Olivia Gatwood and Melissa Lozada-Oliva are two internationally-renowned writers and performers who have a lot of questions about things that don't matter. But mostly, they are just two girls who are unfortunately not talking less.
Olivia & Melissa go from complete chaos to total enlightenment in a conversation with renowned poet Andrea Gibson about mortality, the industry of death, the afterlife, and their new book YOU BETTER …
Olivia & Melissa briefly revisit the theory that Rooney mined their lives, wonder if voyeurism is always sexual, & if they've reached the end of the era of sensitive men.
O & M talk about the possibility that their lives have been used as fodder for a bestselling novel. Are they self-involved? Or are they right?
M&O talk about how trauma can make relationships a nightmare but also how you can get better.
Melissa & Olivia question whether or not they are smart. Which maybe means they aren't?
Melissa and Olivia talk about what it means when celebrities make money off their wounds and the intentions behind oversharing on the internet. They also go into the nuances of being an abolitionist …
Melissa & Olivia try to justify their love of melodramatic television & also are in complete denial about their traumatic childhoods.
Melissa & Olivia talk about what could have been.
Olivia & Melissa ponder Instagram script font, barnhouse lifestyle bloggers, women who dream of pumpkin patches, and embroidered towels.
As in, media. Not food. Media is our food. We feed on the faux-intimate lives of people we do not know.
M & O are back, chatting about whether or not they have personalities & what it means to exist inside of a society fueled by consumerism & class warfare :)
Meli & Oli chat about Twitter, accountability, & what it means to be cancelled while working towards restorative justice.
Melissa & Olivia talk extensively about the lives & work of Angela Davis, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, and Mariame Kaba.
Melissa & Olivia answer the five most common questions when talking about abolishing the police & prison.
We talk to Melissa's mom about falling in love with running after her divorce & how, committing to something for three months & then moving onto the next challenge, makes it your boyfriend.
O & M talk Normal People and performative sex.
Melissa & Olivia talk about The Self and what becomes of it.
Melissa & Olivia have a little chat about whether they have hope themselves, the world, and the people inside it.
Melissa & Olivia recount what it is they do every single fucking day.