WTF: The Other F Word Podcast

In episode #8: How Feminism Changed Me, WTF: The Other F Word, Dra. Leslie C. Sotomayor II and Dr. Katy Ballard initiate a conversation about how feminism shapes the way we see, teach, research, relate, and live. The episode begins with a question: How did I become a feminist? At its heart, this episode explores feminism as more than theory. It is a lens that moves beyond the classroom and into relationships, families, work, cultural institutions, and community life. Feminism is not only

Episode #7: Myth or Fact? In this episode of WTF: The Other F Word, Dra. Leslie C. Sotomayor II and Dr. Katy Ballard begins with a question that is both simple and layered: What is feminism... really? Together, they move through working definitions of feminism, beginning with bell hooks’s understanding of feminism as “a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.” From there, they reflect on feminism as a liberatory practice that names sexism as the problem, not men, and

In this reflective episode of WTF: The Other F Word, Katy and Leslie explore slowing down, burnout, rest, productivity, and joy. From scheduled naps to spoons, opera, mindfulness, and community care, they ask what it means to reclaim rest in a culture that rewards exhaustion.Listener reflection: Where are you being invited to slow down and be more present? Sources mentioned in this episode: Hersey, T. (2022).Rest is resistance: A manifesto(Vol. 1). Hachette UK. @thenapministry

Femtorship, sister friendship, and the everyday practice of care In this episode of WTF: The Other F Word, Dra. Leslie C. Sotomayor II and Dr. Katy Ballard welcome **BJ Weaver** for a grounded conversation on femtorship, long-term friendship, feminist relationship, and becoming through care.Episode #5 of WTF: The Other F Word centers on femtorship, sister friendship, and the everyday practices that shape feminist becoming. Leslie introduces BJ Weaver as a beloved friend of more than 20

In this episode of **WTF: The Other F Word**, Dra. Leslie C. Sotomayor II and Dr. Katy Ballard welcome Dani Cervantes for a warm, reflective conversation on language, feminism, and the words we use to understand ourselves and each other. This conversation began with a question from Dani: not what these words mean in a dictionary or textbook, but what they mean to the people using them. Together, Leslie, Katy, and Dani open up terms that often move through academic, artistic, activist, and

What counts as creative practice? In this episode, Dra. Leslie C. Sotomayor II and Dr. Katy Ballard open up a spacious conversation about creativity, transformation, and the many ways we come into being through what we make, tend, share, and imagine.Creativity is often treated as something reserved for artists, experts, performers, or people with the right training. But this conversation pushes back on that narrow view. Creative practice is not limited to visual art, gallery walls,