Wowza, you made our first year one for the books. In this episode, we look back at what we loved, what we fought about, and what we learned about ourselves.

Thank you to our dozens of listeners for your love and support <3 We promise to be just as unhinged next year. See you in March!

We're joined this week by a special guest, Vannah: a real lesbian!!

Do soulmates exist? Do we put too much emphasis on romantic relationships in life? What does it mean to be aromantic?

Trigger/content warnings: alcohol use, mentions of parental neglect, abandonment, explicit sex Tropes: BFFs-to-lovers, second chance, snowed-in, left at the altar, angst, Christmas, grumpy x sunshine, one bed

Master Kim’s Corner:

• Queer women have been killed on television for decades. Now The 100’s fans are fighting back. - Caroline Framke

• • Adding insult to fatal injury is the fact that many lesbian character deaths seem to happen for no other reason than to further a show’s plot. This might mean a show focuses on how a gay woman’s death affects her straight co-stars instead of focusing on the dead woman herself, or it might mean a show uses a gay woman’s death to give the partner she left behind an extra boost of motivation.

What makes a Christmas romance novel? Are there Christmasy tropes we should expect (ie. Christmas markets, Santa, snowed-in)? How does someone overcome the parental pressures to get married and/or have children? And, are there any merits to car sex?

Trigger Warnings/Content Warnings: profanity, death of children (off-page), hospital setting, children in hospice, diet culture toxicity, fatphobia, football injury (off-page), mental health struggles, explicit sex

Tropes: fake dating, one night stand, small town romance, Christmas, instalust, Ex NFL Player, grumpy x sunshine, miscommunication

Master Kim's Corner

The History of Hallmark Christmas Movies - Anne Taylor

You’re not fat, you’re beautiful - Jenny Zigrino