Showing results for "Feeling Media" in Social Sciences

Jennette McCurdy doesn't give a f*ck. Except that she does. She gives many f*cks. So many, in fact, that she hurts constantly. "This is what it means to be human," Jennette said in an exclusive quote for this podcast description. She said it with her chin in her palm, taking herself seriously.

Strong Feelings is a podcast of topical discussions from opposite ends of the emotional universe. It could be categorized as a "lifestyle" podcast as we do not focus on any specific aspects of daily life; but rather we curate a casual conversation regarding the most interesting, engaging and entertaining topics of the day. The show's identity is driven by the hosts, Babs and Coop. Co-workers who became close friends and often times found themselves in heated discussions. Heated because they were approaching the topic from opposite sides of an emotional spectrum. While Babs is sensitive and ...

There’s no doubt that technology has made it easier to communicate. It’s also easier to shut someone out when we are confronted with online discourse. Why bother to understand strangers - or even acquaintances - when you can troll them, block them, or just click “Unfriend” and never look back? However briefly satisfying that might be, it’s also potentially eroding one of our most human traits: empathy.

Some days—or weeks, or months, or even years—being trans feels bad. Yet as Hil Malatino points out, there is little space for trans people to think through, let alone speak of, these bad feelings. Negative emotions are suspect because they unsettle narratives of acceptance or reinforce virulently phobic framings of trans as inauthentic and threatening.