EP 38: What Taylor Swift Taught Us About The "Good Girl"

Julie + I are actually on FIRE in this episode talking about a Taylor Swift documentary, Ms. Americana, and the way it so beautifully articulates how good girl programming manifests itself.

It almost feels like Julie + I let you in on our fiery private conversations where we explore nuances and our different ways of viewing a topic.

Here's what we discuss:

The need to be thought of as "good" being fuel for the compliant woman and living for praise Challenging circumstances in our life happening for us not to us My personal encounter with a Kanye-like man in the beginning of my career and how I internalized his opinion as truth Good girls being conditioned to take feedback at face value without running it through the lens of our own critical thinking Grounding ourselves in what matters beyond achievement What it feels like to be in a constant state of trying to earn our goodness How we devalue our work when it doesn't receive the praise we think it should/need it to in order to feel validated How we treat celebrities as products and our responsibility to be conscious viewers - ensuring we humanize the artists we idolize while knowing that we can opt out of the beauty standards they uphold Everyone having their own definition of goodness which makes it impossible for everyone to like you (aka kryptonite for a good girl) The spectrum of not good enough to "goody two shoes" Navigating situations where people don't like us or misrepresent us Our fear of forcing our opinions and making others uncomfortable with our views Self censoring vs choosing to remain silent from a place of integrity and making sure your words are your own

Check out the Ms. Americana Documentary on Netflix!

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