This week we pay homage to aunties, in our own lives, in politics, and in pop culture. But first we have to define what an aunty is, so we play a little game called "Aunty or Nah-nty," naming aunty candidates from television shows and movies to refine our criteria for who is and isn't one. We examine the historical relevance of aunties, and think about portrayals of women who are not-quite-our mothers, fiercely independent and repositories for our secrets. Can the "aunty" label be a caricature, or is it strictly an honor? Have on-screen "aunties" changed the way we view childless women in our culture? And can white women be aunties?
Discussed This Week:
Mystic Pizza (The Samuel Goldwyn Company)
“Snapchat Lost $800 Million After Rihanna Criticized Its Offensive Ad” (Emma Stefansky, Vanity Fair)
“LGBTQ Brazillian Councilwoman Assainated” (Saurav Jung Thapa, HRC)
“Bridging The Racial Divide in a Middle School Friendship” (Jonathan Miles, The New York Times)
“Lionel Richie Wants to Teach You How to Be a Real ‘American Idol’” (Alex Pappademas, The New York Times)
Eve’s Bayou (Trimark Pictures)
We Wouldn't Leave Kanye, But Should We?
We're Here For Your Anger, Jessica Walter
We’re Queer - and Apparently So Is Everybody Else
We Unpack Black Male Privilege
We Watch Whiteness
We Talk BeyChella
We Get It On (With Ourselves)
We Celebrate the REAL MLK Day
We’re Maxed Out, You’re Maxed Out, Everybody Is Maxed Out
We Don’t Love Everything Made By Black People and That’s OK?
We Paint the Town Obama
We Want To Know What Love Is
We Take the 15:17 All the Way to Pyeongchang
We Sink Our Claws Into "Black Panther" with Ta-Nehisi Coates
We'll See You Tomorrow
We Don't Know Where We Are
We're Still Here For Janet
We Have a Right To Be Mad
We Have a Theory About Oprah
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