Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture Comedy Podcast
Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t: A Pop-Culture Comedy Podcast
Sister podcasters raised by 80s and 90s movies: Tracie Guy-Decker, lover of animation, Muppets, comedy, and feminism & Emily Guy Birken, storytelling nerd, mental health advocate, and pop culture aficionado
Daria: Deep Thoughts About 90s Feminism, "Misery Chick" Animation, and Who Gets the Privilege of Being Cynical
53 minutes Posted Feb 3, 2026 at 10:00 am.
Opening And Why Daria Matters
Memories, Voice Casting, And First Impressions
Why Daria Now And Family Parallels
What The Show Expects From Its Viewers
Jodie, Race, And Cynicism As Privilege
The “Misery Chick” And Thinking’s Burden
Low Self-Esteem Class And Reality Vs Worth
Crushes, Asexuality Questions, And Trent
Party Politics: Power, Romance, And Snark
Alternapalooza And Saying The Quiet Part
Jodie’s Constraint And Student Council Weight
Gen X Disaffection And The Cost Of Sincerity
Ideological Purity, Feminism, And Judgment
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Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. I don't have low self-esteem. I have low esteem for everyone else. On this week's episode of Deep Thoughts About Stupid Shit, Tracie returns to an icon of 90s era feminism, the animated MTV television show Daria. Just like the eponymous Daria Morgendorffer, the people around Tracie thought she was a "misery chick" who wore her feminism, sarcasm, and impatience with the idiocy of the rest of the world on her sleeve (although ...