Stuff Mom Never Told you
Stuff Mom Never Told You
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The Baby Weight-Loss Race
Celebrities' post-childbirth weight loss has become a standard feature of ...
Celebrities' post-childbirth weight loss has become a standard feature of tabloids. Cristen and Caroline examine our collective fixation on these new moms' bodies and how it skews non-celebrity perceptions on how women should expect to look after they're done expecting.
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Baby Bumps
In 2002, tabloid editor Bonnie Fuller coined the term "bump ...
In 2002, tabloid editor Bonnie Fuller coined the term "bump watch" that stoked our pop cultural obsession with celebrity pregnancies. Cristen and Caroline discuss why we care about famous people's uteruses and how the Hollywood bump watch influences non-celebrity pregnancies and female body image.
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Dolores Huerta's Grassroots Legacy
Labor and Chicano civil rights activist Dolores Huerta made history ...
Labor and Chicano civil rights activist Dolores Huerta made history organizing underpaid farmworkers and exposing the plight of the people who feed American families. Cristen and Caroline celebrate her grassroots passion that defied gender and cultural barriers and continues to inspire.
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Farmer Janes
Being a farmer's wife used to be the pinnacle role ...
Being a farmer's wife used to be the pinnacle role for women in agriculture, but that's changing fast. As more women reclaim land and run farms, Cristen and Caroline highlight how they're becoming seen as the rising gatekeepers of sustainable food production.
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Divorced Women
Society has always been a little suspicious of the divorced ...
Society has always been a little suspicious of the divorced woman: Is she a gold-digging threat or a pitiful, jilted wife? Most likely, she's neither. Cristen and Caroline wade through the stereotypes to uncover the reality of life as a divorcee.
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Trophy Wives
Do beautiful women marry for money? Cristen and Caroline unpack ...
Do beautiful women marry for money? Cristen and Caroline unpack the gender- and race-loaded stereotype of the Trophy Wife and investigate whether she really exists.
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Social Justice Warriors
Can social media change the world? So-called social justice warriors, ...
Can social media change the world? So-called social justice warriors, slactivists and hashtag activists think so. In this episode, Cristen and Caroline dissect social media activism and its backlash and ponder the perils of political correctness.
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Can science fiction change the world?
Science fiction writers like Octavia Butler and Ursula K. Le ...
Science fiction writers like Octavia Butler and Ursula K. Le Guin have long used this otherworldy genre to confront discrimination and inequality. Cristen and Caroline chat with Bitch Media's Sarah Mirk about the power of science fiction to create the equitable future we'd like to see in the real world.
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Are women more passive aggressive?
Sure, fine, whatever. What is passive aggression, and why is ...
Sure, fine, whatever. What is passive aggression, and why is it associated stereotypically with women? Cristen and Caroline break down what passive aggression is, where it comes from and how it plays out among genders.
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Obsessed with OCD
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder and why does it happen? Cristen ...
What is obsessive-compulsive disorder and why does it happen? Cristen and Caroline separate mental health facts from pop cultural fiction about this commonly misunderstood disorder that affects millions of men and women.
