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This week we're SO happy to have the hilarious comedian, writer, and one of the Two Amigos, it's Steven Castillo on the show!! How does a romantic "late bloomer" evolve into a therapized, certified Girlfriend Guy? We're getting into it ALL: the pressure to like girls before you even like girls, being bullied and releasing trauma responses, getting a laugh in high school that changed it all, improv dating, learning to not make your girlfriend your therapist, a first kiss in an AMC parking lot and soOooOOoo much more!!  SONGS: Blue World - Chenayder  Someday - The Strokes Follow Steven on instagram at: @ steezus_castillo Follow Rebecca on instagram at: @rebeccabulnz and the show at: @classroomcrushpod

This week, you know him, you love him, it's pod god JON GABRUS on Classroom Crush at last!! Gabrus is telling us all about his junior high crushing, the public humiliation that came with it, and how once you've been Jerk Off Boy you can pretty much face whatever. We're talkin: first kiss critiques, tfw your friend has an older sister and THE GIRLS are having a sleepover too, peer pressure, dating again and the importance of knowing your astro chart, how making girls laugh made him who he is today, the value of not knowing what will come next, figuring out what kind of life you want outside of inherited belief systems and soooOooOOooo much more!! It's an all timer folks!! Get into it!!  SONGS:  Stayin Alive - The Bee Gees All For Love - Bryan Adam, Rod Stewart, Sting

It's time to ask some questions, and ponder some answers... INTRO SONG: linknb - Kelela

This week we got another straight BANGER with the hilarious writer/comedian/host of the Help Me Be Black podcast, Skyler Higley!! He's telling us all about growing up adopted in Salt Lake City, feeling outside of the Mormon church's vision of love and family, and suffering through a high school fake boyfriend/girlfriend dynamic. PLUS we're talkin: SHAME and releasing it slowly but surely, Skyler's first crush and how sometimes teachers are the police, non consent is everywhere including in adoption btw, kids are oppressed btw, prank culture is white supremacy btw,  wanting to be taken seriously when you've been made the fool and sooOOOoooOoooOoOoo much more! A jam packed episode, get into it!!  SONGS: LINK SOME (TOOK MY ICE OFF) - Sean Leon Ivy - Frank Ocean

Okay now THIS is an episode for the ages....this week Rebecca is joined by the absolutely hilarious ALISON STEVENSON to talk all about her formative elementary school crush and a striking story of fantasy vs reality that has been BEGGING to be told on pod. We're talking: the tomboy/class clown/Jar Jar Binks contrarian pipeline, a classic attempt at friends to lovers, the high levels of compartmentalization required by young girls in love and life, self esteem and growing into wearing skirts and sleeveless shirts and sober hookups (controversial!!), our entertainment dreams 10 years ago vs today, a middle school punk crush, taking things "slow" and sooOOoOOOoOoOoOooo much more!! SONGS: Love Me Back - Willie Hutch Last Caress - Misfits  FOLLOW... Alison on instagram! at: @justaboutglad Rebecca on instagram! at: @rebeccabulnz and the show at: @classroomcrushpod

This week it's another banger in a row folks!! Rebecca is joined by the very funny, very strong, and very flexible YEDOYE TRAVIS! Or just Yedoye. He's telling us all about the first and last time he told his dad about a girl, who you were "supposed" to have a crush on, changing schools and shifting racial dynamics, external pressures, and how sometimes when you're looking for a romantic connection, you might actually just need a friend. PLUS: can a liberated love exist under capitalism? When non consent is built into the culture how can we find agency/undermine the surveillance state? What are the origins of "ownage/pwnage" and are they racist (probably)? Did you know you have choices and revolution is on us? Will loosening the hips make you receive abundance? And soooOoOOOoOoo much more!!!  Check out Yedoye's special FATHERLESS BEHAVIOR on youtube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpu2sj-Y7xg&t=3431s Follow Yedoye on instagram at: @yedoye_ Follow Rebecca on instagram at: @rebeccabulnz and the show at @classroomcrushpod SONGS:  nice shoes/in your world - Steve Lacy Simple and Clean - Utada Hikaru (Kingdom Hearts soundtrack)

This week we're SO excited to have the incredibly talented and actress, fitness queen, and host of The Dolls Review on Latination, CAROLINA GUTIERREZ on the show!! All timer ep!! Carolina is telling Rebecca about growing up trans in Colombia and the confusing first crush experiences she had at an "all boys" catholic school where she was both bullied and secretly crushed on. We're talking all about the cage of patriarchy, being seen as a girl by the boys in her school, being corrected by toxic latin masculinity, the moment that media helped her SEE the path towards medical transition, what it's like dating in this cultural environment, deconstructing how cis white heteronormativity has groomed us all, feeling internally validated, trans people as the ultimate rebels and expression of freedom, and soooooOoOOoO much more!! Get into it!! Follow Carolina on instagram at: @thecarolinagutierrez Follow Rebecca on instagram at: @rebeccabulnz and the show at @classroomcrushpod INTRO SONG: new life forms - Kelela

What can we say but it's an episode about all the relevant cultural things of today!! Love Island, Hollywood, and the Knicks!! And other stuff too :)

They talk about greatness whenever they speak about CHARLES GOULD on the pod!!! This week we're chopping it up with the hilarious and 10 years therapized comedian about all things growing up in Santa Monica, crushing on the girl who sits in front of you in class, a luncheon invitation that never was, mommy issues/daddy issues/middle child issues, winning over the crush, accepting affection, anxiety and assurance (okay alliteration x4), Charles spills the magic vibes of his first date with long term gf, Grinding Culture, Game Culture, Consent Culture and soooOoOOoOoOoooo much more!!!  SONGS: Lua - Bright Eyes My Boo - Ghost Town DJs Follow Charles on instagram at: @charlesgould1 Follow Rebecca on instagram at: @rebeccabulnz and the podcast at @classroomcrushpod

This week Rebecca is joined by none other than comedian and fellow love podcaster, host of Dated, it's Danny Sellers! We're talking all about growing into love, dating timelines, what's considered "normal", becoming a freak, Rebecca is releasing insecure attachment, Danny is getting mad DMs, what it means to share a life vision, who Danny is NOT trying to date, and sooOOoOOooOo much more! SONGS: Dream Girl - Ravyn Lenae Love In This Club - Usher If you're in NYC - get tickets to Danny's show! : https://www.bushwickcomedy.com/event-details/daniel-friends-8-00pm Follow Danny on instagram at: @seesellers Follow Rebecca on instagram at: @rebeccabulnz & the show  @classroomcrushpod

TW: rape, sexual assault, nonconsent, intimate partner violence, aggravated assault, gender based harm....Let's talk about rape culture and how we end violence against women and children! Let's talk about what upholds patriarchy! Let's talk about what patriarchy needs to survive! Let's talk about what accountability looks like! Let's talk about what accountability isn't! Let's talk about structural dehumanization! Colonization! Prison! The Personal! Repair vs revenge! Let's talk about it now so we can figure it all out instead of set ourselves up for further oppression and the deepening exploitation of people everywhere thanks!!

It’s spring babyyyy and we are feeling the bloom of life and love in the air despite all the horrendous things! And we are EXTRA excited because we have the amazingly talented and hilarious Erica Hernandez on the show!!! We’re talking all about her obsessive childhood crush on Orlando Bloom, being a bookworm and romantic, the issues of online dating and Erica’s idea to solve them, building on friendship for love, drumming up the courage to give your number to a hottie on the train, Erica’s failed Salsa for Singles experience, what it means to have your needs fulfilled outside of your partnerships, trying to avoid the traps of overthinking, Erica had an arancini before this and burping does happen but we think you might find it erotic and sooOOooOooooOoo much more!!  SONGS:  Love and Death - Ebo Taylor  Bring Me to Life - Evanescence  Follow Erica on instagram at: @erica.herndz Follow Rebecca on instagram at @rebeccabulnz and the show at @classroomcrushpod Check out the youtube! : https://www.youtube.com/@classroomcrushpodcast

It's a bbbonus ep and we are joined by past guest of the pod, comedian/writer/filmmaker NILES ABSTON to reflect on homestead, growing and changing, priorities clarifying, love, and relationships! We're talkin: the Oscars and war, knowing you're special and outgrowing people who dim your light, patriarchy in religion and the need to outgrow capitalism, tfw we're all connected actually, racism as a constant and white leftists tendency to center class, wanting to date without having to explain your politics, Irish goodbyes, Saturn returns and soooOooOooOoo much moreeee! Contribute to Niles' movie The Booth on Kickstarter!: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thebooth/the-booth-1 SONG: Mangosteen - Sailorr, BIAKO, Nascent

RECORDED DAY BEFORE TRAITORS FINALE SO NO SPOILERS!! This week we have a treat of a returning guest from way back when, it's comedian, writer, and host of TV I Say, it's Ashley Ray!! She's here to talk all things ROB from Love Island and Traitors fame! This special Culture Crush bonus ep the girlies have got to get into: how it is annoying how hot Rob is, Traitor finale theories, Ashley tells a horrific story of working at American Apparel, crush personality incompatibilities,  the allure of the quiet hot guy, put normal people on Love Island!!, millennial woman post-Epstein reflections on the 2000s, capitalism is literally at it again, scamming men and apps for free depression meal delivery in Chicago and soooOOOOoOOo much more!! Follow Rebecca on instagram at: @rebeccabulnz & @classroomcrush Follow Ashley on instagram at: @ theashleyray  If you are Rob or an eccentric millionaire you can venmo: @Rebecca-Bulnes and @theashleyray :)