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Backlash in Action

The Supposedly Feminist Murphy Brown

Article by Lisa Jervis, appeared in issue Issue #2; published in 1996; filed under Broadcast; tagged backlash, Murphy Brown, stereotypes, tv women, victimization, women's studies.

Murphy Brown’s a feminist show, right? I know it seems pretty old hat by now, but featuring a successful single mother and criticizing the Vice President is big stuff—for a sitcom, that is. Sometimes we have to take whatever we can get.

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