Being our Barbie Selves  

Season 5 Episode 5  Title: Being our Barbie Selves   Summary: UAlbany students, Sarai Lewis and Alyssa Roman discuss their leadership positions and roles at UAlbany. The conversation centers around the Barbie movie and how patriarchal standards and norms impact Sarai and Alyssa in their leadership positions. Furthermore, the conversation surrounds women’s empowerment in society and highlights the harmful effects of the patriarchy within society. Alyssa and Sarai dive into the conversation in a multifaceted way discussing gender prejudices, issues of race, mental health, and beauty standards and how they combat these issues.  Instagram for orgs: @ualbanymaps @lmsaplus @pvoices @ua.spanishclub Warning Explicit Language  Time Stamps:  0:00 - Introduction to our Barbie’s  1:43 – Toxic femininity vs Toxic masculinity?  11:57- Fear of women’s power  21:53-Combatting toxic masculinity  46:26- Race as a factor in being our Barbie selves  58:37- Being women leaders  1:04:02- Recruiting for Orgs  1:06:21- Saying Goodbye Contributors: Sarai Lewis (StoryTeller), Alyssa Roman (StoryTeller), Ryan Pare (Host, Editor), Sophia Smith (Host),  Bianca Zazzarini-León (StoryTeller/Marketing), Carmen Serrano (Editor/Executive Producer). UAlbany Student Stories, Season 5, Episode 5 [podcast]. Music from El Pañuelo de Pepa by Javier Colina and Pepe Rivero. José Cruz, Executive Producer. Special thanks to Ryan C. Clow, Digital Scholarship Center Training Specialist, for allowing us to use the equipment and recording studio. Email Carmen Serrano: [email protected]. Interested in supporting future podcast programming? Please donate to LLC and specify “UAlbany Student Stories.” Click on the following link: https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1642/18-giving/form.aspx?sid=1642&gid=2&pgid=399&cid=1042&bledit=1&dids=156.157.158.159.160.241.177.178&sort=