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Sk8 - 1x08

Today we start with the youth not knowing who or what Punky Brewster is like, no comprehension whatsoever. It is technically too old for 26 year olds in 2015 but it ran in syndication for their entire childhood so it would probably still just be part of their consciousness even if they hadn’t really watched it. So they would have thought it an odd reference rather than just complete dead non understanding stares that we got. For context Sutton Foster was describing the pig tails she had as a young teenager as being like Punky Brewster's, the quick cover was to say she looked like a funky rooster and that was accepted. Oh you’re just high, it’s okay. Cool. Great writing. Then we discover that Sutton Foster doesn’t know how to play video games and again we, as 26 year olds are shake, family. There is some sexy teaching which to me is just awkward because all (some?) of Young Hot Guy’s friends are there. Sutton Foster realises that she doesn’t really like being 26 that much becaus...
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Younger - Broke and Pantyless (Episode 7)

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Just when we all thought I was never ever going to do this again I thought why not. Watching this shit is probably better than rechecking the news and Facebook and hoping for something new to be there. Today’s episode is Broke and Pantyless. I feel like any pretence of feminism that this show had has just just been quite firmly thrown out the window. Also is that how we spell ‘pantyless’? Or would it be ‘pantiless’? A question for the ages.  In this episode Sutton Foster must hide her daughter’s existence from everyone. The daughter who is somewhere else at college, I think needs money because her father, some boring stupid pointless man who is only there to make it harder for Sutton Foster to pretend to be 26 hasn’t paid his half of the daughter’s school fees.  I don’t know if it’s meant to indicate his youth or hipsterness or what but we learn that #YoungHotGuy is in a band and he plays the Washboard and that’s hot.  Sutton Foster has to hide the existence of her daught...
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Younger - Shedonsim (Episode 6)

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Shedonism So Shedonism that’s the great name of the book they are publishing that’s written by Jenna Maroney from 30 Rock, she isn’t actually Jenna, that would have been a potentially interesting crossover, Jane Krakowski just plays exactly the same character. Maybe a little toned down. I don't know if they wrote the character for her or if she can't act or what happened. Sutton Foster has to throw the launch party because that’s obvi the kind of thing that assistants who’ve been there 10 minutes do, right? Throw massive important parties for important clients. There’s a thing at the start of the episode about Sutton Foster being #toooldforcrossfit that was so funny , because all young people just jump in and do super high intensity workouts without warming up and are fine afterwards and don’t get sore at all ever. Jenna Maroney wants her book to use the #SlutPack! to promote her book because of empowerment or something. This also seemed to be a funny funny joke but again I th...
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Feminist Criminology

I found this in my Google Slides. It must be from my Criminal Justice Admin degree. I always found feminist criminology interesting.  Most of the social theories have kind of the same starting point - crime is caused by a power imbalance. Marxist theory says that capitalism and financial inequality cause crime. I assume there's an explanation for white collar crime but I can't remember, it may just seek to explain criminality in the underclasses.  Feminist criminology began in the 60’s and 70’s. It was a response to the limited ways in which women were dealt with in the criminal justice system.  Traditionally women were controlled by their family and community. They often were not given the opportunity to commit crimes, and the deviance they exhibited was more commonly moving away from sex based roles of of soft feminine wife or mother figure. When women did deviate from these norms tended to be hidden by the family and the woman would be considered mentally ill. If the a...
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Younger - Girl Code (Episode 5)

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Oh gods! Where to start! There is something genuinely mentally wrong with The Trout. She doesn’t talk or behave like a normal human person. I get that this is supposed to be funny but it just comes across as weird and like there is something properly wrong with this woman. Did they publish Twilight? Why only one copy? In this instalment we have a story of sisterhood, they throw the term Girl Code around like it actually means something to people outside of this show.  It starts with what I can only assume the writers thought was a funny humanising moment where Hilary Duff’s menstrual cup is stuck inside of her. Which, OK, I suppose that could happen but not easily and why hasn’t she been to a doctor? She reckons she’s had it in for like 14 hours.  Hilary Duff leaves the meeting they are having with Hot New Guy who has broken The Trouts brain to deal with her situation but not before we discover that she doesn’t know what a diaphragm is. Is that something young people don’t kno...
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Younger - The Exes (Episode 4)

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How does this show have 7 seasons? Not much happened in this episode.  The most exciting thing was this necklace... The Trout wearing a medieval torture device. Stutton Foster and Pretty Boy had a lot, just so much sex and that was very much about her pleasure and didn’t do a bad job of positive expressions of female sexuality. That was nice, I guess. And Pretty Boy is hot. Crazy Friend returns for the celebration of Hilary Duff signing The Swede to this publishing company. At least that’s who I think it is. I literally can’t remember what she looks like after she leaves the screen. Her crazy life has her going off to a party “where they are serving sushi off cis gender models”. Wut? Is, is that a joke? It has to be but how is it funny? What am I laughing at? Gender expression? Serving Sushi off models? Then why mention their gender?  Hilary Duff’s gross boyfriend turns up and ruins everything. He really is the absolute worst and I understand that he is part of Hilary’s charac...
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Younger - IRL (Episode 3)

 I will hate watch this for you forever! Or maybe just season 1. So that was actually better. It still wasn't good and there is no way I would have gotten this far if it weren't for my adoring fans 🤣. The romance between Sutton Foster and the pretty boy (I don't know this actor and I still refuse to learn character names) is actually not too bad. There was a moment when he was maybe a bit gross but I think Sutton found that sexy so you know you do you girlfriend!  Pretty boy redeemed himself by not talking advantage of Sutton when she accidentally took too much Xanax. Low bar, extremely low bar, I know but this show is not setting high ones for anyone. The really bad parts are when she goes to work because then I am supposed to believe she can do her job which is social media heavy without knowing things like what IRL means or how to Tweet. Neither does her over 40 boss. I mean aren't the old hilarious! They don't know simple text speak! It's 2015 not 2005 and ...
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