Still Processing
158 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 8.8K ratingsWesley Morris and J Wortham are working it out in this weekly show about culture in the broadest sense. That means television, film, books, music — but also the culture of work, dating, the internet and how those all fit together.
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Back Next Week!
October 10, 2019 10:00 - 56 seconds - 2.75 MBWe'll be back with a new episode next Thursday, October 17th.
Chappelle
October 03, 2019 10:00 - 40 minutes - 39.1 MBComedy is changing. Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix comedy special, "Sticks & Stones," makes us wonder if he can keep up. Discussed this week: "Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones" (Netflix, 2019) "Aziz Ansari: Right Now" (Netflix 2019) "A Black Lady Sketch Show" (HBO, 2019) "My Favorite Shapes" (HBO, 2019) "Ramy Youssef: Feelings" (HBO, 2019)
BoomBoom
September 26, 2019 10:00 - 36 minutes - 35.5 MBWe’re in love with MTV’s dating-reality TV show “Are You the One?” Discussed this week: Jenna Wortham. "How Queer People Brought Some Actual Reality to Dating-Reality TV" (The New York Times Magazine, Aug. 28, 2019) Wesley Morris. "Rom-Coms Were Corny and Retrograde. Why Do I Miss Them so Much?" (The New York Times Magazine, April 24, 2019) "Are You the One?" (MTV, Season 8, 2019)
Yeehaw
September 19, 2019 10:00 - 39 minutes - 38.1 MBHow "Old Town Road" gave us hope without making us cringe, and became our song of the year. Discussed this week: Joe Coscarelli, Alexandra Eaton, Will Lloyd, Eden Weingart, Antonio de Luca and Alicia DeSantis. "Diary of a Song — ‘Old Town Road’: See How Memes and Controversy Took Lil Nas X to the Top of the Charts" (The New York Times, May 10, 2019) Jon Caramanica. "The Short Rise and Long Tail of Lil Nas X" (The New York Times, Jun. 26, 2019) Jade Jolie "Shut Up & Sing" (directed by B...
2020
September 12, 2019 10:00 - 31 minutes - 30.7 MBRemember that beer test? It’s not enough. That’s why this election season, we bring you: Still Processing’s Rubric for Leadership and Democratic Excellence. Discussed this week: Astead Herndon, Jon Caramanica and Jon Pareles. "What Do Rally Playlists Say About the Candidates?" (The New York Times, Aug. 19, 2019) Clara Guibourg and Helen Briggs. "Climate change: Which vegan milk is best?" (BBC News, Feb. 22, 2019) The AP reporter Alexandra Jaffe’s post on Twitter that Senator Kamala Harri...
Catnip
September 04, 2019 10:00 - 1 minute - 3.03 MBStill Processing will be back in your ears on Thursday, September 12th.
Us
March 28, 2019 10:00 - 30 minutes - 30.2 MBWe dissect Jordan Peele’s new psychological thriller, “Us,” and discuss the film’s central question (WITHOUT SPOILERS): Are any of us ever truly free from the past? Also, we’re going on a short hiatus. Happy spring, and we’ll be back in your ears soon. Discussed this week: “Us” (directed by Jordan Peele, 2019) “Suspiria” (directed by Dario Argento, 1977) “The People Under the Stairs” (directed by Wes Craven, 1991) “It Follows” (directed by David Robert Mitchell, 2014) “White Is for Wi...
Whoopi
March 21, 2019 10:00 - 39 minutes - 38.1 MBWe celebrate Whoopi Goldberg from her days as a boundary-pushing stand-up comedian in the early ’80s to her current role as professional curmudgeon on “The View.” Discussed this week: “Whoopi Goldberg” (Ottessa Moshfegh, Garage magazine: Issue 16, Feb. 19, 2019) “Whoopi Goldberg: Direct From Broadway” (directed by Thomas Schlamme, 1985) “The Color Purple” (directed by Steven Spielberg, 1985) “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (directed by Penny Marshall, 1986) “Burglar” (directed by Hugh Wilson, 198...
Circular(s)
March 14, 2019 10:00 - 30 minutes - 30.2 MBWe chat with David Wallace-Wells, climate columnist for New York Magazine, about the limits of individual consumption choices and the necessity of political action to combat climate change. Discussed this week: “The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming” (David Wallace-Wells, 2019)
M.J.
March 07, 2019 11:00 - 39 minutes - 38.5 MBHBO’s “Leaving Neverland” — a two-part documentary that focuses on the stories of two men, James Safechuck and Wade Robson, who allege that Michael Jackson sexually abused them as children — prompts us to wrestle with our love for and discomfort with the pop star. We examine how Jackson seemed to have been culturally exonerated, and we ask what to do with a man whose artistic reach is so profound that “canceling” him — an imperfect way of dealing with problematic artists to begin with — migh...
Liars
February 28, 2019 11:00 - 42 minutes - 40.4 MBThe Jussie Smollett investigation has captured America’s attention — and ours. We take a look at the support for as well as the doubts about Smollett’s claims, and try to make sense of the charge that Smollett staged his own attack. In an era in which personal trauma and victimhood are often leveraged for cultural capital, we consider the long-term repercussions of the Smollett case. Discussed this week: “Jussie Smollett Timeline: Mystery Remains as Actor Is Charged With Faking His Assault...
Fantasies
February 21, 2019 11:00 - 37 minutes - 36.4 MBWith the Academy Awards right around the corner, we take a look back at some previous Best Picture winners. When these winning films were about race, they often highlighted a feel-good racial reconciliation fantasy. But about 30 years ago, there was one movie that was snubbed at the Oscars — “Do the Right Thing” — that is anything but a feel-good racial reconciliation fantasy. We revisit how “Do the Right Thing” showcased realities about race in America in ways that none of the current Oscar...
Becoming
February 14, 2019 11:23 - 44 minutes - 42.4 MB"Becoming," the best-selling memoir by the former first lady, Michelle Obama, is a study in what happens when the ways we see ourselves don't always line up with the ways that society sees us. In reading about her journey from high-achieving, self-possessed child in Chicago to the fraught glamour of her life in the White House, we marvel at the ways she balanced herself and her image in service of the country. And we discuss how Michelle Obama's memoir fits into a powerful lineage of black w...
Joy
February 07, 2019 11:00 - 37 minutes - 36 MBInspired by Netflix’s “Tidying Up With Marie Kondo,” we decide to KonMari Wesley’s Brooklyn apartment. We ask ourselves what sparks joy in our lives and examine whether Marie Kondo’s philosophy extends into the metaphysical realm. Discussed this week: "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo" (Netflix, 2019) "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing" (Marie Kondo, 2014) "The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from ...
Reality
January 31, 2019 11:00 - 27 minutes - 26.9 MBWe now live in an era where people can choose to believe whatever they want to believe, regardless of proof or evidence. From the Laquan McDonald trial to the film “Green Book” to R. Kelly’s song “I Believe I Can Fly” to the Nick Sandmann/Nathan Phillips encounter at the Lincoln Memorial, we wrestle with the ways that reality is contested, both personally and politically. Discussed this week: "Jason Van Dyke Sentenced to Nearly 7 Years for Murdering Laquan McDonald" (Mitch Smith and Julie ...
Relations
January 24, 2019 11:00 - 32 minutes - 31.9 MBThe new Netflix show “Sex Education” feels so refreshing because for the longest time, there has been a dearth of cultural properties that specifically deal with the realities of sex. Sure, there’s sex in film and TV, but in recent history, there has been an absence of content that treats sex (and the complicated feelings that it can bring up) not as an aside, but as the main event. From “Fatal Attraction” to “Sex and the City” to “Knocked Up” to “Black Panther,” we trace the history — on sc...
Kaepernick
January 17, 2019 11:00 - 36 minutes - 35 MBLast fall, Nike released a groundbreaking ad featuring the former N.F.L. quarterback Colin Kaepernick. His kneeling protest, which started in 2016 as a response to police brutality, was reinterpreted by social media, celebrities and Nike itself to mean something that doesn’t always match the intention of his original protest. So what does it say that a multinational corporation has aligned itself with a social movement? And are we O.K. with this form of “Kaepitalism”? Discussed this week: ...
Apology
January 10, 2019 11:00 - 37 minutes - 36.6 MBNew year, new season. Kevin Hart. Ellen. Brett Kavanaugh. We live in an age of #SorryNotSorry, prevalent in our pop culture and woven into the fabric of our nation’s founding. But how can we grow into the people we want to become when we can’t acknowledge our mistakes and the effect that they've had on others? We invite you to start off 2019 with an apology. Discussed this week: Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony at the Kavanaugh confirmation hearing (2018) “I Won’t Back Down” (Tom Petty,...
Questions
December 20, 2018 11:00 - 1 minute - 2.96 MBBuckle up, babies. Still Processing returns on Thursday, January 10th.
We R-E-S-P-E-C-T Aretha Franklin
August 30, 2018 10:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBThis week we pay our respects to the late, great Aretha Franklin. A legendary singer, writer, arranger, pianist, performer and more, Ms. Franklin channeled both the difficult and beautiful aspects of American culture to make the songs that have scored our lives. From her breakout hit “Respect,” to her performance of “Dr. Feelgood” at Fillmore West in San Francisco, to her rendition of “My Country, ’Tis of Thee” at former President Barack Obama’s first inauguration, she left a legacy of virtu...
We Spy Two BlacKkKlansmen — and One is Omarosa
August 23, 2018 10:00 - 46 minutes - 44.1 MBThis week, we realize we have two black klansmen on our hands — one on the big screen in the form of Spike Lee's new film "BlacKkKlansman," and one on the small screen in the form of America's most notorious reality show villain turned ex-White House employee, Omarosa Manigault Newman. Both the film and person showcase black people infiltrating hostile white institutions and coming out the other side to tell us about it. We question, however, if the message they're bringing us was worth the ...
We Got Goop'd
August 16, 2018 10:00 - 37 minutes - 36.3 MBThis week, our friend and colleague, Taffy Akner, chats with us about her viral article, "How Goop’s Haters Made Gwyneth Paltrow’s Company Worth $250 Million." We trace some similarities and differences between Gwyneth and fellow mogul, Oprah, and ask why the wellness industry, ironically, can make us feel bad. Taffy helps us understand how oftentimes, when our current healthcare systems fail to take the pain and suffering of women and gender non-conforming people seriously, Goop can offer a...
We Give You Our Summer Faves
August 09, 2018 10:00 - 37 minutes - 35.9 MBThis week, we celebrate summer and present to you our 2018 Summer Faves. From tech to treats, tunes to TV, and of course, summer looks, we make some recommendations to help you live your best life in these warmer months. Special thanks to James McCombe of Maple Street Creative and Taylor Wizner for remote recording support. Discussed this week: Native Land app (by Victor Temprano, 2015) "Mission: Impossible — Fallout" (directed by Christopher McQuarrie, 2018) "Vida" (Starz, 2018) "Fr...
We Blaxplain Blaxplaining
August 02, 2018 10:00 - 50 minutes - 48.6 MBThis week, we trace the evolution of black American cinema from blaxploitation in the 1970s to what we’re calling "blaxplaining" in 2018. While blaxploitation sought to showcase black actors in dramatic, action-packed films, today’s blaxplaining centers on the challenges of being black in America. We examine three films — "The Hate U Give," "Blindspotting" and "Sorry to Bother You" — and ask if they accurately depict aspects of contemporary black life, or instead merely seek to make some bla...
We Heard Lauryn Hill, But Did We Listen?
July 26, 2018 10:00 - 50 minutes - 47.9 MBIt’s the 20th anniversary of the release of Ms. Lauryn Hill’s 5-time Grammy-winning debut solo album, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.” Still very much a part of our contemporary musical landscape — being sampled by everyone from Drake to Cardi B to Kanye — her prophecies on fame, artistry and the music industry reflect her own career trajectory and serve as a cautionary tale for other artists on the rise. We take a closer look at “Miseducation,” alongside her follow-up “MTV Unplugged No. 2...
We Can't Burn It All Down (Even Though Sometimes We Want To)
July 19, 2018 10:00 - 45 minutes - 44 MBJenna's back in New York after spending last week at the Tin House Summer Workshop in Portland, Oregon. An explosive moment at the workshop prompted us to consider what it means for an institution — from a writing workshop to a TV network to a social media platform — to really commit itself to inclusion, and whether inclusion is even enough. Discussed this week: Tin House Summer Workshop "The Danger of a Single Story" (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, TED, 2009) "Oscars 2016: Here's why the nom...
We Choose Our Own Families
July 12, 2018 10:00 - 56 minutes - 54 MBThis week, we take a deep dive into "Pose," Ryan Murphy's new show on FX, and unpack the role of queer chosen families in pop culture. We dissect some of our favorite scenes — featuring Blanca Abundance Evangelista (Mj Rodriguez), Elektra Abundance (Dominique Jackson), and Angel (Indya Moore) — and celebrate the nuanced stories told of queer and trans characters of color by queer and trans people of color. Are we free to create chosen families that support who we are and who we're trying to ...
Asian-Americans Talk About Racism, and We Listen - Part 2
July 05, 2018 08:00 - 34 minutes - 33.1 MBIt’s the second installment of our two-part series on anti-Asian racism. Once again, we hand over the mics to our Asian-American colleagues, friends and listeners to hear about their experiences with dating, work and more as they relate to race and identity. We hear varied and nuanced perspectives — from the writer Jen Choi, the musician Simon Tam, the podcaster Andrew Ti and others — on what it feels like to be a part of the diverse community of Asian-Americans, which makes up almost 6 perc...
Asian-Americans Talk About Racism, and We Listen - Part 1
June 28, 2018 08:00 - 36 minutes - 34.9 MBThis week and next, we’re doing something different. After witnessing an awful instance of anti-Asian racism at a movie theater, we couldn’t stop thinking about how this type of racism is rampant in American culture, both on the screen and off. At first, we wanted to talk about it. But then, we realized that we needed to listen. For the next two episodes, we hand the microphones over to our Asian-American colleagues, friends and listeners to hear about their experiences with racism. From Pa...
We Louvre The Carters
June 21, 2018 10:00 - 57 minutes - 54.1 MBBeyonce and Jay-Z. Donald and Melania. Kim and Kanye. Harry and Meghan. We're compelled by the performance of marriage in culture. And with The Carters' new surprise album, "Everything Is Love," we wonder what it means for our beloved Beyonce -- and Jay-Z -- to position their marriage as a black cultural institution -- akin to the Huxtables or the Obamas -- that everyone should believe in. From writing their legacy into The Louvre in their "Apes**t" video to documenting the turmoil and trium...
We Need Bad Women
June 14, 2018 10:00 - 45 minutes - 43.7 MBAfter watching the blockbuster hit "Ocean’s 8" and BBC America’s cat-and-mouse drama "Killing Eve," we noticed some similarities in these leading women - they’re all “bad.” They’re indulgent and driven. They care about their work more than your feelings. They perform for each other more than they do for men (do they even perform for men?). They’re complicated and that’s why we like them. So we wonder: is our current cultural climate — specifically around this #MeToo moment — making space for...
We Wouldn't Leave Kanye, But Should We?
June 07, 2018 10:00 - 51 minutes - 49.2 MBAlmost one week after Kanye West released his eighth studio album, "Ye," we wonder what to do with artists who displease us. Going back to 2004, we take a closer look at Kanye, the artist, who questioned the role of higher education, called out former president George Bush after Hurricane Katrina on live television, and publicly grieved over the untimely death of his mother. We also examine Kanye, the problem, and try to understand how the same person who seemed to champion black solidarity ...
We're Here For Your Anger, Jessica Walter
May 31, 2018 10:00 - 57 minutes - 54.9 MBWhen actor Jessica Walter said fellow co-star Jeffrey Tambor verbally harassed her on the set of "Arrested Development," the show’s lead, Jason Bateman, jumped to Tambor’s defense -- and we noticed. This week, we suss out what this interaction -- documented in sound -- shows us about the subtle and not-so-subtle ways that we're taught to minimize the experiences of women. We juxtapose Jessica Walter's quiet, composed anger with Asia Argento's seething indictment at Cannes, and interrogate th...
We’re Queer - and Apparently So Is Everybody Else
May 24, 2018 10:00 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBWith Rita Ora, Janelle Monáe, Kehlani – and even fictional characters like Lando Calrissian – embracing bisexuality, pansexuality, queerness, and more, we wonder: what does it mean to publicly declare your sexual identity as something outside the gay/straight binary in 2018? And what did these declarations look like in the 80s and 90s, when we were growing up? We compare the sincere loneliness of R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion" to the frustrating inauthenticity of Rita Ora's "Girls," and celeb...
We Unpack Black Male Privilege
May 17, 2018 10:00 - 48 minutes - 46.6 MBThis week, shortly after multi-hyphenate artist Donald Glover blew up the internet with the video for his song "This is America," Wesley and guest host Rembert Browne (New York Magazine, Grantland) explore Glover's career, and how he evolved from a likable comedian to a cultural provocateur and authority on blackness. We like Glover's brain and the music and TV he is making, but we also wonder about the speed with which he's been anointed a "genius." Who gets left out when we apply that labe...
We Watch Whiteness
April 26, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBThis week we're talking about white culture, and what it is trying to tell us about itself on TV, at the movies and in books. We're noticing that white people are anxious--consciously and unconsciously--about their place in the world, and it's fascinating to unpack. First, we look at the new season of Roseanne, a show that explicitly embraces its whiteness and thumbs its nose at anyone who would challenge that. Then, we talk about the hit horror movie A Quiet Place, which explores dystopia i...
We Talk BeyChella
April 19, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBWe were so blown away by Beyoncé’s performance at the Coachella music festival that we decided to scrap our previous plans and dedicate this week’s entire episode to it. We think her performance will go down in the annals of American pop music as one of the greatest live shows ever. We close read some of our favorite moments, including her beautiful rendition of the black national anthem, “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” and how she turns the swag surf into a dance for royalty. And we talk abou...
We Get It On (With Ourselves)
April 12, 2018 08:00 - 57 minutes - 54.3 MBAs a break from the onslaught of traumatic news, this week we're talking about what makes us feel good about ourselves. Really good. We start by exploring what has been lost with the recent closure of Craiglist's personal ads section: a unique place, so distinct from Tinder or Grindr or Bumble, where you could search honestly for your own sexiness. Then we share some our personal tips for maintaining and nurturing that feeling once you find it. Finally we jam out to some of our all-time favo...
We Celebrate the REAL MLK Day
April 05, 2018 08:00 - 45 minutes - 43.7 MBThis week, we commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death. While MLK’s birthday is celebrated on a national level, we spend time processing why his death holds a significant importance as well. We examine the months leading up to MLK Jr.’s death, including his iconic speech, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” and discuss the ways in which his ideals shifted after his “I Had A Dream” speech. MLK day is a celebration of King’s birthday, and we suggest that maybe what we sh...
We’re Maxed Out, You’re Maxed Out, Everybody Is Maxed Out
March 29, 2018 08:00 - 56 minutes - 53.9 MBThis week we're talking about why we're stressed out, why the country is stressed out, and whether anxiety has become a permanent condition. We consider the role technology has played in driving us to this point, from push alerts — so many push alerts — to Twitter to the "algorithmic gaze." Then we come back to culture and focus on a few works that either encapsulate the chaos of 2018 or offer a possible path for moving ahead. Discussed This Week: “Pony” (Genuwine) “The Middle” (Zedd, Ma...
We Love Aunties
March 22, 2018 08:00 - 46 minutes - 44.7 MBThis week we pay homage to aunties, in our own lives, in politics, and in pop culture. But first we have to define what an aunty is, so we play a little game called "Aunty or Nah-nty," naming aunty candidates from television shows and movies to refine our criteria for who is and isn't one. We examine the historical relevance of aunties, and think about portrayals of women who are not-quite-our mothers, fiercely independent and repositories for our secrets. Can the "aunty" label be a caricatu...
We Don’t Love Everything Made By Black People and That’s OK?
March 15, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBThis week, we discuss "A Wrinkle in Time," Ava DuVernay's attempt to take the audience on a magical adventure with Meg Murray as she searches for her father through multiple universes. Our time traveling experience ... wasn’t as magical as we hoped. But this is good news. We explain why the film's shortcomings do not impact the upward trajectory of Ava DuVernay career or black filmmaking in general, but actually work to highlight the progress of black filmmakers and encourage black artists t...
We Paint the Town Obama
March 08, 2018 09:00 - 37 minutes - 36.5 MBWe went to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. to look at the recently installed portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama. The paintings--Barack's by Kehinde Wiley, Michelle's by Amy Sherald--prompted both rapture and controversy when they were unveiled in February, and we wanted to see them in person to try to evaluate our own responses. As we traveled through the gallery from George Washington to Obama, we discussed what portraits can tell us about presidential power. And then ...
We Want To Know What Love Is
March 01, 2018 09:00 - 48 minutes - 46 MBThis week, we examine four of the Best Picture Oscar-nominated films—“Call Me By Your Name”, “Get Out”, “Shape of Water”, and “Phantom Thread”—to ask whether we are entering a new phase of romance films. By diverging from conventional norms and stereotypes, these films have created on-screen relationships that are reminiscent of our own relationships. We then look to the history of romantic dramas and comedies to see how this new version of romance-on-screen came to be and what it potentiall...
We Take the 15:17 All the Way to Pyeongchang
February 22, 2018 09:00 - 40 minutes - 39.2 MBThis week we're looking for a thread running through three seemingly disparate moments: the release of Clint Eastwood's new film "The 15:17 to Paris," the Olympics in South Korea, and the tragic death of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. We use these events to discuss how culture can act as a smokescreen for reality and a way to avoid our fears. Plus: Jenna defends her surprising position that spoilers are actually good. Discussed this week: Queer Eye ...
We Sink Our Claws Into "Black Panther" with Ta-Nehisi Coates
February 16, 2018 09:00 - 56 minutes - 54 MBIt's going to be one of the biggest opening weekends in movie history. But "Black Panther" is about so much more than the box office. This week we're putting Ryan Coogler's new film in the full context it deserves and demands, with a little help from our friend Ta-Nehisi Coates.
We'll See You Tomorrow
February 15, 2018 14:47 - 1 minute - 2.84 MBThere's no episode of Still Processing today, but Wesley and Jenna are cooking up something special — a whole show on "Black Panther" with special guest Ta-Nehisi Coates. Check your feed Friday morning!
We Don't Know Where We Are
February 08, 2018 09:00 - 38 minutes - 36.8 MBThis week, we take the Oscar-nominated film "Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri" as a starting point for a discussion about a new sense of placelessness in film and TV. Over the last year, we've been seeing stories set in ambiguous spaces--the limbo between heaven and hell, distorted models of our world, towns that look like no place we recognize as American. We talk about "The Good Place," "Westworld," "Downsizing," and the Sunken Place from "Get Out" to try and figure out how we ...
We're Still Here For Janet
February 01, 2018 09:00 - 58 minutes - 55.1 MBThis week, in light of Justin Timberlake’s upcoming Super Bowl performance, we revisit his infamous 2004 “wardrobe malfunction” halftime show with Janet Jackson. We dissect the public reaction to “nipplegate,” why Janet (and not Justin) took the fall, and how the controversy changed the course of both artists’ careers. We consider Justin’s new musical direction in the context his history of appropriating other cultures. And we offer Janet the forgiveness she deserves, realizing that her sexu...
We Have a Right To Be Mad
January 25, 2018 09:00 - 47 minutes - 45.7 MBThis week, we examine the outrage that is expressing itself in all corners of the culture. In the process, we found unexpected connections between events and ideas that might seem unrelated: Ed Sheeran being left out of all the major Grammy categories as a (possible) way to avoid controversy, the heated debate over an account of a bad date with Aziz Ansari, the testimony at the sentencing of Dr. Larry Nassar from hundreds of gymnasts who had been sexually abused, and year two of the women's ...