Category: Once Upon a Patriarchy

Sexism, Racism, and Our Complicated Relationship with Disney
Once Upon a Patriarchy

PODCAST APPEARANCE – Listen to Shannan and Wanda on UnSilence Her

I’m so excited to share the fabulous conversation Wanda Swan and I had with Chelsea Jennings of the UnSilence Her podcast about sexism, racism, and our complicated relationship with Disney. Chelsea moderated our panel at the Denton Black Film Festival, and we all had so much fun that we just needed to keep talking. Listen

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conferences and events

VIDEO – Once Upon a Podcast: Oral Storytelling as Resistance

Presentation filmed on November 6, 2020 as part of Critical Border Crossings: Stories, Texts and Their Feminist Travels, a symposium sponsored by Women’s and Gender Studies at Eastern Michigan University. Description: Through the “Once Upon A Patriarchy” podcast, myth and media studies scholar Dr. Shannan Palma and survivor advocate Wanda Swan explore the messaging in

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conferences and events

UPCOMING – Once Upon a Podcast: Oral Storytelling as Resistance

On Friday, November 6, 2020, Wanda Swan and I will be co-presenting “Once Upon a Podcast: Oral Storytelling as Resistance” as a part of Critical Border Crossings: Stories, Texts and Their Feminist Travels, a virtual symposium hosted by the Women’s and Gender Studies Department at Eastern Michigan University. We’ll be talking about our work producing

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cool stuff

Once Upon a Patriarchy podcast critiques Disney’s influences, centers diverse perspectives

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Dr. Shannan Palma, NOVEMBER 6, 2018 Once Upon a Patriarchy, a new podcast collaboration between award-winning survivor advocate Wanda Swan, director of the Office of Respect at Emory University, and Shannan Palma, PhD, faculty director of the graduate program in writing and digital communication at Agnes Scott College, premieres November 8,

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Podcast Coming Soon: Once Upon a Patriarchy

How do fairy tales shape us? Once Upon a Patriarchy, debuting this October, is the first in what we hope will be a series of podcasts produced through the graduate program in Writing and Digital Communication at Agnes Scott College. Podcasts in this series advance our vision of cultivating just and inclusive community and promoting respectful

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