On this week’s episode, we’re talking about Jonathan Majors again, this time, not for great reasons. On the heels of box office success “Creed III”, Majors was accused of strangulation and intimate partner violence, so we will be talking about it. We are also going to get into another movie starring Jessie Buckley, MEN, written, directed and produced by Alex Garland. 

Links: 

• https://www.theroot.com/army-pulls-jonathan-majors-from-new-ad-campaign-1850282314
• https://www.theroot.com/the-same-men-questioning-jonathan-majors-masculinity-ar-1850268387
• https://www.npr.org/2023/03/28/1166214642/jonathan-majors-arraignment
• https://www.indiewire.com/2022/05/men-alex-garland-interview-a24-horror-movie-jessie-buckley-1234725238/
• https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jun/05/men-review-alex-garland-jessie-buckley-rory-kinnear

On this week’s episode, we’re talking about the Oscars snubbing some important movies and recognizing some others, including Women Talking, which we’ll get into. Chris Rock has a new Netflix special out where he finally addresses the infamous slap. We’ll talk about Creed III and their theme of brotherhoods, and masculinity

Relevant Links: 

• https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/05/arts/television/chris-rock-netflix.html
• https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/chris-rock-selective-outrage-netflix-special-rcna74235
• https://ew.com/awards/oscars/2023-oscars-secret-ballot-academy-awards-voters-share-juicy-picks/
• https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/11/21/sarah-polleys-journey-from-child-star-to-feminist-auteur (PDF)
• https://globalnews.ca/news/8652476/sarah-polley-jian-ghomeshi/

Links and Notes: 

On this week’s episode, we’re going to talk about some digital stuff with someone who admittedly has been off social media for a while now, our Community Manager Veronika Ilich. We’ll talk about how Artificial Intelligence has taken over the ideas of technocrats, and how that may or may not be a good thing for gender equity. Also we’ll get into a niche TikTok trend called corecore, and how it’s working on men’s emotions. 

• https://mashable.com/article/chatgpt-ai-racism-bias
• https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000374174
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/carmenniethammer/2020/03/02/ai-bias-could-put-womens-lives-at-riska-challenge-for-regulators/?sh=130008a534f2
• https://hyperallergic.com/802093/tiktok-corecore-is-where-men-scream-their-anguish/?fbclid=PAAaanHpMRADMuTeUqLqKBqBldQ8OMxrC2-HoCRNCix9HY-BzYN7iaM40kEGI&mc_cid=d7652605e2&mc_eid=ff4ce43048”