She's in the Weeds - Pop Culture and The Female Experience
A podcast exploring the intersection of pop culture, past and present, and the female experience. Hosts Sam and Hollis are here to unpack the good, the messy, and most importantly, that which informs our ideas about feminism and being a woman. They dig deep on the millennial culture that shaped their girlhood, and the current pop culture influencing their adulthood, examining what it teaches women about self-worth, agency and identity. Join them as they share their lives, dish on reality tv, celebrity drama, and social media culture, reminisce about millennial pop culture, review 90s and 00s tv and film, and highlight female pop culture icons. Come for the hot takes. Stay for the bestie banter. New episodes Wednesdays.
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She's in the Weeds - Pop Culture and The Female Experience
Pop Culture Archives: A Look at Cultural Appropriation, Stereotypes, and Consent in Havoc (Trigger Warning)
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It's pop culture archives and we're diving into the 2005 film Havoc to explore it's themes of cultural appropriation, rich white teen culture, gang representation, racial dynamics, sexual assault (TW), and the conversation around consent. There's a lot to unpack especially viewing the film through a post Me Too and Black Lives Matter lens. This movie attempted to convey important messages but misses the mark in so many ways. The film follows a group of wealthy white Los Angeles teenagers who spend their days imitating gang lifestyle and forming a crew they call the PLC. Fed up with their "boring" lives the female members of the PLC embark on a journey to find "real gangsters" and chaos ensues when they encounter the East LA 16th Street Crew. The film is layered and problematic in it's portrayal of cultural appropriation by the white teens and the "real" 16th Street Crew which was inspired by the 18th Street Gang, one of the largest and most notorious Latino Street gangs in Los Angeles history. The film also fumbles through a story of sexual assault which only serves to perpetuate stereotypes around gang life and criminal activity pertaining to minorities as well as blur the lines in the conversation around consent. The movie provides no resolution to any of the conflicts that arise and viewers are left wondering what is the message here? As always we wrap up the episode with gripes about inflation and keyboard warriors who can't get it right and grapes to fitness tech and analog listening. See you in the weeds!
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