Stranger Things, Belligerent Romance and the Danger of Nostalgia

The hit Netflix series Stranger Things is a love letter to iconic pop culture media of decades past. But there are dangers in leaning too heavily on nostalgia because media makers can sometimes end up reproducing harmful patterns along with their retro aesthetics, especially when it comes to action hero masculinity and belligerent romance conventions from the 1980s. Spoilers for season 3 of Stranger Things PATREON Help me make more videos PAYPAL If you d rather onetime donations you can do it via PayPal: LINKS Evan Rachel Wood s tweets: TEXT TRANSCRIPT COMMENTS All comments are held for approval on account of YouTube comments being a dumpster fire. If you d like to participate in constructive online conversati