thinkpiece

Season 2 Episode 1 - Sylvia Plath, a relatable gal

Jenna Mahale and Rachel Maden — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 06:36:22 -0400

It’s been a while, but the theme of season 2 is unplanned and there’s a lot to talk about. We’ve been watching Spider-Man: Homecoming, Wonder Woman, Love Island, Summer Break and The Bachelor, leading to an in-depth discussion of reality tv. Plus we take on romance in fiction, the depiction of Sylvia Plath and the state of feminism today.

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Feel free to get in touch with us on Twitter @thnkpce or send us an e-mail at thinkpiecepodcast@gmail.com, we’d love to hear your thoughts, questions, and topic suggestions.

Music: The There & Then - Krestovsky

Episode 6 - How is This News?

Jenna Mahale and Rachel Maden — Sun, 25 Sep 2016 09:20:49 -0400

This week we’re back and more cynical than ever, discussing the more problematic aspects of Fashion Week, Alicia Keys’ crusade against make-up, and why the world has turned their backs on Lena Dunham and Amy Schumer. Plus hear our (often mixed) thoughts about what we’ve been enjoying since the last episode.

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Feel free to get in touch with us on Twitter @thnkpce or send us an e-mail at thinkpiecepodcast@gmail.com, we’d love to hear your thoughts, questions, and topic suggestions.

Links roundup:

Marc Jacobs cultural appropriation When Marc Jacobs models wear dreadlocks it’s “high fashion” — not so for everyday POC - https://mic.com/articles/154313/when-marc-jacobs-models-wear-dreadlocks-it-s-high-fashion-not-so-for-everyday-poc?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=style&utm_campaign=social

Alicia Keys No Makeup VMAs 2016 - http://www.refinery29.uk/alicia-keys-no-makeup-vmas-2016

Lena Dunham and Amy Schumer’s defense of Kurt Metzger’s rape jokes was a trainwreck -https://mic.com/articles/153370/lena-dunham-and-amy-schumer-mused-about-kurt-metzger-s-rape-jokes-and-it-was-a-trainwreck?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=style&utm_campaign=social#.ui1C5UOBh

Music: The There & Then - Krestovsky

Episode 5 - Gender Is Dodgy

Jenna Mahale and Rachel Maden — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 08:18:36 -0400

Inside this week’s Thinkpiece: a (spoilery) Stranger Things discussion, the non-sports side of the Olympics, and the fallacy of beauty! This episode also comes with the introduction of Thinkpiece Film Club, in which we review ‘Nerve’ (2016). Listen here or on iTunes.

Feel free to get in touch with us on Twitter @thnkpce or send us an e-mail at thinkpiecepodcast@gmail.com, we’d love to hear your thoughts, questions, and topic suggestions.

Links roundup:

The way Americans treat Lochte compared to how they treat Gabby Douglas is why Trump is still at 40% - http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/the-way-americans-treat-lochte-compared-to-how-they-treat-gabby-douglas-is-why-trump-is-still-at-40/

Florence Colgate: According To Math, This Is The Most Beautiful Woman In The World [Video] - http://www.inquisitr.com/3081141/florence-colgate-according-to-math-this-is-the-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world-video/

Why Chinese women don’t use tampons | Life and style | The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2016/aug/27/why-chinese-women-dont-use-tampons

Caster Semenya wins gold but faces more scrutiny as IAAF press case | Andy Bull | Sport | The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/21/caster-semenya-wins-gold-but-faces-scrutiny

“The Body” · Stranger Things · TV Review Stranger Things sends Joyce over the edge · TV Club · The A.V. Club - http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/stranger-things-sends-joyce-over-edge-239799

Music: The There & Then - Krestovsky

Episode 4 - Dancing While Black

Jenna Mahale and Rachel Maden — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 16:36:19 -0400

We’re back! On this week’s episode, we discuss the treatment of celebrities from teenaged Malia Obama to new mother Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Jenna talks through personal experiences with online harassment and North American street signage, and Rachel makes a compelling case for watching Zac Efron’s entire filmography. We also tell you about all the media we’ve been consuming. Delicious. Listen here or on iTunes.

Feel free to get in touch with us on Twitter @thnkpce or send us an e-mail at thinkpiecepodcast@gmail.com, we’d love to hear your thoughts, questions, and topic suggestions.

Links roundup:

Feminist writer Jessica Valenti takes a break from social media after threat against her daughter. -http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/07/28/feminist_writer_jessica_valenti_takes_a_break_from_social_media_after_threat.html

Damn, Can We Let Malia Obama Live?
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/evelyn-atieno/damn-can-we-let-malia-obama-live_b_11286818.html?

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quietly Gave Birth, Refused to ‘Perform Pregnancy’
- http://jezebel.com/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-quietly-gave-birth-refused-to-1783171806

“Start Spreading The News” · BoJack Horseman · TV Review BoJack Horseman rides into season three atop the Secretariat Oscar campaign · TV Club · The A.V. Club - http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/bojack-horseman-rides-season-three-atop-secretaria-239946

Music: The There & Then - Krestovsky

Episode 3 - Sexy Chocolate

Jenna Mahale and Rachel Maden — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 06:51:27 -0400

In a chattier episode of Thinkpiece: Jenna quits make-up, Connor isn’t sure whether he’s being abused or seduced, and Rachel admits she is ‘woman super excited by food’. We talk cosmetics and their implications, female tropes in advertising, and Tom Hiddleston as a potential Bond. Listen here or on iTunes. Feel free to get in touch with us on Twitter @thnkpce or send us an e-mail at thinkpiecepodcast@gmail.com, we’d love to hear your thoughts, questions, and topic suggestions.

Links roundup:

Foucault, Femininity and the Modernization of Patriarchal Power
- http://files.umwblogs.org/blogs.dir/6402/files/2012/06/Bartky-MF-and-Patriarchal-Power.pdf

Eleven women in adverts who are past their sell-by date | Hannah Jane Parkinson | Opinion | The Guardian
- https://www.theguardian.com/media/commentisfree/2016/jun/23/eleven-women-in-adverts-who-are-past-their-sell-by-date?CMP=fb_gu

Has Tom Hiddleston’s ‘showmance’ with Taylor Swift ruined his chances of being the next James Bond?
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/07/06/has-tom-hiddlestons-showmance-with-taylor-swift-ruined-his-chanc/?campaign_id=A100&campaign_type=Email

Music: The There & Then - Krestovsky

Episode 2 - Welcome to the Resort

Jenna Mahale and Rachel Maden — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 04:08:13 -0400

This week on Thinkpiece: we hate-watch Me Before You, host a small Taylor Swift summit in the wake of Swiddleston, and discuss the journalistic horror that is the Daily Mail’s treatment of women. In addition to telling you what we’re into and why, we unpack our feelings about Orange Is The New Black’s emotional 4th season. Listen here or on iTunes. Feel free to get in touch with us on Twitter @thnkpce or send us an e-mail at thinkpiecepodcast@gmail.com, we’d love to hear your thoughts, questions, and topic suggestions.

Links roundup:

Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston: not the super-couple we deserve, but the one we need - http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2016/jun/16/hail-twiddleswift-not-the-super-couple-we-deserve-but-the-one-we-need

Tom Hiddleston and Taylor Swift pictures: as close as we’ll get to two memes dating - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/15/taylor-swift-tom-hiddleston-dating-rumors-photos-beach

The Daily Mail’s Sexist Crusade Against Women, from Maisie Williams to Hillary Clinton - http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/06/08/the-daily-mail-s-sexist-crusade-against-women-from-maisie-williams-to-hillary-clinton.html

Kendall Jenner showcases her flawless travel chic style as she arrives in Paris in a floral jacket and high-waisted flares - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3656188/Kendall-Jenner-showcases-flawless-travel-chic-style-arrives-Paris-floral-jacket-high-waisted-flares.html

“Me Before You” Mistreats Its Disabled Character For The Sake Of Romance - https://www.buzzfeed.com/alisonwillmore/the-grotesque-tear-jerking-of-me-before-you

Samira Wiley, of ‘Orange Is the New Black,’ on Poussey’s Big Episode - http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/21/arts/television/orange-is-the-new-black-poussey-death-samira-wiley-oitnb.html

Music: The There & Then - Krestovsky

Episode 1 - Pilot

Jenna Mahale and Rachel Maden — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 08:56:21 -0400

On the first ever episode of Thinkpiece, we discuss the perils of high heels and their role in the workplace, the sexualisation of weather girls, Hollywood’s problem with abuse and Ryan Gosling’s problem with forming sentences (plus the saving grace that is Matt McGorry), and the difference between women and girls. Also, we tell you what we’ve been into this week and why. Listen here or on iTunes.

Feel free to get in touch with us on Twitter or send us an e-mail at thinkpiecepodcast@gmail.com, we’d love to hear your thoughts.

Links roundup:

Receptionist ‘sent home from PwC for not wearing high heels’ - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/11/receptionist-sent-home-pwc-not-wearing-high-heels-pwc-nicola-thorp

Law Firm’s Sexist Memo To Female Employees: No Giggling, Cleavage, Personality Wanted - http://gothamist.com/2013/10/25/law_firms_sexist_memo_to_female_emp.php

Weather presenter Liberte Chan body shamed by viewers after 'sweater-gate’ incident - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/weather-presenter-liberte-chan-body-shamed-by-viewers-after-sweater-gate-incident-a7035181.html

Liberte’s blog post - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/weather-presenter-liberte-chan-body-shamed-by-viewers-after-sweater-gate-incident-a7035181.html

Woody Allen’s Sad, Bizarre Reflection on His Wife, Soon-Yi - http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/05/woody-allen-soon-yi

Kristen Stewart Opens Up About Her Reluctance To Work With Woody Allen - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kristen-stewart-opens-up-about-her-reluctance-to-work-with-woody-allen_us_5731ea60e4b0bc9cb047f445

My Father, Woody Allen, and the Danger of Questions Unasked - http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/my-father-woody-allen-danger-892572

Matt McGorry Interview - http://www.thecoveteur.com/2016/05/06/matt-mcgorry-actor-gender-equality/

Ryan Gosling: Women are better than men - they are stronger and more evolved - http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/ryan-gosling-women-are-better-than-men-they-are-stronger-and-more-evolved-a3260076.html

The Interview: Kit Harington, Game of Thrones actor - http://www.thetimes.co.uk/magazine/the-sunday-times-magazine/the-interview-kit-harington-game-of-thrones-actor-5m2fkj57f

What Does it Mean When we Call Women Girls? - http://lithub.com/what-does-it-mean-when-we-call-women-girls/

Music: The There & Then - Krestovsky