America's Sweethearts? The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders' Story
From wage discrimination to dangerous weight loss methods to personal safety concerns, the scandals that have rocked the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders over the past half century touch on almost every issue in contemporary feminist discourse.
This week, Vanessa and Natalie talk to Sarah Hepola, creator of the Texas Monthly podcast America’s Girls and author of Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget. Sarah looks back at the history of the beloved cheerleading team, the complicated place they hold in our culture, and what those cheerleaders meant to her as a young girl growing up in…
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