She Who Persisted. The Nasty Podcast.

She Who Persisted. The Nasty Podcast.

One American. One Austrian. Too much to talk about. biweekly feminist podcast

Episodes

Episode 44: #YesMyAriel - Black Mermaids and Disney

August 16, 2019 • 36 mins
When Disney announced that Halle Bailey would be playing the new Ariel in the live-action version of The Little Mermaid, people lost their minds. We're here to break down the nonsense and support an inclusive Ariel.

Tracey Baptiste - "Mermaids have always been Black." - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/opinion/black-little-mermaid.html
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Episode 43: The Herstories of PerSisters Marsha P. Johnson and Brenda Howard

July 31, 2019 • 49 mins
What do you know about the history of Stonewall and the history of Pride? Today we talk about the importance of making visible the contributions of women of marginalized identities to history. Marsha P. Johnson and Brenda Howard. Remember their names. Remember their stories.

For links and show notes, check out our website http://www.shewhopersisted.com
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Episode 42: Abortion Access Hellscape America (and Europe)

June 25, 2019 • 42 mins
Before we start, two things:
1. Happy Pride!!
2. Enjoy some Women's World Cup!!! That should cheer you up before we look at the recent abortion restrictions being passed throughout the feminist hellscape that is the United States and the anti-choice discourse that has started to become more relevant in many European countries too.
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Episode 41: We're going to Ibiza, or How to Oust a Corrupt Government

June 5, 2019 • 36 mins
As you may know, the right-wing/conservative Austrian coalition government was ousted from office via a no-confidence vote from Parliament after a video surfaced that showed the vice-chancellor in Ibiza promising favorable treatment for government contracts to a (supposed) niece of Russian oligarch and basically suggested selling Austria's biggest tabloid to her. Sound shady? Yep, it's super shady. This is how you oust a corrupt g...
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Episode 40: Gamer Girls and Games Culture with PerSister Dr. Emma Vossen

May 14, 2019 • 36 mins
In this episode we talk to Dr. Emma Vossen, award winning public speaker and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at York University with a PhD from the University of Waterloo. Her research looks at the myriad of different ways marginalized people have difficulty accessing gameplay and games culture both historically and in the present. She is the co-author and co-editor of the anthology Feminism in Play.

Check out Emma online at http://e...
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Episode 39: Fighting the Tech-Bro Stereotype with Dr. Mar Hicks

April 23, 2019 • 31 mins
In this episode we finish up our interview with Historian Mar Hicks and talk about contemporary issues facing women in computing, the impact of globalization on IT, and how pink-collar jobs impact everyone.

Tip: the answer to all of our problems may be labor organizing.
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Episode 38: Creepy Politicians, Periods, and Microfinance - The State of Women Today

April 2, 2019 • 34 mins
We interrupt our two-part interview with Mar Hicks to bring you this episode. Liz sits down with guest co-host, Amy Drayer (@amydrayer) to talk about WTF is going on in politics today, the state of women in the world, and how we can resist the patriarchy.

Follow Amy on Twitter @amydrayer

Show notes and links on our webpage: http://shewhopersisted.com
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Episode 37: The History of Gender in Computing with Historian Dr. Mar Hicks

March 20, 2019 • 38 mins
In celebration of women's history month and the 30th anniversary of the world wide web, we are kicking of our third season with a two part interview with historian Mar Hicks (@histoftech). Mar's research explores the intersection of computing, gender, and labor and this first part of our interview looks at how important it is to include gender in our explorations of the past.

For more information on their research check out mariehic...
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International Women's Day - New Season Trailer

March 7, 2019 • 3 mins
Happy International Women's Day and welcome to the new season of She Who Persisted. The Nasty Podcast.
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Episode 36: Fighting Intimate Partner Violence with PerSister LY Marlow, Founder of "Saving Promise"

December 18, 2018 • 57 mins
In our last episode before Christmas (and our last episode in 2018!), Bea sits down to talk with acclaimed author, compelling storyteller and inspiring advocate LY Marlow about her organization "Saving Promise", whose goal it is to “disrupt the cycle of intimate partner violence in at-risk adolescence and young adults and create safer communities for generations to come.”
https://www.savingpromise.org/
for their new campaign "Don't ...
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Episode 35: Let it Grow - Body Hair Stigma and the Fight against it.

December 11, 2018 • 64 mins
Grab all your pre-Christmas chocolate and cookies and listen to Liz and Bea discuss (gendered) body hair, the history of its removal and the fight against body hair stigma.

Our listeners get 15% off FUR products: visit www.furyou.com and enter the code “PERSIST15” at check-out.

Check our homepage for further shownotes, sources and resources: www.shewhopersisted.com

Check our Instagram for pics: https://www.instagram.com/shewhopersis...
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Episode 34: Menstrual Entrepreneurship with PerSister Hallie Mazurkiewicz

November 27, 2018 • 32 mins
In this episode we speak with Hallie Mazurkiewicz, founder of Lunar Wild. Hallie turned her own very positive period experience into her entrepreneurial passion and we had a great discussion about how to talk more about periods and start normalizing our discussion about women's bodies.

Listeners can use promo-code NASTY at checkout for $10 off a period box at lunarwild.com
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Episode 33: Fighting Period Poverty with PerSister Raashi Thakkar, Founder of the Minte Project

November 13, 2018 • 24 mins
In this episode Bea and Liz sit down with PerSister Raashi Thakkar to discuss her initiative to provide menstrual products and education to rural India, The Minte Project. She's doing amazing work and you can support her by starting a chapter on your campus, or through donations.

Check out the project's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/minte.project/ and DM her to get in touch or write an E-Mail: raashi924@gmail.com
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Episode 32: Feminist Halloween Edition

October 30, 2018 • 49 mins
How are you planning on celebrating Halloween this year? In this episode we discuss how to have a feminist Halloween in the era of #metoo, because there's nothing scarier on Halloween than rape-culture.

So join us and grab some halloween candy to listen to our discussion of ways to smash the patriarchy with thoughtful non-racist halloween costumes, movies with strong female leads, and opportunities to get-out-the-vote.

Check out ou...
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Episode 31: Monstrous Menstruation - The Carries and others

October 16, 2018 • 73 mins
It's October, our favorite month! Time for the morbid, macabre, and scary. You know what patriarchy seems to be very scared of? Yep, menstruation. In the fourth episode of our menstruation series, we talk about menstruation in horror films, most particularly "Carrie". Get your chocolate ready and enjoy some menstrual horror.
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Emergency Minisode: Fevered Fury - Supreme Ragespiration

October 7, 2018 • 11 mins
Beatrice talks about women's rage as the impetus for action.

Rebecca Traister - "Good and Mad": http://www.rebeccatraister.com/

"Why is This Happening" - https://art19.com/shows/why-is-this-happening-with-chris-hayes/episodes/5f30cc4e-bc1f-4b73-a920-4eca8960db25
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Episode 30: Eve's Curse - Menstruation Taboos Across Cultures

October 2, 2018 • 91 mins
In this episode Elizabeth and Bea discuss period taboos and cultural beliefs around menstruation. Some of it's good, some of it...not so much, so grab some chocolate and settle in.

*Note: Elizabeth's audio has some issues for the first 30 minutes, but after that, we're good.

please find the shownotes (including references, sources and resources) on our homepage: www.shewhopersisted.com 

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Episode 29: Blood Money: Tampon Tax and Period Poverty

September 18, 2018 • 69 mins
In the second episode of our menstruation series, we talk about the painful truth of financial discrimination based on biology. yep, tampon tax, period poverty, the whole bloody shebang. 

Get yourself a blanket, a cup of tea and lots of chocolate and listen to us talk about the high costs of menstruating.

Bonus: you'll learn more about our vaginas than you ever wanted to know. so yay.

 

 

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Episode 28: The Red Menace - Period Shame and Period Positivity

September 4, 2018 • 81 mins
One thing that causes us pain and necessitates the consumption of copious amounts of chocolate is PMS and period pain. You know what causes us even more pain and requires the consumption of even more chocolate? You guessed it: period shame and period shaming. So, grab all of the chocolate you have in your immediate vicinity and listen to Liz and Bea talk about all things period in this first episode of our menstruation series.

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Episode 27: The Snail Darter Gang - Ecofeminism and Vegan Feminism

August 21, 2018 • 99 mins
Grab your vegan chocolate and listen to Liz and Bea (despite her heatwave-induced aphasia) talk about the origins of ecofeminism, ecofeminism and intersectionality, speciesism, the intersection of meat eating and hegemonic masculinity, meat eating and empathy and why veganism is a feminist issue. 

Check out our Instagram for pics on the subject:  https://www.instagram.com/shewhopersisted/

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