Tangled - How Girls Get Gaslit
In Tangled, Rapunzel’s mental imprisonment and her desire to take the agency to see the world herself speak generally to how young girls need to free themselves from damaging longstanding cultural myths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
20 Jan 202221min
Friends’ Emily - The Tragedy of the Runner-Up Love Interest
Friends' Emily is the Runner-Up Love Interest, a character who serves as a transition to the show's one true pairing. Let's take a look at what we can learn from her side of this story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
17 Jan 202220min
The Pandemic Onscreen - How Film & TV Does Covid
How much do we want to see the Covid-19 pandemic reflected in our Films and TV shows – should stories be helping us process, or just letting us enjoy a much-needed escape? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15 Jan 202222min
How the Madonna-Whore Complex Still Reigns
Many of the labels we still put on women - good girls and bad girls, wifeys and femme fatales – come from Madonna-Whore dichotomy. Here’s how to spot these archetypes on-screen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 Jan 202221min
Why Ted is the Villain of How I Met Your Mother
Is How I Met Your Mother’s Ted Mosby the good guy he claims to be? Or is his romantic journey more self indulgent and sometimes sinister than he claims it is? What if he's the bad guy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10 Jan 202223min
Bridesmaids: Why Helen Has No Friends
Helen is that woman you hate -- but also want to be. What's the problem of the Bridesmaids antagonist? Why is she incapable of getting what she really wants: friends? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9 Jan 202220min
The Matrix 4, Ending Explained - "Fixing" Trinity Syndrome
The Matrix Resurrections is an interrogation of the original film and its legacy, asking whether anything has improved as a result of the Matrix’s message to free your mind, or if the mind-control in our actual world has just gotten worse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
8 Jan 202222min
The Pick Me Girl - Reflecting Our Insecurities Back to Us
Today's "Pick Me Girl" often manifests like the traditional "Good Girl Wifey” who judges single women. She can can even be an antifeminist who disavows women’s rights. But she is truly defined by her lack of time or respect for other women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
7 Jan 202221min
