Stuff Mom Never Told You

Anney has returned from DragonCon and highlights her favorite cosplays, the wins of Disco Luke and shares some parting thoughts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anti-aging. Anti-wrinkles. Aging in women has long been demonized. Anney and Samantha brush up on the history of our preoccupation with youth in women and the lengths we have gone to stay forever young in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this classic, we're taking it down nostalgia lane with the Super Nintendo hero Terra Branford from Final Fantasy 3/6, depending on your version. Part human, part ethereal creature, all pixelated glory, Terra's journey of self-discovery is one that still resonates.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As AI and technology continues to accelerate, women and girls are often subject to the dark side of it and so far, our laws are far behind in protecting them. We discuss recent examples and proposals to combat the damages.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While probably not what you think of when conjuring up an image of a cult leader, women have been and are cult leaders and instrumental to propping up and running these organizations. Anney and Samantha discuss the definition of cult, what makes a cult leader, who they target for members and historical women cult leaders in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yves shares the story of Jarena Lee, the first authorized woman preacher of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now that we're back from speaking at the Podcast Movement conference in DC, we do a check-in on how we feel, and how it went.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Summer 2024 Olympics have come to a close. We take a look back over some of the controversies and the triumphs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a traumatic incident led to imprisonment, Teodora del Carmen Vasquez became an advocate for reproductive rights in El Salvador, and around the world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recent media has once again kickstarted a conversation around the responsibility of depicting domestic violence. We talk about some examples, and why its important that we talk about it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.