In Walks a Woman S1 E10: Madonna, Maggie, Diana, Cyndi, and Sinead--Gen X Heroines
Sonja and Vanessa delve into recent history to ask if it’s even possible to be your own woman in a world that is designed and controlled by men? Through the lens of five prominent women of the 1980’s and 90’s, IWAW asks if female odysseys are doomed to follow in the footsteps of–or be a reaction to–male expectations. Sonja and Vanessa dip into stories of women in politics and pop culture to ask what these real-life heroines gained and lost on their journeys. If you are a fan or contemporary of Madonna, Margaret Thatcher, Princess Diana, Cyndi Lauper or Sinead O’Connor, this episode offers a probing conversation about the forces at work in the lives of women who decided to enter traditionally male institutions and put themselves in front of the unforgiving male gaze.
Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Robber Bride (1998)
John Berger’s 4 Part BBC Documentary Series, Ways of Seeing (1971)
Ways of Seeing Series on You Tube
Laura Mulvey’s “Visual Pleasure in Narrative Cinema” (1975)
Sinead O’Connor’s memoir, Rememberings (2021)
Allison McCabe’s Why Sinead O’Connor Matters (2024)
For Purchase @ University of Texas Press
Allison McCabe’s Website: AllisonMcCabe.com
Legacy Season 8: Margaret Thatcher
Let the Canary Sing (documentary)
Sinead's 1989 Mandinka Performance
Sinead Protest on SNL & Rejection by Bob Dylan Fans a Few Weeks Later
Article on the Diana Sheer Skirt Pic, and the male photographer who felt that, regardless of embarrassment to the 19 year old woman in the pic, felt it was "too good" not to publish:Diana Sheer Skirt Revealing Legs Pic