BSFC #26: Claudia and the Sad Good-bye
Grab your weighted blanket for this one, kids, cause it's the Coping with Existential Despair Hour! YAY!
BSFC #25: Mary Anne and the Search for Tigger
Brooke and Kaykay read the gaslighting, cat-napping, ball-dropping Logan Bruno for FILTH.
BSFC #24: Kristy and the Mother’s Day Surprise
Brooke and Kaykay discuss the BSC’s exploration of what makes a family.
BSFC #23: Dawn on the Coast
Brooke and Kaykay discuss Dawn's journey through the stages of change as she contemplates the question, “Where is home?”
BSFC #22: Jessi Ramsey, Pet-sitter
Brooke and Kaykay discuss the BSC's battle with interpersonal and structural power dynamics.
BSFC #21: Mallory and the Trouble with Twins
Brooke and Kaykay discuss Mallory and the Arnold twins' pursuit of individuation via consumerism.
BSFC Netflix #10: Hello, Camp Moosehead! Part 2
Brooke and Kaykay bid a fond farewell to their summer vacation with The Baby-Sitters Club on Netflix.
BSFC Netflix #9: Hello, Camp Moosehead! Part 1
An episode about disillusionment and empowerment? TIMELY!
BSFC Netflix #8: Kristy’s Big Day
Sea City, eh? In the Netflix adaptation of Boy-Crazy Stacey, the Jersey Shore and sunburns are OUT and a Vancouver beach and windbreakers are IN.
BSFC Netflix #7: Boy-Crazy Stacey
Sea City, eh? In the Netflix adaptation of Boy-Crazy Stacey, the Jersey Shore and sunburns are OUT and a Vancouver beach and windbreakers are IN.
BSFC Netflix #6: Claudia and Mean Janine
The Netflix adaptation of Claudia and Mean Janine drops some serious knowledge about the importance of facing the past, the power and purpose of art, and the proper care techniques for cast iron cookware.
BSFC Netflix #5: Dawn and the Impossible Three
Lessons abound in the Netflix adaptation of Dawn and the Impossible Three…
BSFC Netflix #4: Mary Anne Saves the Day
The Netflix adaptation of Mary Anne Saves the Day has EVERYTHING…
BSFC Netflix #3: The Truth About Stacey
And in the third episode, Netflix said: Let there be Kid Kits.
BSFC Netflix #2: Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls
Brooke and Kaykay discuss the second episode of the Netflix series: an adaptation of Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls that bears only a slight resemblance to the book -- though this means NO ALAN GRAY, so it's cool.
BSFC Netflix #1: Kristy's Great Idea
At last, Brooke and Kaykay are diving into the Netflix adaptation of the Baby-sitters Club!
BSFC #20: Kristy and the Walking Disaster
January 1989: When America said goodbye to President Reagan and hello to Kristy's Krushers. Can I get an AMEN?!
BSFC #19: Claudia and the Bad Joke
December 1988: Power ballads ruled the music charts, camp Christmas classics dominated television, and a precocious new charge with a sadistic streak put Claudia Kishi in the hospital. COMEDIANS, amirite?
BSFC #18: Stacey’s Mistake
November 1988: A Bush was elected president, Geraldo got punched in the face, and a group of teen girls traveled across state lines to provide cheap domestic labor for wealthy New Yorkers. (Tale as old as tiiiiiiiiiime...) Brooke and Kaykay explore the New York City of the 1980s alongside the Baby-sitters, with digressions on Book It!, the dynamic duo of Chucky and My Buddy, NIMBYism, and Kaykay's grandfather's indecipherable brogue.
BSFC #17: Mary Anne’s Bad-Luck Mystery
October 1988 saw the debut of Roseanne, the first top 10 hit for New Kids on the Block, and more supernatural terror for the members of the Baby-sitters Club. Brooke and Kaykay dig into the culture of fear and paranoia that set the backdrop for Mary Anne's Bad-Luck Mystery -- that's right, we're talking about the Satanic Panic, and no one's leaving unscathed (especially not Geraldo). Plus: Takedowns of rape culture, toxic masculinity, "infotainment," and Logan Bruno.