Stuff Mom Never Told You

What is a nerd? Anney and Samantha discuss.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What happens when you love something with all your heart and it hurts you? We delve into the emotional, grieving process of losing a fandom - specifically, Harry Potter - and why it hurts so much. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the face of censorship and government surveillance, Vietnamese musician Mai Khoi kept fighting to be heard and to change things in Vietnam. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anney and Samantha discuss media they are enjoying, and ponder if there is something even more relaxing than cozy games. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What "perfect" teeth look like depends on where in the world you are. In this classic episode, Cristen and Caroline shed light on the intersections between beauty, social status and teeth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Conversion therapy has a long, disturbing history, and it has not gone away. We dig into the intersection of religion and the queer community. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is adulting, and how is SMNTY doing at it? We ask each other the dreaded question: "How are you?" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After finding the Resistance, Tilda learns not everything is what it seems. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SMNTY achieves a goal of talking about the history of women in soccer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In recent years, there has been an uptick of self-identified incels getting cosmetic surgery, and it points to a lot of darker trends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this classic episode, Anney and Samantha flip through the pages of the Birds of Prey comics, digging into past portrayals of Batgirl, Oracle, Black Canary, Huntress, special guest Harley Quinn, and others. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yves joins us to shine a light on the first Black American professional Nurse, Mary Eliza Mahoney. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anniversaries, recent events and messages from you all have us reflecting on women, health and medicine, and not being believed or being dismissed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over the years, hip hop has evolved and women have been at the heart of it since the beginning. We highlight some of the legends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we talk about the work of Indigenous activist Tarcila Rivera Zea. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a historic strike of both writers and actors, we shine a light on what's going on and why it is an intersectional feminist issue. We also pull back the curtain on some Emmy news and why it has caused some controversy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fanfiction has long been a very queer, very woman-dominated space. One of the biggest names in fanfic is AO3. We trace the history of this site, and ponder its future in this classic episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For this month's book, we discuss Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha's powerful 2018 book "Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this very special season 2 finale episode of our Sex and the City series, we welcome listener Lou to discuss etiquette around exes, dramatic exits, and the age old question of platonic friendships in a heteronormative sense. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bridget Todd joins us to discuss two high profile and vastly different instances of famous men using social media to shame or control women and their bodies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Octavia Butler's The Parable of the Sower featured still relevant conversations around race, climate change, gender, and religion. It also featured a young Black protagonist with hyper-empathy named Lauren Olamina, who created her own religion when she saw a change that needed to happen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For Disability Pride Month, we do a check-in on our personal experiences with disability and internalized ableism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Where are the women in archaeology? What is the 'Indiana Jones effect'? Join Caroline and Cristen as they explore the lives of Agatha Christie and other notable women in archaeology in this classic episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There is a long and complex history around queer people and Western Christianity. We trace that history, and talk about how it's being weaponized in our current political environment.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The nostalgia fueled Super Mario Brothers movie is a huge financial success, and Anney has some thoughts about it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.