Maggie and Aya discuss their favorite trope.... evil boyfriends! This episode is not an endorsement of bad behavior. Works mentioned: Star Wars, the Grishaverse, 50 Shades of Grey, Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, Dr. Horrible, Firefly, Buffy, A

The "Mind Blowing" first sex trope

Dec 18th, 2020 47m 25s

Maggie and Aya get a little personal in this episode, in which we discuss how instances of sex-on-page (or screen) influenced our ideas about sex and as teens. Works under discussion: Twilight, His Dark Materials, the Princess Diaries, Tamora P

Spoiler Alert! Star Wars, the Force, and Synthesis

Dec 4th, 2020 1h 3m

The Trope Confessors sit down with Star Wars aficionado Wendell Britt of Integral Emergence. Maggie learns that the Star Wars books might be worth reading.

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Spoiler Alert! Gilmore Girls

Nov 6th, 2020 45m 3s

This is the first episode of a new segment: Spoiler Alert! Our first recap and exploration will be of: Gilmore Girls! Also known as Maggie's favorite show. Listen in as Maggie explains the goodness to Aya and Sam. And tune in soon for Star Wars

Orphans

Oct 24th, 2020 1h

As a child, did you ever pretend to be an orphan? We did. We explore how common this trope is and when it works for us and when it doesn't.

Love Triangles

Oct 9th, 2020 57m 27s

Okay! We'll admit it! We love the cursed love triangle. Works mentioned in today's episode: Twilight (duh) by Stephanie Meyer, An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir, Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo; Gilmore Girls, Legally Blonde, The Legend of

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Harry Potter and the Difficult Truth (Part Two)

Sep 18th, 2020 1h 23m

In the wake of JKR revealing her whole hand in her new book (a guy dresses as a woman to kill people, yikes) we decided to look at the ways JKR's transphobia shows up in the beloved Harry Potter series. Actually, that's a total lie, we recorded

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She Who Shall Not Be Named (Part 1)

Sep 11th, 2020 28m 25s

Back in July, Maggie and Aya spent some time thinking about the things JK Rowling has said online. Realizing that not everyone is as Extremely Online as we are, we break down what she said and why it matters. Stay tuned for Part Two, coming soo

The Special Girl

Aug 28th, 2020 1h 7m

Maggie confesses to liking the Special Girl. Aya worries they might be that annoying, special person. Both of them misuse the word "Bestowed". Aya gets excited about Star Wars.

Meet Your OTP

Aug 14th, 2020 28m 54s

Meet your new One True Pairing! Maggie and Aya discuss the future of Trope Confessions: topics we may cover, tangents we may get stuck on, and of course, evil boyfriends. There are also two very special confessions.

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