Feminist Frequency Radio is coming for your media. Each week, Kat Spada invites you to listen in on entertaining and stimulating conversations about films, games, and TV... from the latest blockbusters to classic hidden gems, and more. With special guests bringing their distinctly different feminist perspectives to the mix as they celebrate and critique it all—including media critics, entertainers, academics, and everyone in between—Feminist Frequency Radio is there to help you dig deeper into the things you love. Warning: Feminist Frequency Radio may significantly enhance your media experience. Created by Anita Sarkeesian, Feminist Frequency ran as an organization from 2009–2023, providing video commentaries exploring gender representations, myths, and messages in popular culture media. Now, host Kat Spada continues Feminist Frequency Radio's legacy as an independent podcast, with fun new conversations about entertainment that asks you to be critical of the media you love.
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episode 9: 09 FREQing Out Over the Whimsical Fish Man’s Deal
This week on Feminist Frequency Radio, Guillermo del Toro’s latest film The Shape of Water divides the crew! Find out which of us were seduced by the film’s tender love story and which of us have no souls as we contemplate just what it means to fall in love with a fish man. (This discussion may involve Ebony busting out one of her patented Hater Rants.) We also talk about prominent women criticizing the #MeToo movement and examine what last week’s Aziz Ansari story says about our cultural expectations around romantic and sexual encounters. We round things out with a look at the trans-centric web series Her Story and a round of What’s Your Deal? Also, the podcast faces its most vital question yet: Should What’s Your Deal change its name to What’s Your FREQout? Help us decide!
Segments:
Entertainment News: 5:07-15:35
The Shape of Water: 15:37-32:47
Her Story (web series): 32:51-45:53
What’s Your Deal?/Wrap-Up: 45:53-57:54
Referenced in this episode:
Margaret Atwood op-ed: Am I a bad feminist? https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/am-i-a-bad-feminist/article37591823/
News story about French letter denouncing #MeToo: http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/10/europe/catherine-deneuve-france-letter-metoo-intl/index.html
Babe story about Aziz Ansari: https://babe.net/2018/01/13/aziz-ansari-28355
Her Story web series: herstoryshow.com
Saladin Ahmed’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/saladinahmed
Comics: Lizz Winstead and Laurie Kilmartin