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 134: FFR 134: Entertainment News--Mulan, Trump's Tiktok Crackdown, Ellen's Empire of Niceness, and More
This week, we dive back into all the wild ups and downs of entertainment news to bring you our reactions to some of the biggest and most politically resonant stories of recent weeks! We discuss Disney’s decision to release Mulan on Disney+ for beaucoup bucks and the larger matter of what it means that some films are going to VOD while others are holding out for theatrical release. We talk about the white fragility of reactions to a recent Six Chix comic, Trump’s Tiktok crackdown, and the encouraging news that Nia DaCosta will be helming the Captain Marvel sequel. Also, how some celebs are closing ranks around Ellen as allegations about the toxic culture of her daytime talk show gain attention, and Bon Appetit’s brazen exploitation of people of color.
Time Stamps:
- 04:00 - Disney’s online release of Mulan: pricing, the implications of which films get released online and which films are being held for theatrical release, etc.
- 10:25 - The racist response to Bianca Xunise’s Six Chix comic
- 17:00 - Trump cracks down on Tiktok
- 28:15 Nia DaCosta set to direct Captain Marvel sequel
- 31:55 Celebrities support Ellen amid allegations of a toxic culture at the hit daytime talk show
- 40:25 Bon Appetit’s persistent exploitation and mistreatment of people of color, and holding people accountable
- 48:05: What’s Your FREQ-Out: Carolyn on What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael, Ebony on Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson, Anita on The Outside by Ada Hoffman
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