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It’s December which means it’s time for our annual made for TV Christmas movie party. This year we’re exploring the significance of movies where women return to their small hometown for the holidays. Everyone knows Christmas can’t be celebrated in the big city!  The movies we watched this year are:  The Christmas Contract (2018)Poinsettias for Christmas (2018)Hope at Christmas (2018)Christmas Pen Pals (2018)Christmas Love Letter (2019)Rediscovering Christmas (2019)Rebuilding a Dream Christmas (2021)A Cowboy Christmas Romance (2023)Christmas With a Kiss (2023)Want to hear us talk about Hallmark even more? Here's some of our other "According to Hallmark" episodes! According to Hallmark: Being a Christmas #Girlboss (Our most popular Hallmark episode!) According to Hallmark: The Monarchy & Christmas (Our first Hallmark episode!) According to Hallmark: Small Town Boys (The spiritual cousin of this episode!) Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Instagram Check out additional resources on our website. Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

In this spookiest of seasons, we're here to discuss real life frights and what draws us to (or repels us away from) horror. Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Instagram Check out additional resources on our website. Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

The theme of today, and every day!, is friendship. In this episode Hannah and Suzanne air some grievances and celebrate some accomplishments. Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Instagram Check out additional resources on our website. Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

In this Feminist Book Club episode, we read Jessica Valenti's 2024 book Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win. Want to learn more about Jessica Valenti? Follow her substack! Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Instagram Check out additional resources on our website. Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

In 2025, Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan reprised their roles from When Harry Met Sally for a Superbowl commercial and co-presented at the Academy Awards, also referencing their movie together. What makes the legacy of this almost 36-year old film endure and how do we look at that legacy differently in what some scholars refer to as a "post-romantic" age?  Suzanne monologues, Hannah encourages, and they both get a little sad about the state of millennial romance.  Suzanne's film recommendations Sleeping With Other People (2015) - aka WHMS where the attraction is explicit Plus One (2019) - aka WHMS with more millennial angst (and Meg Ryan's son!) Rye Lane (2023) - aka WHMS as strangers Max and Molli in the Future (2024) - aka WHMS in space Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Instagram Check out additional resources on our website. Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

This year's According to Hallmark episode features 8-different cinematic masterpieces, all which incorporate magic and/or fantasy elements. We're talking snow globes. We're talking time travel. We're talking not one but TWO ice sculptures come to life. Is Christmas actually the most magical time of the year? And what does magic do for the women protagonists in these films? Movies we watched this year: A Snow Globe Christmas (2013) Christmas Perfection (2018, Lifetime) The Knight Before Christmas (2019, Netflix) A Christmas Movie Christmas (2019, Lifetime) A Timeless Christmas (2020, Hallmark) A Biltmore Christmas (2023, Hallmark) Hot Frosty (2024, Netflix) Enchanting Christmas (2024) Interested in our other According to Hallmark episodes?   The Monarchy and Christmas Being a Christmas #Girlboss Merry Queer Christmas! Small Town Christmas Boys Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Instagram Check out additional resources on our website. Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

It's spooky season! And we're reviewing the ghoulish tale of a woman with a decorative taste that doesn't align with the aesthetic of her vacation home. How terrrrrrrifying! If you'd like to donate towards a food and supply distribution center in Western North Carolina you can do so here: https://donate.mannafoodbank.org/  To find other ways to help or just learn what's going on you can go here: https://www.bpr.org/  Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Instagram Check out additional resources on our website. Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Congratulations, Lord Elgin! You've won the prize of being a historical figure that Hannah would fight if she could. Listen to get on our scrappy side and learn how why most excuses institutions make for NOT repatriating artifacts (looking at you British Museum) are a whole bunch of bunk. Related episodes you may enjoy include Hansplaining: A Beginner's Guide to Provenance and Confronting Our Creative Industry Fears Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Twitter | Instagram Check out additional resources on our website. Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Instagram Check out additional resources on our website. Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Warning! Consider yourself warned! Suzanne's audio sounds like she is talking through a tin can in a separate room maybe underwater on a submarine. But Hannah's dulcet tones come through loud and clear. Listen for Hannah! Tolerate Suzanne! (Suzanne is writing this just to be clear.) Gasp! What is this? Another episode? Hannah and Suzanne introduce a new series to the show that is guaranteed 80% more nonsense than previous episodes. Love you, miss you, and we'll talk to you in five minutes! Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Instagram Check out additional resources on our website. Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Hannah's in Seattle! And Suzanne's never seen the 2005 Pride and Prejudice. So...let's drink sparkling rosé and watch it I guess? And if this episode sounds like two women hunched around one microphone...that's because that's what we did.  Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Instagram Check out additional resources on our website. Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

On this episode of the Well Here We Are Feminist Book Club, Hannah and Suzanne discuss Roxane Gay's book of essays Bad Feminist. Are Hannah and Suzanne bad feminists? Bad at being feminists? Or bad at being bad feminists?  Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Instagram Check out additional resources on our website. Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and come roast these small town boys with us! Hannah and Suzanne watched 11-Hallmark or Hallmark-adjacent films that featured small town boys. Are all these men condescending beige blobs whose primary goal appears to be antagonizing the women they love? Or can love truly be found in the small town?  Make sure to listen to the end (or just skip there, we're not your mom) for our annual film awards: heaviest use of the 10 second skip, most watchable movie, the man we'd be most likely to move to a small town for, and couple most likely to get a divorce.  Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Instagram Check out additional resources on our website. Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Experts? Not quite. But two ladies that have done some solo traveling and have thoughts? Yes we are and yes we do.  It's cold, wet, and rainy where Hannah and Suzanne live, so they take 30 minutes to reminisce about time spent solo traveling in warmer times.  Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Instagram Check out additional resources on our website. Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Please note: This podcast episode was originally recorded in July. And then the audio files proceeded to live on one of the hosts computers for several weeks, unperturbed.  A long long time ago, Suzanne asked Hannah what she thought was a rhetorical question: Had Michelangelo ever seen a human woman? The joy of having a friend who is an expert in art history means that the rhetorical is made factual.  In this episode of Hansplaining, Hannah not only answers that question, but provides some much needed context as to what might be driving Michelangelo's point of view. A must listen for anyone who enjoys museums, fine art, or listening to Suzanne describe a wild series of images which Hannah texted her.  Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Instagram Check out additional resources on our website. Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Two years ago, Hannah and Suzanne familiarized themselves with the central arguments of The 1619 Project and encouraged our listeners to do the same. In this episode, they continue that project and discuss the legacy of The 1619 Project by briefly discussing the Hulu series of the same name and then sharing two case studies connected to places they call home.  Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Instagram Check out additional resources on our website. Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.