{"id":22891,"date":"2026-04-28T09:38:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/if-your-wife-asks-you-to-change-diapers-change-your-wife-lebanons-hit-show-parodying-the-patriarchy\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T09:38:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:38:02","slug":"if-your-wife-asks-you-to-change-diapers-change-your-wife-lebanons-hit-show-parodying-the-patriarchy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/if-your-wife-asks-you-to-change-diapers-change-your-wife-lebanons-hit-show-parodying-the-patriarchy\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018If your wife asks you to change diapers, change your wife\u2019: Lebanon\u2019s hit show parodying the patriarchy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The female-created YouTube sketch series Smatouha Minni<em> <\/em>(You Heard It From Me) uses satire to confront misogynistic attitudes <\/p>\n<p>In Beirut\u2019s Gemmayzeh neighbourhood a rented flat has been transformed into a film set: bright studio lights in a cosy living room. At its centre is Maria Elayan \u2013 though she is barely recognisable. Filming for the third season of Smatouha Minni<em> <\/em>(You Heard It From Me), a feminist series in Arabic, the actor is in a padded muscle suit, wearing a slicked-back black wig and beard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf your wife asks you to change the diapers, you should change her,\u201d the Palestinian-Jordanian barks, mimicking an aggrieved self-help podcaster. An hour later, she is slouched in a hoodie, shisha pipe in one hand and a gaming console in the other, shouting: \u201cMama, I\u2019m hungry. Can you make me a sandwich?\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2026\/apr\/28\/lebanese-women-smatouha-minni-you-heard-it-from-me-feminist-youtube-series-satire\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/5d1d580dddac9d1a0ce13904a352560cfb00448c\/942_1307_3003_2402\/master\/3003.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=d0384cedb78109743d8346c09dc07b3e\" title=\"\u2018If your wife asks you to change diapers, change your wife\u2019: Lebanon\u2019s hit show parodying the patriarchy\" \/>The female-created YouTube sketch series Smatouha Minni (You Heard It From Me) uses satire to confront misogynistic attitudes<br \/>\nIn Beirut\u2019s Gemmayzeh neighbourhood a rented flat has been transformed into a film set: bright studio lights in a cosy living room. At its centre is Maria Elayan \u2013 though she is barely recognisable. Filming for the third season of Smatouha Minni (You Heard It From Me), a feminist series in Arabic, the actor is in a padded muscle suit, wearing a slicked-back black wig and beard.<br \/>\n\u201cIf your wife asks you to change the diapers, you should change her,\u201d the Palestinian-Jordanian barks, mimicking an aggrieved self-help podcaster. An hour later, she is slouched in a hoodie, shisha pipe in one hand and a gaming console in the other, shouting: \u201cMama, I\u2019m hungry. Can you make me a sandwich?\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The female-created YouTube sketch series Smatouha Minni (You Heard It From Me) uses satire to confront misogynistic attitudes In Beirut\u2019s Gemmayzeh neighbourhood a rented flat has been transformed into a film set: bright studio lights in a cosy living room. At its centre is Maria Elayan \u2013 though she is barely recognisable. Filming for the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/if-your-wife-asks-you-to-change-diapers-change-your-wife-lebanons-hit-show-parodying-the-patriarchy\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018If your wife asks you to change diapers, change your wife\u2019: Lebanon\u2019s hit show parodying the patriarchy<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22891"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}