Post #3894729
2026-07-17 14:46 UTC
@MissConstrue@mefi.social
I have consumed ALL the broadcast TV.. since the 1960s, and I am only now realizing/lamenting now how much all of it's embedded/inherent/chronic 'isms' have shaped and helped lay the groundwork for the whole 'Murca'/MAGA #facist #theocracy nightmare we are living through now.
There are exceptions- but so much of that crap is just dreck that feeds the worst instincts....
Anyway, glad you have some 'yoots' in your world... and thanks for the pushback & reply...
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@MissConstrue@mefi.social 2026-07-17 16:59
@oldguycrusty@mastodon.world I know what you mean. Growing up, I loved, loved, LOVED Bewitched. Wanted to be Serena. Beloved got me the box set, and my gods…the sexism I was marinated in. I couldn’t even watch the show I was so angry at the premise that this brilliant beautiful woman had to hide and be ashamed of her innate power to please a man. And a man as milquetoast and insecure as Derwood….i just could not. Somehow, I had forgotten that conceit was the entire premise. So much of the tv I grew up with is just awful when viewed with 21st century ethics.