Name: That Time When
Uploaded: 2022
Description: Anita Sarkeesian dives into some of the most divisive moments of modern history, looking at moments when politics and pop culture collide.

Anita Sarkeesian dives into some of the most divisive moments of modern history, looking at moments when politics and pop culture collide.

On this week’s That Time When we’re recounting the moment when a simple wardrobe malfunction nearly ended the career of Janet Jackson.

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Janet Jackson

A red scare, a blacklist, and a witch hunt turned the movie industry against itself. This week, we learn about the Hollywood Blacklist.

Hollywood Blacklist

Ellen DeGeneres said two little words on national television, and it changed the world. This week, we dive into the history of Ellen’s coming out episode.

Ellen

Anita Sarkeesian rolls into the world of tabletop gaming and the reactionary Satanic panic of the ’80s.

Satanic Panic

This week we explore Star Trek, and how its ability to boldly go where none had gone before may have been cemented by a conversation with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at a fundraiser.

This week we explore Star Trek, and how its ability to boldly go where none had gone before may have been cemented by a conversation with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Star Trek

This week’s That Time When shares the almost forgotten story of Lois Weber, a prolific early female director, and the puritanical gatekeepers who tried to censor her work.

This week’s That Time When shares the almost forgotten story of Lois Weber, a prolific early female director, and the puritanical gatekeepers who tried to censor her work

Lois Weber

The Chicks, formally of Dixie, were attacked by conservative influencers for daring to speak out against the 2003 Iraq War. This week, we explore that time when the Dixie Chicks were canceled.

Host Anita Sarkeesian covers that time when the Dixie Chicks got canceled.

Dixie Chicks

What did a fictional single mom do to make a literal enemy of Dan Quayle? This week, we investigate the time when the former vice president actually attacked Murphy Brown on the campaign trail to score points with conservative voters.

This week, we investigate the time when the former vice president actually attacked Murphy Brown on the campaign trail to score points with conservative voters.

Murphy Brown

In this week’s episode, Anita Sarkeesian looks back on that time when a violent, entitlement-fueled temper tantrum to preserve male domination of video game culture morphed into a national and presidential online hate campaign.

Anita Sarkeesian looks back on that time when a violent, temper tantrum to preserve male domination of video game culture morphed into a national hate campaign.