Let’s talk about pandering, which is one of the favorite terms of disgruntled white male geeks, (at least the ones who loudly complain that they are being ignored in entertainment media. Note: They’re not entirely wrong.) What is pandering? How is it being done, what does it look like in films, TV shows, books, and music? We have only to look at the history of Hollywood to answer those questions. And what are the side effects of so many decades of Popular media pandering to only one demographic? For the purposes of this discussion, I’ll be speaking only about US entertainment media (although it is a global enterprise.)
There Is A Double-Standard About Male Body Image We Don???t Want To Admit
Flashback to the earlier part of this decade, when my husband went to a party and met my two exes-turned-friends for the first time:…