Introduction

Fleabag inspects the role of the self-proclaimed ‘bad feminist’ within a confessional monologue (16). Fleabag is a postfeminist text, working to consider what it means to be a contemporary woman navigating sexuality and relationships within a world of porn and one night stands - subsequently resulting in the destruction of many interpersonal relationships. The elements of Fleabag this blog will be exploring are the use of monologic, direct addressing style and the use of a female protagonist to examine the expectations within the patriarchy. These techniques are used by Phoebe Waller-Bridge to disarm and implicate the audience, whilst also displaying and inspecting the confusion and unfulfilled quality of Fleabags sexual behaviour in the context of contemporary society.