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Is Sam Raimi's new movie what the trailer would have us think? Or might it have more to do with gaslighting, gatekeeping, and most of Girlbossing?
Everything is Tuberculosis
Hannah and Sam talk John Green’s last book, Everything is Tuberculosis, and talk the state of health under capitalism.https://www.pih.org/donate
Paraclimbing Nationals 2026
Hannah and Sam talk about their recent trip to Texas for Hannah's first Paraclimbing Nationals, including a discussion on the dissolution of the non-binary gender cate...
Storytelling and the Trans Experience
Hannah and Sam talk about the importance of storytelling for trans people, using Morgan Boecher's graphic novel ChickenHeart as a jumping-off point. Order ChickenHeart...
Trans women in sports
Sam and Hannah welcome their first guest on the pod, Morgan, to discuss the moral panic that is trans women in sports and what we can learn from storytelling. Order Ch...
The linguistic creep of emotional labor
Today, Hannah gives Sam language to talk through the "emotional labor" of being a pharmacist - and also how that phrase has come to mean more than what it originally m...
Too Late to Die Young
Today, we discuss "Too Late to Die Young," the 2006 memoir by Harriet McBryde Johnson. Johnson was a writer and attorney living in Charleston, South Carolina, who self...
Wicked: For Good
We talk stigma, spoiled identity, and fascism in Wicked. Oh and how much we love Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.
Rock Climbing
Why does rock climbing attract queer people? And other questions you didn't know you had about the sport.
Frankenstein (2025)
We talk Guillermo del Toro's 2025 movie Frankenstein and the strong parental motifs throughout.
Abortion by Jessica Valenti
Today, we talk about the book Abortion by Jessica Valenti, co-author of the blog Feministing and writer of the Substack "Abortion Every Day." We focus on how abortion ...
Power Slap and Jackass
Which is a better example of toxic masculinity: Power Slap or Jackass? (hint: it's not the one where a bunch of white dudes pull wacky pranks on each other)
The Substance
We discuss the 2024 film 'The Substance,' its place in feminist cinema, and what it has to say about disability (spoilers: it's not sure).
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat
Today, we discuss the book "What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat" by Aubrey Gordon. We relate it to the social and medical models of disability.
