A League of Their Own: Deep Thoughts About Bittersweet Feminism, the Threat of Girl Athletes, and What's Wrong With Dottie and Kit's Rivalry

About this episode

The episode discusses the themes of feminism and rivalry in the film A League of Their Own.

Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. There's no crying in baseball! This week on Deep Thoughts About Stupid Sh*t, Tracie returns to the 1992 Penny Marshall comedy A League of Their Own. Both Guy sisters loved the unabashed feminism and women-centered storytelling of this film when it debuted, and much of movie holds up to their Gen X nostalgia. Marshall lets the audience see how being part of a team creates a sense of belonging and self-worth, how women must ex...

People in this episode

Hosts: Tracie Guy-Decker, Emily Guy Birken

Topics covered

• feminism
• sports
• film analysis
• nostalgia
• female empowerment
• rivalry

Keywords

• A League of Their Own
• Penny Marshall
• feminism
• girl athletes
• Dottie
• Kit
• Gen X nostalgia
• comedy

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Books & works: A League of Their Own

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