Culture Gabfest - The Patriarchy Can F Itself
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🗓️ 14 July 2021
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
This week, Steve is joined by Allegra Frank, Slate senior editor, and Heather Schwedel, Slate staff writer. First, the panel discusses the new Marvel blockbuster Black Widow. Next, they talk about the AMC show Kevin Can F**k Himself. Finally, the hosts are joined by Alexis Nowicki to discuss her essay in Slate “‘Cat Person’ and Me.”
In Slate Plus, the panel talks about the rabbit holes they fell down during the pandemic.
Email us at culturefest@slate.com.
Podcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Cleo Levin.
Outro music: "Stone Cookies" by Dusty Decks
Endorsements
Allegra: The cookies at City Cakes.
Heather: The documentary Kid 90.
Steve: “This Woman’s Work: Alice Neel’s Portraits of Feminized Labor” by Jessica Fletcher in The Baffler.
DeFazio’s Pizzeria in Troy, NY
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Stephen McHaff, and this is the Slate Culture Gap Fest, The Patriarchy Can F itself edition. |
| 0:15.9 | It's Wednesday, July 14th, 2021. On today's show, Marvel's Black Widow stars Scarlett Johansson in the title role. |
| 0:22.9 | She's the Lady Avenger who's been given short shrift previously. Now she gets her full shrift here. |
| 0:28.1 | Co-stars Florence Pugh as her long-lost sister. It's from Disney and Marvel, of course. |
| 0:33.1 | And then Annie Murphy, the beloved co-star of Schittreak, returns with the dark meta-sitcom Kevin can F himself. |
| 0:39.9 | It's on AMC. |
| 0:41.5 | And finally, the most viral short story of all time was Cat Person, and it's going viral all over again. |
| 0:46.8 | We discuss a recent Slate essay by Alexis Nowicki, the woman whose life experiences the short story appears to have been based upon. |
| 0:54.4 | Joining me today is Allegra Frank, senior editor at slate.com. |
| 0:58.9 | Hey. |
| 0:59.4 | Yes, I am the senior citizen editor at slate. |
| 1:03.5 | This famously young person website. |
| 1:07.1 | If you're a senior citizen at Slate, what the fuck am I? |
| 1:10.6 | I'm like an ancestor. |
| 1:14.2 | Great, great, great, grandpa of Slate. |
| 1:16.6 | I opened the door and you walked right through it. |
| 1:19.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:20.8 | And her first full episode gig for the Culture Gapest, we have Heather Schwedell, the staff |
| 1:26.0 | writer for Slate. |
| 1:26.8 | Hey, Heather, welcome. Hi, |
| 1:28.9 | thank you for having me. All right, Black Widow, played by Scarlett Johansson, is the Dead Avenger. |
| 1:34.6 | No spoiler alert necessary here. This is one of the dramatic climaxes of the Avengers trilogy. |
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