In Part 1, Jess and Susie dissected how a salacious Newsweek report about women’s likelihood of getting married sparked a national panic. Here they share their own views on marriage – and unpack what we’d make of that silly story today. (If you haven’t listened to Pt 1, we recommend starting there!)

Guests:
Sharon Attia, associate producer for IN RETROSPECT and resident young millennial

FOR MORE:
Revisiting Newsweek’s ‘More Likely To Be Killed By a Terrorist Than Marry’ Story (The Atlantic, 2016)
‘I Don’t’: The Case Against Marriage (Jessica Bennett and Jesse Ellison, Newsweek, 2010)
Modern Love: Missing the Love Boat (Jessica Bennett, NY Times, 2012)

In Part 1, Jess and Susie dissected how a salacious Newsweek report about women’s likelihood of getting married sparked a national panic. Here they share their own views on marriage – and unpack what we’d make of that silly story today. (If you haven’t listened to Pt 1, we recommend starting there!)
Guests:
<ul>
<li>Sharon Attia, associate producer for IN RETROSPECT and resident young millennial</li>
</ul>
FOR MORE:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/06/more-likely-to-be-killed-by-a-terrorist-than-to-get-married/485171/">Revisiting Newsweek’s ‘More Likely To Be Killed By a Terrorist Than Marry’ Story</a> (The Atlantic, 2016)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xx9hk6hcfma31kxlq730n/fe_marriage.pdf?rlkey=ssemwg44ha3v9ein2p7nzcxld&amp;dl=0">‘I Don’t’: The Case Against Marriage</a> (Jessica Bennett and Jesse Ellison, Newsweek, 2010)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/fashion/missing-the-love-boat-the-case-for-marriage-modern-love.html">Modern Love: Missing the Love Boat</a> (Jessica Bennett, NY Times, 2012)</li>
</ul>

Is there a cultural moment from your past that looks different in retrospect? Maybe it’s a scandalous tabloid story seared into your teenage brain or a political punchline that just feels wrong now. It might be a very specific red swimsuit that inspired a decade of plastic surgery (see: “Baywatch”) or the inescapable smell of an entire generation of prepubescent boys (Axe body spray, anyone?). Each week on IN RETROSPECT, Emmy-winning journalist Susie Banikarim and New York Times editor Jessica Bennett revisit a pop culture moment from the 80s and 90s that shaped them — to try to understand what it taught us about the world, and a woman’s place in it.

Talk to us at @inretropod, @susiebnyc and @jessicabennett on Instagram. New episodes each Friday.

Is there a cultural moment from your past that looks different in retrospect? Maybe it’s a scandalous tabloid story seared into your teenage brain or a political punchline that just feels wrong now. It might be a very specific red swimsuit that inspired a decade of plastic surgery (see: “Baywatch”) or the inescapable smell of an entire generation of prepubescent boys (Axe body spray, anyone?). Each week on IN RETROSPECT, Emmy-winning journalist Susie Banikarim and New York Times editor Jessica Bennett revisit a pop culture moment from the 80s and 90s that shaped them — to try to understand what it taught us about the world, and a woman’s place in it.
Talk to us at @inretropod, @susiebnyc and @jessicabennett on Instagram. New episodes each Friday.

In Retrospect with Susie Banikarim and Jessica Bennett

The Marriage Myth (Pt 2): Who Needs ‘Mr. Right,’ Anyway?

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