‘The Hulk is the only menopausal role model in the history of TV and film’: Re-visioning the ‘messiness’ of menopause and Bridget Christie’s The Change
European Journal of Cultural Studies
Published online on April 02, 2026
Abstract
European Journal of Cultural Studies, Ahead of Print.
Menopausal protagonists have been virtually absent through screen history. Bridget Christie’s 2023-25 Channel 4 UK comedy-dramaThe Change, and its 50-year-old working-class menopausal heroine Linda, thus marks a noteworthy televisual and cultural moment. ...
Menopausal protagonists have been virtually absent through screen history. Bridget Christie’s 2023-25 Channel 4 UK comedy-dramaThe Change, and its 50-year-old working-class menopausal heroine Linda, thus marks a noteworthy televisual and cultural moment. ...