1/14/2025
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Eastern

Community Event
Member Event

The next meeting of the Women's Club of Madison is on January 14, 2025 at 6:00pm at the Madison Senior Center.  Guests are welcome.  To register, please contact Denise Rose at 203-605-9814, Maryanne Harmuth at 203-804-7536, or Anna Marie Lane at 203-245-0240.

Setting: In-Person
Madison Senior Center
29 Bradley Road
Madison, CT 06443

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Denise Rose
(phone: 203-605-9814)

The meeting Agenda will include guest speaker Linda Fuller who will provide us with her insights on "A Feminist Take on The Super Bowl"
 

Called “the biggest sporting event in the world and the most over-hyped event in human history,” with $10+ million at stake, commercials costing $4 million for a 30-second spot, record-setting broadcast ratings, and 110+ million viewers, the Super Bowl is uniquely American. So too are the many Super Bowl-related parties celebrating it. 

            
This talk about the Super Bowl as a mega-event includes a brief history of the game, the economics (stake holders, host cities, advertising, gambling, and the role of media), fandom, sexism, racism, ritual and religion, violence, and the language of football.  Partying itself is also key, whether sponsored by celebrities and/or corporations, taking place as tailgates, potlucks, picnics, or general pig-outs, Super Bowl Sunday has become a special day unto itself.  All these topics, and many more, promise quite a story in the telling of how the Super Bowl is celebrated. 

 

A resident of Madison, Linda has written book about community media, women and HIV/AIDS, female Olympians and Paralympians, and Celebrating the Super Bowl: Programs, profits, and parties. Check out her website: LKFullerSport.com

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