Season of the Bitch
286 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 350 ratingsSeason of the Bitch is a brilliant podcast hosted and produced by a coven of non binary leftist feminists. We cover all sorts of topics from marxist feminism, to the occupation of Palestine, to advice on dating and sex lives and astrology.
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Episode 174: The Crisis In India And Intellectual Property
May 07, 2021 12:00 - 52 minutes - 74.9 MBshit is rly fucked around the world right now! and whomst is to blame??? capitalism obviously. but this episode we get more specific into what PARTS of capitalism are really exacerbating this global health crisis. listen to julia and laura rant about all things related to intellectual property.... bc FUCK THAT SHIT <3 RESOURCES: Here's the document that gives you a script and information on how to call your representatives: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RozIgEywgTqDYujiMsvUR0ZmUK6...
Episode 173: Eat The Gentry
April 30, 2021 12:00 - 56 minutes - 83.8 MBGENTRIFICATION - tis a plague on our society <3 hear all about how gentrification and the WORDS around gentrification shape neighborhoods, and how white supremacy just permeates through it all. get ur fill of sweet bbs talkin' shit about the rich and of course talking shit about the police. theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo xoxxooxoxox
Episode 172: SotB Loves
April 16, 2021 12:00 - 58 minutes - 84.7 MBayeee we're talking about all the things that are GOOD baybeee. hope ur having a goood week bc we live in hell!!! some things we talked about: book on psychedelics: "how to change your mind" by michael pollan clothing references: Jess Meany (https://www.instagram.com/jess_meany/) Worn Ware (https://www.instagram.com/worn__ware/) big bud press (https://www.instagram.com/bigbudpress/) pre-roll stuff: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BluntBabeTrays LOVE U BYEEEEEE theme music as always by bran...
Episode 171: Post Colonial Astrology W Alice Sparkly Kat
April 09, 2021 12:00 - 48 minutes - 69.3 MBARIES SEASON W ARIES ICON ALICE SPARKLY KAT!!!! Yesss! this week we are talking astrology with our collective hero, alice sparkly kat! plz preorder their book, Pre Colonial Astrology here: https://www.alicesparklykat.com/postcolonialastrology/ you can also follow them on IG and twitter @ alicesparklykat <3 theme music as always by Brandon Payton Carrillo
Episode 170: Sotb Hates
April 02, 2021 12:00 - 50 minutes - 73.1 MBAYE AYE AYE this week we are SHIT TALKING! honestly we hope you really enjoy this hour of fun -- the world has been fucked up for a long time and sometimes you have to blow off some steam! SotB HATES: scabs! men! emotional incompetence! lol and more ;) theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo
Episode 169: Gendered Violence And Recent Events
March 17, 2021 21:10 - 1 hour - 93.9 MBContent warning: discussion of gendered violence, police violence, and racial violence. discussing the recent violent attacks carried out by white men Theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo
Episode 168: 9to5 With Ellen Bravo
March 12, 2021 13:00 - 43 minutes - 62.2 MBBARELY GETTIN' BY, ITS ALL TAKIN' AND NO GIVIN' LEARN UR LABOR HISTORY - specifically labor history of WOMEN and other marginalized folks. absolute labor icon Ellen Bravo joins us this week!! She is a perfect angel and we hope you have as much fun listening to her as we did!! theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo
Episode 167: We Did It Joe
March 05, 2021 13:00 - 56 minutes - 81.3 MBwanna know everything fucked up that the b*den administration has done so far? but in like, a hilarious, fun, and community driven way? WELL LOOK NO FURTHER BC WE HAVE A PERFECT EP FOR YOU. in this ep we uncover all the shit that's gone down since the end of january, and SPOILER ALERT: we don't love to see it. tell us your favorite parts by hollering at us on IG or twitter @seasonoftheb ....... or on our new tiktok account, @seasonoftheb LOVE YOU BYE theme music as always by brandon p...
Episode 166: Asian American Solidarity and Abolition
February 26, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 97.3 MBooooooooh yeeeep! it's time to get into the NITTY GRITTY of what it means to have asian american solidarity with an abolitionist mindset. some history, some schooling on colorism, classism, and the homogenization of what it means to be asian american. vietnamese american artist and scholar, Janet Tran, joins us! plz check out her website at: https://www.tranjanet.com/ theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo
Episode 165: The Institution Of Marriage
February 19, 2021 13:00 - 53 minutes - 77 MBMARRIAGE, u ever heard of it?! well well well, we get into the NITTY GRITTY of the history of marriage and all the ways the state, capitalism, and the nuclear family are INTERTWINED. Come 4 the info, stay for us laughing incessantly with each other. love u bye! theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo
Episode 164: Work Wont Love You Back
February 12, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 93.1 MBdo u love ur job??? RLY?! ..........????? Well guess what, as kellen says, she's just not that into you (she meaning the hellscape that is labor under capitalism. this week we have our incredible friend, labor journalist, and author, Sarah Jaffe on the pod to talk about her new book Work Wont Love you Back. you can find and support Sarah's work here: https://bookshop.org/books/work-won-t-love-you-back-how-devotion-to-our-jobs-keeps-us-exploited-exhausted-and-alone/9781568589398 Theme mu...
Episode 163: Lux
January 29, 2021 13:00 - 54 minutes - 77.2 MBThis week we talk to two of the incredible humans working on lux magazine! from their website: "Top-down efforts to convince us that the highest form of feminism is the girl boss have failed. No one believes today that we will be saved by the female CEO or presidential candidate. Instead, feminists are in pursuit of a NEW WORLD, at the forefront of struggles for police abolition, healthcare, and control over our work, looking toward a horizon beyond which everyone has access to food and she...
Episode 162: Unmasking The Far Right
January 22, 2021 13:00 - 49 minutes - 72 MBHello!!!! this week we R unmasking ur fash uncles with Talia Lavin! She went UNDERCOVER and infiltrated diff white supremacist spaces. Enjoy her tales of horror and beware of the BANALITY OF EVIL. You can buy her book, Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy here: https://bookshop.org/books/culture-warlords-my-journey-into-the-dark-web-of-white-supremacy/9780306846434 Theme music as always by Brandon Payton Carrillo
Episode 161: Coup There It Is
January 15, 2021 13:00 - 52 minutes - 74 MBparty on party people let me hear some noise dc in the house jump jump for joy 'cuz there's a party over here a party over there wave your hands in the air shake your dairiair these three words when your gettin' busy COUP there it is... hit me Anyways, if u wanna hear us lose our minds about the history of US coups, as well as terrible journalists like M*att Y*lesias, class analysis, ETC u got it all coming at u today AS WE TALK about the shit show of this past week! Theme music as always ...
Episode 160: The Stimmy
January 08, 2021 13:00 - 51 minutes - 72.8 MBare you confused??? US TOO!!! but hopefully we can clarify a little bit MORE what the absolute F is going on. get a refresher on MMT, scream about zionism, and generally the failed state that is this messed up nation. xoxoxoxo - stay safe, take naps, and try not to doomscroll! theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo
Episode 159: New Year 2021 (time isn't real)
January 01, 2021 13:00 - 58 minutes - 84.4 MBHAYYYY THERE, hope ur having a lovely new years eve - we r here to lighten the mood with our takeaways from 2020 and our hopes and dreams (and thotty star alignments) to look forward to in 2021. follow kellen on tiktok at smellenh <3 follow laura's art on IG at sexysappho theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo
Episode 158: Lies you Learned in History Class
December 18, 2020 13:00 - 58 minutes - 84.3 MBWHAT THE F EVEN IS A "FREE STATE?" WELL let our genius historian INFORM U about it ;) also highlights include: asmr, saying "bye bitch" to hitler, getting mad about the atomic bomb, and MORE xoxoxoxo theme music as always by brandon payton carrillo
Episode 157: Flesh Prisons
December 11, 2020 13:00 - 59 minutes - 83.9 MBHELLO HELLO HELLO do u wish ur body just didn't exist and u could be your brain as a lavender scented etherial mist floating thru life? SAME. visit patreon.com/seasonofthebitch to join our discord and reading group!! theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo
Episode 156: Leftist Language
December 04, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBLEARNIN ABOUT LINGUISTICS ON THIS LOVELY DAY! hello and welcome back 2 our wholesome little pod where we talk about how pretentious language and barriers to education are just bad! learn about some radical languages and hear some Hot Takes <3 xoxoxo, the coven theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo
Episode 155: Abortion Access
November 20, 2020 13:00 - 54 minutes - 75.4 MBonce again we r here 2 talk about why ppl with uteruses should ,,,, have autonomy over their bodies!! and also, while we're at it, shit talking the supreme court, j*e b*den, and state laws. theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo <3
Episode 154: History Of Voter Suppression
November 13, 2020 13:00 - 55 minutes - 80.2 MBVOTE BLUE NO MATTER,,,,,,, LOL sorry forgot who we were for a minute! in this ep we're talkin' about how democracy was a fallacy in the US from the very beginning. U LUV TO SEE IT! is there anything better than shit talkin' the state of US politics 2 start ur day? I don't think so! so saddle up with this informative and ~ h e a l i n g ~ episode <3 theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo
Episode 153: Queer Horror
October 30, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 95.2 MBif u wanna be spoopy in ur every day and gay it the hell up, THIS IS THE EP 4 U! we have our dear comrade Gen on this ep - who is an expert in all things horror. find some new THEMES and get some new potential content to CONSUME this spooky season. if u make it all the way to the end u will realize that the sotb hosts are the only ppl in the world who have read the communist manifesto in it's entirety okay love u byeeee theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo
Episode 152: Trick Or Treat
October 23, 2020 12:00 - 59 minutes - 86.2 MBSPOOOKY SCARRRYYY TIME FOR MORE SPOOKY SEASON CONTENT! this week we are joined by the lovely hosts of DRUNK DISH - a podcast all about food history! definitely check them out. and todayyyyy we are talkin' about the HISTORY and LORE surrounding a perfect tradition, trick or treating. xoxoxoxoox theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo <3
Episode 151: Witches
October 16, 2020 12:00 - 54 minutes - 78.2 MBthis week we r talkin' about witches! different lore of witchcraft from different parts of the world, and what the socio-economic impacts of those stories had! ALSO talkin' about witches and witchcraft in pop culture - and hating on alyssa milano LOL byeee we all stan Brooklyn, Zoë's familiar. theme music as always by brandon payton-carriilo
Episode 150: Gothic Marxism
October 09, 2020 12:00 - 51 minutes - 72.8 MBAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! 150 episodes!!!!!!!!!!!!! and WHAT better way to celebrate than with our spooky and intelligent boo: steph monohan! (@shdwbxng on twitter and IG). today we r talkin' about how life itself is the TRU horror! and how, as steph puts it, horror is the prol genre. Steph’s website: http://stephaniemonohan.com/ Spectacle Theater (their site hosts their twitch stream): https://www.spectacletheater.com/ Theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo
Episode 149: Vampires
October 02, 2020 12:00 - 48 minutes - 69.8 MBspike, alice cullen, and carmilla walk into a room annnnnnd INSTILL CAPITALISM into societtyyyy!~!!!!!@$( U guessed it! to KICK OFF spooky season, we are TALKIN ABOUT VAMPIRES. what vamps we like, why marx used vamps in his imagery, etc etc first person who makes us a "everyone's gay, even the ghosts" t shirt, wins theme music as always by brandon payton carrillo xxoxoxoxoox
Episode 148: Revolutionary Romance: Too Quar Too Furious
September 25, 2020 12:00 - 53 minutes - 77.1 MBWWWEEEEEEERE BACK! with lots of fun advice for u comrades out there! guess what? the main thing 2 kno is u gotta COMMUNICATE okay?!!!! <3 <3 <3 love u bye theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo
Episode 147: Big Corn
September 18, 2020 12:00 - 59 minutes - 85.9 MBB I G C O R N BAYBEEEEE today we have BRILLIANT HUMAN ANGELA on the episode to talk to us about all things CORN. it's time for u 2 learn about the WORST freakin' industry in this hellscape. just a garbage fire of capitalism, racism, nationalism, U NAME IT. come for the corn knowledge, stay for the corn dildo discourse. xoxoxo, the coven theme music as always by brandon payton carrillo
Episode 146: Queerness And Environmental Justice
September 11, 2020 12:00 - 53 minutes - 75.5 MBOKAYYYYYYY FAM IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER WEEK (U LUV TO SEE IT BB!!!!) this week we are talkin' with ASHIA Who is brill AF - we love them. u think that queerness is separate from the environment??? WELL THINK AGAIN U SAUCY BOOZ, it's all intertwined baybeeeeeeeeee!!! theme music as always by brandon payton-carillo
Episode 146: Queerness And The Environment
September 11, 2020 12:00 - 53 minutes - 75.5 MBOKAYYYYYYY FAM IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER WEEK (U LUV TO SEE IT BB!!!!) this week we are talkin' with ASHIA Who is brill AF - we love them. u think that queerness is separate from the environment??? WELL THINK AGAIN U SAUCY BOOZ, it's all intertwined baybeeeeeeeeee!!! theme music as always by brandon payton-carillo
Episode 146: Racism in Medical Schools
September 04, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 87.1 MBfuck a bmi, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?! u got large bodies u got smol bodies, and guess what, UR body is PERFECT just the way it is (cue my personal remix to billy joel's "just the way u r") ANYWAYS, this week we are talkin' to the incomparable Jamie and Zonía about how med school is just as complicit in churnin' out the docs that u may have heard of from last week's episode. get ready to scream into the void theydies, because this one is a dooooozy. xoxoxox, the coven theme music as always ...
Episode 145: Medical Racism
August 28, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 91.4 MBthe absolute fucked up reality of medical racism! remember to reel in anyone who suggests objectivity in biology! incredible guests maddy and bernie (co-authors of “Toward the Abolition of Biological Race in Medicine") join us and talk about all of their expertise! “Toward the Abolition of Biological Race in Medicine.”: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e94e4feaa92821de07e3682/t/5f0b40ab2d6235002617d565/1594572974864/Toward+the+Abolition+of+Biological+Race+in+Medicine+FINAL.pdf Ins...
Episode 144: Medical Racism
August 28, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 91.4 MBthe absolute fucked up reality of medical racism! remember to reel in anyone who suggests objectivity in biology! incredible guests maddy and bernie (co-authors of “Toward the Abolition of Biological Race in Medicine") join us and talk about all of their expertise! “Toward the Abolition of Biological Race in Medicine.”: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e94e4feaa92821de07e3682/t/5f0b40ab2d6235002617d565/1594572974864/Toward+the+Abolition+of+Biological+Race+in+Medicine+FINAL.pdf Ins...
Episode 144: Covid-19 and the University
August 21, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 98.8 MBIF U DON"T YOU ALREADY KNOOOO that academia is a scary pyramid scheme ...... U WILL NOW!! sending our love esp to gen z who is in this very f'd up situation!! but also to our loves in the precariat. xoxoox, the coven
Episode 143: The Extremely Fucked Up History Of Gynecology
August 07, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 94.2 MBCONTENT WARNING!!!! talk of assault, sterilization, and non-consensual touch. honestly?!!?!?!?!??!?!?!!?!?? NOT MUCH 2 SAY EXCEPT EVERYONE IS THE WORST! why the F do we even have these systems in place?? Is this laura writing the description after editing and not being on the episode so i'm literally sweating with anger? YES. BUT U WILL BE TOO! shout from the rooftops and stop ur feet in anger and offer to join ur friends when they go to the doc. fuck this hellscape world - hold on to eac...
Episode 142: Non-Binary Feelings
July 31, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 89.8 MBwe got lots of feelings about being non-binary / what even is gender?! we don't freaking know but we also KNOW. lmao If that's confusing 4 ya, you better listen up and get in the know yourself (spoiler alert: gender is .... ?????????!!!!!!!???????????!!!!!) Theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo
Episode 141: The Queer Internationale
July 24, 2020 12:00 - 57 minutes - 86.1 MBBEEP BEEP, more content comin' THRUUUUUU this week we r TALKIN all about queer movements around the world, why they're important, and why we need to s t a n d in s o l i d a r i t y! Theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo
Episode 141: The Queer International
July 24, 2020 12:00 - 57 minutes - 86.1 MBBEEP BEEP, more content comin' THRUUUUUU this week we r TALKIN all about queer movements around the world, why they're important, and why we need to s t a n d in s o l i d a r i t y! Theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo
Episode 140: The Right To Housing
July 17, 2020 12:00 - 55 minutes - 80.4 MBHOUSING 4 EVERYONE U JERKS!!!!! We r talkin' about all the ways that people need housing and how we can collectively GIT THE GOODZZZZ! how does covid play into this? how about race? u kno we got it all here. ps if u stan cuomo we recommend u do not listen to this episode or tbh do not listen to us at all, we don't want u xoxo, the coven theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo
Episode 139: BLM And Palestinian Liberation
July 10, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBfrom the river to the sea palestine will be free!!!!!! if our BLM and abolitionist framework is not international -- it will not be worthwhile!! Today we have guest Reina Sultan, BACK WITH US AGAIN from our 8 to abolition episode. enjoy jewish corner with zo & julia, and get some KNOWLEDGE today on this very important topic! Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo
Episode 138: Transformative Justice
July 03, 2020 12:00 - 55 minutes - 76.9 MBBEEP BEEP BBS we got NEW COHOSTS COMING THRUUUUUUU!!!!!! MEET OUR LOVES JULIA AND BIANCA! UGH WOW - we truly love them and we are so excited to have them on this episode to share with y'all all about transformative justice. are prisons even relevant anymore? TUNE IN TO FIND OUT (spoiler ,,,,,,,,, nope) If you haven't checked it out - you can join our abolitionist reading group every sunday at 7pm EST. and join our discord!!!! deets via patreon :)) Theme music as always by Brandon Payt...
Episode 137 Abolition 101
June 26, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 86.4 MBAYEEE BBS - we are still talkin' about abolition and why we NEED it! And why it's WAY freaking better than reform. Also -- fuck joe biden (shoot them in the legs, my ass lollll) Today we are talking to Reina, Leila, and Rachel of the "8 to abolition" - creators of the response to the 8 can't wait campaign! They are all hilarious and perfect and so smart so go check out their work and support their stuff ASAP. If u didn't know - we have a reading group every sunday at 7pm EST for our patreon...
Episode 136: NYPD
June 19, 2020 12:00 - 56 minutes - 81.8 MBthe nypd is gross - DUH. all pd's are gross, but let's talk about NYPD and WHY they're so fucking bad (other than all cops being bastards....) u like ur cop shows? FINE but at least think about them CRITICALLY sweeties ;) no new jails nyc: https://www.nonewjails.nyc/background Theme music as always by brandon PC
Episode 135: Race Gender And Fascism
June 12, 2020 12:00 - 46 minutes - 66.4 MBtalkin' intersectionality - what does it MEAN?!! also -- remember that capitalism and fascism are FOUNDED ON MUCH OF THE SAME IDEOLOGY. we r exploring all the ways that fascism shows up and rears its disgusting face. remember - ur either fascist or anti fascist and that's it sweetie. solidarity to everyone who has been doing the work. xx, the coven theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo
Episode 134: Ending White Silence
June 05, 2020 13:49 - 1 hour - 102 MBin this episode we talk with incredible activist and friend SASHA and try to do an introductory episode on ending white silence. reading group through our patreon is starting next week. be there! Resources listed from the episode: Racecraft, by Barbara and Karen Fields “A History of White People” by Nell Irvin Painter. The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander Beyond Survival edited by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi The end of policing by alex vitale -- NOW FREE EBOOK ON VERSO Are prisons...
Episode 133: Unrest in Minneapolis
June 02, 2020 22:06 - 59 minutes - 86.2 MBBLACK LIVES MATTER. Donate to our guest Vanessa's endeavors: Venmo: @vanessa-anyanso Cash App: vanessaanyanso This is how you can help in MN with the list of hotels: https://www.instagram.com/p/CA8qbO5DHF9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Other places to donate: https://bailproject.org/ https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/
Episode 132: Covid 19 And The Environment
May 29, 2020 12:00 - 43 minutes - 62.6 MBwell well well well well i guess we're talking about "RONA" again. but this time with a T W I S T! that's right - we are talking about how the canals in venice clearing up does not mean really much of anything TBQH!!!!!!! be an anti-capitalist! here's some resources on mutual aid: https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/collective-care/ here's the go-fund me Kellen mentions in the episode: https://www.gofundme.com/f/northern-dine-covid19-relief-effort Theme music as always by brandon payto...
Episode 131: Satanism
May 22, 2020 12:00 - 58 minutes - 83.6 MBHAIL SATAN! learn all about what satanism IS and ISNT - how it can be feminist as hell (pun most definitely intended), and why it's related to communism. This week we have the incredible TANYA from the trillbillies pod -- we love her sososoosos much! you may remember her from our first live show in chicago!! We also have Jamie! she is an incredible satanic witch who is here to SCHOOL us on all things satan ;) Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo
Episode 130 Revolutionary Romance Quarantine Edition
May 15, 2020 12:00 - 58 minutes - 85.2 MBHey theydies and gentlethemz, we r here with probably our BEST revolutionary romance episode YET!! Today we touch upon some great subjects, like - how 2 sext with consent, division of labor in the household, skype dates, contraceptives, and how 2 know when some1 is flirting with u via text ;) ;) ;) stay sexy out there bbs but more importantly, stay consensual. Hit up Vic ;) @WoollyBlueCurls on twitter :) xxoxoxox, the coven Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo
Episode 129: Me Too And Joe Biden
May 08, 2020 12:00 - 57 minutes - 83.1 MB*** before y'all get up our butts, there are some audio issues with this episode!! sorry about that! we are doing our best and will get back to doing better next week ;)) ****** R U MAD BRO?! us too. fuck this bullshit where "reaching across the party lines" is synonymous with harassing and assaulting women. This week the WHOLE COVEN responds and reacts to the death of the #metoo movement with the impending doom of our national elections which will force us into the two options of ...... ...