Sex. Love. Literature. - A Pop Culture Podcast
Sex. Love. Literature. is a pop culture podcast that relishes the romantic, the sexy, and the scandalous in media. Join pop culture scholars (and besties) Ayanni and Corinne as they deep dive into why the “sex-stuff” in media matters.
Recent Episodes
April 24, 2025
E56 Ever After: A Cinderella Story - "We have solved fairytales"
We’re taking a trip back in time this episode to do a deep dive on the classic fairy tale retelling, Ever After: A Cinderella Story. We consider what makes something a Cinderella story and how Ever After maps onto those crite...
March 28, 2025
E55 Trope Spotlight: Red Flag vs Green Flag Characters - "They match each other's freak"
We recorded a thicc episode for you this month with our special guest Sarah, one of the hosts of the podcast Afternoona Asks! Together, we get into the nitty-gritty of red flag and green flag characters and cover a lot of gro...
Feb. 28, 2025
E54 Sparking Joy in 2025: A Pop-Culture Roundup: "Symbiotic Crying on the Couch 😭"
It's time for our annual SLL tradition of rounding up the pop culture of the previous year! We start with what pop-culture is "sparking joy” in February, our favorites of 2024, and what we’re looking forward to in 2025. As a...
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New to the Show? Check out a Pop Culture Roundup!
Rather than focus on a specific book, movie, or show, these episodes highlight pop culture that was sparking joy in the moment, that we looked forward to, or were our favorites of the year. Great episodes for new listeners to start with and get a sense of our vibe as podcasters.
Reviews
Fun and Thoughtful
Corinne and Ayanni are not only gifted scholars in their pop culture fields, but also SO fun to listen to. They explain shows and deep theoretical concepts in the same digestible ways, bringing an added depth to great conversations about our favorite trash (and not-so-trash) media. Nobody else gets this mix to have quite so much fun flavor as these two!
- maxined93
- May 10, 2021
Excellent Analysis and Engaging Personalities!!
I love these two and their both deep and accessible analyses on a WIDE VARIETY of media. While they break down the many different aspects of each of these shows and how and what their relationships say about the core themes of the show they never go too deep to lose the audience. It’s so lovely and their fun and inclusive personalities are infectious!
Definitely a must listen to!
Please try them out!
- DynomGT
- May 10, 2021
Pop culture analysis that’s both smart & fun
Exactly what the title of this review says. I came for the deep dives into K-drama and stayed for everything else. The Tamora Pierce episode is /everything/ if those were your foundational fantasy texts (as they were for me). 10/10 would recommend!
- darcy (Dr, not Mr)
- July 25, 2023