tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197181901399970306.post5587643626617077687..comments2021-04-10T21:42:10.574-07:00Comments on CTCS 587: TV Theory Spring 2016: Core Post #3: Feminism Beyond The BrandTara McPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09874394027026185133noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197181901399970306.post-76240955618649110562016-03-09T07:24:34.649-08:002016-03-09T07:24:34.649-08:00I think you raise an important point here, Peter. ...I think you raise an important point here, Peter. Ultimately we're frequently arguing over who controls what and the notion of postfeminism, which might well have been internalized to such a degree that most don't realize what it is when they encounter it, is just a nice way of selling traditional white male hegemony. Comedy Central, which makes Inside Amy Schumer and Broad City, is feathering Sumner Redstone's nest (as he's days away from the grave... and there are all sorts of gender role issues going on there with his ex-wife, his daughter from his first marriage, and his head consiglieri Philippe Dauman), Parks and Rec and 30 Rock help Brian Roberts at Comcast. Granted there are lots of women in the middle, and many of the shows (especially on Comedy Central) are co-produced by the women who write and star in them. Still, if post-feminism de-politicizes everything and shows like Sex and the City revolve around a consumerist lifestyle that exploits frequently subaltern labor around the globe (though Carrie Bradshaw would kill you if you said her Manolos were made anywhere outside of an artisanal workshop in Italy), isn't there a seriously negative, non-empowering element at work? Just because you talk about sex as you buy stuff doesn't make your actions apolitical.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02815024073421148305noreply@blogger.com