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norwich36 ([personal profile] norwich36) wrote2010-08-17 09:40 pm
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feminist TV?

A friend of mine who is under the delusion that I am a pop culture guru was asking me for suggestions for TV episodes to show in her intro women's studies class for a discussion of different kinds of feminism in the media. (She's looking for TV episodes rather than films because of the length). I had some general suggestions for shows that bring up interesting themes--Buffy, Xena, the L word, Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles, Sex and the City (and maybe something like Dollhouse or Mad Men for the flip side)--but I had a hard time coming up with specific episodes that were fairly stand alone, other than maybe the Buffy series finale.

Anyone have better suggestions than me? Basically she's looking for shows that (a)depict some kind of feminism--and I get the impression that debating what feminism is is part of the question she wants to raise; (b)are short (not more than an hour), and (c) are relatively stand-alone, so not a lot of knowledge of the show is required. Recommendations are greatly appreciated.
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[personal profile] jekesta 2010-08-19 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Or I thought maybe episode 217 where Leslie doesn't win the women's empowerment award. I don't think either episode is perfect and I actually like P&R more for the casual bits of being pro-women that Leslie does, rather than the episodes where it's an actual main bit of the episode. But I think they'd both be pretty good for discussion.