Karen Kilgariff

At best, and then at worst, it was dismissed, ignored, or joked about. In fact, Ms. Magazine, which at the time was one of the few outlets that was actually pushing back at this kind of language and energy, regularly asked readers to send in sexist ads that they found in newspapers and magazines. No way. Uh-huh.

At best, and then at worst, it was dismissed, ignored, or joked about. In fact, Ms. Magazine, which at the time was one of the few outlets that was actually pushing back at this kind of language and energy, regularly asked readers to send in sexist ads that they found in newspapers and magazines. No way. Uh-huh.

And in 1973, someone sent in a print advertisement for a bowling alley in Michigan that read in big, bold lettering, have some fun, beat your wife tonight. Jesus. And right now, if you listen closely, you can hear Bill Maher scrambling to defend this comedy and how hilarious it is. What a joke. What a top-tier joke. Well, this was America in the 70s. Yeah.

And in 1973, someone sent in a print advertisement for a bowling alley in Michigan that read in big, bold lettering, have some fun, beat your wife tonight. Jesus. And right now, if you listen closely, you can hear Bill Maher scrambling to defend this comedy and how hilarious it is. What a joke. What a top-tier joke. Well, this was America in the 70s. Yeah.

And what's really weird that sometimes this happens on the show, and it's kind of what I'm in it for, if I'm going to be honest. Yeah. is when I was there for a cultural moment. I was 14 years old. The reason I know this case is because of a made for TV movie that came out when I was 14. So like a handful of years after it happened. No way. And you remember it? Oh, like it was yesterday.

And what's really weird that sometimes this happens on the show, and it's kind of what I'm in it for, if I'm going to be honest. Yeah. is when I was there for a cultural moment. I was 14 years old. The reason I know this case is because of a made for TV movie that came out when I was 14. So like a handful of years after it happened. No way. And you remember it? Oh, like it was yesterday.

And I remember not only watching it

And I remember not only watching it

and experiencing it but then what happened after it wow and it was one of those things that i think these days a lot of it had it had the natural almost viral effect but it was 1984 right which so that never happened yeah and it was that kind of thing where suddenly people were seeing and talking about this issue in a completely different way because i feel like like with so many of these things

and experiencing it but then what happened after it wow and it was one of those things that i think these days a lot of it had it had the natural almost viral effect but it was 1984 right which so that never happened yeah and it was that kind of thing where suddenly people were seeing and talking about this issue in a completely different way because i feel like like with so many of these things

It starred Farrah Fawcett. Okay. Now, this was Farrah Fawcett when I was a young girl. She was one of the stars of Charlie's Angels. Legendary. And she herself legendary. But for like a Charlie's Angels, I was on the love boat. She was basically the most beautiful woman in America. She did movies and stuff, but she wasn't known for acting first. She was known for beauty first. Right.

It starred Farrah Fawcett. Okay. Now, this was Farrah Fawcett when I was a young girl. She was one of the stars of Charlie's Angels. Legendary. And she herself legendary. But for like a Charlie's Angels, I was on the love boat. She was basically the most beautiful woman in America. She did movies and stuff, but she wasn't known for acting first. She was known for beauty first. Right.

This changed that. Wow. She stars in it and does such an unbelievably amazing job. It was like no one could believe it. It was truly incredible. I just I remember not being able to believe what I was looking at. Wow. The other part of it was this thing was, you know, I don't know if you had a lot of experience with made for TV movies or that like CBS Friday Night at the Movies or whatever. Yeah.

This changed that. Wow. She stars in it and does such an unbelievably amazing job. It was like no one could believe it. It was truly incredible. I just I remember not being able to believe what I was looking at. Wow. The other part of it was this thing was, you know, I don't know if you had a lot of experience with made for TV movies or that like CBS Friday Night at the Movies or whatever. Yeah.

but it was usually kind of family oriented, you know, kind of like this is a true story of a horse or whatever.

but it was usually kind of family oriented, you know, kind of like this is a true story of a horse or whatever.

Someone, everyone could watch it. It would be like either inspirational or yeah, romantic or whatever. This was like a true crime documentary. It was so upsetting. It was so harsh. It was so realistic. And the abuse scenes were unlike anything anyone had done before.

Someone, everyone could watch it. It would be like either inspirational or yeah, romantic or whatever. This was like a true crime documentary. It was so upsetting. It was so harsh. It was so realistic. And the abuse scenes were unlike anything anyone had done before.

No, quite the opposite. And for the time, it was totally revolutionary. Okay. I would say, although this is my opinion, it shocked the nation. You could use that phrase. The day after it was what everyone was talking about.

No, quite the opposite. And for the time, it was totally revolutionary. Okay. I would say, although this is my opinion, it shocked the nation. You could use that phrase. The day after it was what everyone was talking about.