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 121: FFR 121: Mrs. America
This week on the Feminist Frequency Radio podcast we grapple with Hulu’s limited series Mrs. America, focusing on the battle for and against the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s. Join as we struggle with the powerful questions and feelings the series raises as this telling of feminism’s past illuminates the many issues the movement continues to face today.
Time Stamps:
1:39 - Week #2645 of the Quarantine Report
4:43 - Main Discussion on Mrs. America
51:01 - What’s Your Freq Out?
- Carolyn on Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, and others undermining the severity of COVID-19
- Ebony on Year of the Rabbit, IFC series - https://www.ifc.com/shows/year-of-the-rabbit
- Anita on the finale of Devs on Hulu, and the new album Fetch the Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple
Links Mentioned:
- Combahee River Collective - https://combaheerivercollective.weebly.com
- Anita on Mrs. America and the current state of feminism - https://twitter.com/anitasarkeesian/status/1250985102450065408?s=20
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