In this episode, Dara reflects on body image and the objectification and commodification of female beauty and sexuality. He discusses the sexist rhetoric and dynamics that he has always found pervasive among many of the men he has known. Along the way, he revisits his own introduction back in the day to the sexualised female iconography of Playboy magazine.
He talks about the destructive and warping impact of shame and realises it is an aspect of his own parenting that concerns him because he recognises it from his own childhood.
Finally, he looks at depictions of shame on the big screen via particular actors and movies.
Todd Sampson, creator of Mirror Mirror: http://toddsampson.com.au/
David Thomson’s The Big Screen: https://www.bookdepository.com/Big-Screen-David-Thomson/9780141047126