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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Jul 20, 2024 • 1h 2min
SMNTY Classics: IUDs FYI
IUDs and implants are among the most effective contraceptive options, but their popularity in the US is only now spiking. Cristen and Caroline explain the different types and explore how stigma and sterilization fears have slowed their spread in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 19, 2024 • 33min
Feminist Movie Friday: A Quiet Place
The award-winning 2018 film A Quiet Place made a lot of headlines, including for the acting of deaf actress Millicent Simmonds. We talk about why this matters and why it shaped the movie and helped make it successful. Plus bonus discussions of aliens and apocalypse plans.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 18, 2024 • 21min
Happy Hour #127: Drama Queens (SATC S4, Ep7)
We return with a dramatic episode of our Sex and the City watch series with conversations about different stages of relationships and how past experiences can inform them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 17, 2024 • 1h 4min
SMNTY Interviews: Shirley Leung
Columnist, Associate Editor at the Boston Globe and host of the podcast Say More Shirley Leung joins us to talk about the many shades of burnout for women, especially during and after the pandemic.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 16, 2024 • 10min
Feminists Around the World: Kera Sherwood-O'Regan
Today we shine a light on the work of Sherwood-O’Regan, a disability, climate, and indigenous rights activist.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 15, 2024 • 22min
Monday Mini: Mixed Weight Couples?
Recent comments around the weights of two actors in a fictional romance in Bridgerton has kickstarted a lot of conversation. We break some of it down.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 13, 2024 • 1h 2min
SMNTY Classics: The Mothers of Gynecology
J. Marion Sims is hailed as the father of gynecology, but his legacy is tainted by his experimental surgeries on enslaved women. In this classic episode, Cristen and Caroline contextualize Sims' controversy, diagnose medicine's racist past and honor the unsung mothers of gynecology.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 12, 2024 • 30min
Female Firsts: Marie-Louise Christophe
Yves is back with the story of Marie-Louise Christophe, the first Queen of independent Haiti.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 11, 2024 • 23min
Happy Hour #126: The Cost of Caring for Yourself
Sometimes, because of experiences, systemic problems, and internalized fears, it can be hard to take care of yourself. Anney shares a recent example.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 10, 2024 • 35min
Marriage and Disability
In the US, there is something often called a 'marriage penalty' for people with disabilities. We dig into the very complicated and often heartbreaking details of what this is, and why the system was designed this way.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
