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“I think that what we’re seeing now, and it does certainly seem like we’re seeing a lot of these [celebrity] over shares. I think this kind of reflects the natural progression of what researchers call the ‘parasocial relationship’ and that people are increasingly having these one sided kinds of relationships: isolation, living alone, being single are actually bigger, increasing problems in our society. And as that advances, we have a need for living through celebrities.”

- Reyna Jaqueline Peña on parasocial relationships in today’s society

Is the recent trend of celebrities sharing their deeply personal stories an effort to shine a light on issues everyone faces? Or is it more about lining their own pockets? The AMp’s Feminist Council Member Emily Heist Moss said that it can be both. Along with Reyna Jacqueline Peña of Gozamos, AMp hosts Molly Adams and Brian Babylon spent some talking about how celebrity gossip and media coverage affects how we see them world.

If you would like more information or are interested in the subject of “Celebrity Overshare”, check out Emily’s article! 

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“They were so victim-blaming…They made it seem like my assault was completely my fault.” - UNC sophomore, Landen Gambill, on UNC’s handling of her speaking publicly about her rape.

University of North Carolina sophomore Landen Gambill is being sent to the school’s “Honor Court” and may be expelled for speaking publicly about her rape. Legal expert Audra Wilson joins The Council of Feminist Thought in the studio to talk about how the school is handling this case.

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Molly, Brian and this week’s Council of Feminist Thought discussed the case of Savita Halappanavar, a Indian national working in Galway, Ireland who died from a blood infection after doctors in Ireland refused to remove her miscarrying fetus until the heartbeat had stopped.

We get into the ins and outs of this case and why “exceptions” in abortion laws can end badly, since pregnancies can manifest other medical issues, but also in the outcry of organizing the end of Savita’s life has lead to in Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Our man in the room, Brian, saw that in this case, issues concerning women shouldn’t just be women’s issues, they should be seen as human rights issues. Cassandra Gaddo of the Step Up Women’s Network and Audra Wilson, Professor of Law at Northwestern University, wholeheartedly endorsed this view.

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