Grab your guitars punks, because headlining this month’s episode is WE ARE LADY PARTS, the channel 4 sitcom from Nida Manzoor! 🎸🎤👩🏾🎤 🎶 In this episode we discuss: the politics of self-representation, the privilege of not ‘selling out’, rom com tropes, boob sound effects, the dangers of ‘going mainstream’, and whether or not “We Are The Champions” is a good song (spoiler: it’s not. But the show makes it work!). Tickets for this very exclusive event are free 🎟️ 😉 just click the link in our bio or find us on your podcatcher of choice! 🎵
📝 Shownotes: 📝
📺 We Are Lady Parts (2019) by Nida Manzoor https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10846104/
📼 Preread text (Rowan Ellis, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMFll3aIbmo)
“The Rise and Decline of the “Sellout”” by Franz Nicolay (https://slate.com/culture/2017/07/the-history-of-calling-artists-sellouts.html)
“Generation Sell Out” by Bourree Lam (https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/08/205859/selling-out-millennials-why)
“Freddie Mercury and Virginie Despentes: What ‘We Are Lady Parts’ Is Made Of” by Elisabeth Vincentelli (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/29/arts/television/we-are-lady-parts-influences.html)
“Jedward ft. Vanilla Ice - Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby) Official Music Video” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvp9ELDix5I
“Why a punk rock comedy about an all-girl Muslim band is summer’s most subversive show” by Lorraine Ali (https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-05-27/we-are-lady-parts-never-have-i-ever-the-linda-lindas)
‘I can’t believe someone’s written this’: the Muslim punk sitcom breaking new ground, by Coco Khan https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/may/18/we-are-lady-parts-muslim-punk-sitcom-channel-4
“Why I Was Never a Riot Grrrl” by Laina Dawes (https://www.bitchmedia.org/post/why-i-was-never-a-riot-grrl)
Friends: American Pie and Phoebe Buffay (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO_Ra7ZGX8I)
Gilmore Girls: Lane Kim’s secret love for music (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkwSJs2PkSg)
Recommendations:
🎹 “Working For the Knife” by Mitski
🎹 Schoolgirl byebye
🎬 “Moonlit Winter” (윤희에게) (2019) by Lim Dae-hyung (임대형)
🎬 “The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love” (1995) by Maria Maggenti
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🎹Intromusic🎹:
"Wall" by Jahzaar, licenced under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
🎹Outro Music🎹:
“Waterbeat” by DJ Lengua, licenced under Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
🎹Transition Music🎹:
Guitar jingle - Hard rock style by ShidenBeatsMusic – Pixabay
