81: Guilty Pleasures

Published: June 12, 2019, 11:05 a.m.

People often use the term \u201cguilty pleasures\u201d to talk about media they enjoy even though they feel it has little redeeming value. But what does it mean to be a feminist media critic who sometimes finds herself enjoying media that she believes is outright harmful? On this week\u2019s FFR, we have a frank conversation about what guilty pleasures mean to us, and our own relationship to media that we may appreciate or admire on some level, even while believing that it perpetuates harmful myths or values.