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Feminists Without Mystique

Politics, sex, & foolishness discussed through a feminist lens.

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Ep 165: Instagram Ads

Feminists Without Mystique ·

2022/03/24

We discuss the insidious, stressful targeted marketing of Instagram ads. As we navigate recent life moments (wedding planning, postpartum life, cross country moves) the aggressive Instagram messaging is making us feel more anxious and inferior than usual. Gah! We see you: Ted Cruz, maternity wards closing across the country, anti-choice protesters on the Poland/Ukraine border, hospital staff putting unhoused people in Ubers to random locations without their consent, North Carolina dog owners who

01:22:34

Ep 164: The Kim, Ye & Pete...Mess

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2022/03/17

We discuss what's been going on with Kim Kardashian, Kanye West (Ye) & Pete Davidson in the news recently. We see you: Christopher Rufo, Jane Campion, Sean O'Connell, Joe Manchin, person in NY/Washington DC who was trying to murder people experiencing homelessness, Johnson & Johnson Feminists Without Mystique is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you’ll love at Frolic.media/podcasts! - feministswithoutmystique.com Support us on Ko-fi! Twitter: @fwmpodcast Instagram:

01:09:47

Ep 163: Book Banning & Censorship

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2022/03/10

We discuss the rise of book banning and censorship from the GOP and conservative parents and communities throughout the United States this year in the wake of the especially stupid, dangerous censorship of the Pulitzer prize winning graphic novel Maus in the McMinn County Schools district in Tennessee. Emboldened parents are increasingly interfering in public education claiming "parental choice" as an excuse to shut down class discussions on everything from accurate American history to gender and

01:30:08

Ep 162: Putin’s War Against Ukraine

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2022/03/03

We discuss Putin's unprovoked war against Ukraine. We see you: Gov. Greg Abbott, Susan Collins, The Crowded Room casting Emmy Rossum as Tom Holland's mom, Michigan GOP candidates for Attorney General, Wendy Rogers Feminists Without Mystique is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you’ll love at Frolic.media/podcasts! - feministswithoutmystique.com Support us on Ko-fi! Twitter: @fwmpodcast Instagram:

01:30:39

Ep 161: Has Wokeism Peaked?

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2022/02/24

We discuss the bleak and muddled state of Democratic politics by way of a Bloomberg article titled "Has Wokeism Peaked?" From the specifics of the San Francisco school board recall and the Canadian truckers, we wonder about how Democrats can actually win the hearts and minds of voters so we can actually enact the social change we all crave. Considering the GOP's hateful, hostile, ignorant platform...we can't believe we keep losing to them! How are we alienating voters? We see you: Gov. Kristi

01:26:05

Ep 160: And Just Like That...

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2022/02/17

We discuss the Sex and the City reboot, And Just Like That... because the internet is bursting with opinions and so we naturally felt the need to weigh in. We see you: Tina Peters, San Francisco PD, West Virginia State Senate rescinding the ratification of the ERA, Harris County voter suppression in TX, 37 states trying to remove accurate histories of race in America, the continued uptick in violence against the AAPI community Feminists Without Mystique is part of the Frolic Podcast

01:37:38

Ep 159: Ugh, Joe Rogan

Feminists Without Mystique ·

2022/02/10

We discuss Joe Rogan, even though we really don't want to. Spotify, free speech, racism, misogyny, COVID misinformation, capitalism - we get into it because he is, after all, the wealthiest and most popular podcaster on Earth. Gross. We see you: Rep. Hal Rogers, Justice Kavanugh, Officer Matt Schrenger, Manly bands and Honeylove ads on Instagram, NFL, Harvard Feminists Without Mystique is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you’ll love at

01:35:18

Ep 158: Back from Hiatus!

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2022/02/03

We're back from hiatus! We spend some time venting about some of the news of the past 2 months, and then Erin tells us how she's doing with her nine week old baby, eek! We see you: Melanie Lynsky body shamers, book banning, Trump, Hillsborough County Circuit Court Judge Jared E. Smith, Nazis in Orlando Feminists Without Mystique is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you’ll love at Frolic.media/podcasts! - www.feministswithoutmystique.com Support us on Ko-fi! Twitter:

01:16:12

Ep 157: Maternity & Paternity Leave

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2021/11/24

Erin is about to go on maternity leave (!!!), so we discuss how she's feeling about it all, and then take some time to discuss more broadly the state of maternity and paternity leave in the U.S. We see you: The entire Kyle Rittenhouse trial and verdict. Feminists Without Mystique is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you’ll love at Frolic.media/podcasts! - feministswithoutmystique.com Support us on Ko-fi! Twitter: @fwmpodcast Instagram:

01:29:54

Ep 156: Kyle Rittenhouse Is a Little Shit

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2021/11/17

We celebrate Britney Spears's freedom from her conservatorship (finally!) and Taylor Swift's newly released version of the RED album, and then get into the frustrating, enraging trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. Even though we're still waiting on a verdict, we're worried it won't deliver any justice or closure for the victims' families (yeah, we're using the word 'victim' Judge Schroeder!). We see you: Tucker Carlson, Louis DeJoy, Eric Clapton, people shaming Tik Tok recipe creators, Andrew Bradshaw,

01:18:47

Ep 155: Our Feelings on Chris Pratt

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2021/11/10

We get into the hottest issue of the week, Chris Pratt's thoughtless Instagram post! But really, there are a lot of layers in his post to unpack, and then there are the other historic things about him which make us skeptical at best. We see you: Paul Gosar, Bari Weiss's new university, Armstrong Junior-Senior High School Students, User01 from the comment section of Bari Weiss's substack, Madison Cawthorn, Josh Hawley This episode is brought to you by Kensington's newest title, THE LAST GOODNIGHT

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Ep 154: Dave Chappelle and the Bad Art Friend

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2021/11/04

After an exciting month of interviewing authors featured at the upcoming Miami Book Fair, we're back to our regularly scheduled programming! We catch up and rant about some of the latest news and controversies - Dave Chappelle's Netflix special The Closer, The NY Times viral article titled "Who is the Bad Art Friend" and the absolutely unacceptable behavior from Manchin and Sinema which contributed to a colossally bad election season for Democrats yesterday. And on top of all that, the Supreme

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Ep 153: As A Woman

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2021/10/28

We're excited to share our conversation with Paula Stone Williams on her memoir, AS A WOMAN. Dr. Paula Stone Williams is an internationally known speaker on gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance. She is also a pastor and pastoral counselor in Boulder County, Colorado. Paula has been featured in The New York Times, TEDWomen, TEDSummit, TEDxMileHigh, Red Table Talk, The Denver Post, New York Post, New Scientist Magazine, Radio New Zealand, and many other media outlets. Her TED talks

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Ep 152: Against White Feminism

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2021/10/20

We're excited to share our great conversation with Rafia Zakaria on her latest book, AGAINST WHITE FEMINISM. Rafia Zakaria is an attorney, political philosopher, the author of The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan, Veil, and most recently Against White Feminism. She also authored many essays for the Guardian, CNN, and the New York Times Book Review. She is a regular columnist for Dawn in Pakistan and the Baffler in the United States. You can also find her on Substack. AGAINST

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Ep 151: The Other Black Girl

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2021/10/14

We're so excited to speak with Zakiya Dalila Harris, the author of THE OTHER BLACK GIRL. We had so many questions for Zakiya, her book is riveting and nuanced and we can't wait for the adaptation on Hulu! (And, we not-so-secretly hope she writes a sequel!) We hope you enjoy this conversation! Zakiya's debut novel, THE OTHER BLACK GIRL, is available now from Atria Books in the U.S., Bloomsbury in the U.K., and elsewhere around the world. A TV adaptation is currently in active development with Tara

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Ep 150: Still Mad

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2021/10/06

We're thrilled to interview Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar, authors of Still Mad: American Women Writers and the Feminist Imagination. The discussion is delightfully wide-ranging, from the most topical things on our mind (Kyrsten Sinema and Britney Spears) to the broadest questions we are grappling with "Will true equity ever be reached?" and "Why do so many white women regularly vote against their own interests?" We discussed how women have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, Susan

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Ep 149: Will Britney Spears‘ Conservatorship End Today?

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2021/09/29

We discuss the two most recent documentaries cashing in on/exposing more details of Britney Spears' 13 year battle to end her conservatorship. The New York Times in partnership with Hulu produced their follow up to this spring's Framing Britney Spears aptly titled Controlling Britney Spears, while Netflix released Britney vs. Spears yesterday. The more we learn about this conservatorship, the more enraging and terrifying it becomes. We see you: Devious Lickers, Zillow, Senate Republicans, Kyrsten

01:06:29

Ep 148: The Tragedy of Gabby Petito & the...

Feminists Without Mystique ·

2021/09/22

The (long) title says it all. We discuss the tragic death of Gabby Petito alongside the ongoing tragedy of the erasure of missing women of color. As Molly Jong-Fast emphasizes in her recent Daily Beast article, "In the same area that Gabby Petito disappeared, 710 indigenous people— mostly girls—disappeared between the years of 2011 and 2020 but their stories didn’t lead news cycles." We see you: Hangtime Sports Bar & Grill (Rowlett, TX), Scott Frank and William Horberg's Queen's Gambit Emmy

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Ep 147: Toxic Positivity

Feminists Without Mystique ·

2021/09/15

We cover a lot of news at the top - Britney Spears's engagement and departure from Instagram, and (hopefully!) nearing the end of conservatorship, AOC's decision to wear a "Tax the Rich" gown to the Met Gala, the confirmation that Olivia Munn is indeed pregnant with John Mulaney's child (WHY DO WE CARE SO MUCH?!), and Governor Newsom winning the CA recall race. And THEN we get into our main topic - toxic positivity and the limits of manifesting change -- and how social media exacerbates some of

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Ep 146: We‘re Still Furious About Texas

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2021/09/08

We're still furious about the rolling back of abortion rights so we're getting deeper into it today. We discuss the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision to let the law stand for now, despite it being clearly unconstitutional and encouraging vigilante justice. This is a big moment and we're still processing - so it's getting a second episode! We see you: Arizona dad who threatened the principal with zip ties, Brandy Melville, "Dr." Fred Wagshul, the LDW shootings in Chicago, Bryan Riley and the systems

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