The Anti-Lolita Madeline Looks Back

We talk about ‘Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey’ (a.k.a. ‘Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn’) and discuss the figure of the anti-heroine, how Harley rejects the Lolita effect, and her quest to define herself.

Cited:

Balakian, Nona. “The Prophetic Vogue of the Anti-Heroine.” https://www.jstor.org/stable/43467384

Itzkoff, Dave. “Cathy Yan on the Rerelease of ‘Birds of Prey,’ the Harley Quinn Movie.” New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/movies/cathy-yan-harley-quinn-birds-of-prey.html

Schmidt, Katlin, "Siren Song: A Rhetorical Analysis of Gender and Intimate Partner Violence in Gotham City Sirens."
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/thesesdissertations/2423

“Watch Margot Robbie Fight on Roller Skates in ‘Birds of Prey’ | Anatomy of a Scene.” New York Times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IzKamea9ww

“'Birds Of Prey' Takes Flight.” Pop Culture Happy Hour. https://www.npr.org/2020/02/13/805620651/birds-of-prey-takes-flight

The music used in this episode is "Lost Souls" by Portrayal freemusicarchive.org/music/Portraya…l_-_Lost_Souls used under an attribution license creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/