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According to Hallmark: Return to the Hometown

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): InstagramCheck 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.

October Spooktacular

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): InstagramCheck 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.

Talk to You in Five Minutes: Minor and Major Irks

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): InstagramCheck 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.

Feminist Book Club: "Abortion" by Jessica Valenti

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): InstagramCheck 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.

Suzsplaining: "When Harry Met Sally" in a Post-Romantic World

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 recommendationsSleeping With Other People (2015) - aka WHMS where the attraction is explicitPlus One (2019) - aka WHMS with more millennial angst (and Meg Ryan's son!)Rye Lane (2023) - aka WHMS as strangersMax and Molli in the Future (2024) - aka WHMS in spaceWant 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): InstagramCheck 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.