Latest Queer friendly Podcast Episodes
Is new Jezebel doomed to flop?
Unladylike - February 27, 2024 17:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsThe feminist blogosphere era officially ended last November when Jezebel, website and water cooler of millennial feminism, was shut down by its media overlords. But even though Jezebel was swiftly put on life support by Paste magazine, its long-term survival remains unclear partly due to the same...
Small Dick Energy
Unladylike - February 20, 2024 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsWhy is penis size and performance the go-to butt of the joke, especially when we're talking about shitty men? Is it punching up at misogyny, or just recycling bad material? Writer Mikala Jameson (Body Type) introduces America's Small Dick Joke Problem, interrogates the instinct to hit misogyny wh...
Cave Diving with Jill Heinerth (TEASER)
Unladylike - February 18, 2024 05:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratings**Unladies' Room Patreon preview** Grab your snorkel masks and oxygen tanks, unladies! We're revisiting my 2019 interview with cave diver and underwater explorer Jill Heinerth (ep. 64: How to Dive Into Fear). She takes us along her path into the incredibly dangerous world of cave diving, how she ...
UNCUT GEMS: Cave Diving with Jill Heinerth (TEASER)
Unladylike - February 18, 2024 05:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratings**Unladies' Room Patreon preview** Grab your snorkel masks and oxygen tanks, unladies! We're revisiting my 2019 interview with cave diver and underwater explorer Jill Heinerth (ep. 64: How to Dive Into Fear). She takes us along her path into the incredibly dangerous world of cave diving, how she ...
More Than Best Friends
Unladylike - February 13, 2024 18:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsWhat if society exalted the love and commitment of friendship as highly as that of marriage and biological family? How would our lives change if close friends were more empowered to be our til-death-do-us-part significant others? Journalist Rhaina Cohen (NPR, Embedded) talks to Cristen about the ...
Your Mama's Kitchen: Samin Nosrat
Unladylike - February 07, 2024 10:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsSharing an episode of another podcast we’re loving: Your Mama’s Kitchen, all about cuisine and culture, ingredients and identities, and the meals and memories that make us who we are. Every week, host Michele Norris talks to guests like Michelle Obama, Glennon Doyle, and José Andrés. They explor...
Care + Capitalism
Unladylike - February 06, 2024 17:06 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsIf care workers make all work possible, then why aren't they better taken care of? And what if that predominantly low-income women of color workforce would rather care for their own children and families? Answer: racial capitalism. Barnard historian Premilla Nadasen contexualizes today's multibil...
Her-Fault Divorce (TEASER)
Unladylike - February 04, 2024 05:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratings**UNLADIES' ROOM teaser** Did y'all know women initiate 70 PERCENT of divorces in husband-wife marriages? Are no-fault divorce laws to thank/blame? Cristen digs through the legal history of divorce rate stats, facts and an old LIFE magazine to help explain the paradoxical and persistent relations...
MRKH Syndrome
Unladylike - January 30, 2024 10:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsAt 16 years old, Molly McGlynn discovered why she'd never had a period. Diagnosed with MRKH syndrome, Molly was born without a uterus, cervix and an underdeveloped vaginal canal. Blindsided, teenage Molly was then promptly tasked with "making" her own vagina - and advised to keep it all a secret....
The "Pretendian" Long Con (ENCORE)
Unladylike - January 23, 2024 17:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsWhat happens when someone who built their career on being Indigenous turns out to be ... a white lady? Award-winning writer and reporter Michelle Cyca shares how she came face to face with Indigenous identity fraud, why academia and the arts have a 'Pretendian' problem and what these scams means ...
Mormon Feminism with Kate Kelly (TEASER)
Unladylike - January 21, 2024 13:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratings**Unladies' Room Patreon preview** With Real Housewives of Salt Lake City having a pop cultural moment, it's the perfect time for a reality check on women, gender and Mormonism. Listen to Cristen's uncut 2018 interview with Kate Kelly, who sent shockwaves through the Church of Jesus Christ of La...
UNCUT GEMS: Mormon Feminism with Kate Kelly
Unladylike - January 21, 2024 13:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratings**Unladies' Room Patreon preview** With Real Housewives of Salt Lake City having a pop cultural moment, it's the perfect time for a reality check on women, gender and Mormonism. Listen to Cristen's uncut 2018 interview with Kate Kelly, who sent shockwaves through the Church of Jesus Christ of La...
Mormon Feminism with Kate Kelly
Unladylike - January 21, 2024 13:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratings**Unladies' Room Patreon preview** With Real Housewives of Salt Lake City having a pop cultural moment, it's the perfect time for a reality check on women, gender and Mormonism. Listen to Cristen's uncut 2018 interview with Kate Kelly, who sent shockwaves through the Church of Jesus Christ of La...
Boy Moms & Girl Dads
Unladylike - January 17, 2024 20:01 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsSince when did parenting opposite-gender kids get branded as #BoyMoms and #GirlDads (not to be confused with "fathers of daughters")? Cristen unravels their origins and compares what these viral identities tell us about motherhood, masculinity and societal pressures to have at least "one of each....
Why NOT Kamala 2024?
Unladylike - January 09, 2024 19:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsReady or not, the 2024 presidential election is fast approaching. So why hasn't the Democratic Party pushed for President Biden step aside and run the Veep instead? And how come the even bigger question swirling around Kamala Harris is whether SHE'S the one who should step down? Follow Unladylike...
The Daily Mail - FOR HER!
Unladylike - December 19, 2023 05:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsThe invention of tabloids was both revolutionary and regressive for women, and it all goes back to The Daily Mail (yes, that Daily Mail with the book-length headlines and endless celeb photos). In this Unladies' Room bonus episode, Kristen Meinzer (How to Be Fine, The Daily Fail) regales us with ...
American Girl Dollcore
Unladylike - December 12, 2023 05:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsHow did a line of expensive, educational dolls overtake 90s girlhood? Historians and Dolls of Our Lives hosts Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney tell us the backstory of Pleasant Rowland inventing American Girl, the brand's uneasy relationship with feminism and Barbie, and why Molly et al remain i...
Pelvic Floored (Unladies' Room bonus)
Unladylike - December 05, 2023 05:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsThe pelvic floor is so much more than Samantha Jones' kegels and postpartum prolapse. In this Unladies' Room bonus episode, pelvic floor physical therapist Dr. Kara Strauss breaks down "the keystone of the body" (!!), its many functions and why we don't talk about it enough. Kara also guides Cris...
Ask Unladylike: Bitch Boys?
Unladylike - November 28, 2023 10:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsIs it sexist when straight men call each other the b-word? Cristen tracks down how bitch has (and hasn't) evolved and advises an unlady whose boyfriend thinks the b-word is no longer gendered. Then, a neurodivergent unlady is unsure how to ask friends to stop casually dropping the r-slur. BUT FIR...
Actually GOOD Living w/ The Mash-Up Americans
Unladylike - November 21, 2023 05:01 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsWhat does a good life mean, especially when bad things are happening? The Mash-Up Americans creators and hosts Amy Choi and Rebecca Lehrer are celebrating their 10th podcast anniversary by answering just that. Amy and Rebecca share their epic story of deep friendship, storytelling partnership and...
Beauty (Pageant) Diplomacy
Unladylike - November 14, 2023 19:59 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsWhat do Miss Universe, Miss World and international beauty pageants tell us about globalization and national identity, and why are pageants becoming MORE popular across the Global South? Feminist sociologist Dr. Oluwakemi Balogun embedded in Nigeria’s beauty pageant industry to find out. Kemi tak...
Supreme Court Is BACK with Strict Scrutiny
Unladylike - November 09, 2023 17:30 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsSCOTUS just kicked off a new term, and Strict Scrutiny hosts and law professors Leah Litman and Kate Shaw are here to explain how the Justices pick which cases to hear / what fresh hell might be in store. Then, Leah and Kate break down the stakes of Acheson Hotels v. Laufer, civil rights testers ...
SHROOM BOOM 🍄, pt. 3: Psychedelic Therapy
Unladylike - November 07, 2023 10:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsAre magic mushrooms poised to become the next big mental health med, and if so, who stands to benefit? Psychologist and Chacruna Institute co-founder Dr. Clancy Cavnar reframes today's psychedelic renaissance through the lens of social justice, queer liberation and Indigenous reciprocity. Along t...
SHROOM BOOM 🍄, pt. 2: Tripsitting
Unladylike - October 31, 2023 09:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsCall the tripsitter! We’re macrodosing on magic mushrooms, psychedelic sexism and psilocybin breakthroughs with journalist and fact-checker Jennifer Chesak. Author of The Psilocybin Handbook for Women, she explains why psilocybin could work wonders for anxiety, eating disorders, endometriosis, PC...
SHROOM BOOM 🍄, pt. 1: Mushroom Hunting
Unladylike - October 24, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsWelcome to the shroom boom. It's hard not to be a mushroom enthusiast considering all the practical and medicinal magic they can do. Not to mention, they're nutrish and delish. But also sometimes deadly! In part one of three, Maria Pinto - writer and mycophile (aka fungi lover) - takes us on a fo...
Ask Unladylike: Married Last Name Change?
Unladylike - October 17, 2023 09:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsTo change or not to change? That is the married-last-name question that actor, host and proud hyphenate Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins (Dear White People, Trials to Triumphs) loves to answer. In this latest Ask Unladylike installment, Ashley and Cristen advise a listener in construction who's w...
Too-Perfect Teeth
Unladylike - October 10, 2023 09:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsWhy are more young women trading in their natural teeth for veneers, and what does it say about beauty standards, class perceptions and the dental healthcare gap? Writer Jessica Goldstein drills down on the rise of cosmetic dentistry, aesthetic veneers, head-to-toe "hotness creep" and her brillia...
Is Life Coaching a Scam?
Unladylike - October 03, 2023 09:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsWhy are so many women getting into life coaching these days, and is it legit self-help? The Dream host (and certified life coach, technically!) Jane Marie sheds light on what it is, why it's appealing and how MLMs (multilevel marketing, a la Rodan + Fields) and influencer culture pipeline straigh...
What Tarot Cards Tell You
Unladylike - September 26, 2023 09:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsDo tarot cards really have secrets to spill? Investigative journalist and Ritually host Nelufar Hedayat shares what happened when she turned to tarot for guidance on two major life decisions and how the cards connect to the history of women and minoritized groups. Cristen also discovers the surpr...
Imposter Syndroming with Aparna Nancherla
Unladylike - September 19, 2023 09:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 3.6K ratingsA lifelong self-doubter, comedian Aparna Nancherla decided to get to the bottom of her angst, and things didn't quite go as planned. From a childhood speech contest to the standup stage, Aparna takes us along her journey to finding her comedic voice, claiming her identity and confronting her inne...
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