Season of the Bitch

GENTRIFICATION - tis a plague on our society <3 hear all about how gentrification and the WORDS around gentrification shape neighborhoods, and how white supremacy just permeates through it all. get ur fill of sweet bbs talkin' shit about the rich and of course talking shit about the police. theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo xoxxooxoxox

ayeee we're talking about all the things that are GOOD baybeee. hope ur having a goood week bc we live in hell!!! some things we talked about: book on psychedelics: "how to change your mind" by michael pollan clothing references: Jess Meany (https://www.instagram.com/jess_meany/) Worn Ware (https://www.instagram.com/worn__ware/) big bud press (https://www.instagram.com/bigbudpress/) pre-roll stuff: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BluntBabeTrays LOVE U BYEEEEEE theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

ARIES SEASON W ARIES ICON ALICE SPARKLY KAT!!!! Yesss! this week we are talking astrology with our collective hero, alice sparkly kat! plz preorder their book, Pre Colonial Astrology here: https://www.alicesparklykat.com/postcolonialastrology/ you can also follow them on IG and twitter @ alicesparklykat <3 theme music as always by Brandon Payton Carrillo

AYE AYE AYE this week we are SHIT TALKING! honestly we hope you really enjoy this hour of fun -- the world has been fucked up for a long time and sometimes you have to blow off some steam! SotB HATES: scabs! men! emotional incompetence! lol and more ;) theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

Content warning: discussion of gendered violence, police violence, and racial violence. discussing the recent violent attacks carried out by white men Theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

BARELY GETTIN' BY, ITS ALL TAKIN' AND NO GIVIN' LEARN UR LABOR HISTORY - specifically labor history of WOMEN and other marginalized folks. absolute labor icon Ellen Bravo joins us this week!! She is a perfect angel and we hope you have as much fun listening to her as we did!! theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

wanna know everything fucked up that the b*den administration has done so far? but in like, a hilarious, fun, and community driven way? WELL LOOK NO FURTHER BC WE HAVE A PERFECT EP FOR YOU. in this ep we uncover all the shit that's gone down since the end of january, and SPOILER ALERT: we don't love to see it. tell us your favorite parts by hollering at us on IG or twitter @seasonoftheb ....... or on our new tiktok account, @seasonoftheb LOVE YOU BYE theme music as always by brandon payton carrillo

ooooooooh yeeeep! it's time to get into the NITTY GRITTY of what it means to have asian american solidarity with an abolitionist mindset. some history, some schooling on colorism, classism, and the homogenization of what it means to be asian american. vietnamese american artist and scholar, Janet Tran, joins us! plz check out her website at: https://www.tranjanet.com/ theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

MARRIAGE, u ever heard of it?! well well well, we get into the NITTY GRITTY of the history of marriage and all the ways the state, capitalism, and the nuclear family are INTERTWINED. Come 4 the info, stay for us laughing incessantly with each other. love u bye! theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

do u love ur job??? RLY?! ..........????? Well guess what, as kellen says, she's just not that into you (she meaning the hellscape that is labor under capitalism. this week we have our incredible friend, labor journalist, and author, Sarah Jaffe on the pod to talk about her new book Work Wont Love you Back. you can find and support Sarah's work here: https://bookshop.org/books/work-won-t-love-you-back-how-devotion-to-our-jobs-keeps-us-exploited-exhausted-and-alone/9781568589398 Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

This week we talk to two of the incredible humans working on lux magazine! from their website: "Top-down efforts to convince us that the highest form of feminism is the girl boss have failed. No one believes today that we will be saved by the female CEO or presidential candidate. Instead, feminists are in pursuit of a NEW WORLD, at the forefront of struggles for police abolition, healthcare, and control over our work, looking toward a horizon beyond which everyone has access to food and shelter, to beauty and pleasure. We don’t want the paltry options we’ve been offered. We want it all." Check out and support lux here: https://lux-magazine.com/ theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

Hello!!!! this week we R unmasking ur fash uncles with Talia Lavin! She went UNDERCOVER and infiltrated diff white supremacist spaces. Enjoy her tales of horror and beware of the BANALITY OF EVIL. You can buy her book, Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy here: https://bookshop.org/books/culture-warlords-my-journey-into-the-dark-web-of-white-supremacy/9780306846434 Theme music as always by Brandon Payton Carrillo

party on party people let me hear some noise dc in the house jump jump for joy 'cuz there's a party over here a party over there wave your hands in the air shake your dairiair these three words when your gettin' busy COUP there it is... hit me Anyways, if u wanna hear us lose our minds about the history of US coups, as well as terrible journalists like M*att Y*lesias, class analysis, ETC u got it all coming at u today AS WE TALK about the shit show of this past week! Theme music as always by brandon payton carrillo

are you confused??? US TOO!!! but hopefully we can clarify a little bit MORE what the absolute F is going on. get a refresher on MMT, scream about zionism, and generally the failed state that is this messed up nation. xoxoxoxo - stay safe, take naps, and try not to doomscroll! theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

HAYYYY THERE, hope ur having a lovely new years eve - we r here to lighten the mood with our takeaways from 2020 and our hopes and dreams (and thotty star alignments) to look forward to in 2021. follow kellen on tiktok at smellenh <3 follow laura's art on IG at sexysappho theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

WHAT THE F EVEN IS A "FREE STATE?" WELL let our genius historian INFORM U about it ;) also highlights include: asmr, saying "bye bitch" to hitler, getting mad about the atomic bomb, and MORE xoxoxoxo theme music as always by brandon payton carrillo

HELLO HELLO HELLO do u wish ur body just didn't exist and u could be your brain as a lavender scented etherial mist floating thru life? SAME. visit patreon.com/seasonofthebitch to join our discord and reading group!! theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

LEARNIN ABOUT LINGUISTICS ON THIS LOVELY DAY! hello and welcome back 2 our wholesome little pod where we talk about how pretentious language and barriers to education are just bad! learn about some radical languages and hear some Hot Takes <3 xoxoxo, the coven theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

once again we r here 2 talk about why ppl with uteruses should ,,,, have autonomy over their bodies!! and also, while we're at it, shit talking the supreme court, j*e b*den, and state laws. theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo <3

VOTE BLUE NO MATTER,,,,,,, LOL sorry forgot who we were for a minute! in this ep we're talkin' about how democracy was a fallacy in the US from the very beginning. U LUV TO SEE IT! is there anything better than shit talkin' the state of US politics 2 start ur day? I don't think so! so saddle up with this informative and ~ h e a l i n g ~ episode <3 theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

if u wanna be spoopy in ur every day and gay it the hell up, THIS IS THE EP 4 U! we have our dear comrade Gen on this ep - who is an expert in all things horror. find some new THEMES and get some new potential content to CONSUME this spooky season. if u make it all the way to the end u will realize that the sotb hosts are the only ppl in the world who have read the communist manifesto in it's entirety okay love u byeeee theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

SPOOOKY SCARRRYYY TIME FOR MORE SPOOKY SEASON CONTENT! this week we are joined by the lovely hosts of DRUNK DISH - a podcast all about food history! definitely check them out. and todayyyyy we are talkin' about the HISTORY and LORE surrounding a perfect tradition, trick or treating. xoxoxoxoox theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo <3

this week we r talkin' about witches! different lore of witchcraft from different parts of the world, and what the socio-economic impacts of those stories had! ALSO talkin' about witches and witchcraft in pop culture - and hating on alyssa milano LOL byeee we all stan Brooklyn, Zoë's familiar. theme music as always by brandon payton-carriilo

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! 150 episodes!!!!!!!!!!!!! and WHAT better way to celebrate than with our spooky and intelligent boo: steph monohan! (@shdwbxng on twitter and IG). today we r talkin' about how life itself is the TRU horror! and how, as steph puts it, horror is the prol genre. Steph’s website: http://stephaniemonohan.com/ Spectacle Theater (their site hosts their twitch stream): https://www.spectacletheater.com/ Theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

spike, alice cullen, and carmilla walk into a room annnnnnd INSTILL CAPITALISM into societtyyyy!~!!!!!@$( U guessed it! to KICK OFF spooky season, we are TALKIN ABOUT VAMPIRES. what vamps we like, why marx used vamps in his imagery, etc etc first person who makes us a "everyone's gay, even the ghosts" t shirt, wins theme music as always by brandon payton carrillo xxoxoxoxoox

WWWEEEEEEERE BACK! with lots of fun advice for u comrades out there! guess what? the main thing 2 kno is u gotta COMMUNICATE okay?!!!! <3 <3 <3 love u bye theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

B I G C O R N BAYBEEEEE today we have BRILLIANT HUMAN ANGELA on the episode to talk to us about all things CORN. it's time for u 2 learn about the WORST freakin' industry in this hellscape. just a garbage fire of capitalism, racism, nationalism, U NAME IT. come for the corn knowledge, stay for the corn dildo discourse. xoxoxo, the coven theme music as always by brandon payton carrillo

OKAYYYYYYY FAM IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER WEEK (U LUV TO SEE IT BB!!!!) this week we are talkin' with ASHIA Who is brill AF - we love them. u think that queerness is separate from the environment??? WELL THINK AGAIN U SAUCY BOOZ, it's all intertwined baybeeeeeeeeee!!! theme music as always by brandon payton-carillo

fuck a bmi, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?! u got large bodies u got smol bodies, and guess what, UR body is PERFECT just the way it is (cue my personal remix to billy joel's "just the way u r") ANYWAYS, this week we are talkin' to the incomparable Jamie and Zonía about how med school is just as complicit in churnin' out the docs that u may have heard of from last week's episode. get ready to scream into the void theydies, because this one is a dooooozy. xoxoxox, the coven theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

the absolute fucked up reality of medical racism! remember to reel in anyone who suggests objectivity in biology! incredible guests maddy and bernie (co-authors of “Toward the Abolition of Biological Race in Medicine") join us and talk about all of their expertise! “Toward the Abolition of Biological Race in Medicine.”: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e94e4feaa92821de07e3682/t/5f0b40ab2d6235002617d565/1594572974864/Toward+the+Abolition+of+Biological+Race+in+Medicine+FINAL.pdf Institute for Healing and Justice: www.instituteforhealingandjustice.org Freedom Community Clinic: www.freedomcommunityclinic.org Woke WOC Docs Podcast: www.wokewocdocs.com Theme music as always by Brand Payton-Carrillo

IF U DON"T YOU ALREADY KNOOOO that academia is a scary pyramid scheme ...... U WILL NOW!! sending our love esp to gen z who is in this very f'd up situation!! but also to our loves in the precariat. xoxoox, the coven

CONTENT WARNING!!!! talk of assault, sterilization, and non-consensual touch. honestly?!!?!?!?!??!?!?!!?!?? NOT MUCH 2 SAY EXCEPT EVERYONE IS THE WORST! why the F do we even have these systems in place?? Is this laura writing the description after editing and not being on the episode so i'm literally sweating with anger? YES. BUT U WILL BE TOO! shout from the rooftops and stop ur feet in anger and offer to join ur friends when they go to the doc. fuck this hellscape world - hold on to each other (consensually) close. xoxoxo, the coven theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

we got lots of feelings about being non-binary / what even is gender?! we don't freaking know but we also KNOW. lmao If that's confusing 4 ya, you better listen up and get in the know yourself (spoiler alert: gender is .... ?????????!!!!!!!???????????!!!!!) Theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

BEEP BEEP, more content comin' THRUUUUUU this week we r TALKIN all about queer movements around the world, why they're important, and why we need to s t a n d in s o l i d a r i t y! Theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

HOUSING 4 EVERYONE U JERKS!!!!! We r talkin' about all the ways that people need housing and how we can collectively GIT THE GOODZZZZ! how does covid play into this? how about race? u kno we got it all here. ps if u stan cuomo we recommend u do not listen to this episode or tbh do not listen to us at all, we don't want u xoxo, the coven theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

from the river to the sea palestine will be free!!!!!! if our BLM and abolitionist framework is not international -- it will not be worthwhile!! Today we have guest Reina Sultan, BACK WITH US AGAIN from our 8 to abolition episode. enjoy jewish corner with zo & julia, and get some KNOWLEDGE today on this very important topic! Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

BEEP BEEP BBS we got NEW COHOSTS COMING THRUUUUUUU!!!!!! MEET OUR LOVES JULIA AND BIANCA! UGH WOW - we truly love them and we are so excited to have them on this episode to share with y'all all about transformative justice. are prisons even relevant anymore? TUNE IN TO FIND OUT (spoiler ,,,,,,,,, nope) If you haven't checked it out - you can join our abolitionist reading group every sunday at 7pm EST. and join our discord!!!! deets via patreon :)) Theme music as always by Brandon Payton Carrillo

AYEEE BBS - we are still talkin' about abolition and why we NEED it! And why it's WAY freaking better than reform. Also -- fuck joe biden (shoot them in the legs, my ass lollll) Today we are talking to Reina, Leila, and Rachel of the "8 to abolition" - creators of the response to the 8 can't wait campaign! They are all hilarious and perfect and so smart so go check out their work and support their stuff ASAP. If u didn't know - we have a reading group every sunday at 7pm EST for our patreon bbs -- as well as a discord channel where you can chat with the coven at any time ;) JOIN US! Theme music as alway by Brandon Payton-Carrillo <3

the nypd is gross - DUH. all pd's are gross, but let's talk about NYPD and WHY they're so fucking bad (other than all cops being bastards....) u like ur cop shows? FINE but at least think about them CRITICALLY sweeties ;) no new jails nyc: https://www.nonewjails.nyc/background Theme music as always by brandon PC

talkin' intersectionality - what does it MEAN?!! also -- remember that capitalism and fascism are FOUNDED ON MUCH OF THE SAME IDEOLOGY. we r exploring all the ways that fascism shows up and rears its disgusting face. remember - ur either fascist or anti fascist and that's it sweetie. solidarity to everyone who has been doing the work. xx, the coven theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

in this episode we talk with incredible activist and friend SASHA and try to do an introductory episode on ending white silence. reading group through our patreon is starting next week. be there! Resources listed from the episode: Racecraft, by Barbara and Karen Fields “A History of White People” by Nell Irvin Painter. The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander Beyond Survival edited by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi The end of policing by alex vitale -- NOW FREE EBOOK ON VERSO Are prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis -- runner up angela davis is “policing the black man” From #blacklivesmatter to black liberation by keeanga-yamahtta taylor The Possessive Investment In Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics by George Lipsitz anything ruth wilson gilmore anything audre lorde theme music as always by brandon payton carrillo

BLACK LIVES MATTER. Donate to our guest Vanessa's endeavors: Venmo: @vanessa-anyanso Cash App: vanessaanyanso This is how you can help in MN with the list of hotels: https://www.instagram.com/p/CA8qbO5DHF9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Other places to donate: https://bailproject.org/ https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/

well well well well well i guess we're talking about "RONA" again. but this time with a T W I S T! that's right - we are talking about how the canals in venice clearing up does not mean really much of anything TBQH!!!!!!! be an anti-capitalist! here's some resources on mutual aid: https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/collective-care/ here's the go-fund me Kellen mentions in the episode: https://www.gofundme.com/f/northern-dine-covid19-relief-effort Theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo!

HAIL SATAN! learn all about what satanism IS and ISNT - how it can be feminist as hell (pun most definitely intended), and why it's related to communism. This week we have the incredible TANYA from the trillbillies pod -- we love her sososoosos much! you may remember her from our first live show in chicago!! We also have Jamie! she is an incredible satanic witch who is here to SCHOOL us on all things satan ;) Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

Hey theydies and gentlethemz, we r here with probably our BEST revolutionary romance episode YET!! Today we touch upon some great subjects, like - how 2 sext with consent, division of labor in the household, skype dates, contraceptives, and how 2 know when some1 is flirting with u via text ;) ;) ;) stay sexy out there bbs but more importantly, stay consensual. Hit up Vic ;) @WoollyBlueCurls on twitter :) xxoxoxox, the coven Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

*** before y'all get up our butts, there are some audio issues with this episode!! sorry about that! we are doing our best and will get back to doing better next week ;)) ****** R U MAD BRO?! us too. fuck this bullshit where "reaching across the party lines" is synonymous with harassing and assaulting women. This week the WHOLE COVEN responds and reacts to the death of the #metoo movement with the impending doom of our national elections which will force us into the two options of ...... *checks notes* TWO RAPISTS?! if you're mad, if you want to know why we're mad, if you want to know how to talk to libs about why you're so fucking mad, WE GOT U COVERED! love u BYEEEEEEE xoxoxox, the coven theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

U THOUGHT WE WOULD GO THROUGH THIS HELLSCAPE WITHOUT SOME HISTORICAL CONTEXT? think again! This week we r talkin' to the SMARTEST pandemic academic we know! Elise Mitchell! She is joining us to chat all about past pandemics AND this one. Please check out her piece in The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/humanitys-long-history-of-making-epidemics-worse/607780/?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share) and her piece in Black Perspectives(https://www.aaihs.org/if-bitterness-were-a-whetstone-on-grief-history-and-covid-19/). You can also check out this discussion with some leading historians of race, medicine, and public health: Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Dr. Samuel Kelton Roberts, Jr., Columbia University and Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University: https://youtu.be/kUgaeZilGus. The historians who participated are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in public and academic settings and their work is worth following. Steven Thrasher's work is mentioned within our conversation, here's a link to one of his op-ed: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/social-distancing-coronavirus-aids-prisons.html. Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

WHY IS MOM ON STRIKE? u ask?! wow, well WE WILL TELL YOU! and by WE, I mean THE COVEN along with master children's author, Lexx! They are so freaking smart and they will wow ur earz with this very cooooool content. Support their project here: https://whyismomstriking.wordpress.com/ Support ur momz on strike!!! xoxox, the coven theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

GET UR GIRLBOSS BAG AND GET READY TO ROLL BC WE HAVE A PERFECT LITTLE EP FOR U DONT HAVE A GIRLBOSS BAG OR EVEN KNOW WHAT ONE IS BECAUSE IT WAS UNEARTHED IN ONE OF THE COVEN MEMBERS BRAIN WHO WAS WRITING THIS?! TOO BAD. Today we speak with the INCREDIBLE Jamie Loftus!! she is an incredible comedian and fellow podcaster! She talks about her show Boss, Whom is Girl - as well as the general #girlboss phenomena!! U WILL LOVE IT! Theme music as always by Brandon Payton Carrillo!

SOCIALISM U SAY?! HOW ABOUT LIBRARIEZ BAYBEEEEEE???!!!!@!!!#$%%@ they r the example we LUV 2 SLING 2 THE NORMIEZ U KNOW?! anyways, we have an AMAZING guest today, Elliot, who is a perfect gem of a librarian. Join us as they explain 2 us all the good, fun, incredible parts of the library - as well as some of the more complicated things too!! Check out these articles: https://www.thestrikewave.com/original-content/where-are-librarians-in-todays-labor-movement https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=covidsurveymar26 And peep Elliot's youtube channel!! https://youtu.be/Mom0YxmCJ10 U TRULY LUV 2 SEE IT!! Theme music as always by Brandon Payton Carrillo