Kindreds

What does it mean to bear the burden of emotional labor?  This unpaid, unending work falls disproportionately to women, and it can be hard to define because it depends on the context. At work emotional labor includes adjusting the expressions of your emotions to benefit a colleague or client in a positive way (i.e. “service with a smile").  In relationships it can mean engaging in intensive conver...

What are the dating dos and don'ts that single people are expected to follow if they're part of a church community? We discuss the experience of dating while Christian, specifically in the more conservative and evangelical world that we grew up in. We pay particular attention to the troubling double standards for men and women that we were taught as young people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

Can women get along with each other? Whether it’s in the workplace, in friendship, or in church, we’re often told that women are incapable of working well with each other. Is there something to this generalization or is it more of a self-fulfilling prophecy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you identify as a feminist? If so, what does that mean? We challenge the idea of “choice feminism” while discussing our personal struggles with decisions we’ve made that might not be perceived as “feminist.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What’s behind the “modesty rules” for dress in schools and faith communities? How do these explicit and implicit rules impact boys and girls? What about for people of color and those who identify as genderqueer? We explore our curiosities around the gender of clothing and its broader cultural implications. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Should I have a kid? Can I have a kid? We dive into the complex questions surrounding the decision-making process of how we create our families. We also lift up the many barriers and injustices that prevent people from being able to make these decisions freely. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Does self-care have to cost a lot of money? Does it have to be practiced in solitude? We discuss the guilt and insecurities we feel when we don’t know how to meet our own needs--and offer up some practices that have helped us learn to do just that. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When we call a girl “bossy” or a woman “intimidating” what are we really communicating to and about her? We talk about the importance of raising girls up as leaders, both within their faith communities and outside of them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.