The Social Lives of Shoes
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11. High Heels, Low Expectations: A Life on the Red Carpet with Celebrity Reporter Fran Weinstein

The Social Lives of Shoes
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Overview:

For our season finale, Alex sits down with retired entertainment reporter Fran Weinstein, whose memoir Tortured Soles tells the story of a remarkable career through her shoe collection. Fran's stories from the red carpet open into a deep conversation about femininity across the life course, the ethics of the gossip industry, women's rights, the mental health toll of living our lives on show, and how our shoes carry our memories.

Credits:

Presenters: Dr Alexandra Sherlock & Dr Emily Brayshaw
Guest: Fran Weinstein
Production and Editing: Dr Alexandra Sherlock

Chapters:

  1. [00:00] Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country
  2. [01:00] The season finale: introducing celebrity reporter Fran Weinstein
  3. [03:54] The politics of heels: femininity and choice
  4. [07:11] A life on the red carpet
  5. [09:02] Writing her memoir Tortured Soles: High Heels, Low Expectations and the Hollywood Gossip Mill.
  6. [10:09] Where we didn't belong: 9/11 and Michael J. Fox
  7. [14:30] The reporter/celebrity unwritten contract - Clooney and Jamie Lee Curtis
  8. [16:32] Short and being seen, in 200 pairs of designer shoes
  9. [18:56] A first-generation Bronx childhood and Captain Kangaroo
  10. [22:03] Reading people, and the seven-year-old consigliere
  11. [29:31] The Anne Heche tape, the Chanels, and the kicked-in door
  12. [40:11] Celebrities as gods, reporters as messengers
  13. [46:55] The night it ended: a fall in Stuart Weitzman boots
  14. [48:41] Crossing the line: Heath Ledger and the modern industry
  15. [52:55] Everyone is on show: mental health impacts of social media and 24/7 visibility today
  16. [55:44] Coming back down to earth: Birkenstocks, thongs and a reconnection with nature.
  17. [1:02:43] The 2003 blackout in Chanel mules
  18. [1:04:07] Advice for women: stand in your truth
  19. [1:06:49] Analysis with Emily and Alex: power, ageing, feminism and "tortured soles"

Visit https://footwearresearchnetwork.org/podcast for full show notes, transcript and images of Fran's shoes.

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