The flawed-but-human characters of Orange is the New Black offer both a useful means of understanding feminist approaches to embodiment in critical theory and a good sign for the future of pop culture. The hit Netflix original series has become a very useful vehicle for eliciting important conversations around shifting relationships between gender, race and sexuality.

Presenters: Prof. Sylvie Frigon (Joint Chair of Women’s Studies at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University) & Hayley Crooks (PhD Candidate in the department of Feminist and Gender Studies at the University of Ottawa).

The Public Intellectuals Lecture Series, presented by the Department of English and Literature at Carleton University and the Ottawa Public Library, offers members of the community an opportunity to continue their pursuit of lifelong learning by connecting them with scholars in the Arts and their research in an open, accessible forum. In each lecture, the presenter will draw on popular culture to explain critical terms, questions or controversies that are the subjects of their research.