The Decoding of Crazy with Deepika Padukone, Jenny Slate and Constance Wu

Archetypes

Archewell Audio

History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 967 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Meghan dives into an in-depth and vulnerable conversation with Deepika Padukone, Jenny Slate and Constance Wu about the insidious ways ‘crazy’ is used to diminish women’s credibility. Together, they examine the historical use of the word “hysteria” as a diagnosis for women dating back to ancient Greece. The episode also features comedian Aparna Nancherla and the former Surgeon General of California, Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris.

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0:00.0	Lemonnader.
0:06.0	Hi there.
0:07.0	Hi there.
0:08.0	Before we get started, I wanted to let you know that this episode gets into some sensitive
0:11.8	conversations.
0:13.0	If you or someone you know is struggling or in need of assistance,
0:17.0	we have some resources in our show notes.
0:19.0	And by the way, if you find that this is too heavy for you to carry today, just tune out.
0:25.2	It's okay. I'll still be here next week.
0:31.0	Raise your hand if you've ever been called crazy or hysterical.
0:38.0	Or what about nuts, insane, out of your mind completely irrational.
0:45.0	Okay, you get the point.
0:47.0	Now, if we were all in this same room and could see each other,
0:50.0	I think it would be pretty easy to see just how many of us have our hands up.
0:55.3	By the way, me too. And it's no wonder when you consider just how prevalent these
1:02.2	labels are in our culture.
1:04.0	I feel like you guys think that we like choose to be crazy, you know, it's an active choice.
1:09.2	A girl is allowed to be crazy as long as she is equally hot.
1:12.4	Thus if she's this crazy she has to be equally hot.
1:13.0	Thus if she's this crazy, she has to be this hot.
1:15.0	I don't think that men can control crazy women.
1:18.0	Carla, I cannot hide the crazy a minute longer.
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