{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"179. What if we told stories about women beyond their love lives?","description":"What happens when a story that once felt modern\u2026 suddenly doesn\u2019t? And what does that tell us about the limits \u2014 and possibilities \u2014 of the stories we tell about women? In this solo episode, Seventh Row Editor-in-Chief Alex Heeney tracks a shift in perspective \u2014 hers, and maybe yours too. \ud83d\udccd How a 2021 film reopened an old question \ud83d\udccd Why Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) once felt strikingly modern \u2014 and what I see in it now \ud83d\udccd And what this tells us about how our expectations for stories about women have changed \u2014 fast Along the way, I dig into:   How the marriage plot continues to shape the kinds of stories we tell about women   The limits of romantic \u201cchoice\u201d when that\u2019s the only choice on offer   Why stories that include romance aren\u2019t the problem \u2014 but centering it might be   And how our expectations for women\u2019s stories are shifting \u2014 fast   \ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f Want to know what the 2021 pick is? Join Reel Ruminators to find out \u2014 and be part of the conversation. &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Seventh Row Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/seventh-row.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/37452830\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/190900160"}