Analysing Disability & Mental Illness in Pop Culture with Steph Fornasier
Hot Girl's Theory
English - August 31, 2022 16:30 - 1 hour - 51.8 MBSociety & Culture sex dating relationships comedy society culture popular culture news life stories feminism Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
ANALYSING DISABILITY & MENTAL ILLNESS IN POP CULTURE | This week Ash (@ashleighxorose) & Indi (@fueledbyindi) are joined by the wonderful Steph Fornasier (she/her) of the Psychocinematic Podcast. Discussions this week pertain to Steph’s special interests: disability and mental health representation in media.
Because media is so intrinsic to every aspect of our society, as we have explored here on the podcast before, representation matters. From critiquing mental illness and the depictions of asylums in film and TV, to throwing What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (and Leo DiCaprio) under the bus.
We hope these conversations allow for a thought provoking episode as we try and break down harmful tropes and look to the positive depictions we desperately need more of.
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Artwork by Kaila, @whinemum on Instagram
Music in this episode from Epidemic Sound:
Damma Beats - Moving on the Internet
_91nova - Flounder
_91nova - En Route
Dylan Sitts - Fork Lifts
Dylan Sitts - Butterfly Effect
Heyson - Say
Iso Indies - Getting So Much
Theme Music:
King Sis - My/Your Place
Chapters:
0:00 - Steph’s intro
0:33 - Intro & Acknowledgement of Country
1:15 - Life updates
11:47 - Plugs
13:16 - Introducing Steph Fornasier
14:41 - Steph is a hot girl
16:56 - Are you a talker or a listener during movies?
27:12 - Nuanced depictions of mental illness
33:18 - The best and worst depictions of mental illness in film
51:16 - Steph’s opinion on What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
1:00:00 - Lived experience and critiquing films
1:06:53 - The depiction of doctors in media
1:13:03 - Plugging Steph
1:14:13 - Outro