This Ends at Prom
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This Ends at Prom
This Ends at Prom is a weekly podcast analyzing the staying power of womanhood featured in coming-of-age and teen girl movies from the queer, feminist cisgender and transgender perspectives of wives BJ Colangelo and Harmony Colangelo.
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The Runaways (2010)
"Well, what were you thinking? Publicize the music! Not your crotch!"
The Runaways completely changed what was possible for women in rock music,...
Drop Dead Fred (30th Anniversary)
"It takes more than a fire truck to stop Drop Dead Fred."
Some of us aren't lucky enough to have an imaginary friend like DROP DEAD FRED, but pl...
Let the Right One In (2008)
Content Warning: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN features troubling topics that may be difficult for some listeners. Please do your due diligence and check for p...
Life-Size (2000)
"Do you know I'm anatomically correct?"
While everyone is celebrating entering their "new year, new me" era, This Ends at Prom is kicking off 20...
Little Women (2019)
“I’m so sick of people saying that love is just all a woman is fit for. I'm so sick of it."
The best way to spend the holidays is curled up next...
Saint Frances (2020) w/ Amelia Emberwing!
"That's what I like about you. I never know what you'll say next."
Alex Thompson and Kelly O'Sullivan's SAINT FRANCES was one of the best films...
Desperately Seeking Susan (40th Anniversary)
"That's what I like about you. I never know what you'll say next."
40 years ago, Madonna transcended into pop star superstardom and helped turn...
Battle Royale (25th Anniversary)
"So today's lesson is, you kill each other off till there's only one left. Nothing's against the rules."
25 years ago, Kinji Fukasaku brought th...
Sweethearts (2024)
"I... have a girlfriend. She lives in Ohio."
The first fall break after leaving your hometown and going off to college is one of the weirdest ad...
Seventeen Again (2000) w/ Aaron Perine
"I am gonna do what I wanna do! And you know what? I don't need your permission to do it!"
What if your grandparents magically turned back into...
The Pregnancy Pact (2010)
"So this is what it feels like to be Jamie Lynn Spears."
There are two types of people in this world: People who love Lifetime Original Movies a...
The Brady Bunch Movie, 30 Years Later
"Put on your Sunday best, kids. We're going to Sears!"
The Brady Bunch is one of those fascinating TV relics that helped shape American culture...
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 50th Anniversary w/ Chelsey Weber-Smith
"Don't dream it. Be it."
50 years ago, a midnight movie was unleashed on the American masses that changed the lives of outsider teenagers foreve...
The Ugly Stepsister (2025)
"That's the whole point. I'm going to marry the Prince."
THE UGLY STEPSISTER is Emilie Blichfeldt's first feature, and it is unfathomable that a...
Hausu (1977)
"The girls will wake up ... when they are hungry."
Is Hausu secretly the most honest coming-of-age teen girl horror movie ever made? This week,...
Bit (2019)
"We're made to be monsters, so let's be monsters. Let's be gods."
BIT is the intersectional, trans-inclusive, vampire girl gang movie of your dr...
Pearl (2022)
"Please, Lord, make me the biggest star the world has ever known so that I may get far, far away from this place. Amen."
The Wives Colangelo are...
Can't Hardly Wait (1998) w/ Niko Stratis!
"Fate! There is such a thing as fate, but it only takes you so far. Then it's up to you to make it happen."
Everyone loves that one last house p...
Dirty Girl (2010)
"If it's a man's world, God wouldn't have made me."
This week, The Wives Colangelo are championing the young women who were ever called a "bad i...
What a Girl Wants (2003)
"Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you are born to stand out?"
This week, The Wives Colangelo are hopping the pond and showing up to mer...
KPop Demon Hunters (2025) w/ Laura Sirikul
“That’s the funny thing about hope. Nobody else gets to decide if you feel it. That choice belongs to you.”
We're goin' up, up, up! It's our mom...
30 Years of Clueless and 5 Years of This Ends at Prom
"UGH. AS IF!"
Back in 2020, the recently married Wives Colangelo sat down in their Cleveland apartment to kill some time during quarantine and t...
Freakier Friday (2025)
"My face looks like a Birkin bag that's been left out in the sun to rot!"
The long-awaited sequel to 2003's FREAKY FRIDAY is finally here, and T...
Now & Then (1995)
"As we grow older, it becomes difficult to just believe."
In honor of the film's 30th anniversary, The Wives Colangelo are stuffing their bras w...
In Memory of Margo Donohue, Heaven Help Us (1985) Re-Release
"I've been kicked off the track team, and without track, my grades will be based on ...my grades."
The world lost a wonderful woman this...
Light of Day (1987)
"Music is all that matters. One hour on stage makes up for the other 23."
The Wives Colangelo are heading back to the Midwest for a trip, so it'...
Dumplin' (2018)
"As far as I'm concerned, a swimsuit body is a body with a swimsuit on it."
This week The Wives Colangelo are heading to Texas, signing up for a...
Blue Crush (2002)
"You're a girl that doesn't ask a guy what to do..."
Surf's up, and we're remembering having very confusing feelings about watching all of these...
Mermaids (1990)
"Charlotte, I know you're planning a celibate life, but with half my chromosomes, I think that might be tough."
We at This Ends at Prom firmly b...
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
"That's a shame, being that it's the 4th of July and all. Kids like you should be out having fun. Drinking, partying, running people over, getting awa...
The Doom Generation (30th Anniversary)
"Ever feel like reality is more twisted than dreams?"
The Wives Colangelo are closing out Pride Month by introducing Harmony to the punk rock ci...
Prom Dates (2024) w/ D.J. Mausner!
"It's a first-year college party. Everyone's gay."
This week The Wives Colangelo are joined by the ultra-hilarious D.J. Mausner to talk about th...
Saved! (2004) w/ Sarah Marshall
"Why would God make us all so different if he wanted us to be the same?"
The incomparable Sarah Marshall makes her mighty return to discuss one...
Loser (2000) 25 Years Later
"I love self-loathing complaint rock you can dance to."
It's Harmony's birthday and whatever baby wants, baby gets, so we're upgrading Amy Hecke...
Rent (20th Anniversary)
"How do you measure a year in the life?"
May-usical month comes to an end as The Wives Colangelo reflect on the film adaptation of Jonathan Lars...
Stage Fright (2014)
"I sleep with women, but musicals make me feel gay!"
It's BJ's birthday week so she's forcing Harmony to watch a horror musical, the CAMP meets...
Cry-Baby (1990)
"I may be a drape, but I love your granddaughter. And if that's a crime, I'll stand convicted, ma'am."
John Waters returns to This Ends at Prom...
Camp Rock (2008)
"I'm not ashamed. It's just, for once, I just wanted to fit in and be popular."
May-Usical Month continues with another Disney Channel Original...
Cabaret (1972)
"Does it really matter so long as you're having fun?"
May-Usical Month returns with an all-time great musical about a 19-year-old Cabaret singer...
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
"We accept the love we think we deserve."
If you were on Tumblr in 2012, chances are you or someone you know had a huge THE PERKS OF BEING A WAL...