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"She's beauty and she's grace. She is Miss United States." Can beauty pageants ever be empowering or is that already water under the 2000s bridge? We don't know but we're willing to talk about it! In this episode, our resident feminists wrestle over sexism, #MeToo, how Miss Congeniality has aged as a film, and yes, some actual butt-kicking. Join us for some congenial company as we try to untangle the conflict at the heart of the movie - how it is both progressive in some ways and regressive in others - and share our hopes for gender representation in film. Maybe we can't smash the patriarchy with our current tools but we can sure chip away.
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