111 - Ten Important Abortions in TV & Film History Pt. 2

About this episode

The episode explores ten significant portrayals of abortion in television and film from the 2010s, featuring various popular shows.

It's our last episode of the season and part two of our deep dive into 10 sometimes scary, often funny, and always meaningful abortions on screen. This episode is fully set in the 2010's, and we get into some of our favorite shows: CW darlings Jane the Virgin and Crazy-Ex Girlfriend, Shonda's soapy magnum opus Scandal, animated delight BoJack Horseman and thoughtful, funny Netflix original Dear White People. We also have our final Why I Cried of the season (featuring a blistener's submitted musical accompaniment!) and a surprise song because why not!? Thank you for joining us for season 6, dear blisteners. We loved making it for you. Enjoy this episode and PLEASE VOTE IN NOVEMBER FOR CANDIDATES WHO SUPPORT BODILY AUTONOMY FOR BLEEDERS AND TRANS PEOPLE! Much love, the VC gals. <3

Topics covered

• abortions in TV
• film history
• comedy
• bodily autonomy

Keywords

• Jane the Virgin
• Crazy-Ex Girlfriend
• Scandal
• BoJack Horseman
• Dear White People

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Jane the Virgin, Crazy-Ex Girlfriend, Scandal, BoJack Horseman, Dear White People, Why I Cried

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