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Theoryish draws from a wide range of disciplines to bring theory to you in the most relevant, interesting, and accessible way. This show aims to create an inclusive community of learning and will showcase a wide variety of theory that is out there, going beyond the expected canon of theorists. This show makes a concerted effort to provide listeners with theoretical tools to hopefully enrich their day-to-day lives no matter what space they occupy.
The main podcast hosts are Paola Medina-Gonzalez and Hannah Ayres and they are often joined by guests who help bring theory to life!
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Julia Kristeva: Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection
This week, guest Meaghan Allen joins us to discuss Julia Kristeva’s 1980 book Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection. Join us as we discuss abjection, the allure of horror, final girls, the body, and Carol J. Clover’s Men, Women and Chainsaws. Towards the end of the episode, we use abjection to discuss the 1973 film The Exorcist. If you’re interested in horror, this is definitely an episode you don’t want to miss!
Meaghan Allen is a PhD researcher at the University of Manchester interested in the intersections of the medieval and the modern, with a particular focus on violence against women. Her thesis uses blood to investigate the medieval inheritance of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, exploring topics like vampires and the Eucharist, virgin martyrs and horror heroines; blood and the soul.
Sources and Media
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Contact Us
You can get in touch with us via our email: theoryishpodcast@gmail.com
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Sigmund Freud: Beyond the Pleasure Principle
We are back from our midseason break with an episode on Sigmund Freud’s 1920 essay Beyond the Pleasure Principle. In this essay Freud challenges some of his preconceived ideas about the pleasure principle through his exploration of the death drive. Join us as we break down Freudian terminology, deepen our understanding of psychoanalysis, and use the death drive to think about the Sopranos and Persona 3.
Sources and Media
You kind find all source material discussed in the episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O1zigSKuhQOB4ezdnqh5cn51EsfqHZAuAF6eyN5saRQ/edit?usp=sharing
Contact Us
You can get in touch with us via our email: theoryishpodcast@gmail.com
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Linda Nochlin: Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?
In this week’s episode, we look at Linda Nochlin’s groundbreaking 1971 essay Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists. Join us as we investigate Nochlin’s examination of institutional and societal barriers that have prevented women’s access to artistic recognition and success. We discuss in detail who Linda Nochlin is, why this essay is so important to feminist art theory and art history and reflect on the relevance of this essay today.
Please note that we will be taking a mid-season break and will be back soon with more episodes, memes, and theory! In the meantime, catch up on our previous episodes, rate our podcast, subscribe and share.
Sources and Media
You kind find all source material discussed in the episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1svJEGLHikyIi0LYYBofFg5icXKDR7F9tO2tdPA68Bxg/edit?usp=sharing
Contact Us
You can get in touch with us via our email: theoryishpodcast@gmail.com
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Introduction to Poststructuralism
Welcome to our first ‘Introduction To...’ of the season! In this episode we introduce you to Poststructuralism, outline what this concept is, where it came from, and who the poststructuralists are (despite their insistence to the contrary).
Sources and Fan Fiction
You kind find all source material discussed in the episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PrI0L5dW-WKRDbMiNldAmNhATr2ZvjvTj5JUB6S3DAM/edit?usp=sharing
Contact Us
You can get in touch with us via our email: theoryishpodcast@gmail.com
Socials
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J. Daniel Luther: Queering Normativity and South Asian Public Culture: Wrong Readings Only
Join us for our second ever author interview, in which we are joined by J. Daniel Luther and Roshan Johri to discuss Luther’s book Queering Normativity and South Asian Public Culture: Wrong Readings Only (2023). In this episode we discuss how normativity functions, and how difficult it can be to interrogate. We discuss how to find and create a queer archive, or an archive of ‘the normal’. Daniel and Roshan also discuss publishing outside of academia, and academic practices more generally.
J. Daniel Luther is Associate Programme Director at the Rhodes Trust, University of Oxford (UK). They are the co-founder of the international platform and network called ‘Queer’ Asia. They have previously taught at the Department of Gender Studies at LSE (UK) as a LSE fellow in Gender, Film and Media, and at the University of Warwick, and SOAS, University of London. Their doctoral research examined the production and reiteration of gender and sexual norms in South Asian public culture. They are the co-editor of ‘Queer’ Asia: Decolonising and Reimagining Gender and Sexuality (2019).
Roshan Johri is a Masters student in English at the Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence Delhi NCR. Johri helped support with creation of the book through conceptual editing and proof reading.
Sources
You kind find all source material and fan fiction discussed in the episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1esxfCn7tEuDPGyTCZ8JV8FHKmkdToQOyWzbKxhsQBX8/edit?usp=sharing
Contact Us
You can get in touch with us via our email: theoryishpodcast@gmail.com
Socials
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Sophia Amoruso: #GIRLBOSS
Join us as we experiment this week by looking not at academic theory, but at Sophia Amoruso’s (2014) book #GIRLBOSS. We use this text to discuss ethical work conditions, fashion, feminism under neoliberlism and girlboss feminism.
Sources and Fan Fiction
You kind find all source material and fan fiction discussed in the episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/143ZVl0Ow_vFqP9Ig6NAzo6UoRx0WQLfomY0Cu64fs84/edit?usp=sharing
Contact Us
You can get in touch with us via our email: theoryishpodcast@gmail.com
Socials
We are on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok at theoryish_pod and Facebook at theoryishpod
Music
Outro: Lori Beauty, Coma Studios
Customer Reviews
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