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Let's Take Back Masculinity From the Douchebags!

Let's Take Back Masculinity From the Douchebags!

FromUnder the Influence with Jo Piazza


Let's Take Back Masculinity From the Douchebags!

FromUnder the Influence with Jo Piazza

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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Jun 25, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Online culture has been defining very specific ways to be masculine and feminine. So does culture at large. Masculine is often thought of as dominant, strong, powerful and fierce while feminine is seen as soft and emotional and beautiful and caring.  I'm so curious if we could flip that narrative. I think about it all the time as the mom of a boy.  What if we assigned other characteristics to "masculine," things like caring and nurturing, warm, kind, supportive, joyful and respectful.  What if we thought of these as male traits?  And maybe you already do, but I don't think that most of our culture does. Here to talk to me about all of it is someone else who has been thinking about masculinity and femininity for a very long time.  Catherine Connors is the former head of content for Disney Interactive, and she used to call herself a princess hacker because part of her job was figuring out what characteristics a Disney princess should have.  Catherine believes in the power of fairytales and the power of storytelling to flip the narratives we've traditionally been told about what is masculine and what is feminine.Follow Catherine on Instagram at HER BAD MOTHER.Subscribe to Catherine's Substack HOLY DOODLEBUG Here.Get 20% OFF @honeylove by going to honeylove.com/INFLUENCE! #honeylovepodGo to hellobello.com/INFLUENCE, to get your FREE pack of diapers. Visit Bodysmartfitness.com and use the code INFLUENCE for 20% off your coaching program. Visit one of Tropical Smoothie Cafe’s 1400+ locations or order online or through their app! 
Released:
Jun 25, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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Under the Influence is a deep dive into social media, a place haunted by aspirational marketing where it feels like every other person is a social media influencer trying to sell you something, all while posed in perfect houses that never seem to get messy. And behind this airbrushed perfection is money, so much money. Billions and billions of dollars. Journalist and mom Jo Piazza looks at how we got here, what it all means and how the commodification of every single aspect of our lives is driving everyone (but mostly women and mothers) a little insane.