Episodes
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This Summer Break Replay is in honor of Taylor Swift owning her entire music catalogue.
f you haven’t heard, Natalie went to the Eras Tour. That means she has been doing a deep dive on her favorite songs from Taylor Swift. Which means that she has also been reflecting on how misogyny plays into the songs she has written and how widespread everyday misogyny is reflected throughout Taylor’s career. Elizabeth Kyle is the perfect Swiftie to help guide Natalie through this conversation. The two women discuss the social dynamics that goes into being a Swiftie, the focus on the men she has had relationships with, and how she has been treated as a professional in the music industry. Between the two of them, they go straight from a Lover to their Midnights Era, and talk about how being aware of how internalized misogyny and widespread cultural misogyny affects people on a larger scale. Topics that are confronted are the way we view success among women creators, to the way we talk about women who have had bad relationships, and how we talk about other women’s bodies and our own bodies. And that’s some real Vigilante Shit.
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We have a Summer Break Flashback this week! This felt important given all the information I've been seeing on how tariffs will affect indie boardgame publishers.
Kervin of For Why Games joins Natalie to talk about his experiences advocating for diversity within board game development. He explains the steps and measures he took to create his first game, Allow Me to Mansplain and the ways he intentionally crafted rules and gameplay to foster discussions around the concept of mansplaining. The episode also dives into what is currently taken into consideration when it comes to diversity in game creation and where we need to head next to make sure gaming is a welcoming place for everyone. Natalie and Kervin also share their personal experiences of wanting a safe, diverse community to play games with and what it's like when you’re having a hard time finding it or you’re not being heard when explaining why the current situation isn’t making you feel safe and welcomed.
Make sure you have subscribed to us on Patreon! (currently running a free trial on all tiers) It is the only place where you can find our new variety series, The Misogyny Meltdown! There will be comedy, creativity, and a lot of melting down in each episode. January covered the Misogynist of the Year award ceremony, February is all about love.
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Hey Team Tolerator! We are officially on our summer break for 2025 and will be returning with new episodes in the fall. This week, we are giving you a sneak peek of our Misogyny Meltdown series! In this excerpt, Julia Washington and Alrinthea Carter joined us to talk about the women in historical film that just deserved better. You can see the video for this interview, as well as the rest of the fun we had, on Patreon!
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This year marked ten years of Bravo’s Southern Charm, where we get a glimpse at the lives of southern gentlemen and their ever present Peter Pan Syndrome. Annie Sieg returns as our reality tv historian to break down all the ways the men of Southern Charm reflect the misogyny we experience in our culture. The episode will cover Katherine Dennis, southern culture, Shep finally getting told he gives someone the ick, Craig and Paige’s breakup, and all the discourse Bravo fans are having in the comments.
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Julia Washington (Prose and Glow) and Natalie are dissecting their complicated feelings on Best Picture winner, Anora. Anora is written and directed by Sean Baker and tells the story of an exotic dancer named Ani who after a whirlwind couple of days finds herself married and then divorced by a Russian wealthy man named Vanya. This episode will cover what fell flat for both women when it came to Ani’s character development, the worldbuilding, and whether or not Anora really deserved all the praise it was getting for being a movie about an empowered woman and a statement against how wealthy people in an Oligarch treat the working class. And we will return to our prevalent question of who is actually qualified to write stories about the feminine experience.
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Toni Powell is a music composer who just released her classical music composition, The Mourning After. She and Natalie will discuss misogyny’s effect on the art of music as well as the classical music genre. Discussion points will include the way people talk about creative pursuits, capitalism’s effect on art, how colonization and white supremacy affected art and culture, and what it is like for Toni to navigate the music business and the idea of genre as a woman of color.
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Instagram- @iamladyleidel
Tiktok- @iamladyleidel -
Hi Barbie!This week Natalie and Julia Washington are combining their forces to talk about The Barbie movie. Each woman delves into their special relationship and memories they have with Barbie. They then decide it is time to come out of hiding and join the discourse and discussion following Greta Geriwg’s film. The episode will revolve around the movie serving as an awareness piece on everyday misogyny, the roles Ken played in the movie, Barbie’s journey to becoming a human, and more! This episode is more than Kenough!
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Hassan Khan joins Natalie on the show to talk about growing up as a queer person in a Muslim household. Natalie and Hassan will share experiences of growing up in a time where homophobia was more insidious in schools and homes, even when it was subtle. They will speak on how their families shaped their experiences and viewpoints on things like queer culture and how they still found ways to learn about the queer community. Other topics will include emeigrating to the United States, how religion plays a role in how you identify yourself, how religion and family structure play a role in how you view yourself as an artist, and more.
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Author Rae Wilde joins Natalie to have a conversation about her book I Do Not Apologize for My Position on Men and what drew her to writing stories surrounding sapphic women and the horror genre. The two women will delve into the real life horrors that women experience that create inspiration for the fiction they’re both interested in. There will be discussion surrounding heteronormativity, toxic relationships, horror stories, our current trying times, and more!
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Website: https://www.raewilde.com/
Instagram: @_rae_wilde
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Alrinthea Carter and Natalie have two huge things in common, they are both eldest daughters in their families and capricorns. Eldest daughters are known for having a high sense of responsibility and a need to please those around them. Capricorns are the astrological signs that are most known for being loyal, ambitious, and hardworking. Natalie and Alrinthea will go through key moments in their lives where being either an eldest daughter or Capricorn shaped their experiences, identities within their families, and their viewpoints on who they are as people.
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On Instagram: @alrinthea
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Natalie is joined this week by Shohreh Davoodi, author of the weekly newsletter The Queer Agenda, self-trust coach, and host of Conjuring Up Courage. The women have a heartfelt conversation on all the ways women were conditioned to not listen to their guts or trust what their bodies were thinking, their hearts were feeling, or their brains were thinking. Shohreh will go through her experience with discovering her sexuality and identifying as a lesbian. This hits home with Natalie as she grapples with what dating and her own romantic life may look like in the future as she re-examines who it is she is actually attracted to and interested in, The women will dive deep on how it is okay to experiment, what it means to take chances even if they may be wrong, and how we deserve a society that gives us a safe place to try new things if that’s what we need to do.
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Shanaz from our Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders episode is back to talk about the world of Playboy. Natalie and Shanaz will continue their discussion about industries that are built on the beauty and work of women and how the toll on the women employed by these organizations is not reflected in their pay or treatment. There will be some light history on Playboy, a walk down memory lane with The Girls Next Door, and some horror stories about how Playboy opened up its models to things like male obsession and violence.
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From the Episode:
The Girls Next Level Podcast
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Julia Washington is back on the pod to talk about her small business, Prose and Glow. This episode gives insight on what urged Natalie and Julia into looking for alternatives outside of their normal job markets and their feelings about the current professional landscape. Julia will also give us an inside look at the systems put into place that do not help small business owners and how being a single woman really impacts her experience starting and running a business.
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Shop Prose and Glow: https://www.juliawashingtonproductions.com/
Podcasts: Pop Culture Makes Me Jealous and Jelly Pops Book Club -
Chris DeRosa (Fixing Famous People) is on the podcast answering for himself because he made Natalie upgrade her Netflix account to watch It Ends with Us. It Ends with Us is the 2024 movie starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni (or is it Bologna?) that depicts an abusive relationship between a woman named Lily Blossom Bloom and her neurosurgeon husband Ryle. Natalie and Chris will dive into where the film’s themes fell short for them, the term after school special may be used as a comparison to what the film actually accomplished. And they will also touch on the ongoing legal drama between Blake Lively and Justin Balogna.
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Find Chris:
Instagram: thechrisderosa and fixingfamouspeople
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Julia Washington (Pop Culture Makes Me Jealous) is back this week to discuss how misogyny makes it incredibly hard for women and other marginalized groups to experience joy. Natalie and Julia discuss how women’s hobbies and interests aren’t taken seriously and how happiness has been weaponized against women making them feel uncomfortable when they are experiencing pride within themselves. Other topics include how racism, classism, and fatphobia also contribute to marginalized joy. The main gist of the episode is there is a lot of gatekeeping happening when it comes to who gets to enjoy their life.
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Find Julia:
On instagram: @popculturemakesmejealous and @thejuliawashingtonShop
Prose and Glow: https://www.juliawashingtonproductions.com/
Podcasts: Pop Culture Makes Me Jealous and Jelly Pops Book Club -
Natalie is joined by Susan Lieu to discuss what led her to writing her book, The Manicurist’s Daughter, and creating her one woman show, 140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother. After Susan’s mother died of a complication during her tummy tuck surgery, Susan was left with a family that wanted to remain silent on her mother’s death and how her family was forever changed. Natalie and Susan will use examples from their own stories to talk about how misogyny affects their lives through beauty standards, shame surrounding big feelings and caring for one’s mental health, and how the broken medical system costs lives.
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Noelle Cope (Sapphic Representation In Media ep) is back to talk to Natalie about the abundant joy of being a bi-sexual woman. Natalie and Noelle will talk on the nuanced differences between dating men compared to dating women. Noelle will give some insight on what would make Natalie brave enough to approach women to date and the two women plan out their perfect bi-dates. And of course, we will discuss how Patriarchy and misogyny shaped bi-sexuality in their minds and the underlying influences that keep up from living an authentic romantic life.
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Beyonce won album of the year for 2025! Alrinthea Carter and Julia Washington joined Natalie back in December to do a deep dive on country music, Beyonce’s career, and their feelings about different tracks of Cowboy Carter. There will be discussion on the role black people played in creating country music, what themes of the female experience are prevalent in the songs, and how Beyonce has inspired us to make the type of art we want to make.
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Find Alrinthea
On Instagram: @alrinthea
Website: https://www.alrintheacarter.com/
Find Julia
On Instagram: @popculturemakesmejealous and @thejuliawashington
Shop Prose and Glow: https://www.juliawashingtonproductions.com/
Podcasts: Pop Culture Makes Me Jealous and Jelly Pops Book Club -
We will be replaying our episode on the Four Fear Responses this week! I am hoping that this episode will make you feel less alone if you are currently experiencing a lot of fear responses over the news, our current trying times, or anything else you may be going through. Hopefully if we can identify when our body is in a fear response, it can help us affirm ourselves and our feelings.
Am I actually in danger or is this just new? Amy Green Smith, host of the Bold-Faced Truth podcast, is here to discuss the four fear responses. How does our fear manifest in a modern world where there’s not a large animal chasing us and we have protection from the elements? Now we have the new fear response of fawning that manifests as people pleasing. Our flight response resonates in the way we experience depression. And how does misogyny use our fear responses as a tool to oppression and a way to keep us silent and small? All of it and more is discussed in this episode!
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Website: https://amygreensmith.com/
Instagram: @heyamygreensmith
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Erin Bagwell (Under the Moon Gate) is on this week to talk about her experiences practicing witchcraft. Her and Natalie will get into what drew them to practicing the craft, the media representation of witches, the persecution of witches within women’s history, and what it means for women to step into their own power.
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Website: https://www.erin-bagwell.com/under-the-moon-gate
Podcast: Under the Moon Gate
Instagram: @erin.bagwellSubstack - Show more
