More Than the Princess: The Consequences of Objectifying Women in Media

In this bonus episode, Tegan and Silvana talk about how the media they were raised with often treats women as objects more than subjects. They discuss the consequences of this media for themselves and how you can do your media better.

Trigger warning for sexual assault.

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Episode Show Notes:

1. Framing Megan Fox in Transformers - Lindsay Ellis 

2. The Male Gaze v the Men in Transformers - Lindsay Ellis

3. Lolita Podcast 

4. Predatory Romance in Harrison Ford Films by Pop Culture Detective

5. "Carrie Fisher Opens Up About Star Wars and Her On Set Affair" from NPR

6. "We don't say go out and be brave/ Nah, we say, be careful, stay safe / ... /The big win is not a day without an incident / I beg to differ with it / I think a woman's worth / I think that she deserves / A better line of work / Than motherf*cking vigilance / what that is, is a life of running fire drills"
- "Fire Drills" by Dessa 

7. "She Was Just Walking Home" in the New York Times by Moya Lothian-McLean

8. "Evan Rachel Wood's Domestic Violence Bill Was Signed Into Law" by Bethy Squires

9. RAINN Statistics

10. "The Problem with Jon Stewart" Domestic Violence episode

11. "Why GOP Led States Are Banning Police from Enforcing Federal Gun Laws" in the New York Times

12. Bechdel Test and movies that meet it

13. Definition of Parity: "the state or condition of being equal, especially regarding status or pay."

Stargate Episodes
1. "Emancipation"

2. "Enigma"

3. "Avenger 2.0"

4. "Birthright" - not discussed in the episode but the framing Lindsay Ellis discusses in her Megan Fox video is quite clear here. 

Media where women are subjects, not objects:

1. "Our Flag Means Death"

2. "The Lost City"

3. "You've Got Mail"

4. "When Harry Met Sally"

5. "Magicians"

6. "Downton Abbey"

7. "Promising Young Woman"