Media Representation Critique · Audio
Feminism Ruins Everything
Feminism Ruins Everything is a podcast hosted by Millicent Sarre and Ellis Dolan, critiquing film, television, musical theater, and popular culture works from a feminist perspective. With a humorous and highly critical style, emphasizing 'friendly feminism' and cultural deconstruction, the content covers queer representation, gender stereotypes, artistic philosophy, and media renarration, representing one of the cultural feminist voices in the Australian context.
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“Feminism Ruins Everything” is a podcast critiquing popular culture from a feminist perspective, hosted by Millicent Sarre and Ellis Dolan, featuring content including:
- Queer representation and female heroism in “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power” (conversation with comic artist Miranda Richardson)
- Analysis of gender and love expression in Netflix original “The Half of It” (exploring with Juanita Navas-Nguyen)
- Gender stereotypes and character reexamination in “FRIENDS” (in-depth discussion with Nikki Long)
- “Disenchanted” and satirical reconstruction of Disney princess narratives (interview with Jennifer Trijo)
- Gay characters and straight actor controversy in “The Prom” (conversation with Kirsty Burch and Em P. Webber)
Suitable for audiences interested in media representation critique, gender politics, queer feminism, cultural criticism, and artistic performance issues, especially communities interested in gender narratives and representation problems in popular culture. The show’s style is humorous and highly critical, serving as an important platform for Australian feminist cultural commentary.
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The Favourite
Yorgos Lanthimos
Set in 18th-century British court, the power game between Queen Anne and two women—Sarah Churchill and Abigail Hill. This dark comedy explores complex themes of female power, gender politics, female friendship and competition through gorgeous visual style and sharp satire, challenging traditional gender role expectations.
Media Representation Critique · Gender Politics - Films
Jennifer's Body
Karyn Kusama
High school cheerleader Jennifer becomes possessed by a demon after being sacrificed by a male band seeking fame, then begins hunting the town's men. This initially misunderstood horror-comedy gained critical reappraisal during the MeToo era, recognized as a feminist horror film ahead of its time that explores toxic masculinity, complex female friendship, and gender violence under patriarchy.
Media Representation Critique · Gender Politics
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Related theme · No. 07
Why must she be likeable?
Beginning with Unlikeable Female Characters, we revisit women who are angry, desirous, and unwilling to comply. Who sets the terms of likability—and when does rebellion reproduce someone else’s oppression?
Media Representation Critique · Cultural Critique
Related theme · No. 09
Who is allowed to desire?
Beginning with The Right to Sex, we ask whose desire is treated as natural and whose requires moral permission. Power shapes desire, but desire gives nobody a claim to another person’s body. Attraction, love, solitude and care have no single answer. Across sexual hierarchies, erotic writing, asexuality and situated experiences, we make room for exploration, uncertainty, refusal and a change of mind.
Gender Politics
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