This week on Okay Diva, we're diving deep into romance tropes — specifically the ones that live rent-free in queer cinema and absolutely wreck us emotionally every single time.Brock and I break down our favourite love story archetypes: forbidden love, enemies to lovers, childhood friends to lovers, the slow burn, the miscommunication chaos, and everything in between. We talk which tropes hit different in queer storytelling, which films execute them perfectly, and why some romance clichés just work when done right.From classic LGBTQ+ cinema to modern queer love stories, we're ranking, roasting, and romanticising the narrative patterns that make us cry, scream, and believe in love again (even when we shouldn't).🎭 Romance tropes decoded💕 Queer cinema deep dive🔥 Forbidden love vs enemies to lovers debate✨ The diva guide to love storiesWhether you're a hopeless romantic or just here for the discourse — this one's for the girlies who've rewatched their comfort queer romance 47 times and still aren't over it.Like, comment which romance trope is your Roman Empire, and subscribe if you've ever ugly-cried at a slow-burn payoff.#RomanceTropes #QueerCinema #LGBTQFilms #OkayDiva

Happy New Year divas 🎆
Episode 31 is our official New Year reset — which means goals, aspirations, pop culture predictions, and a terrifying amount of confidence.

This week, Brock and I sit down to talk what we’re manifesting for the year ahead, the films and music we’re already emotionally invested in, and the artists we’re betting everything on for 2026. Vision boards were implied. Delusion was confirmed.

We also debut a brand new segment: Diva Takes — where opinions are shared freely, consequences are ignored, and friendships are briefly put at risk. I floated a wildly unserious, obviously fake hypothetical that absolutely should not be taken seriously. Brock responded by condemning war (as he should) while simultaneously finding time to compliment people I consider spiritually evil. It spiralled. I was scared. He gaslit me. I saw god.

It’s hopeful, it’s chaotic, it’s deeply unserious — the perfect way to ring in a new year as divas.

Here’s to fresh starts, bold opinions, and whatever the hell this year is about to be 🥂✨

Alright divas, it’s officially our Christmas episode AND our 30th episode, which feels fake but here we are 🎄✨

This week Brock and I are leaning fully into festive chaos as we celebrate Episode 30 of Okay Diva with a very diva-coded Christmas special. No syllabus, no Divaology homework — just end-of-year vibes, holiday reflections, unserious takes, and whatever tangents feel correct in the moment.

We kiki about the year that was, the moments that gagged us, the moments that nearly took us out, and why Christmas always brings out both the warmth and the unhinged behaviour. It’s camp, it’s cozy, it’s slightly chaotic — exactly how a diva should close out the year.

Whether you’re wrapping presents, avoiding family conversations, or just need something cunty on in the background — welcome to our Christmas special, babe.

Thank you for riding with us for 30 episodes. Same divas, same chaos, tinsel added.

🎄✨

This week on Okay Diva, we continue to wrap up the year — and this week we cover the best movies and TV shows of 2025.

Brock and I go through the films and series that defined our year: the undeniable slays, the surprise hits, the moments that lived rent-free in our brains, and the ones we absolutely will not stop talking about. It’s taste, cinema and insane cultural moments.

🎬 Year-end rankings

📺 Movies vs. TV supremacy

💅 Diva opinions only, no neutral takes

Sam finally takes control of the podcast — and immediately accuses Rihanna of having a lisp, attempts to expose Brock’s most evil personality traits, and declares normiecore a punishable offence.

This episode goes off the rails within minutes.What was meant to be a “planned discussion” turns into a full diva inquisition: pop culture allegations with no proof, moral grandstanding, getting even instead of getting mad, and an unhinged deep dive into why being a normie is the real threat to society.

We spiral.

We judge.

We say things out loud that should’ve stayed as inside thoughts. And once the accusations start, there’s no walking them back.

💅 Planned episode. Immediate abuse of power.

🎭 Diva investigations based on vibes only.

🔥 Normies will not enjoy this.

Watch at your own risk. Like, comment, and subscribe — or we’ll assume you’re a normie.

#OkayDiva #DivaPodcast #Rihanna #PopCultureDrama#Normiecore #InternetCulture #QueerPodcast #UnhingedPodcast

This week’s mid-week bonus episode is sponsored by absolutely nothing except the fact that I skulled an OxyShred before recording and unlocked a level of hyper-clarity nobody was prepared for — least of all Brock.

Brock tried to lightly roast me, which accidentally activated my Hookup Lore Dump Mode, and suddenly I’m telling stories I’ve kept buried deeper than my savings account. Plus: the unfiltered high-speed thoughts that only come from caffeine, delusion, and diva energy colliding at full force.

It’s messy. It’s fast. It’s unintentionally confessional. It’s peak Okay Diva.

#OkayDiva #HookupLore #OxyShredEra #CaffeineConfessions #OvershareEnergy #PodcastSpiral #DivaChaos #BonusEpisode

We let Spotify do the talking and the receipts are iconic.

This week Brock and I unseal our Spotify Wrapped and — surprise — the algorithm gagged us with the truth. We go track-by-track through our top genres, the songs we looped in secret, and artist obsessions who dominated our year.

Sam’s hot take energy? Entirely fuelled by that theatrically chaotic pop genius who made cow-core a mood and who's career will forever be haunted by that one man... from that one live. You know the one — the queen of genre-sprints and rap pop.

Brock’s soul? Soft, suburban confessionals — the small-town heartbreaker who writes whole atmospheres about parking lots and awkward crushes. The one whose “I love someone I can’t have” ache is a whole aesthetic and randomly went 80's that one time.

We compare taste vs. stats and reveal it all to you xox.

💅 If you’ve ever been emotionally monogamous to an album, this one’s for you.

💬 Tell us in the comments: Who was your favourite artist or album this year?

#OkayDiva #SpotifyWrapped #Wrapped2025 #DojaCat #ConanGray #LadyGaga #TateMcrae #MusicPodcast #PopCulturePodcast #StreamQueens #DivaEnergy #YearInReview

This week on Okay Diva, we’re entering our Pop Culture Double Feature Era — because both Stranger Things and Wicked Part 2: For Good drop this week, and we simply had to open our big diva mouths about it.

We kick things off with a full Wicked Part One recap: the slays, the choices, the wigs, the moments that lived rent free, and the moments that should’ve stayed in the drafts. Then we dive headfirst into Stranger Things Seasons 1–4, revisiting every Demogorgon, death, plot twist, and gay little breadcrumb the Duffers threw our way to emotionally destabilise us.

Basically, it’s us prepping for the chaos of two cultural juggernauts landing at once — a green girlboss finale AND Hawkins going full apocalypse? The girls are stressed.

Expect opinions, delusion, lore, timelines, theories, and diva energy turned up to 11 (literally).

Welcome to the Okay Diva Pop Culture Crossover Episode. Grab your broom. Grab your bat. It’s showtime.