We discuss Kate’s unique brand of corporeal comedy in North Pole News, the light and heavy interpretation of distraction of Yankee Swap, the implicit and explicit feminism in Tampon Farm and Rich Auntie with no Kids (as well as Gifts from Mom), and ethics of community expectations in the now-iconic Joke Swap. Readings including selections from the hosts, as well as articles on health communication and distraction.
Listen at Libsyn: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/29471723
Readings
Anderson, L. (in press). The Ethics of Racial Humor. Oxford University Press. https://philosophy.cornell.edu/sites/phil/files/The%20Ethics%20of%20Racial%20Humor%2010.14.21.pdf
Bigman, C. A. (2014). Social comparison framing in health news and its effect on perceptions of group risk. Health Communication, 29(3), 267-280. https://doi.org/10.1080%2F10410236.2012.745043
Bobel, C., Winkler, I. T., Fahs, B., Hasson, K. A., Kissling, E. A., & Roberts, T. A. (2020). The Palgrave handbook of critical menstruation studies. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-15-0614-7
DePaulo, B., (2019). The Real Lives of Women Who Never Have Children.
Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-single/201908/the-real-lives-of-women-who-never-have-children
L’Pree, C. (2017). Mary Tyler Moore: The exemplary disruption of the single city girl archetype. https://www.flowjournal.org/2017/02/disruption-of-the-single-city-girl-archetype/
Rybińska, A., & Morgan, S. P. (2019). Childless expectations and childlessness over the life course. Social Forces, 97(4), 1571-1602. https://academic.oup.com/sf/article-abstract/97/4/1571/5126895
Wallace, D.S. (2023) “In This Essay I Will: On Distraction.” https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2023/08/23/in-this-essay-i-will-on-distraction/
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