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 37: 37: Blindspotting
This week on FFR, we’re discussing the potent and perceptive cocktail of comedy and drama that is Blindspotting. An insightful, powerful and deeply funny new film about Oakland, Blindspotting explores the impact of police violence, gentrification, and racism through the lens of a lifelong friendship between Collin, who is black, and Miles, who is white. Our conversation covers the film’s concerns with race and privilege, what it means to be an authentic Oaklander, the roles women occupy in Blindspotting, and more.
In addition, we cover the racist response to black actor Anna Diop’s casting as Starfire in Titans, the Fox-Disney deal’s implications for the MCU, and some of our favorite recent reads and listens! Also, we feature our first ever listener-submitted FREQ-Out, and Anita tries to pronounce the title for the upcoming Spike Lee film BlacKkKlansman. Submit your own FREQ-Out by visiting feministfrequency.com/freqout/!
Segment Timestamps:
:00 introductions and banter
4:05 pop culture news: racist responses to Anna Diop as Starfire in Titans, the Fox/Disney merger and the MCU
12:45 Blindspotting
41:35 What’s Your FREQ-Out?!
49:40 Conclusion and what’s coming up in the weeks ahead!
Relevant Links:
Alex Abad-Santos for Vox on Starfire and Anna Diop
My Solo Exchange Diary by Kabi Nagata
The anthology Game Devs & Others: Tales from the Margins, edited by Tanya De Pass
The website of romance writer Rebekah Weatherspoon
Lucy Bellwood’s collection of comics about impostor syndrome, 100 Demon Dialogues
Follow comedian Marcella Arguello on Twitter
Check out Marlowe’s new self-titled album