Tying Knots

How to Preserve Your "Chosen" Status and Other Fantasies

What do King Arthur, Netflix's Selling Sunset, and an 8-year-old me have in common? This episode of Tying Knots, of course!  Last episode, we discussed how women are sticking to gendered scripts, even when at odds with their beliefs. Episode 2, "The Script ", is all about romance: the parts we play and the difficulty of going off-script. 0:00 What Romance is to an 8-Year Old  2:11 Tying Knots Intro   2:23 The Script Breakdown  3:59  The Reality of The Script  11:22  Chivalry: Medieval Dating Rules  14:50  King Arthur and the Pinnacle of Romance: When Passivity Became Hot  18:20  Breakdown Revisited: The Chosen One's Perspective  22:16  The Element of Suprise: How to Preserve Your "Chosen" Status and Other Fantasies  25:02  Final Thoughts  27:36  Outro Check out the full transcript here: https://www.illykotz.com/copy-of-season-1-episode-2 FIND US AT https://anchor.fm/tyingknots Wherever you listen, don't forget to subscribe! GET IN TOUCH Contact us at tyingknotspod@gmail.com FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL Get updates or reach out to our Social Media Profiles! Twitter: https://twitter.com/tyingknotspod Instagram: https://twitter.com/tyingknotspod Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tyingknotspod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/tyingknots SUPPORT US Donate and help us grow https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tyingknotspod

Why Shifting Attitudes Can't Convince Women to Propose

Modern women are still shying away from proposing to their boyfriends. In this 1st season of Tying Knots, we aim to find out why. We kick off with an episode called "The Engagement Conundrum". 0:00 My Proposal Story  1:45 Tying Knots Intro   2:00 Are We Really that Strange?  3:40 "Symbolic Gendering": The Research   4:44 "Choice Rhetoric": What Women Tell Themselves   8:00  How this Reinforces Gendered Roles and Undermines Our Goals  9:57 The Next Question  10:33 Outro FIND US AT https://anchor.fm/tyingknots Wherever you listen, don't forget to subscribe! GET IN TOUCH Contact us at tyingknotspod@gmail.com FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL Get updates or reach out to our Social Media Profiles! Twitter: https://twitter.com/tyingknotspod Instagram: https://twitter.com/tyingknotspod Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tyingknotspod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/tyingknots SUPPORT US Donate and help us grow https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tyingknotspod

Introducing Tying Knots: an Audio Essay Podcast about the Illogical Institution of Marriage

Struggling to navigate your feminist ideals and dating? You're not alone!  Join our host, Ilona Kotz, for Tying Knots, Season 1: a five-part deep-dive into modern marriage proposals, punctuating the history and latest research with personal tales of triumph, error, and hypocrisy - in a quest to offer radical insight into dating as a feminist right now.   FIND US AT  https://anchor.fm/tyingknots  Wherever you listen, don't forget to subscribe! GET IN TOUCH  Contact us at tyingknotspod@gmail.com   FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL  Get updates or reach out to our Social Media Profiles!  Twitter: https://twitter.com/tyingknotspod Instagram: https://twitter.com/tyingknotspod Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tyingknotspod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/tyingknots   SUPPORT US  Donate and help us grow  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tyingknotspod