Not For You

The homegirls talk RuPaul’s Drag Race (seasons 6 & 7), our local dungeons and dragons campaign at Vigilante Gaming Bar in Austin, TX, and ask the question, how different is DND from drag, anyway?

ALL WE DO IS DNDNDNDND NO MATTA WHAT! Join the homegirls as we fill you in on the adventures of Mona Lisa and Jean-Ralphio in our local campaign and spin off into all things Dungeons and Dragons: DND Inception: the game within the game, character/party development, our next characters, a loving shout-out to Girls, Guts, … Continue reading Ep. 11 | Go On Witcha Lil’ Elk →

Ramadan Mubarak, Ramadan Kareem! In this very special episode, Fai goes deep about her Muslim upbringing: being raised in a mixed-religion environment, going from public school to private Islamic school and back again, and what happens when you’re growing up queer and Muslim and have no idea how it’s possible to be both when the … Continue reading Ep. 10 | Ramadan Special #1 →

ROLL FOR INITIATIVE! In this episode, Fai + Luz update you on their DND campaign at Vigilante Gaming Bar in Austin, Texas. Luz talks up her homegirl Dez Raven, of Fluxcravt Movement LLC/ATX Pole Fitness. Luz waves the receipts on a certain true crime podcast before sharing her love for My Favorite Murder and recounting the ghost story … Continue reading Ep. 9 | Really High Elves →

Hey chulxs! This week on NFY, we have a very special guest, Mariam – a music connoisseur specializing in K-pop and hip hop, our youth correspondent, and Fai’s sister!  Coming in hot, we discuss our Hogwarts houses and Luz takes the Pottermore quiz for the third time with surprising new results! Fai presents Bi Beat: Agents of Shield … Continue reading Ep. 8 | Gettin’ Down with BTS →

The homegirls tell the tale of their beautiful trip down to the Rio Grande Valley and the nightmare it became at the border patrol checkpoint on the way back up. Luz rhapsodizes about bodies of water and ends up theorizing about the nature of Fai’s different, more wary, response to them. DJ Luz: SELENA

TGIF! Coming in hot, Fai and Luz talk bad movies we still love – Mortal Kombat, Daredevil, Super Mario Bros. – SHOUT OUT TO JOHN LEGUIZAMO!

Hey y’all, how you doin’? We missed you. Hang out with us while we yell about Fantastic Beasts! The Gemini Alignment Chart is in its nascent stages. This week on Real Talk O’Clock: Secular Hijab. A shoutout to the youths/millennials from some grumpy old hags. Fairuz puzzles out the word ‘husband’ in Is It For … Continue reading Ep. 5 | Harry Potter and the Secular Hijab →

Salaam, sweet darlings! This week, Luz goes off on how Jane the Virgin > Gilmore Girls + Fairuz intros a Brooklyn 99 edition of Bi Beat: Jake Peralta Is Definitely Bisexual. In the Fandom Discussion of the Week, the girls gush over everyone’s boyfriend, Alec Hardison (Leverage) + how his character smashes stereotypes. DJ Luz talks Childish Gambino’s babymaking music + daddy … Continue reading Ep. 4| Everybody’s Boyfriend, Alec Hardison →

Happy birthday, Luz! ♒︎ Join the homegirls for this special, SPOILER filled episode we recorded a while back after viewing Rogue One. Luz thinks Bodhi Rook is Will Graham (Hannibal). Jyn Erso as Harry Potter? The importance of Diego Luna as Mexican Han Solo. Yvette Nicole Brown is our dream guest. Mentioned in this episode: PEOPLE: Rosianna Halse Rojas … Continue reading The Hope In The Darkness: A Rogue One Special Episode →

RISE UP EYES UP WISE UP! In this episode, Fairuz gets back from attending the Women’s March on Washington with lots to discuss… and just in time, because traveling while Arab wasn’t stressful enough already! We go *in* on the #MuslimBan. Luz tells us about her future hit sitcom, GHOST BOO, starring Michelle Buteau and Moshe Kasher. We … Continue reading Ep. 3| Bad News, Everyone! It’s the Darkest Timeline →

In this Post-Election Depression Session, Fai and Luz come in hot(cakes) with Real Talk O’Clock – what feelings have you been eating? Luz gets up on the pulpit and preaches the good word about Faith, the Not For You vampire slayer (BtVS), and… somehow this sermon is also a love letter to poor terrible Draco … Continue reading Ep. 2 | Post-Election Depression Session →

SWEET LITTLE DUDES! Welcome to the pilot episode – this one’s a little rougher, but guess what? We’re following it up immediately with episode 2! 2 for you, Glen Coco!  In this episode, Fairuz and Luz go in on why it’s Not For You and play a game of Kill Your Darlings – Simon Tam … Continue reading Ep. 1 | The Pilot →

HEY! Welcome to Not for You, a podcast where your brown homegirls Luz y Fairuz discuss fandom, friendship, current events and current obsessions in their uniquely brown perspectives. It’s real talk o’clock, y’all – get ready to hear the chisme. In this episode, we meet the homegirls.