Tying Knots

About Tying Knots

Our host, Ilona Kotz, unpacks her biggest life decision yet. Tying Knots, Season 1, is a five-part deep dive into marriage proposals, taking a critical eye to this unexamined rite of passage. Punctuating history and research with pop culture and personal tales of triumph, error, and hypocrisy - in a quest to offer radical insight into the question: why aren't women proposing to men... still?!

Publisher

Ilona Kotz

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Aug 2022

Latest episode

13 Sept 2022

Latest episodes

3 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Sept 2022

   How to Preserve Your "Chosen" Status and Other Fantasies

   What do King Arthur, Netflix's Selling Sunset, and an 8-year-old me have in common? This episode of Tying Knots, of course! Last episode, we discussed how women are sticking to gendered scripts, even when at odds with their beliefs. Episode 2, "The Script ", is all about romance: the parts we play and the difficulty of going off-script. 0:00 What Romance is to an 8-Year Old 2:11 Tying Knots Intro 2:23 The Script Breakdown 3:59 The Reality of The Script 11:22 Chivalry: Medieval Dating Rules 14:50 King Arthur and the Pinnacle of Romance: When Passivity Became Hot 18:20 Breakdown Revisited: The Chosen One's Perspective 22:16 The Element of Suprise: How to Preserve Your "Chosen" Status and Other Fantasies 25:02 Final Thoughts 27:36 Outro Check out the full transcript here: https://www.illykotz.com/copy-of-season-1-episode-2 FIND US AT https://anchor.fm/tyingknots Wherever you listen, don't forget to subscribe! GET IN TOUCH Contact us at tyingknotspod@gmail.com FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL Get updates or reach out to our Social Media Profiles! Twitter: https://twitter.com/tyingknotspod Instagram: https://twitter.com/tyingknotspod Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tyingknotspod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/tyingknots SUPPORT US Donate and help us grow https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tyingknotspod

2. 

   16 Aug 2022

   Why Shifting Attitudes Can't Convince Women to Propose

   Modern women are still shying away from proposing to their boyfriends. In this 1st season of Tying Knots, we aim to find out why. We kick off with an episode called "The Engagement Conundrum". 0:00 My Proposal Story 1:45 Tying Knots Intro 2:00 Are We Really that Strange? 3:40 "Symbolic Gendering": The Research 4:44 "Choice Rhetoric": What Women Tell Themselves 8:00 How this Reinforces Gendered Roles and Undermines Our Goals 9:57 The Next Question 10:33 Outro FIND US AT https://anchor.fm/tyingknots Wherever you listen, don't forget to subscribe! GET IN TOUCH Contact us at tyingknotspod@gmail.com FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL Get updates or reach out to our Social Media Profiles! Twitter: https://twitter.com/tyingknotspod Instagram: https://twitter.com/tyingknotspod Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tyingknotspod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/tyingknots SUPPORT US Donate and help us grow https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tyingknotspod

3. 

   9 Aug 2022

   Introducing Tying Knots: an Audio Essay Podcast about the Illogical Institution of Marriage

   Struggling to navigate your feminist ideals and dating? You're not alone! Join our host, Ilona Kotz, for Tying Knots, Season 1: a five-part deep-dive into modern marriage proposals, punctuating the history and latest research with personal tales of triumph, error, and hypocrisy - in a quest to offer radical insight into dating as a feminist right now. FIND US AT https://anchor.fm/tyingknots Wherever you listen, don't forget to subscribe! GET IN TOUCH Contact us at tyingknotspod@gmail.com FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL Get updates or reach out to our Social Media Profiles! Twitter: https://twitter.com/tyingknotspod Instagram: https://twitter.com/tyingknotspod Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tyingknotspod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/tyingknots SUPPORT US Donate and help us grow https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tyingknotspod

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