S1 E14: Pop Culture In the Age of #MeToo

Today, the four hosts of Loud Murmurs discuss a rather serious subject: pop culture in the age of the #MeToo movement. We start with the anti-sexual harassment movement in Hollywood, to how #MeToo has spread from the west to the east and how it takes form on China's social media. We look at the movies and TV shows we've consumed and re-examined bits and pieces of our pop culture that no longer fits in with how gender powers are defined across the world. Last but not least -- Chuck Bass looks like a young Khrushchev? 今天小声喧哗的四位主播聊了一个沉重的话题:性侵。我们从好莱坞的反性侵运动开始,聊到了中国最近网络上风起云涌的me too运动。 我们少年时代摄入的文化产品里,关于爱情的片段既是我们对爱情向往的投射,也在塑造着我们与异性交往的范式和预期。没有人怀疑过强暴是应当被谴责的;但是下面这些片段构成了我们对于爱情的幻象的很大一个部分,把性骚扰、性侵当做“浪漫”也是流行文化中屡见不鲜的元素: 《流星花园》里道明寺甩了女主满身的盒饭,并且把她按在墙角撕掉她的衣服强吻(编者案:我们小时候都看了些啥……)。 《海贼王》里的娜美出场总会被袭胸,袭胸的对象包括老人和小男孩。 《绯闻女孩》里Chuck Bass在天台上强吻高一的女孩被撞破。 《BJ日记》里作为上司的Huge Grant给员工Bridget在工作时间发邮件,评论她的短裙和上衣。 《银翼杀手》里Rick Deckard将闪避他的索吻的Rachael按到窗上说:“说‘吻我’”。 《007金手指》里James Bond将邦女郎用蛮力掀翻在谷仓里,并与她发生关系。 我们重新审视了当代文化产品中不再符合新的性别观的片段,并借此讨论了me too国内外一些关注度很高的案例以及流行文化造成的虚假期待。女性被男性渴望,就是女性的成功吗?我站在那里漂漂亮亮什么都不用干,被人搭讪,被人爱,这就是我们想象中的浪漫爱情吗?到底什么是性侵?性侵会对受害者带来怎么样的伤害?将性侵公布到网上只会带来无差别的网络暴力吗?以及最后一个关键问题,绯闻女孩里的Chuck Bass长得究竟有多像某前苏联领导人?!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/loudmurmurs)

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Loud Murmurs is a Mandarin-Chinese podcast about American pop culture, brought to you by four bilingual and bi-cultural women in the U.S. and their friends. We discuss movies, TV, documentaries, and the social, political issues reflected on by a piece of pop culture work. Too often, race, gender and other political and cultural issues are the subtext in pop culture. We seek to make the subtext explicit, question it and challenge it. The show is now in its third season, updated biweekly. We have interviewed guests ranging from science fiction writers, comedians, to scholars and journalists. Our goal is to make the most thought-provoking Chinese podcast about American pop culture. 小声喧哗是一档以女性视角来观察和批判影视文本如何塑造世界的播客。《小声喧哗》Loud Murmurs, 是一档以女性视角来观察和批判影视文本如何塑造世界的播客。文化和审美的自觉认同从来都是隐含在创造者对世界的想象中,而这样的想象催生出许多充满偏见的创造动机。这样的创造动机渗透在我们日复一日热爱的欧美电影中,美剧里,渗透在我们对于事物的认知中。今天,我们想要去挑战它。紧跟影视热点和时事的同时,保持了双周频率的持续输出。在制作节目时,小声喧哗经常邀请学者和影评人参与我们的节目,使节目的观点更加多元化和专业。小声喧哗致力在中文世界,做最好的流行文化播客。