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Repackaged sob sisters and outsiders within : reading the female and minority journalists on The Bold Type and The Morning Show

Maxine De Wulf Helskens (UGent) , Frederik Dhaenens (UGent) and Sarah Van Leuven (UGent)
(2024) FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES. 24(2). p.322-337
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Female and minority journalists in fiction movies and series are underrepresented and often framed as emotional, unstable, inexperienced, and unprofessional. These representations reiterate and preserve existing inequalities in Western newsrooms in which female and minority journalists face many obstacles ranging from the glass ceiling to a gender pay gap. However, these representations also have the potential to subvert and challenge existing structures and imagine more inclusive newsrooms. Therefore, this study proposes a qualitative textual analysis of the representation of female journalists in the American fiction series’ The Morning Show (AppleTV+, 2019) and The Bold Type (Freeform, 2017). Using a feminist media studies and intersectional perspective, it unpacks how the gendered power dynamics in newsrooms are represented in the series’ narratives. We find that The Bold Type represents an idealistic version of an inclusive work environment aimed at creating equal opportunities among journalists while at the same time embedding this in broader patriarchal structures that restrict this representation. The Morning Show claims a more critical approach by representing a pessimistic and dysfunctional newsroom and including an explicit critique of the power relations that disadvantage female minority journalists.
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popular culture, postfeminism, pariah femininity, intersectionality, female journalists, PORTRAYAL, GENDER, MOVIES

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MLA
De Wulf Helskens, Maxine, et al. “Repackaged Sob Sisters and Outsiders within : Reading the Female and Minority Journalists on The Bold Type and The Morning Show.” FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES, vol. 24, no. 2, 2024, pp. 322–37, doi:10.1080/14680777.2023.2197565.
APA
De Wulf Helskens, M., Dhaenens, F., & Van Leuven, S. (2024). Repackaged sob sisters and outsiders within : reading the female and minority journalists on The Bold Type and The Morning Show. FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES, 24(2), 322–337. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2023.2197565
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De Wulf Helskens, Maxine, Frederik Dhaenens, and Sarah Van Leuven. 2024. “Repackaged Sob Sisters and Outsiders within : Reading the Female and Minority Journalists on The Bold Type and The Morning Show.” FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES 24 (2): 322–37. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2023.2197565.
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De Wulf Helskens, Maxine, Frederik Dhaenens, and Sarah Van Leuven. 2024. “Repackaged Sob Sisters and Outsiders within : Reading the Female and Minority Journalists on The Bold Type and The Morning Show.” FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES 24 (2): 322–337. doi:10.1080/14680777.2023.2197565.
Vancouver
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De Wulf Helskens M, Dhaenens F, Van Leuven S. Repackaged sob sisters and outsiders within : reading the female and minority journalists on The Bold Type and The Morning Show. FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES. 2024;24(2):322–37.
IEEE
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M. De Wulf Helskens, F. Dhaenens, and S. Van Leuven, “Repackaged sob sisters and outsiders within : reading the female and minority journalists on The Bold Type and The Morning Show,” FEMINIST MEDIA STUDIES, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 322–337, 2024.
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