Woah, woah, woah. Has TRT switched it up and started watching TV instead of movies? Yes!!! (at least for this week’s episode). Jodie and Matthew review Season 1 of “We Are Lady Parts” created by Nida Manzoor, which explores a feminist, Muslim, punk band and their interpersonal dramas as they search for their identity and their place in the world. This show was hilarious and poignant, and brought up questions of the portrayal of muslims in western culture, the portrayal of women in media, and highlighting the many ways people can practice Islam around the world and in Britain. Watch the show and let us know your thoughts!

Matthew Rating: 4.5/5

Jodie Rating: 5/5

Works Referenced and Recommended Readings:

Rahman, M. (2024). Indigestible performances: Women, punk, and the limits of British multiculturalism in Nida Mazoor’s We Are Lady Parts. Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 60(2), 199–214.

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Jodie and Matthew return to Biblical Studies to discuss Psalm 104. Often described as a psalm of praise, creation psalm, or perhaps even an historical psalm or wisdom psalm, Psalm 104 is one of the most well-known and beautifully written psalms in the Bible. Jodie and Matthew discuss everything from redactional criticism to potential connection to Ancient Egyptian poetry such as the Hymn of Aten to fact checking Wikipedia’s claims about Psalm 104. Let us know what you think about Psalm 104!

Works Referenced and Recommended Readings:

Baltzer, Klaus, ed. Psalms 3 : A Commentary on Psalms 101-150. Trans. by Linda M. Maloney, Erich Zenger, and Frank-Lothar Hossfeld. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2011. Print.

Dahood, M., S.J. (1970). Psalms III 101–150: Introduction, Translation, and Notes with an Appendix the Grammar of the Psalter. New York, New York: The Anchor Yale Bible.

Hoffmeier, James K., Akhenaten and the Origins of Monotheism (2015; online edn, Oxford Academic, 19 Mar. 2015).

Movie March Part 4 is a 2004 film called “Saved!” featuring Macaulay Culkin, Mandy Moore, and Jena Malone. While both enjoyed it, Jodie and Matthew disagreed on the extent to which they thought they should enjoy it. Was it an amazing movie that accurately critiqued early 2000’s Evangelical Christianity, or did it create a caricature of Christianity from this era? Let us know your thoughts on both the movie and our interpretation of it!

Matthew Rating: 3.5/5

Jodie Rating: 5/5

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