Feminist Frequency Radio

FFR 121: Mrs. America

Episode Summary

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.

Episode Notes

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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