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For us in the Northern Hemisphere, the winter solstice is upon us, and Caitlin and Jenny discuss some Basic Lady ways to pause and appreciate it. Things are only getting brighter now.

Jennity and Caitlin bridge the gap between Halloween and Christmas with ghosts, which are real, whether or not you've had three margaritas.

Jenny and Caitlin extend the most sacred of seasons for an episode-long Basic Witches' Corner.

Happy Halloween! Jenny and Caitlin talk about the worst debate and The Worst Witch, and discover that a game of M/F/K is better than therapy.

We're back! If you want to hear the new book we're not reading, first you have to get through about 20 minutes of Caitlin and Jenny talking about whistles and cinnamon brooms. Welcome to season 3!

Your IIJJ hosts are getting ready for the cinematic event of 2019, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, by recapping their recent viewing of 2014's Maleficent. And it's our season 2 finale, so we say good riddance to Jonathan Franzen and The Corrections. We'll be back in October with season 3, and if you have suggestions for what we should not read next year, let us know!

Jenny has been rewatching Doctor Who, so naturally Caitlin has to ask which character is most likely to tell you to read Infinite Jest. In the penultimate episode of season 2, we request your recommendations for what not to read next, make our second-to-last guesses as to what The Corrections is about, and discuss why Donna is the best companion (don't @ us).

Al Franken is still trash, Wendy Davis is putting on her running (for Congress) shoes, and this week's debates are going to get us all drunk. "The Case of Al Franken" by Jane Mayer for The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/29/the-case-of-al-franken

Hickenlooper is a scientist! And other things we learned in the debates. Jenny and Caitlin also discuss what The Corrections might be about.

Caitlin and Jenny might be dating Joe Biden? Who can really say.

Two of our favorite women keep cranking out hits, so we made you a mix tape. Here's Caitlin and Jenny's mashup of Elizabeth Warren policies and Lizzo songs that, like most mashups, no one was asking for.

No new episode this week, but check out Caitlin and Jenny on the most recent episode of Historical Hotties! https://www.historicallyhot.com/episodes/feminists We'll see you soon with a new episode of IIJJ!

Do your homework and find your flannel, because Caitlin and Jenny are ready to talk about feminine leadership in Captain Marvel.

The topic for this week was inspired by a couple of dudes. Jenny and Caitlin promise this won't happen again. "Don Cheadle and Mark Ruffalo: Feminine leadership can save our planet" by Don Cheadle and Mark Ruffalo for The Hill: https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/430698-don-cheadle-and-mark-ruffalo-feminine-leadership-can-save-our

Sweet birthday babies, we've got a spoiler-filled Russian Doll episode, so if you have not already watched it all get going. It will take you about four hours. That's only slightly longer than a Marvel movie! Jenny and Caitlin decide who in Russian Doll is most likely to tell you to read Infinite Jest, and, like the 36th birthday that won't end, find themselves trapped in a neverending loop of guessing what The Corrections is about. "Russian Doll, Maniac, The Good Place, and how helping others is also helping yourself" by Sulagna Misra for The A.V. Club: https://tv.avclub.com/russian-doll-maniac-the-good-place-and-how-helping-o-1832822367 "Russian Doll casts men in roles usually reserved for women. The results are brilliant." by Todd VanDerWerff for Vox: https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/2/10/18217363/russian-doll-netflix-review-charlie-barnett-men-women "What Is Russian Doll Actually About?" by Sophie Gilbert for The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/02/many-layers-russian-doll-netflix/581971/

Some people who are not women are running for president, and that's, ugh, FINE. They probably all think you should read Infinite Jest though. Jenny and Caitlin are reluctantly thrust back into complaining about politics, and it's all a lot of BS. All this, plus what The Corrections is about. Your podcast homework is to watch Russian Doll so you can appreciate Jenny's spot on joke about penises and vaginas and choices and holes.

Caitlin and Jenny get Sass(e)y, develop a new project for Robin Wright, and predict that Nancy gonna Nancy. The West Wing Weekly's gender-swapped West Wing: http://thewestwingweekly.com/episodes/003

If corporations are people they should at least try to be good people. Seriously, lots of The Good Place spoilers. Just watch it. Links: "The Tortured Soul of William Jackson Harper" by E. Alex Jung for Vulture: https://www.vulture.com/2019/01/william-jackson-harper-the-good-place-interview.html The Bloodhound Gang, "The Ten Coolest Things About New Jersey": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vZXPDBlOCc

While Caitlin is in Iowa for...reasons, she and Jenny discuss their intentions for the new year and try to guess what The Corrections is about.

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