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Stuff Mom Never Told You
Through an intersectional feminist perspective, hosts Anney and Samantha dive into science, history, and culture to make sense of the everyday and unpack the stories that brought us to where we are today. This podcast aims to better understand the challenges facing women and marginalized folks all over the world and highlights the tools we can use to tackle them head on.
Episodes
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Book Club: Salt Baby
Falen Johnson's play Salt Baby tackles issues of Indigenous identity, family and inter-racial dating with humor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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Happy Hour #95: Four Women and a Funeral (SATC S2, Ep5)
Funeral meet-cutes? Funeral fashion? Becoming a social pariah? Getting back with an ex? Existential crisis? A single woman buying an apartment?? We continue…
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Feminist Movie Wednesday: Prey
The hunt is on with the 2022 Predator prequel film Prey. This sci-fi horror movie honed into so much more, from language, skill, gender norms and the dreaded…
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Activists Around the World: Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
Today's focus is on environmental, women's and Indigenous activist (and cartographer) Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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Monday Mini: Election Reflections
In the wake of the US midterm elections, we discuss the disappointments and wins, and how we're dealing with it all. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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SMNTY Classics: Feminism and the English Language with Wordslut
In this classic episode, Amanda Montell, author of 'Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language', stops by to discuss reclaiming gendered…
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A SMNTY Interview with Jamie Summers
Friend of the show and Twitch streamer Jamie Summers opens up about her experience with the platform, its problems, how it could improve, and how it can be a…
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Happy Hour #94: This is the Way?
It's beginning to look a lot like Life Day! So let's talk about helmets, armor, Mandalorians and toxic masculinity! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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Twitch-y Women
As long as women have been streaming on Twitch, they have been the target of harassment, judgment and worse. At the same time, many have built strong…
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Fictional Women Around the World: Maya Lopez (AKA Echo)
In another attempt to explain Marvel, we tackle the extremely skilled deaf Indigenous superhero Maya Lopez, AKA Echo. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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Monday Mini: Just Jilling (Off)
When it comes to slang about women masturbating, Samantha and Anney realize they are massively uneducated. From jilling off to flicking the bean, they react to…
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SMNTY Classics: The Craft
We're the weirdos, mister. In this classic episode, Anney and Samantha revisit the 1996 cult classic The Craft, and dig into the themes of witches, community…
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r/SMNTY: Women and Reddit
Reddit is a huge collection of online communities that house everything from toxic misogyny to beautiful feminism and the most niche things in between. We…
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Happy Hour #93: They Shoot Single People, Don't They? (SATC S2, Ep4)
We power walk through our Sex and the City rewatch and discuss singlehood and give ourselves nightmares with dirty talk. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
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Internet Hate Machine with Bridget Todd
The US midterms have once again brought to the forefront the abuse women, especially Black women and women of color, face online and the consequences of…
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Activists Around the World: Autumn Peltier
Today we're highlighting the work of Indigenous environmental activist Autumn Peltier and her long history of using her voice to fight. See…
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Monday Mini: The Halloween Special!
Happy Halloween, SMNTY style! We check in on some goings on, horror movies, news and voting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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SMNTY Classics: The VVitch
In this classic edition of Feminist Movie Friday, Anney and Samantha continue their witch streak with The VVitch. Come and live deliciously with us. Butter not…
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Female Firsts: Lilian Ngoyi
Yves spotlights the story and accomplishments of Lilian Ngoyi, the first woman elected to the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress…
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Happy Hour #92: The Last of Us Remake Review
You knew it was coming. Anney dishes on The Last of Us Remake and the trailer for the show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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SMNTY Fiction: Terminus (Chapter 4)
In chapter four, Tilda and Madison find a brief respite before approaching enemies force Tilda to make a desperate choice. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
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Fictional Women Around the World: Heather Mason
A teen walks into a mall in Silent Hill and learns she is the literal stuff of nightmares summoned by a cult. Silent Hill 3's Heather Mason handles hell with…
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Monday Mini: Misogyny and Mobile Gaming
A recent spate of mobile games focusing on women getting a glow up or cleaning house in order to get a man has us scratching our heads. See…
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Spoiled Saturdays: Fear Street
There is nothing to fear but Fear Street itself. In this killer episode, SMNTY slashes through the Fear Street trilogy to talk about witches, love and…
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SMNTY Classics: Witchsploitation
Must be the season of the witch. Anney and Samantha look at the intersection of witches and exploitation throughout history and the current cultural moment…
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Happy Hour #91: Negroni Sbagliato
The House of SMNTY sips on the viral drink and chats about how it went viral and House of the Dragon on the cusp of the season finale. See…
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Let's Talk Witches: Wanda Maximoff
Marvel's Wanda Maximoff, AKA Scarlet Witch, historically represents many intersections - Romani, Jewish and a witch. Friend of the show Joey Patt joins us to…
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Activists Around the World: Trisha Shetty
Today we spotlight the work of lawyer, activist, speaker, educator and advocate Trisha Shetty when it comes to gender equality. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
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Monday Mini: Listener Mail
We open the virtual mail bag once again to discuss Anne of Green Gables, convention experiences and fanfiction. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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SMNTY Classics: Witchy Women
There's a little witch in all of us. For this classic edition of Feminist Movie Friday, Anney and Samantha revisit two Halloween classics: Practical Magic and…
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Feminist Movie Friday: Tigers Are Not Afraid
Issa López's 2017 haunting Mexican crime-fantasy movie Tigers Are Not Afraid made a big impression on horror royalty and on us. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
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Happy Hour #90: Quick Horror Movie Reviews, Pt. 2
In part two of our Horror Happy Hour, Anney shares her spoiler-y thoughts on recent horror movies She Will and Bodies Bodies Bodies. See…
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Book Club: Mexican Gothic
A creepy mansion, shifty family, burgeoning romance and a determined heroine. Come join us as we get to the roots of Silvia Moreno-Garcia's 2020 horror novel…
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Activists Around the World: Veronica Cruz
We celebrate the work of one of the founders of women's rights organization Las Libres Veronica Cruz, with a specific focus on abortion. See…
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Monday Mini: SMNTY Reviews Hocus Pocus 2
The witches are back! Sisterhood, friendship, aging and song! We give a quick and spoilery review of the new movie Hocus Pocus 2. See omnystudio.com/listener…
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SMNTY Classics: All Them Witches
Anney and Samantha cast a spell with Hocus Pocus and The Witches and discuss the depiction of witches in children's movies in this classic episode. Is it all…
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Elevated Horror and #MeToo
What is elevated horror? And what does it have to do with the rise of horror movies tackling topics around women and #MeToo? We unearth the drama behind the…
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Happy Hour #89: La Gritona Reposado Tequila
We sip on some La Gritona Reposado tequila and chat about what it takes to succeed in male-dominated industries as a woman. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
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Next Up with Anna Hossnieh
Podcast producer, host extraordinaire and founder of Next Up Anna Hossnieh joins us to share the importance of diverse stories in podcasting, and how the…
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Activists Around the World: Bertha Zuniga Cacera
We discuss the power of legacy while spotlighting the work of Bertha Zuniga Cacera and her mother around indigenous rights and environmental activism. See…
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Monday Mini: What's Going On in Iran?
Anney and Samantha give an overview of the protests in Iran, and how women are (and have been) at the forefront. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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SMNTY Classics: Nadja of Antipaxos
Nadja of Antipaxos from What We Do in the Shadows is a vampire that knows what she wants and will fight for it. In this classic episode, possessed dolls…
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SMNTY Fiction: Terminus (Chapter 3)
The elements are against Tilda and Madison as Tilda weighs her options, all of them dangerous in their own way, all while grappling with self-doubt. See…
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Happy Hour #88: Quick Horror Reviews, Pt. 1
It's a good (and interesting) time to be a horror fan, especially with the glut of elevated or social horror. Anney gives some quick spoiler-y reviews of the…
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Book Club: Persuasion
SMNTY formally requests your listenership of this tasteful and of course classy discussion on the hot goss and spilling of the tea in Jane Austen's Persuasion…
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Fictional Women Around the World: America Chavez
In this Super Super-Sized episode, we welcome fantastic friend of the show Joey Patt to talk about the history, future, and importance of Marvel character…
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Monday Mini: An Update on Abortion in the US
As we see more and more fallout from the overturning Roe v Wade in the US, we dig into some of the impacts across the country. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
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SMNTY Classics: Officer O'Leary
Whether investigating noise complaints about partying seventies ghosts or millennial zombies, Wellington Paranormal's Officer O'Leary really just wants people…
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Feminist Movie Friday: Anne of Avonlea
In the continuing story of SMNTY watching Anne of Green Gables, we discuss the themes of the second in the CBC series, including home, change, love and kindred…
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Happy Hour #87: Still In Crisis
Is it a birthday, a pandemic or a mid-life crisis? All three? How does one celebrate these days? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Meghan Markle and Single Use Hate Accounts
Podcast royalty Bridget Todd shines some light on the internet's apparent overwhelming hatred of Meghan Markle, where it is coming from and the systems in…
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Activists Around the World: Jackeline Romero Epiayu
In this episode, we look at the work, trials and hope of Colombian activist Jackeline Romero Epiayu. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Monday Mini: An Update on Feminism
A recent survey on feminism revealed some interesting results. We delve into the numbers and discuss what they could mean. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
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SMNTY Classics: Why Didn't You Believe Her?
In this classic episode, horror fans Anney and guest co-host Lauren Vogelbaum talk about the horror movie trope of not believing women, and how it relates to…
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Feminist Movie Friday: Anne of Green Gables
SMNTY searches for bosom buddies and kindred spirits with the beloved 1985 series Anne of Green Gables. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Happy Hour #86: Boundaries and Asking for Help
In this mish-mash of an episode, topics include setting up boundaries, people-pleasing, and asking for help. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…
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SMNTY Classics: Unbalancing Work-Life Balance
In the third installment of a special "Lean In" series, Cristen and Caroline discuss why "work-life balance" and the idea of "having it all" is a myth in this…
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Activists Around the World: Melissa Cristina Marquez
Marine biologist Melissa Cristina Marquez's enthusiasm and passion around sharks is infectious and has rightfully earned her some recognition. We look into her…
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Monday Mini: Post Connnnnnn!
Yes, that's a Star Trek reference. Anney, shining bright from her experience embodying Disco Luke Skywalker (or is that the sequins and glitter?), shares her…
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SMNTY Classics: Are soap operas underrated in TV history?
It's no secret that some people think soap operas are just junky TV for housewives. But is that true? Join Cristen and Molly as they trace the history and…