Yes, Mothers and Daughters Are Always Complicated (Ft. Mommie Dearest, Black Swan, and Unknown Number)
Explicit
History Harpies: Pop Culture, Past and Present by Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff and Christine Caldwell Ames
S1 · E12
Sep 30, 2025
01:29:20
Episode notes
Lauren and Christine get out the wire hangers, put on matching dresses, and gulp a vodka on the rocks as they consider mothers and daughters in pop culture.
Keywords
Joan Crawford
The Women
feminism
Netflix
high school
teenagers
mothers
daughters
Unknown Number
Black Swan
Mildred Pierce
Mommie Dearest
Faye Dunaway
Natalie Portman
Mila Kunis
texting
Barbara Hershey
ballet
Bama Rush
Bette Davis
Emmys
Oscars
Kate Winslet
Christina Crawford
MGM
Swan Lake
Darren Aronofsky
Rushtok
Ingmar Bergman
sororities