Madeline Looks Back

We discuss the sci-fi novel “The Dispossessed” by Ursula K. Le Guin and talk about why temporal physics is a good metaphor for social movements, how gender dynamics look under different societal structures, and the cyclical nature of anarchy.

Cited in this episode:

Jonas Gerald. “Ursula K. Le Guin, Acclaimed for Her Fantasy Fiction, Is Dead at 88.” The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/obituaries/ursula-k-le-guin-acclaimed-for-her-fantasy-fiction-is-dead-at-88.html

Klarer, Mario. “Gender and the ‘Simultaneity Principle’: Ursula Le Guin's ‘The Dispossessed’.” https://www.jstor.org/stable/24780621

Tavormina, M. Teresa. “Physics as Metaphor: The General Temporal Theory in The Dispossessed.” https://www.jstor.org/stable/24780261

Williams, Donna Glee. “The Moons of Le Guin and Heilen.” https://www.jstor.org/stable/4240331

The music used in this episode is "Lost Souls" by Portrayal freemusicarchive.org/music/Portraya…l_-_Lost_Souls used under an attribution license creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

On this “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Halloween special, we talk about how the iconic series deals with gender, power, sexuality, and sexual assault. We consider what makes Buffy a feminist text and why it’s worth analyzing and discussing today.

Cited in this episode:

Camron, Marc. “The Importance of Being the Zeppo: Xander, Gender Identity and Hybridity in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Slayage: The Journal of Whedon Studies - www.whedonstudies.tv/uploads/2/6/2/…593/camron.pdf

Kane, Vivian. “James Marsters Tells the Story Behind That Buffy Scene That Made You Hate Spike.” The Mary Sue - www.themarysue.com/james-marsters-…you-hate-spike/

Nussbaum, Emily. I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution - www.amazon.com/Like-Watch-Arguin…ion/dp/0525508961

The music used in this episode is "Lost Souls" by Portrayal freemusicarchive.org/music/Portraya…l_-_Lost_Souls used under an attribution license creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We discuss "Her Body and Other Parties," the collection of short stories by Carmen Maria Machado, and grapple with its ideas of embodiment, revising the horror genre, and society's treatment of women's bodies and desires.

Cited in this episode:

Butler, Judith. "Imitation and Gender Insubordination" - https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=COIvCgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT381&dq=Imitation+and+Gender+Insubordination+judith+butler&ots=3aVfUD7q7I&sig=oZ9GVFSUiw_P1p6uamrz_ETSYNE#v=onepage&q=Imitation%20and%20Gender%20Insubordination%20judith%20butler&f=false

Gilbert, Sandra M. and Susan Gubar. “Infection in the Sentence: The Woman Writer and the Anxiety of Authorship. ” The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination - https://www.amazon.com/Madwoman-Attic-Nineteenth-Century-Literary-Imagination/dp/0300084587

Epstein, March J. "Consuming Performances: Eating Acts and Feminist Embodiment" - https://www.jstor.org/stable/1146588

Price, Janet and Margrit Shildrick "Feminist Theory and the Body: A Reader" - https://books.google.com/books/about/Feminist_Theory_and_the_Body.html?id=aBRUjxPk_YUC

Spelman, Elizabeth V. "Woman as Body: Ancient and Contemporary Views" - https://www.jstor.org/stable/3177582

The music used in this episode is "Lost Souls" by Portrayal https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Portrayal/20181230154516502/Portrayal_-_Lost_Souls used under an attribution license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This month, we talk about "Big Little Lies" (the series and the book), the way women are judged by their community, how marriage is depicted in literature, and women banding together to protect themselves from persecution. We also pay tribute to Toni Morrison and her contributions to literature. As usual, spoilers abound.

This month, we're talking about "Fleabag," and we discuss the many forms of feminism depicted in the series, the issues of gender and sexuality in the workplace, and giving people the chance to not be awful. Spoiler alert: We talk extensively about important plot points, so finish watching the series before you listen!

This month, we're talking about "Game of Thrones," female representation in the fantasy genre, women and power in Westeros, and how sexual assault is treated in the series. Spoiler alert: We talk extensively about how "Game of Thrones" ends, so if you haven't finished the series and have somehow eluded spoilers so far, come back after you finish watching.

In the inaugural episode of the podcast, we define what we mean by "female gaze" and discuss the 2015 film "The Invitation," directed by Karyn Kusama, and its portrayals of masculinity.