Podcasts by She Who Persisted. The Nasty Podcast.
One American. One Austrian. Too much to talk about.
biweekly feminist podcast
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Episode 44: #YesMyAriel - Black Mermaids and Disney from 2019-08-16T15:07:59
When Disney announced that Halle Bailey would be playing the new Ariel in the live-action version of The Little Mermaid, people lost their minds. We're here to break down the nonsense and support a...
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Episode 43: The Herstories of PerSisters Marsha P. Johnson and Brenda Howard from 2019-07-31T19:01:50
What do you know about the history of Stonewall and the history of Pride? Today we talk about the importance of making visible the contributions of women of marginalized identities to history. Mars...
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Episode 42: Abortion Access Hellscape America (and Europe) from 2019-06-25T11:00:57
Before we start, two things:
1. Happy Pride!!
2. Enjoy some Women's World Cup!!! That should cheer you up before we look at the recent abortion restrictions being passed throughout the f...
Episode 41: We're going to Ibiza, or How to Oust a Corrupt Government from 2019-06-05T14:40:04
As you may know, the right-wing/conservative Austrian coalition government was ousted from office via a no-confidence vote from Parliament after a video surfaced that showed the vice-chancellor in ...
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Episode 40: Gamer Girls and Games Culture with PerSister Dr. Emma Vossen from 2019-05-15T01:53:34
In this episode we talk to Dr. Emma Vossen, award winning public speaker and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at York University with a PhD from the University of Waterloo. Her research looks at the ...
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Episode 39: Fighting the Tech-Bro Stereotype with Dr. Mar Hicks from 2019-04-23T10:42:44
In this episode we finish up our interview with Historian Mar Hicks and talk about contemporary issues facing women in computing, the impact of globalization on IT, and how pink-collar jobs impact ...
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Episode 38: Creepy Politicians, Periods, and Microfinance - The State of Women Today from 2019-04-02T22:29
We interrupt our two-part interview with Mar Hicks to bring you this episode. Liz sits down with guest co-host, Amy Drayer (@amydrayer) to talk about WTF is going on in politics today, the state of...
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Episode 37: The History of Gender in Computing with Historian Dr. Mar Hicks from 2019-03-20T13:36:20
In celebration of women's history month and the 30th anniversary of the world wide web, we are kicking of our third season with a two part interview with historian Mar Hicks (@histoftech). Mar's re...
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International Women's Day - New Season Trailer from 2019-03-07T15:22:32
Happy International Women's Day and welcome to the new season of She Who Persisted. The Nasty Podcast.
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Episode 36: Fighting Intimate Partner Violence with PerSister LY Marlow, Founder of "Saving Promise" from 2018-12-18T16:40:02
In our last episode before Christmas (and our last episode in 2018!), Bea sits down to talk with acclaimed author, compelling storyteller and inspiring advocate LY Marlow about her organization "Sa...
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Episode 35: Let it Grow - Body Hair Stigma and the Fight against it. from 2018-12-11T07:00:05
Grab all your pre-Christmas chocolate and cookies and listen to Liz and Bea discuss (gendered) body hair, the history of its removal and the fight against body hair stigma.
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Episode 34: Menstrual Entrepreneurship with PerSister Hallie Mazurkiewicz from 2018-11-27T15:00:09
In this episode we speak with Hallie Mazurkiewicz, founder of Lunar Wild. Hallie turned her own very positive period experience into her entrepreneurial passion and we had a great discussion about ...
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Episode 33: Fighting Period Poverty with PerSister Raashi Thakkar, Founder of the Minte Project from 2018-11-13T05:05:05
In this episode Bea and Liz sit down with PerSister Raashi Thakkar to discuss her initiative to provide menstrual products and education to rural India, The Minte Project. She's doing amazing work ...
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Episode 32: Feminist Halloween Edition from 2018-10-30T05:00:12
How are you planning on celebrating Halloween this year? In this episode we discuss how to have a feminist Halloween in the era of #metoo, because there's nothing scarier on Halloween than rape-cul...
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Episode 31: Monstrous Menstruation - The Carries and others from 2018-10-16T10:00:43
It's October, our favorite month! Time for the morbid, macabre, and scary. You know what patriarchy seems to be very scared of? Yep, menstruation. In the fourth episode of our menstruation series, ...
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Emergency Minisode: Fevered Fury - Supreme Ragespiration from 2018-10-07T15:11:09
Beatrice talks about women's rage as the impetus for action.
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Episode 30: Eve's Curse - Menstruation Taboos Across Cultures from 2018-10-02T17:00
In this episode Elizabeth and Bea discuss period taboos and cultural beliefs around menstruation. Some of it's good, some of it...not so much, so grab some chocolate and settle in.
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Episode 29: Blood Money: Tampon Tax and Period Poverty from 2018-09-18T04:00
In the second episode of our menstruation series, we talk about the painful truth of financial discrimination based on biology. yep, tampon tax, period poverty, the whole bloody shebang.
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Episode 28: The Red Menace - Period Shame and Period Positivity from 2018-09-04T21:00
One thing that causes us pain and necessitates the consumption of copious amounts of chocolate is PMS and period pain. You know what causes us even more pain and requires the consumption of even mo...
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Episode 27: The Snail Darter Gang - Ecofeminism and Vegan Feminism from 2018-08-21T12:30
Grab your vegan chocolate and listen to Liz and Bea (despite her heatwave-induced aphasia) talk about the origins of ecofeminism, ecofeminism and intersectionality, speciesism, the intersection of ...
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Episode 26: Sex-Positive Feminism from 2018-08-07T14:00
Grab some chocolate and join us for this month's first episode and the first episode ever that was recorded in ONE PLACE and not via the Internet. Yes, we were actually in the same room and talking...
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Episode 25: True Crime and Feminism from 2018-07-17T15:00
Grab some chocolate and join Liz and Beatrice for a discussion about true crime podcasts and television shows, the feminist community that has sprung up around it, and how we can all do better to b...
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Episode 24: Virtual misogyny: The Manosphere and INCELS from 2018-07-03T04:00
Grab your chocolate (lots of it) and listen to Liz and Bea talk about the manosphere, men's rights activists (i.e. anti women's rights activits) on the Interwebs, INCELS, terrorism and all the horr...
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Episode 23: Celebrating Summer Solstice with perSister Heather Moser from 2018-06-19T17:00
Summer solstice isn't just the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, it's also associated with fertility rituals and goddesses. Join Bea, Liz and our special guest Heather in our disc...
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Episode 22: How to be a male feminist with Michael Würmer from 2018-06-05T04:00
Men who claim to be feminists and then turn out to be (alleged) abusers of women (like James Deen or, most recently Eric Schneiderman) repeatedly focus the public's attention on male feminism: is i...
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Episode 21: "DIY Rules for a WTF world" with PerSister Krista Suh from 2018-05-29T04:00
Today we talk with perSister Krista Suh, founder of the hat project about her new book "DIY Rules for a WTF World: How to Speak Up, Get Creative, and Change the World". We discuss masculine "art" v...
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Episode 20: No Kidding - Childfree and Loving it from 2018-05-15T15:00
When are you going to have kids? Never?! That's fine with us.
In this episode we look at the childfree movement and the supposed epidemic of women, who choose not to follow their "biolo...
Episode 19: The Friendzone and Toxic Masculinity from 2018-05-01T16:00
You guys, you'll need all the chocolate for this 'cause we'll be talking about the myth of the friendzone and all the misogyny connected to it. It's ugly.
What do the "friendzone", toxic...
Episode 18.1: "In Praise of Difficult Women" with PerSister Karen Karbo from 2018-04-24T10:00
We are so excited to present this interview with author Karen Karbo about her new book, "In Praise of Difficult Women." We talk about the women who inspire us, the importance of intersectional femi...
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Episode 18: Our favourite feminists - ANNIVERSARY EDITION from 2018-04-17T04:00
Grab some chocolate (this time, though, merely for celebratory reasons instead of psychohygiene) and listen to Liz and Bea talk about some awesome, badass inspiring feminists that shaped their own...
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Rebroadcast: Episode 1 - Hail the Goddess, A Very Special Easter Episode from 2018-04-03T10:00
To celebrate one year of podcasting and our vast quantities of leftover, discount candy, we're rebroadcasting our very first episode on thie history of Easter and our personal relationships with th...
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Episode 17: Women's History Month - The US Edition with PerSister Amy Drayer from 2018-03-20T17:30
Grab your chocolate (lots of chocolate!) and listen to Bea, Liz and special guest Amy talk about all the things from reproductive freedom, to the suffragette movement, to retirement poverty.
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Episode 16: Dumbledore's Army - Women's Rights in Austria from 2018-03-08T17:00
Happy International Women's Day!!! After a bit of a break, we're back to kick off Women's Month and International Women's Day with a discussion about women's rights in Austria. Join Liz and Bea as ...
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Ready for Relaunch? from 2018-03-02T05:00
Just a quick heads-up to tell you what's coming. Stay tuned!
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New Years Minisode: Changes are Coming from 2018-01-04T21:00
Sometimes, life happens. In this minisode, Beatrice wishes you a happy new year and fills you in on some changes at SWP. We hope to be back with new episodes soon!!
This show is part of...
Episode 15: Happy Feministmas!! from 2017-12-19T16:00
Are you ready for Feministmas? It is a wonderful time of year that celebrates some pretty kickass ladies from history and myth! From saints to goddesses and trees to mistletoe, grab your holiday ch...
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Episode 14: Sick and Tired - Women as Patients from 2017-12-13T03:00
The ladies of SWP sat down to talk about sexism and how women are treated by healthcare professionals. Spoiler alert: it's not great. Grab some chocolate and settle in for a frank conversation abou...
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Episode 13: Wating for Gadot - Feminism and Superheroes from 2017-11-15T15:30
With the Justice League movie coming out this Friday, 17 November, Beth, Liz and Bea discuss the topic of female superheroes (a.k.a. every woman in existence ever). We look at Wonder Woman, Supergi...
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Episode 12: Sexy, Sexist Costumes - A Special Halloween Minisode from 2017-10-31T16:00
What are you dressing as for Halloween? Chances are, if you're a woman, your options range from sexy nun to sexy goldfish and we deserve better. So.....head down to your local store, grab whatever ...
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Episode 11: Life Lessons from Witches Around the World from 2017-10-30T15:00
Listen to tales of cannibalism, poltergeisty hauntings, burning and murder. From Baba Yaga to the Bell Witch to Brazilians with beliefs - we have got you covered and we'll even throw in good advice...
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Episode 10: Foxes, Magic, and Persecution - Non-European Witches from 2017-10-27T13:00
Practitioners of magic (aka witches) are found all around the world. Grab all the Halloween chocolate you can find and listen to the ladies from the She Who Persisted Podcast talk about some of the...
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Episode 9: Witches in Pop Culture - Interview with PerSister Allene Nichols from 2017-10-24T18:00
Grab some Halloween candy and listen to Liz talk with our special guest PerSister Allene Nichols about pop-culture depictions of witches and witchcraft. The conversation spans from good vs. evil wi...
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Episode 8: The Old and The Ugly - Witches in Fairy Tales and Myth from 2017-10-17T22:00
We at She Who Persisted strongly oppose luring people into huts and eating them. We do, however, support dancing naked in woods.
So, grab your chocolate and listen to Heather, Liz, and B...
Episode 7: Witches' Herstory: the persecution, the killing, the burning. from 2017-10-10T05:00
Grab your Halloween chocolate and listen to Heather explain all the things about the fun parts of being a woman in the early modern era (like not being allowed to do or say anything ever because an...
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Episode 6: Asèxuale - the (not so) new fragrance for YOU from 2017-10-08T07:30
Grab your chocolate and listen to Beth and Bea talk about asexuality, grey-asexuality, demisexuality (not demigods!), allyship and cats in this very sexy episode. No seriously, it's a good one.
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Episode 5.3: LGBTQIA* in Academia - PerSister Nancy Matthews from 2017-09-25T14:00
Now in her thirteenth year of teaching at Cal State Long Beach, Nancy Matthews talks to She Who Persisted about how to create safe spaces and foster environments within which students can grow and ...
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Episode 5.2: LGBTQIA* in Academia - PerSister Jessye Cohen-Filipic from 2017-08-13T16:00
A bit of information about our wonderful interviewee:
Jessye Cohen-Filipic is a licensed psychologist and assistant professor at a liberal arts college. Jessye has been involved in socia...
Episode 5.1: LGBTQIA* in Academia - PerSister Holly Painter from 2017-07-17T01:00
On this episode of the She Who Persisted podcast, Heather speaks with Holly Painter, a writer and lecturer for the University of Vermont as they discuss life for LGBT communities within academia, s...
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Episode 5: Queer while Academic - LGBTQIA* people in academia from 2017-07-04T19:00
It is July already, but we are still celebrating PRIDE. As a kick-off to our series of interviews with LGBTIAQ* folks in academia (stay tuned), Heather, Elizabeth and Beatrice introduce you to the ...
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Episode 4.1: Rethinking Sodom: The Bible and Queer Sexuality from 2017-06-18T13:30
It's time to grab your chocolate again, as in this episode (which is a cutout from last week's binegativity episode), Bethany talks about everything that is wrong with all of us disgusting (homo/bi...
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Episode 4: Don’t Rain on my Bisexual Parade – Binegativity and Misogyny from 2017-06-11T14:12:15
We are kicking off pride month like we kick off everything: talking about things that are depressing as fuck. This time bi-negativity and misogyny and the intersection of both. Do we need to remind...
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Episode 3.3: Pregnant Bodies as/in the Public Space from 2017-06-08T13:29:28
Women's bodies are routinely scrutinized, policed, touched without their consent and decided upon without their having a say in it. Don't worry, it gets worse: being pregnant does not really change...
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Episode 3.2: The Postpartum Depression Minisode with PerSister Angela Ruggieri from 2017-05-28T15:36:39
May is postpartum depression awareness month! So, Heather sat down with a postpartum depression survivor and her partner to talk about her struggle with the illness in this minisode.
Thi...
Episode 3.1: Tokophobia Minisode from 2017-05-21T18:24:31
Are you afraid of pregnancy? You're not alone. Grab your chocolate as Beatrice, Elizabeth, and Heather talk about tokophobia and fear of pregnancy, childbirth, health care, and death.
Th...
Episode 3: Pregnant Bodies – the (questionably) good, the bad, and the chocolate from 2017-05-14T19:54:11
In this Mother's Day episode, Heather explains pregnancy while Beth, Beatrice, and Liz realise that they need inhalers to get through the episode. Grab your chocolate and your Feminist rage and lea...
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Episode 2.1: PerSister Boni Wozolek from 2017-05-08T15:27:36
YAY! INTERVIEW SPECIAL!! As an epilogue to episode 2 (women in academia) and prologue to episode 3, Heather interviews inspiring perSister Dr. Boni Wozolek. She tells us about her struggles in aca...
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Episode 2: “Lady Brains and Party Planning – Women in Academia” from 2017-05-01T17:55:08
Dear nasties, this week, joined by Elizabeth, the four women of She Who Persisted tackle sexism and struggles in academia. So get your chocolate ready, get pizza, and a therapist and listen to this...
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Episode 1: “Hail the Goddess! The VERY SPECIAL EASTER SPECIAL.” from 2017-04-17T17:53:14
Welcome to the She Who Persisted Podcast! For our first episode, we decided to take a look at the history of Easter and our personal relationships with the holiday. We hope you enjoy.
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