The Side Characters

Episode 23 If You Don't Like Don't Watch It

*Trigger Warning, on this episode we talk about sexual violence from minute 25 to minute 42:30.*

*Spoiler warning, we spoil Attack On Titan from minute 45 to Minute 62.*

On this episode we take the time to vent quite a bit a few tropes in media that make us mad. These are usually things that happen in seemingly normal shows that prevent us from enjoying that media. This episode we talk about the trope "rape to relationship", screen time for black characters in media, and the mildly problematic end of Attack on titan. Enjoy~ 

 

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You can check Jordan out on his other podcast World Shop @: https://worldshoppodcast.podbean.com/

Episode 22:Do you hear the People Tweet?

Tweeting the songs of angry men. On this episode we take a deep dive into cancel culture to explore what it means, and if we think it is necessary. Cancel culture has been in the public eye recently due to incidents such as Gina Carano's firing from Disney. Is cancel culture necessary? Does it actually mean anything? Does cancel culture do more harm than good? Tune into this weeks episode!~

If you have any questions, comments or want to continue the conversation you can email us @: sidecharacterspod@gmail.com

You can check Jordan out on his other podcast World Shop @: https://worldshoppodcast.podbean.com/

Helpful Links and Citations :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhrDmrG_3I4

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1527476420918828?casa_token=PI78ws_7XcsAAAAA%3A4w32Clyp5xalddcPUKSJeR1M-b7wosW7OYLnSV_FQFefpThFP69Qvq7I_bksprFbe6wrT3jVU04

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211695820300647?casa_token=sE9FrZ5TY08AAAAA:1txWuu50bAbOa2RaRxw9KaMB9r4D-_9G_f_BhRZqW_kz_pXK2PJ7CJaJ9AGeHUWr24mh5llP

https://www.frieze.com/article/outrage-over-hiring-white-woman-african-art-curator-misunderstands-expertise

Bouvier, G., 2020. Racist call-outs and cancel culture on Twitter: The limitations of the platform’s ability to define issues of social justice. Discourse, Context & Media, 38, p.100431.

Bouvier and Cheng, 2019. Understanding the potential of twitter for political activism. I. Chiluwa, G. Bouvier (Eds.), Activism, Campaigning and Political Discourse on Twitter, Nova, New York, pp. 1-16

Ott, B.L., 2017. The age of Twitter: Donald J. Trump and the politics of debasement. Critical studies in media communication, 34(1), pp.59-68.

Papacharissi, Z., 2016. Affective publics and structures of storytelling: Sentiment, events and mediality. Information, Communication & Society, 19(3), pp.307-324.

Episode 21 - Separation Anxiety: Trash Vs. Lesser Trash

On this episode we take the time to dive into the concept of separating the art from the artist. Is separating the art from the artist necessary and responsible, or should you completely cut ties from artist you know have hurt others. We take the time to deep dive in our own personal experience with this idea and talk about how situations where the artist turned to be problematic affected us. Afterwards we discuss separation and how to talk to others about works you like that are made by problematic artist. 

 

If you have any questions, comments or want to continue the conversation you can email us @: sidecharacterspod@gmail.com

You can check Jordan out on his other podcast World Shop @: https://worldshoppodcast.podbean.com/

Episode 20: Social Check In

On this episode of Side Characters, we take the time to check in with each other about different topics that we have covered over the last year. 

If you have any questions, comments or want to continue the conversation you can email us @: sidecharacterspod@gmail.com

You can check Jordan out on his other podcast World Shop @: https://worldshoppodcast.podbean.com/

 

Episode 19: Number 7 Woman Combo To-Go

Once again we are back with more awful tropes for female characters. We discuss the Smurfette principal which is where there is a singular female character amongst multiple male characters. Then we move to the Ms. Male character trope, most commonly found with Ms. Pacman, in which the female character is just a copy of the male character or his powers. We take time to discuss why we hate these tropes, how they've gotten better (or worse) over the years and what we can do to move forward. Enjoy the episode~

If you have any questions, comments or want to continue the conversation you can email us @: sidecharacterspod@gmail.com

You can check Jordan out on his other podcast World Shop @: https://worldshoppodcast.podbean.com/

 

 

Episode 18: Tasha's Episode of Everything

On this episode, we take a break from the heavier topics to talk about something that excites us. Recently the Dungeons and Dragons 5e expansion Tasha's Cauldron of Everything was released. We take the time to do a deep dive into this expansion and how it further diversifies the world of Dungeons and Dragons. Enjoy~

Jordan's recommendation of the week: Laura Jane Grace autobiography

Leah's recommendation: Bridgerton

 

If you have any questions, comments or want to continue the conversation you can email us @: sidecharacterspod@gmail.com

You can check Jordan out on his other podcast World Shop @: https://worldshoppodcast.podbean.com/

 

 

 

 

Episode 17: Not Just Tokens

This episode we cover a topic that encompasses most of what we have been talking about up to this week. Tokenism, the act of adding representation just in-order to check off a box. Does tokenism just mean African American characters who are seemingly out of place, or is it much deeper than that? Enjoy this weeks episode!~

If you have any questions, comments or want to continue the conversation you can email us @: sidecharacterspod@gmail.com

You can check Jordan out on his other podcast World Shop @: https://worldshoppodcast.podbean.com/

 

Jordan's recommendation of the week: Webtoon Crumbs

Leah's recommendation: Alice in Border lands 

Some Helpful Links:

https://medium.com/the-volume-collective/tokenism-and-representation-a-fine-line-in-popular-media-6fa803dc939b

https://www.media-diversity.org/tribute-or-token-lgbtq-media-queer-black-activism/

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/03/-em-star-wars-em-and-the-4-ways-science-fiction-handles-race/359507/

Episode 16 Does this hold up- Full Metal Alchemist

As part of the push for a consistent schedule we are recording shorter less involved episodes while we prepare our much bigger episodes. This episode we are taking a look back at one of our favorite series and putting it to the scrutiny of current times. Does Full Metal Alchemist still hold up based on current values, or does it fall short? Find out our opinions on this weeks Side Characters . 

If you have any questions, comments or want to continue the conversation you can email us @: sidecharacterspod@gmail.com

You can check Jordan out on his other podcast World Shop @: https://worldshoppodcast.podbean.com/

Mental Health Chat Ft. Mariane

This week we are joined by guest and friend of Leah to talk about mental health in nerd culture. We cover topics such as how mental health is portrayed in media and how we would like to see it portrayed. Thank you for listening!

Media mentioned: Gris, Night in the woods, Breath of the wild, Bojack Horseman,

Leah has been watching: Schitts Creek

Jordan has been playing: Spiderman: Miles Morales,

Mariane has been consuming: The His Dark Materials Series, Legend of Zelda Age of Calamity, Star Wars Clone Wars Series.

If you have any questions, comments or want to continue the conversation you can email us @: sidecharacterspod@gmail.com

You can check Jordan out on his other podcast World Shop @: https://worldshoppodcast.podbean.com/

Quick Update

Quick Update! There is no new episode this week, but we are working hard to make sure we can hold a more consistent schedule in the future!

Thanks for listening!!

 

If you have any questions, comments or want to continue the conversation you can email us @: sidecharacterspod@gmail.com

You can check Jordan out on his other podcast World Shop @: https://worldshoppodcast.podbean.com/