She Who Persisted. The Nasty Podcast.

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 an inclusive Ariel.Tracey Baptiste - "Mermaids have always been Black." - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/opinion/black-little-mermaid.html

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. Marsha P. Johnson and Brenda Howard. Remember their names. Remember their stories.For links and show notes, check out our website http://www.shewhopersisted.com

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 feminist hellscape that is the United States and the anti-choice discourse that has started to become more relevant in many European countries too.

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 Ibiza promising favorable treatment for government contracts to a (supposed) niece of Russian oligarch and basically suggested selling Austria's biggest tabloid to her. Sound shady? Yep, it's super shady. This is how you oust a corrupt government. Join us in our conversation about the political situation in Austria and what it means for the future of feminist politics.

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 myriad of different ways marginalized people have difficulty accessing gameplay and games culture both historically and in the present. She is the co-author and co-editor of the anthology Feminism in Play.Check out Emma online at http://emmavossen.com or on Twitter @emmahvossen

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 everyone.Tip: the answer to all of our problems may be labor organizing.

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 women in the world, and how we can resist the patriarchy.Follow Amy on Twitter @amydrayerShow notes and links on our webpage: http://shewhopersisted.com

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 research explores the intersection of computing, gender, and labor and this first part of our interview looks at how important it is to include gender in our explorations of the past.For more information on their research check out mariehicks.net

Happy International Women's Day and welcome to the new season of She Who Persisted. The Nasty Podcast.

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 "Saving Promise", whose goal it is to “disrupt the cycle of intimate partner violence in at-risk adolescence and young adults and create safer communities for generations to come.” https://www.savingpromise.org/for their new campaign "Don't Just Give a Damn" go to: https://www.savingpromise.org/dont-just-give-a-damn/Our listeners get 15% off FUR products: visit www.furyou.com and enter the code “PERSIST15” at check-out.Check our homepage for further shownotes, sources and resources: www.shewhopersisted.comCheck our Instagram for pics: https://www.instagram.com/shewhopersisted/Please support SWP on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shewhopersisted

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. Our listeners get 15% off FUR products: visit www.furyou.com and enter the code “PERSIST15” at check-out.Check our homepage for further shownotes, sources and resources: www.shewhopersisted.comCheck our Instagram for pics: https://www.instagram.com/shewhopersisted/Please support SWP on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shewhopersisted

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 how to talk more about periods and start normalizing our discussion about women's bodies.Listeners can use promo-code NASTY at checkout for $10 off a period box at lunarwild.com

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 and you can support her by starting a chapter on your campus, or through donations.Check out the project's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/minte.project/ and DM her to get in touch or write an E-Mail: raashi924@gmail.com

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-culture. So join us and grab some halloween candy to listen to our discussion of ways to smash the patriarchy with thoughtful non-racist halloween costumes, movies with strong female leads, and opportunities to get-out-the-vote. Check out our show notes at http://shewhopersisted.comsupport us on: https://www.patreon.com/shewhopersisted

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, we talk about menstruation in horror films, most particularly "Carrie". Get your chocolate ready and enjoy some menstrual horror.

Beatrice talks about women's rage as the impetus for action.Rebecca Traister - "Good and Mad": http://www.rebeccatraister.com/"Why is This Happening" - https://art19.com/shows/why-is-this-happening-with-chris-hayes/episodes/5f30cc4e-bc1f-4b73-a920-4eca8960db25

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.*Note: Elizabeth's audio has some issues for the first 30 minutes, but after that, we're good.please find the shownotes (including references, sources and resources) on our homepage: www.shewhopersisted.com find pics relating to the episode on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shewhopersisted/join the "PerSisters" group on FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/shewhopersistedand follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/shepersistedpodyou can write us an email via shewhopersistedpodcast@gmail.com if you like our show and want to support us you can do that on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shewhopersisted

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. Get yourself a blanket, a cup of tea and lots of chocolate and listen to us talk about the high costs of menstruating.Bonus: you'll learn more about our vaginas than you ever wanted to know. so yay.  please find the shownotes (including references, sources and resources) on our homepage: www.shewhopersisted.com find pics relating to the episode on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shewhopersisted/join the "PerSisters" group on FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/shewhopersistedand follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/shepersistedpodyou can write us an email via shewhopersistedpodcast@gmail.com if you like our show and want to support us you can do that on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shewhopersisted you can find "Conversations from our Days" here: http://conversationsfromourdays.libsyn.com/ 

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 more chocolate? You guessed it: period shame and period shaming. So, grab all of the chocolate you have in your immediate vicinity and listen to Liz and Bea talk about all things period in this first episode of our menstruation series.Show notes and sources can be found on our website: http://shewhopersisted.com

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 meat eating and hegemonic masculinity, meat eating and empathy and why veganism is a feminist issue. Check out our Instagram for pics on the subject:  https://www.instagram.com/shewhopersisted/Check out www.shewhopersisted.com for sources and show notes.Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shewhopersisted  4e10258b1cee6c498c100287897a2244

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 about sex. More specifically: sex-positive feminism, its origins, its proponents, opponents and everything that is good and/or bad about it. Spoiler alert: sex(uality), like everything else is intertwined with the patriarchal culture we all grew up in and where socialized into. Who would have thought ;-)  

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 be intersectional in our love of true crime.Check out http://endthebacklog.com for more information about how you can help end the backlog of rape kits in the US.Sources can be found on our Web site: http://shewhopersisted.com

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 horrible rest of it. 

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 discussion of the history and current traditions of summer solstice, how it was coopted by the Catholic Church and the Nazis, and how we can reclaim it.Sources and show notes on our webpage: shewhopersisted.com

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 it possible, what does it mean and what place should men have in the feminist movement? Today we discuss what it takes to be a male feminist, how to differentiate between faux feminism and actual feminism in a conversation with "not purely male, fluid inbetween" feminist photographer and artist Michael Würmer.Get your chocolate ready and join the debate.You can find his work at: https://www.instagram.com/michael.wuermer/https://michaelwuermersite.wordpress.com/ 

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" vs. "feminine" crafting, how crafting can be a feminist form of expression, how to deal with creating a project that is so successful that it is not actually yours anymore and impostor syndrome. grab your chocolate and enjoy.

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 "biological imperative" to have kids. 

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 masculinity, and the "incels" have in common?  Everything!The domestic terrorism that we have seen perpetuated by men, unhappy with their relationships, on innocent bystanders may be the most extreme expression of misogynistic violence perpetrated by those who consider themselves victimized by the "friendzone". But the toxic masculinity and misogyny is pervasive and is part of all women's experiences at one point or another.In this episode we talk about institutionalize misogyny, how popular culture perpetuates unsafe, unhealthy relationships and what we can do about it. Sources: Coming soon.

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 feminism, and why we should all embrace "difficult" as an adjective to describe us. Whether you're a nasty woman or a difficult woman, this episode is for you!

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 feminism. Cheers!

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 the holiday.If you want to support feminist podcasting, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter at http://patreon.com/shewhopersisted 

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.Amy Drayer is an activist, author, and feminist. She has written for The Huffington Post, Medium, and is currently working on a novel. A women’s studies major from Scripps College, she has worked on progressive political campaigns and issues throughout her career. During the 2016, she was a state delegate for Colorado to the Democratic national convention, which she attended (totally jealous) and she was a member of the electoral college, and got to vote for Hillary.We hope you enjoy our discussion of the history of the women's movement, where we are now, and our hopes for an intersectional future.Links to our references and additional show notes can be found on our Website http://shewhopersisted.com/

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 they talk about the history and current issues facing women in Austria. You can support our podcast on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/shewhopersistedSources: go sign www.frauenvolksbegehren.at!!!http://www.austria.org/austrianinformation/2015/6/24/womens-suffrage-in-austria-an-overviewhttp://www.habsburger.net/en/chapter/austrian-women-fighting-womens-rights?language=enhttps://www.statistik.at/web_de/statistiken/menschen_und_gesellschaft/arbeitsmarkt/arbeitszeit/teilzeitarbeit_teilzeitquote/index.htmlhttp://www.austria.org/womens-rights/https://kurier.at/politik/meilensteine-fuer-frauen-in-oesterreich/822.591https://www.demokratiewebstatt.at/angekommen-demokratie-und-sprache-ueben/frauenrechte-und-gleichberechtigung-in-oesterreich/https://www.wien.gv.at/menschen/frauen/stichwort/gewalt/zahlen.htmlhttps://www.oevp.at/download/Regierungsprogramm.pdf

Just a quick heads-up to tell you what's coming. Stay tuned!

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!!

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 chocolate and cookies and join Beatrice, Elizabeth, and Heather as they celebrate the origins of the holiday and a few of the many important women who helped make the season what it is today! In keeping with holiday spirit, this episode only features a bit of stomach slitting and burning on stakes, far less then usual. Happy Feministmas, Nasties!

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 about pain, hepeating, the medical testing, and trusting your gut. Lesson for the episode: be an advocate for your own health and body!! 

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, Supergirl and the new Doctor Who. Get ready for a lot of girl power and ass-kicking.

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 remains of their halloween candy selection, and settle in for a special Halloween minisode where the She Who Persisted team discuss one of the worst parts of our favorite holiday - sexism. 

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 in the end. Oh, and a cat gets killed in this one too. Happy Halloween!

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 witches outside of Europe. Bea covers contemporary witch hunts (Warning: depressing as fuck), Heather drops some knowledge about Appalachian witches and Liz explain everything about foxy Japanese foxes.Also: Hail Okabe!

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 witches and how that is connected to gender, Charmed, Hermione and the significance of cauldrons. This time, we won’t be talking about persecution, burning and castration, so enjoy it while you can.

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 Bea talk about witches from folklore and myth. No matter if it's Hekate, Baba Yaga, or Ursula from Disney's "The Little Mermaid", we've got you covered with all your witchy needs.Because, as you all know: b/witches get stuff done. 

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 anything can be suspect and you’re gonna get killed). Featuring merry tales of persecution, killing, burning and castration anxiety. (Yay)Also: fitting the theme of castration anxiety and misogyny, you’ll learn a binding spell against trump, which should be part of anyone’s magical survival kit, so listen to this.You’re welcome.

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.

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 learn, and can feel accepted within their local community. Interested in finding out more about how you can create a safe space in your own place of employment or just within your own life? Check out some of the resources below for more information:CSLB Nondiscrimination Policy (a bit of context for one situation discussed in the interview): http://web.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/catalog/current/general_policies/nondiscrimination_policy.htmlAutistic Self Advocacy Network: http://autisticadvocacy.org/2012/10/what-is-an-ally/VET NET: http://www.vetnethq.com/GLSEN Safe Space Kit (great for educators): https://shop.glsen.org/collections/glsen-resources/products/glsen-safe-space-kit?variant=14689599046Kent State's training manual on being an Ally: https://www.kent.edu/sites/default/files/gpad-ally-training-doc.pdfThe Human Rights Campaign on how to establish an Allies/Safe Space Programme: https://www.hrc.org/resources/establishing-an-allies-safe-zone-programThe UCDavis LGBTQIA Resource Center (which provides descriptions for useful terms as you start to engage with your own language): https://lgbtqia.ucdavis.edu/educated/glossary.html

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 social justice work related to HIV/AIDS and LGBT communities since she was a high school student in the late 1980s.  She received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2012. She has worked as a teacher, researcher, and therapist. She has worked in many settings, including a jail, community mental health clinics, VA hospitals, and a primary care medical clinic in a hospital. Her primary research is in the area of health psychology and chronic illness. She also works in the area of pre-professional and professional training in psychology and related professions. Jessye has presented and published papers related to training students to work with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender clients and other specific groups. Jessye and her wife have been foster parents for several years and have a four-year-old daughter. Supplemental links:This is a link to a project Jessye worked on through the American Psychological Association about training graduate students to work with diverse populations: http://www.apa.org/ed/graduate/diversity-preparation.aspxFor more information, please see our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shewhopersistedpodcast/

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, specifically the balance of being an LGBT parent within academia. Many topics are explored: from experiencing how LGBT individuals are welcomed in various places around the world to what some of the most pressing issues are for the LGBT community today (and many areas in between). Give this episode a listen, check out the links below, and leave SWP some feedback on this interview, especially if you love it as much as we do! ;-)You can find Holly Painter here: http://www.hollypainter.com/Holly’s website covering obsolete jobs is here to tide you over until the book is released: https://obsoleteontheroad.wordpress.com/You can also find Holly’s poetry book here: http://titus.co.nz/catalogue.xhtml (publisher edition)and here: https://www.amazon.com/Excerpts-Natural-History-Holly-Painter/dp/1877441503

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 topic and share some valuable advice on how to be an ally. Grab chocolate, sit back, relax. And: STAY NASTY!

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/pan/a/...) sexual humans - according to religious bigots. But don't despair! She then deconstructs everything and tells these zealots why THEY are wrong. If you need good arguments against scripture-based queernegativity and if you want to listen to Beth butchering Greek words, to Liz swearing and to Bea not knowing the names of the articles she quotes and making jokes that nobody finds funny, you need this episode. You're welcome.

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 you that you need chocolate to get through this episode? No, we don't.