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2 Shows That Offer a Different Look at Womanhood – Episode 118

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This episode highlights two great shows from Netflix, Orange is the New Black and Grace and Frankie.

I don’t usually do a mini-study on TV shows, but I was so impressed by these shows that I just had to!

They both look at womanhood with different perspectives than the view we are used to seeing in the media!

Orange is the New Black has a ensemble cast filled with a variety of great characters. These characters face a similar life in prison but have come from very different pasts. The characters in this show identify in very different ways: black, white, Latina, Asian, old, young, lesbian, bisexual, trans, sick, healthy, urban, rural… And many more!

Grace and Frankie looks at starting over in life through the eyes of two, very different 70-year-old women. In what other show can you watch older woman be sexual, say “shit,” and talk about vaginal dryness? None, I say!

If you’re looking for a new show that looks at the real lives of women, check out this episode for two great ideas!

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Inspired by Women Series: Beautiful, Diverse Women! – Episode 31

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This episode is the first in the Inspired by Women Series, which features women or women-centered organizations that represent aspects of womanhood that are inspirational and real! I came across this article online this weekend, and felt like it was the right time to debut this new series. I found the article on MSN (whoa, really?!) and it contained a surprising amount of value! The article, 13 Women Who Changed What It Meant to Be “Beautiful” in 2014, features women who are physically unique in different ways. Each woman represents diversity that is totally represented in the larger population, and although most women that they chose were thin with very beautiful faces, I was still surprised by the range of uniqueness that was featured (i.e. transgender actresses/models, a model with vitiligo, and an older actress). Despite my original skepticism, the article offered more inspiration than frustration (which is hard to find in mainstream articles!).

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