Burst Your Bubble

A podcast about -isms and -phobias in pop culture.

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EP66 - Cultures Aren't Costumes

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EP66 - It happens every year - someone wears a Halloween costume that's problematic, not thinking about the historical and cultural background of that costume. But let's talk about it, and why cultures aren't costumes.

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Art by Jeremy Ferris.

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EP61 - The "Greatest" Showman?

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In The Greatest Showman P.T. Barnum is shown as a champion for outsiders who accepts and celebrates their differences and their diversity, but can the movie truly have a positive message when the very man who it makes its sympathetic hero is really a man who exploited people with disabilities and people of color to make money.

Art by Jeremy Ferris.

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EP27 - Disability, Movies, and the Oscars

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Let's talk about the Americans with Disabilities Act, actors without disabilities portraying characters with disabilities, and the rise of those roles getting Oscar nominations and wins.

Art by Jeremy Ferris.

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