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 113: FFR 113: The Oscars
The 92nd Academy Awards will air this Sunday, which means we at FFR must once again extract what meaning we can from an awards show which consistently seems to celebrate the same stories from the same people. Why are the Oscars still such a big deal, and why do we still need to talk about them? We take a look at what the nominations say about the kind of narratives which are held up as the best, including our thoughts on performances, and the stories we loved over the last year that were overlooked.
Time Stamps:
0:59 - “Homemaking with Anita Sarkeesian”
5:22 - Main Discussion on the nomination choices for the 92nd Academy Awards
40:21 - What’s Your Freq Out?
- Carolyn on Kentucky Route Zero
- Ebony on Dracula (Netflix, 2020) and Bad Boys for Life
- Anita on Wired to Wear exhibit at The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago
Links Mentioned:
- Anita’s appearance @ The Washington Post (livestream begins 5pm ET on 2/6) - https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live-the-power-of-play-video-games-and-esports/
- “Greta Gerwig on the Lives of Little Women And Why ‘Male Violence’ Isn’t All That Matters” by Greta Gerwig, Vanity Fair, January 11, 2020 - https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/01/greta-gerwig-little-women-script
- Oscar eligibility rules: https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-announces-rules-92nd-oscars
- “Hard Times: Revisiting Acts I-IV of Kentucky Route Zero While Desperately Looking for Work” by Carolyn Petit, Medium, January 25, 2020 - https://t.co/xe8onvJu1Z?amp=1
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