Please note: this event will be held in person.
In this instalment of the Zine Library’s ‘Social Theory and Pop Culture’ series, Dr Gemma Flynn will present a talk using Susan Faludi’s landmark text ‘Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women’ (1991) to explain the recent rise of TradWives.
Faludi argued that periods of feminist progress are often followed by cultural reactions that celebrate a return to more traditional gender roles and question whether feminism has gone too far.
Through a no-spoilers discussion of Caro Claire Burke’s ‘Yesteryear’ and Channel 4’s ‘Married at First Sight’, we will look at this trend in further detail, using feminist social theory to better understand why these ideas have become so prominent again.
CW: coercive control
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About Gemma:
Dr Gemma Flynn has taught Social Theory and Criminology at the University of Strathclyde for several years and is a member of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research. She regularly presents talks as part of the Glasgow Zine Library's 'Social Theory and Pop Culture' series and is a member of Inkling, an independent, queer and neurodivergent publishing collective in Govanhill.
Ticket information
There will be 16 attendees maximum, and the event will feature comfort breaks. During this event, attendees will participate in: Talk / Lecture
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