The Valley of the Dolls - ‘The Deadline’
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This episode features an essay from Jill Lepore’s ‘The Deadline.’
Jill reads her essay on the tangled history of Barbie. And then, after, Ben and Jill talk about how the film fits in with the core concerns of the essay — the tangled web of intellectual property, IP theft, and the relationship between corporations and feminism.
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Today, we’re ending our Deadline mini-series with an essay about one of our favorite TV shows: Dr. Who. Afterwards, Jill and Ben talk about the greatness of genre fiction and Jill’s love-hate relationship with postmodernism.
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Published 05/02/24
Published 05/02/24
This episode features an essay from Jill Lepore’s ‘The Deadline.’
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Published 04/25/24
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