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  • S3 E8 Turning Red

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    https://www.femcatholic.com/post/turning-red-shines-light-on-womens-intergenerational-struggle-for-self-acceptance

    https://thelowell.org/11389/uncategorized/turning-red-is-a-turning-point-in-coming-of-age-films/

    https://www.fibroidfighters.org/blog/is-pixars-turning-red-movie-about-periods/

    https://www.thepennmoviegoer.com/movie-review/pixars-turning-red-the-antidote-against-everything-thats-wrong-in-hollywood

    https://www.theguardian.com/global/2022/mar/24/turning-red-defiantly-asian-female-critics

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    Hosts: Beth Hofeldt and Traci Mueller

    Music by Devin Wall
    Artwork by Anna Apperson

    41 min
  • S3 E7 Parks and Recreation

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    https://web.archive.org/web/20210510085926/https://nymag.com/arts/tv/features/55851/ 

    https://lamag.com/tv/parks-and-recreation-5000-candles-lil-sebastian-mark-rivers 

    https://wlrc.uic.edu/programs/special-initiatives/breathing-room/leslie-knope/

    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/feb/24/parks-and-recreation-prime-time-feminism-laughs

    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00335630.2021.1984552

    https://www.suu.edu/hss/comm/masters/capstone/thesis/b-m-bahr.pdf

    https://about-face.org/nbcs-parks-and-recreation-promotes-feminism-for-everyone/

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ovaries-before-brovaries-why-leslie-knope-is-my-feminist-icon_b_6988626

    https://thenapministry.wordpress.com

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    Hosts: Beth Hofeldt and Traci Mueller

    Music by Devin Wall
    Artwork by Anna Apperson

    43 min
  • S3 E6 Spice Girls

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    https://m.independent.ie/entertainment/music/20-years-of-girl-power-were-the-spice-girls-feminists-or-just-opportunists/34859274.html 

    https://amp.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/sep/14/spice-girls-how-girl-power-changed-britain-review-fabulous-and-intimate

    https://name3songs.com/2021/11/27/spice-girls-the-group-that-changed-feminism-and-the-media-forever/amp/

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/arts/music/spice-girls-girl-power.html

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    Music by Devin Wall
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    39 min
  • S3 E5 Moxie

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    1 hr 11 min
  • S3 E4 10 Things I Hate About You

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    References and Research:
    https://www.theswaddle.com/cant-let-go-of-the-nuanced-depictions-of-flawed-feminism-in-10-things-i-hate-about-you-despite-its-sexist-plot

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    Music by Devin Wall
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    1 hr 1 min
  • S3 E3 Girls Just Want to Have Fun

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    References and Research:
    Book Beth referenced - Never Whistle at Night by Shane Halk

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    40 min
  • S3 E2 Mean Girls

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    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/10/movies/mean-girls-tina-fey.html

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    Music by Devin Wall
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    40 min
  • S3 E1 Barbie

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    https://news.temple.edu/news/2023-07-19/barbie-s-world-why-story-and-marketing-barbie-matters

    https://screencraft.org/blog/america-ferreras-glorious-barbie-monologue-explained

    The song Beth refers to is Fight Song by Rachel Platten.

    The book on Seth MacFarlane’s Instagram that Traci refers to is The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher.

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    Music by Devin Wall
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    56 min
  • S2 E15 Wonder Woman

    In this episode, we ask the question, when it was released, Wonder Women felt like a revolutionary female-led film, but did it spark the revolution we thought it would? 

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    References and Research:
    https://www.spotlightjournal.org/issue-ii/feminism-and-the-female-superhero-gender-in-wonder-woman

    https://fashionista.com/2017/06/wonder-woman-film-costumes

    https://ameliaseamstress.wordpress.com/2017/07/01/movie-costume-review-wonder-woman/

    https://nerdist.com/article/wonder-woman-music-theme-cello-solo-tina-guo/?amp

    https://www.gq.com/story/wonder-woman-review

    https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/5/30/15709572/wonder-woman-review-gadot

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    Music by Devin Wall
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    50 min
  • S2 E14 Lisa Frankenstein

    In this episode, we ask the question, Lisa Frankenstein has been dubbed a highschool horror rom com, but is it deeper than that? 

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    References and Research:
    https://www.reddit.com/r/AMCScreenUnseen/comments/1ajvqmu/what_did_you_think_of_lisa_frankenstein/ 

    https://scriptmag.com/interviews-features/character-informing-the-narrative-a-conversation-with-lisa-frankenstein-screenwriter-diablo-cody

    https://www.vogue.com/article/diablo-cody-lisa-frankenstein-interview

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    Music by Devin Wall
    Artwork by Anna Apperson

    31 min

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