Stuff Mom Never Told You

As more and more details emerge after a multi-year investigation and multiple rumors and reports, we’re getting a clearer picture of the harassment women employees faced at Activision Blizzard. Bridget Todd stops by to discuss how toxic the situation is at the company and in the video gaming world at large.

In honor of the last day of November and American Indian Heritage Month, we're mixing it up and focusing on organizations helmed by Indigenous women. 

Long before Beatlemania, 19th-century women threw themselves on stage to touch pianist Franz Liszt. Ever since, emotional teenyboppers have been misunderstood and ridiculed for their musical tastes. In this classic episode, Cristen and Caroline spotlight the history of pop music fandom and why fangirls are considered the very worst kind of followers. 

The holidays can be stressful, especially for women. Anney and Samantha do a holiday stress-level check-in, and discuss strategies for dealing with it. 

Women who brave the waters of shark science often face outrageous sexism, but they have made great waves in the field. We dive into the stories of some famous women and organizations doing great work in the field, the issues they face, and we give a brief review of the seminal Christmas film Jaws 4.

Happy Life Day! Join us as we discuss the Star Wars holiday Life Day, the women behind it, and the absolute experience it is to watch the Star Wars Holiday Special. Also, Bea Arthur is a treasure. 

In this short fiction piece, a young woman becomes convinced she is being haunted by an alternate reality and takes desperate measures to cast the intruder out. 

In preparation for the show Hawkeye, we cover the history of comic book character Kate Bishop and the journey that led her to being a superhero, powers or not. 

Anney and Samantha dig into the numbers, research and surrounding issues around the gender wage gap for Native American and Indigenous women. 

The trucking industry is recruiting women like never before. Cristen and Caroline get behind the wheel of what life is really life out there on the road and the long haul it will take to make the job safer for women in this classic episode. 

Gather around the Friendsgiving table with SMNTY to learn more about the history of this holiday, where it comes from, why it's popular and what it has to do with women and marginalized folks.

It's finally time for our Sex and the City watch series! We kick-off with the first episode and discuss tropes, friendship, toxic masculinity, dramatic exits and of course, 90s fashion. 

This month, we dig into Terese Marie Mailhot's work Heart Berries: A Memoir, a powerful, unflinching examination of her experiences with grief and trauma coming of age as an Indigenous woman. 

Today we're highlighting Native American artist and poet Chrystos. 

Anney and Samantha discuss Sarah Eagle Heart's stunning and beautifully acted animated short film Crow: The Legend. 

Miscarriage is one of the most common pregnancy experiences, though rarely talked about openly. In this classic episode, Cristen and Caroline provide an overview of what miscarriage entails, what causes it, what doesn't and its psychological repercussions of pregnancy loss for women and men.

For this Feminist Movie Friday, we dig into the 2017 film Deidre and Laney Rob a Train and talk about high school, sisterhood, family, parentification, single motherhood, mean girls, robbing trains and all the pressure. 

Two podcasters walk into a sex shop and encounter...SEXISM?? Anney and Samantha sip on some drinks and share some personal experiences, some history and some facts. 

Kristin Nobles of the podcast Close to the Chest joins us to discuss Breast Implant Illness (BII), the issues, misinformation, and progress around it, and the power of art and supportive women.