Blatant Misreading
Blatant Misreading is a podcast where we take academic and political theory somewhere it was never meant to go: popular culture. In each episode, hosts Margie Tang-Oxley and Aaron Posner analyse a movie or TV show with a piece of theory that is, at best, kind of misapplied. Of course we all want an analysis of class dynamics in "Parasite," but we'll leave something that makes that much sense to the pros! We'll be over here applying Noam Chomsky to "Paddington 2."
Blatant Misreading
Episode 3 - Aggretsuko and A Room of One's Own
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On this episode we're looking at the anime Aggretsuko with Virginia Woolf's seminal feminist essay "A Room of One's Own."
Is Retsuko, the titular red panda, a prime example of a Woolf's ideas? Has having a room of her own helped her to succeed? What discrimination does she still face as a woman in her workplace and day to day life? Why did we forget to order soba for this episode and then day drink as a result? Answers await...