Janet vs The Halftime Show | Janet’s Other Legacy with Clover Hope | 104
Even the Rich
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4.4 • 11.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Janet Jackson's infamous wardrobe malfunction might never be forgotten, but what about her legacy as a trail-blazing feminist? Janet cut a path for female pop performers controlling their own narrative. She was an advocate for women getting what they need in the bedroom before most people even knew the term “sex positive.” And she did it all while the press critiqued her every move, and her body, too. Culture writer Clover Hope joins Brooke and Aricia to set the record straight. Clover shares what it was like to meet Janet at a Manhattan sushi bar, her love for Poetic Justice, and her take on the aftermath of Janet’s Super Bowl halftime show.
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| 0:04.4 | Join Wundery Plus in the Wundery app |
| 0:05.9 | or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:07.7 | This episode contains explicit wait talk |
| 0:10.2 | and discussions of sexuality that some listeners may find triggering. |
| 0:14.0 | Please be advised. |
| 0:16.0 | From Wonder, I'm |
| 0:22.0 | from Wondery, I'm Arisha Skidmore Williams. |
| 0:25.0 | And I'm Brooke Sifrin. |
| 0:27.0 | And this is even the rich. |
| 0:29.0 | Over the last two episodes, we follow Janet Jackson's journey from being the bashful baby of the Jackson |
| 0:35.3 | family to becoming one of the most iconic pop performers of all time. |
| 0:40.0 | To then almost losing it all in nine sixteenths of a second. |
| 0:44.4 | That's right. |
| 0:45.7 | Nipplegate. |
| 0:46.7 | Ugh, the worst name of all time, truly. |
| 0:48.9 | Seriously. |
| 0:50.3 | But yeah, in an instant, the Queen of Pop was banished from the industry for an embarrassing action. But the |
| 0:55.0 | thing is, in an instant, the Queen of Pop was banished from the industry for an embarrassing accident. |
| 0:56.0 | But the thing is, Janet never really went anywhere. |
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