I Met You On LJ

We’ve connected the dots, and we want to believe! Join Maggie and V as they explore the spooky world of opposites-attract pairings with The X Files and Buzzfeed Unsolved. They discuss the ancient ety…

Y’all ready for this? Maggie and V run through a few of their favorite not-like-other-girls who do extracurriculars and/or should have been lesbians: Bring It On, Bend It Like Beckham, Stick It!, and…

Whoa! Happy Valentine’s Day! For this joyous holiday, Maggie and V celebrate the catalogs of two stars who just may, kind of, perhaps, be married (in Romania, possibly) -- Winona Ryder and Keanu Reev…

This week, Maggie and V are joined by Drew and Cassie from the Of Slippers and Spindles Podcast to talk about fanfiction, fairytales, and folktales! They discuss centuries of stories, ridonkulous plo…

Females are strong as hell! This week, Maggie and V discuss two shows about women who get kidnapped and put in bunkers, The OA and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. They cover ideas about therapy, fear, dan…

Zedus lapedus! This week, Maggie and V compare and contrast two films with shockingly similar themes surrounding feminism, technology, and self-discovery: Alex Garland’s sci-fi masterpiece Ex Machina…

Bamm, join the zombie jam! This week, Maggie and V are joined by their LJ friend Sherell Williams to talk about the undead--and thank god, because V can’t do The Walking Dead and Maggie had a hard ti…

Trust your gut! This week, Maggie and V analyze their favorite transgressive lady detectives through the decades: Nancy Drew, The Bletchley Circle, Veronica Mars, and Jessica Jones. They compare and …

Get on the truck! This week, V and Maggie discuss two road trip movies that couldn't be more different -- except that they're both good examples of sequels better than the original films. Maggie forc…

Grab your backstage pass! This week, V and Maggie recount their Best Fandom Days Ever: two different but totally unforgettable person-to-person experiences they had with their favorite artists. V tel…

Roll call! This week, Maggie and V interview Dr. Anne Jamison​, who teaches classes on fanfiction at the University of Utah and Princeton University. They discuss fandom friendships, grammar, diversi…

This week, Maggie and V chat about their first impressions of The Old Guard, Pacific Rim, Venom, and Jupiter Ascending, and the ways in which fandom uses those worlds to create character growth. Thes…

They’re not real twins! This week, Maggie gives a run-down of The Social Network fandom (including one Armie Hammer), and V discusses The Parent Traps from 1961, 1986, and 1989 (each including one Ha…

Join Maggie and V as they sing, rant, and cry their way through the full spectrum of human emotion! Maggie and V talk about loving, and losing, the idols that helped shape them: actor River Phoenix a…

Dust off your toolbelt and get ready to go to Lowe's! In a highly anticipated episode, V and Maggie are joined by Grace and Claire of Fine Pairings Podcast to puzzle out an answer to the eternal ques…

Let’s talk about smut! In their tenth episode, Maggie and V talk all things Rated E on AO3. Things get silly and surprisingly deep as they break down the citrus scale, sex education in the United Sta…

Get ready to scream like a banshee and roll over in your grave, it’s the I Met You On LJ Halloween special episode! Halloween-obsessed V and chocolate fiend Maggie take a midnight prowl through their…

Are you ready to go back to Titanic? This week, Maggie and V wax poetic about Jack Dawson’s hair, Rose DeWitt Bukater’s boobs, special effects, steerage dance parties, and learning history from film.…