links Mentioned:
* Get your own copy of normporn: bookshop.org/p/books/normporn-queer-pleasures-in-sentimental-television-karen-tongson/19916162
* podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-30-guyliner-tears-and-octopusses-with-kat-spada/id1549053649?i=1000632054909
Find Karen:
* twitter.com/inlandemperor
* karentongson.org
Find A.C.:
* Website: aclamberty.com
* On Instagram and Letterboxd at @aclamberty
Find Kat:
* twitter.com/kat_ex_machina
Find Feminist Frequency:
* Join our community via Patreon - patreon.com/femfreq
* Subscribe to FFR on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2t4wu4I
* Twitter: @femfreq bit.ly/316OVCC
* Instagram: @femfreq bit.ly/37AbMJd
* Twitch: @femfreq twitch.tv/femfreq
* Our Website: feministfrequency.com








![REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES | FFR 270
Our Focus on the Family season is back after an unexpected hiatus! [Once again: sorry for the interruption; a member of our team had an ongoing family medical situation, but were happy to be with you again.] It was a big nostalgia kick for Kat to revisit Patricia Cardosos 2002 Sundance darling Real Women Have Curves, but this was a first-time watch for A.C. We talk about how America Ferreras body has been perceived by Hollywood over the years, from this and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants to Barbie. Its a hyper-realistic and occasionally difficult to watch portrayal of a fraught mother-daughter dynamic, and well worth its place as a modern classic preserved by the National Film Registry.
Find Kat:
- NEW: katexmachina.substack.com
- letterboxd.com/katexmachina
- bsky.app/profile/katexmachina.bsky.social
- twitter.com/kat_ex_machina
Find AC:
- instagram.com/aclamberty
- letterboxd.com/aclamberty
Find Us:
- Join our Patreon: patreon.com/femfreq
- Our Website: feministfrequency.com
- Subscribe to FFR on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2t4wu4I
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- NEW: bsky.app/profile/femfreq.bsky.social REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES | FFR 270](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e6_xZ5wxJxs/mqdefault.jpg)

