Movies, TV, History, Culture, Music, Books: What they say about women and what women say about them. Written and hosted by two college professors.
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Friday Dec 21, 2018
Friday Dec 21, 2018
All we want for Christmas is non-oppressive media representation.
In our second holiday special, we get into seasonal sexism, Hallmark and Lifetime holiday movies, Elf on the Shelf, Dolly Parton, diamond rings, and non-problematic Christmas and holiday jams.
Remembering that the personal is political, we discuss some of our holiday memories and how women balance extra expectations around the holiday season. Remembering that we support each other’s choices, we discuss representation and gender roles in Christmas TV movies, but also why those movies are valuable.
We discuss lots of things that sneak up on us during the season: extra work, sexist advertising, Pinterest and other sources of pressure, and what should really matter.
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Written by Misty Wilson-Mehrtens and Allegra Davis Hanna
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I invite you to watch evergreen part one and two. Not a woman finding happiness every time. The second thing is how these shows show multi generational interactions. Older women and younger as friends, grandparents and kids and cousins. Shared child raising and so many different family traditions. Though I’ve seen too many gingerbread houses and Princes this year. Could they do better yes, do I love them all, no. I think we all have days when we need that Christmas magic.
Monday Dec 24, 2018
Enjoyable but I must comment on your review of Hallmark Christmas movies. First much of what you said about them being all heteronormative and not representative of our population is true but I think you miss some of the bigger picture also. If the powerful career woman found a small town by whatever happenstance that her child found warm and inviting and she found a way to make a living for herself (which many of them do) and she decided to stay there for her child and for herself would you criticize? Would you say no to her choice? The fact that she stays maybe is both her and her childs happiness. Would she stay without the man, probably, would she stay if child was miserable, not so sure.
Monday Dec 24, 2018
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