In the latest episode of the Kent Voices podcast, we discuss how the portrayal of relationships in popular culture and the media affects how we live out ours.<\/p>\n
Have you ever watched a love scene in a film and thought, ‘it’s never like that in my life?’ or ‘if someone said that to me, I would not react that way!’ Perhaps you’ve listened to the lyrics of a song and thought that relationship dynamic being described is actually quite toxic?<\/p>\n
Pop culture is our culture, right? It reflects and influences our everyday lives – and loves. But in responding to a world in which a lot of work remains on sex positivity, power dynamics, and equality, the way relationships are represented in popular culture can be complicated.<\/p>\n
Kent Voices: Relationships in Popular Culture and Media<\/strong><\/p>\n In the latest episode of Kent Voices (available on Spotify, <\/a>Apple Podcasts<\/a>, and all your usual podcast places) we take a deep dive into how relationships are portrayed in the popular culture and media, both positive and negative.<\/p>\n Our guests include:<\/p>\n You’ll also hear from Kent students in a an episode which includes discussions on unrealistic portrayals of relationships in TV and media, the promotion of toxic relationship dynamics, inappropriate age gaps and romanticising manipulation. It’s not all bad, though: we go on to chat about positive changes taking place in pop culture and the media, such as the long-overdue narrative-shift which is making consent cool, discuss how we can normalise conversations in relationships, and welcome the growing representation of non-heteronormative relationships.<\/p>\n We also learn about the pioneering initiatives and support at Kent,<\/a> from the Consent campaign to specialist wellbeing advice.<\/p>\n Listen to the podcast<\/strong><\/p>\n You can hear staff and students discuss relationships in the media and pop culture on the Kent Voices podcast<\/a>. Listen on Spotify<\/a>, Apple Podcasts<\/a>, or search your favourite podcast service.<\/p>\n Find out more<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out campaign information by following @UniKent_CCL<\/a> or @UniKentSSW<\/a> on social media and look up #ConsentGetIt<\/a> to see which other accounts are supporting this campaign at Kent, and how you can get involved.<\/p>\n For advice and information on accessing additional support or reporting an incident, please see the Sexual Assault and Harassment pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you\u2019d like to comment on or contribute to a podcast or article for Student Services, email us at StudentServicesWeb@kent.ac.uk.<\/p>\n Written by Kamila, Student Support and Wellbeing, and Joshua, Student Services, 20.10.22<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n