Stuff Mom Never Told You
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Through an intersectional feminist perspective, hosts Anney and Samantha dive into science, history, and culture to make sense of the everyday and unpack the stories that brought us to where we are today. This podcast aims to better understand the challenges facing women and marginalized folks all over the world and highlights the tools we can use to tackle them head on.
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Aug 16, 2025 • 27min
SMNTY Classics: Women in Modern Medicine
Whether it's pioneering vaccines or new technologies, women have made a significant impact in the medical field and our lives at large. In this classic episode, we highlight some women doing amazing work in the modern medicine.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 15, 2025 • 31min
SMNTY Fiction: Terminus, Part 3 (Chapter 4)
In the penultimate chapter, Tilda confronts the people who took her son and tries to get him back.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 14, 2025 • 17min
Happy Hour #181: Embracing Childhood Too Late?
When is too late to start enjoying 'childish' things, especially if you didn't get to enjoy them in your childhood? Samantha and Anney chat about some recent experiences.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 13, 2025 • 42min
Feminist Movie Wednesday: The Last Unicorn
This 1982 animated film - and a fave of Anney's as a kid - was often labeled an 'Anti-Disney' cartoon, and rightly so. The plot follows a unicorn searching for answers, a bumbling magician, and a woman struggling with her age. We delve into themes of love, regret and loneliness.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 12, 2025 • 13min
Feminists Around the World: Veronica Gago
Today we highlight some of the many works and activism of Veronica Gago, how intersectionality plays into it all, and what we can learn.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 11, 2025 • 12min
Monday Mini: What's Going on With the Tea Dating App?
Tea Dating Advice App is an app aimed only towards women that has caused a lot of legal conversations and anger amongst men. We talk the legalities, the recent data breaches and women's safety.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 9, 2025 • 44min
SMNTY Classics: SMNTY Builds a Community
Women-run communes hold a certain appeal for a lot of us for many reasons. We uncover the history of women led and women-only communities, and pontificate about what our own ideal community would look like in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 8, 2025 • 1h 21min
Are Virginity and Purity Cultures Making a Comeback?
Several recent headlines have reported that Gen Z is having less sex than previous generations. The reasons are complicated and numerous. We untangle some of them, and discuss the return of the ideas of virginity and purity culture in some online spaces.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 7, 2025 • 19min
Happy Hour #180: Tuning in to PBS
As federal funding for public media is stripped away, Anney and Samantha share fond memories of watching and listening to public stations.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 6, 2025 • 52min
Book Club: Just As Long As We're Together
This 1987 Judy Blume classic captures the changing times of girlhood, adolescence and friends. Anney and Samantha swap memories of friendship and growing up.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
