The Female Gaze

Apr 19 2019 28
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The Female Gaze spotlights culture that views women and nonbinary people as subjects-not-objects, through conversation with filmmakers, musicians, authors and other thought leaders and creators. Join us each week as we debate what constitutes this "other" gaze and related topics surrounding art, gender, sexuality and identity politics. Hosted by Jessie Katz and Alanah Rodriguez.
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Episode 17: Ladies Get Paid is the Ghostbusters of the Wage Gap

Apr 19 2019 91 mins  
We're back!!! with a fiery discussion featuring Ladies Get Paid's Claire Wasserman and Ashley Louise who explain why "anger is fuel" in the battle for gender pay equity and how that anger personally fueled them to create a business that is helping thousands of women around the world, well, GET PAID. Plus a friendly reminder of all the predictably overshadowed women 2020 candidates,

Episode 16: NYLON's Gabrielle Korn on How Fashion Is Still Missing the Mark

Mar 25 2019 64 mins  
Editor-in-Chief of NYLON Gabrielle Korn joins the show this week to break down what the female gaze means when we're talking about the fashion industry, and where it's still notably missing (hint: it's not the clothes you design, it's who you're designing them for.) We ask Gabrielle about how she's changing the way women's publications talk about body, style, sex and identity - plu

Episode 15: Nitehawk Cinema's Caryn Coleman on the Power of Programming

Mar 18 2019 75 mins  
How do you get more women directors' work seen on the big screens? Well one way is to hire someone like our guest this week, Director of Programming and Special Projects at Nitehawk Cinema Caryn Coleman, who lit-er-ally makes it her job to get representation into theaters. We ask her how one gets such a dreamy job, how her The Future of Film is Female project truly walks the walk -

Episode 14: Sour Peach Films on 'Girl Talk' and the Other Gaze

Mar 11 2019 74 mins  
Erica Rose and Chelsea Moore of Sour Peach Films join TFG this week to explain why they felt compelled to start a company that authentically tells "otherized" stories like their new film "Girl Talk" - and what films like "Blue is the Warmest Color" get completely wrong. Plus we grapple with the revelations in "Leaving Neverland," debate if "Greta" is intentionally ridiculous, and t

Episode 13: How To Write the Trans Gaze with Ashley Lauren Rogers

Mar 04 2019 64 mins  
Playwright, performer and trans rights activist Ashley Lauren Rogers helps us break down what the trans gaze looks like and how cis folks can incorporate it into their work (and why that's important.) Plus: big take-aways from the Oscars, Michael Cohen's hearing, Cate Blanchett's argument for the matriarchy, and a major milestone for trans women in the world of professional wrestli

Episode 12: Art Curator Lolita Cros Examines the Gaze of Female-Identifying Visual Artists

Feb 25 2019 57 mins  
Lolita Cros joins us this week to help unpack what the female gaze looks like in the fine arts, and the joys and challenges of curating work only made by female-identifying artists as the current art curator for the women-only collective The Wing. Plus, a boat for Obama, a bee for Bernie, and a healthy debate on the benefits of astrology! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for

Episode 11: What The Hell, Oscars? with Scott Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter

Feb 18 2019 62 mins  
Is anyone still planning to watch this train wreck of an Oscars ceremony this year?? Well we still are because we can't. help. ourselves. So we brought in a heavy-hitter - THR awards columnist and host of the Awards Chatter podcast, Scott Feinberg - to explain this no-host, fewer-category morass the Academy has waded into. Plus, predictions for major categories, a look into why no

Episode 10: Julie Stewart-Binks on Breaking Into the Ultimate Boys Club - Sports!

Feb 11 2019 98 mins  
For the 10th episode of TFG we bring you one of our realest talks yet with sports broadcaster Julie Stewart-Binks (ESPN, Fox Sports, Barstool) about how her love of the game still overrides the insane mistreatment she experiences as a woman in sports media. Plus, how Julie's recent turn into stand-up has revealed what sports and comedy have in common (oof), and Gizmodo's Mandana Mo

Episode 9: Sarah Aument of TMBOY on the Rough and Tumble of Songwriting

Feb 04 2019 72 mins  
Singer/songwriter/composer Sarah Aument lays bare the emotional skeletons that comprise her band TMBOY's new album and explains how being in a romantic partnership with another artist can feed one's work in unexpected ways. Plus: the challenges of gender binary bathrooms, a touching glimpse into Ireland's abortion debate, justice for Lee Krasner, and chivalry: do we still GAF? Host

Episode 8: Gia Woods Became the Out Persian Pop Star She Needed In the World

Jan 28 2019 42 mins  
Pop phenom Gia Woods joins TFG to explain how she used music to come out to her family and offer representation to young people like herself who couldn't find themselves in the culture. Plus Yalitza Aparicio's Oscar nom, the diversity in Vanity Fair's Hollywood issue, and guest co-host Alex Goodson joins to share horror stories of misogyny in Words with Friends, surprise Jumbotron