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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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...
Where The Lilies Bloom (1974) w/ Sam Pancake
"Sometimes on the wind, I feel something say my name, telling me to come to some far-off place."
This week The Wives Colangelo are going back to...
Thoroughbreds (2017)
"The only thing worse than being incompetent, or being unkind, or being evil, is being indecisive."
This week The Wives Colangelo are heading to...
Harriet the Spy (1996)
"You're an individual, and that makes people nervous. And it's gonna keep making people nervous for the rest of your life."
On February 26, 2025...
Twilight: Breaking Dawn (Part 1 & 2) w/ Rosie Knight
"You nicknamed my daughter after the loch-ness monster?!"
Sequel month comes to a close with the long-awaited conclusion to This Ends at Prom's...
The Craft: Legacy (2020) w/ Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
"Witchcraft in general is such a charged word. We literally house babies in our stomachs. That's some Ridley Scott shit."
Sequel month is gettin...
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde (2003)
"Speak up for the home of the brave. Speak up for the land of the free gift with purchase. Speak up, America!."
Sequel month continues as The Wi...
Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
"We got a chip on our shoulder and nothing to lose. And we’re not backing down from anyone. Aca Wiedersehen, bitches."
Sequel month is back with...
St. Elmo's Fire, 40 Years Later
Kirby: "I always thought we'd be friends forever."
Kevin: "Yeah, well forever got a lot shorter all of a sudden."
Despite popular belief,...
The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) w/ Nina Starner
"Goodbye Lizzie McGuire, hello fabulous."
Hey now, hey now! This is what dreams are made of! This week The Wives Colangelo are joined by freelan...
Beastly (2011)
"Just because something is beautiful doesn´t mean it’s good."
Love is in the air and there's nothing more romantic than a Beauty and the Beast t...
Becky (2020) & The Wrath of Becky (2023)
"There was a little girl, who had a little curl, right in the middle of her forehead. When she was good, she was very good. But when she was bad, she...
The Baby-Sitter's Club (1995)
"You know, we're more than just a club. We're friends. Best friends. Nothing could ever change that."
THE BABY-SITTER'S CLUB movie turns 30 year...
Honor Society (2022)
"Men don't have to choose between love and power."
Contemporary teen movies thrive on streaming platforms, so this week The Wives Colangelo are...
Sucker Punch (2011)
"For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the sheltered will never know."
Can good intentions and stunning imagery be enough to overcome a...
I, Tonya (2017)
"There's no such thing as truth. It's bullsh*t. Everyone has their own truth, and life just does whatever the f*ck it want."
To discuss the stor...