Let me tell you a story, children. Way back in the before time, in the long long ago, before the plague came, we used to have this stuff we called…
Month: July 2020
e119. Copaganda II: Going Rogue
A few weeks ago, we released an episode about “copaganda.” On that show we started out talking about the TV show Paw Patrol and internet calls to have it and…
Call For Comments: Quarantine Comfort TV
From Mav: This started out being a different kind of episode. A while back Katya pitched the idea to talk about “Feel Good TV.” She can give more details but…
Call for Comments: Copaganda II: Going Rogue!
From Hannah: Our initial episode exploring copaganda (media that reinforces police-positive narratives) covered a lot of ground, but we majorly focused on media geared toward children and families — such…
e117. Post-Release Censorship and the Disney Vault
There was a weird story that broke a few weeks ago when people discovered that episodes of the 2012 teen sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place had “censored” the cleavage of…
Call For Comments: TV-Twentysomething-Teens
July 31, 2020
From Mav: A friend of mine posted a meme recently that made fun of the way teenagers are depicted on television. It shows a stock photo of a typical looking…