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Kristen celebrates Diane Keaton's career with a focus on her performance in Baby Boom, joined by guest Kate Hagen.

Kristen is back to flying solo and she didn't burn the joint down! We're celebrating the life and career of the great Diane Keaton, looking at her career-changing performance in 1987's Baby Boom. Joining Kristen is James Spader superfan and '80s lover, Kate Hagen! Kate and Kristen talk about women of the '80s, the Charles Shyer/Nancy Meyers ouevre, and Diane Keaton's best moments in this movie. Are you a Diane Keaton fan? What's your go-to movie? WORKS CITED IN THIS EPISODE Susan Faludi's Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women How Serfdom Saved the Women's Movement by Caitlin Flanagan You can ⁠⁠⁠now watch episodes of Ticklish Business over on our YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠! Be sure to like and subscribe to stay in the know on our latest videos. Be sure to follow us via social media at @ticklish_biz on X and @ticklishbiz everywhere else. Also like and subscribe to us on all podcast apps and, if you love us, leave us a review. Find Kristen and Emily's books wherever you buy books. Kristen's latest, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Popcorn Disabilities⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, is available to buy now! • Love T shirts, pins, and other merch? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The merch shop is…

People in this episode

Host: Kristen

Guest: Kate Hagen

Topics covered

• Diane Keaton
• 1980s cinema
• women in film
• Baby Boom
• film analysis

Keywords

• Diane Keaton
• Baby Boom
• Kate Hagen
• 1980s
• film analysis
• women in film
• Kristen

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ticklish Biz Productions

Books & works: Baby Boom, Susan Faludi's Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, How Serfdom Saved the Women's Movement

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