Season of the Bitch

IF U DONT LIKE MEMOIRS WELL.... UR GOING TO NOW!!!! This week we interview the incredible author (and also previous guest on our WITCHES ep!) raechel anne jolie!! She is the FREAKING BEST and we are out here talkin' about how blending working class issues with personal story is P O W E R F U L!!!! Letz grow as leftists by understanding how personal and material conditions shape our politics! Follow Raechel at @reblgrrlraechel or check out her website at https://www.raechelannejolie.com/ Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

hey hey hey - time 2 remember that trans ppl are ppl and that universal policies and protections GET THA GOODZ today we r talkin' with 2 incredible trans women, Vidyha and Carta - who remind us that a pronoun circle does not equate to being a true ally! these women r so smart and empathetic it gives me chillz so u better chill out and listen up bc they r sweethearts about to wiggle their way into ur heart. give ur money to trans ppl -- and support their projects below!! Important links!!: http://www.deanspade.net/books/normal-life/ https://www.gofundme.com/f/mtap-washtenaw http://onlyfans.com/carta theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

AYEEE ITS YR GIRLZ AGAIN! today we r speaking w. our #1 bb Sarah Jaffe! WE LOVE HER AND SO SHOULD U we r talkin' all about the media and it's grip on our SOCIETY AT LARGE - both within this time of crisis, and within this time of election!!! brb making more content ;) byeeeeee xoxoxo, the coven Theme music as always by Brandon Payton Carrillo

U GUESSED IT - ANOTHER WEEK, ANOTHER CONTENT BLAST INTO UR INBOX!!!!! This week we r talkin' MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND HOW OUR SOCIETY IS FAILING US ;))))) Talkin' to mental health and substance abuse counselor SARAH!!! She is a ABSOLUTE delight, and she walks us through what services are available, where our society is falling short, and how to reach out to therapists that might fit your specific needs. a reminder that the official stance of sotb is f*ck the police ;))))) Major thanks to Sarah also for being such a stan of SotB forever, we wouldn't be where we are today without listeners like her (and YOU!) plz encourage ur friends to become patreon supporters at 4.20 or more so that we can continue to grow our podcast!! xoxoxoxo, the coven theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

READ SOME BOOKS OKAY?! UGH. Today we speak with THE INCREDIBLE EMRYS!!!! Emrys is an incredible trans and queer author and professor who just is ready to TALK ABOUT BUTTS. jk they talk about many many things of equal to or greater importance of butts, who can say - i am not here to rank the butt content on this platform. LETS TAKE OUR COLLECTIVE JOY VERY SERIOUSLY BBS!!!! Trans Lifeline: https://www.translifeline.org/ Theme music as always by Brandon Payton Carrillo!

AYEEE ITS A CROSSOVER BBS!!! Join the SotB crew as we chat with Current Affairs brilliant bbs Lyta Gold and Vanessa A Bee!! we start off this recording by bringing it back and hearing grandpa gravel telling SotB that Joe Biden is INDEED a neanderthal. Plz remember this as you think through your day today. WE R HERE TO FLING HOT TAKES AT U!! PREPARE URSELF TO BE ENLIGHTENED BBZZZZZ xoxoxo, the coven + Lyta + Vanessa Theme music by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

AYEEEE WOWEEEEE!!! welp! You kno how we feel about government, but IF we HAVE to have a GOVT - we are happy ppl like Erica Vladimer are involved. She TRULY cares about the PPL, and tbh we LOVE to see it! HOWEVER, when corporate politicians price out grassroots candidates every step of the way, combined with our broken health care system, many grassroots candidates have to bow out of their run for office. check out Erica's statement here: https://www.ericaforny.com/ Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

*****CONTENT WARNING**** There is mention of assault, unwanted liquids from a person onto their body -- if you'd like to skip -- please skip 12:30-16:30. THIS WEEK WE TALKIN ABOUT SEX WORK WITH AM DAVIS!!! AM Davis just started her own podcast called Yes, a Stripper Pod - which u need to go listen to NOW! we talkin' j.lo, we talkin' how everyone can be a better sex worker ally, we talkin' about sex worker unionization -- AKA we talkin' about it ALL! so get yr ears to the web and make it HAPPEN! xoxooxxo, the coven Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

WHOMST IS GETTING HORNT ON MAIN?!! THATS RIGHT BBZ Happy v day 2 our very best and brightest (our listeners). every1 is getting funky and frisky this v day szn but remember to be careful bc the world has a lot of scorpios already and idk if we can handle more (JK I LOVE ALL MY SCORPIO BBS JUST LET ME HAVE THIS JOKE) u think we only got thirsty in 2k20? NOPE. Lots of THOTS out here (that hero over there - as Hope clearly states) Quit Stalin and Kiss Me: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11095294/1/QUIT-STALIN-AND-KISS-ME Theme music as always by Brandon Payton Carrillo

U LIKE 2 READ?! U LIKE TO READ FROM A PERSPECTIVE OTHER THAN A STRAIGHT CIS MAN?! COOOOOOOOL COOL COOOL COOOL yo, tbh us too! we luv 2 read, luv 2 be queer, luv 2 analyze yr fave readers and remind u that they are lesbians (jane austen BBY do not @ us). Today we have MEAGAN! she is an incredible writer and scholar of QUEER LIT! Some fun books to be on the lookout for this year: Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey Feb 4. (The future American Southwest is full of bandits, fascists, and queer librarian spies on horseback trying to do the right thing.) Real Life by Brandon Taylor Feb 18 (a campus novel that focuses on the interpersonal forces surrounding race, trauma, and queerness) Docile by KM Szpara March 3 (BDSM with Queer characters in dystopian capitalist society. Szpara takes the system of capitalism and drives his point home: when you have no opportunities, when the system is built against you, there is no real free will.) Starling Days by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan April 7. (A story about love, mythology, mental illness, Japanese beer, and the times we need to seek out milder psychological climate. And with a bisexual female protagonist) Storytelling in Queer Appalachia: Imagining and Writing the Unspeakable Other Collection July 1 (explores sexual identities in rural places, community and individual meaning-making among the Appalachian diaspora, the storytelling infrastructure of queer Appalachia, and the role of the metronormative in discourses of difference Theme music as always by Brandon Payton Carrillo!

AYEEE BAY BAYYY it's ya season of the BBS back to talk CLIMATE CHANGE and LOCAL UTILITIEZ w / super smart and perfect humans Sean and Sveta!!!! do u even know WTF is going on with regards to CLIMATE?! do u know how to get involved?! DO U KNOWWWWWW THAT WHEN WE FIGHT TOGETHER WE WIN?! links 4 the info: NAACP https://www.naacp.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Lights-Out-in-the-Cold_NAACP.pdf Mazzocchi article https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/victory-over-the-sun/ https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/victory-over-the-sun/ ecosocialists.dsausa.org Democratize ComEd https://www.demcomed.org/ Seize the Means of Electricity Production: http://inthesetimes.com/article/22025/bernie-sanders-calls-to-seize-the-means-of-electricity-production-climate Red Deal Principles https://therednation.org/2019/06/25/four-principles-of-the-red-deal/ Theme music as always by Brandon Payton Carrillo!

do U or ANYONE u KNOW have to DEAL with the BS that is a CHRONIC ILLNESS (the answer is YES.... ) Did you know how much HARDER it is to deal with when we live in a CAPITALIST HELLSCAPE?! This week we chat with Caroline Reilly about chronic illness, endometriosis, our broken healthcare system, and WHY WOMEN HAVE A HARDER TIME GETTING THEIR VOICES LISTENED TO IN THE DOCTORS OFFICE. Links to more information here: On disbelieving women's pain: https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/it%E2%80%99s-all-your-head-dangers-disbelieving-female-pain-hearken Body positivity and chronic illness: https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/endometriosis-chronic-illness-body-positivity dating with chronic illness: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/01/09/dating-with-chronic-illness-when-do-i-disclose-what-if-it-changes-way-they-see-me/ high cost of excision surgery: https://rewire.news/article/2018/11/08/too-often-quality-of-life-for-endometriosis-patients-is-dictated-by-their-financial-resources/ Also - check out Nancy's Nook on FB! Theme music as alway by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

not much 2 say except shit is F'd!!!!! listen to the coven give u some HISTORY and CONTEXT to all the SHIT going on right now. absolutely fuck war forever. solidarity to working class people everywhere. xoxoxox, the coven theme music as alway by brandon payton-carrillo

NEW YEAR NEW COVEN AMMIRIGHT IN THIS NEXT DECADE WE WILL SEE ~*~*~GAY SPACE LUXURY COMMUNISM~*~*~ Our new years resolutions: be gay do crimes abolish the government fall in love as much as possible be ur truest self overthrow capitalist heteropatriarchy xoxoxoxo the coven theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

WHO IS YR CELEBRITY CRUSH?! (other than the SotB coven) well, WHY?! Do u have a person u FOLLOW closely? this week we're talkin' with Darcie Wilder on celebrity / fame / media / / // // // ASTROLOGY (when are we not talking about astrology though .......) Darcie is brillz AF so give her a follow on twitter (just start typing 3's she will come up) XOXOXOXOX the cov Theme music as always by brandon payton carrillo

HAYYY ITS YA GIRLZ BACK AT IT AGAIN! This time we r talkin' about some CHARTS of famous ppl (HELLO WHY DID YOU THINK EMMA G WAS SO SAPPY OR WHY TROTSKY WAS A THOT?!) We do a PATREON only series called ROASTED and so this is a taste for everyone, on what you could expect, when you listen to those episodes. Find out why Angela Davis is such a fucking comrade and why Rosa is a dreamy son of a B. WE LOVE TO SEE IT! Long live sag season bbs - don't lose hope as we enter deep winter. xoxoxooxoxoxoxoxox Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

TIME TO TALK ABOUT REAGAN AND HOW HE JUST RLY DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB AND SUCKS FOREVER!!! Also shoutout to Nancy for not only being the first husband-girl, but for being a PAWN in MASS INCARCERATION antics! WE HATE TO SEE IT! Yeah, if you ever just wanted to SCREAM about how neoliberal politics is ruining all of our lives, YOURE WELCOME! this episode is full of reasons to yell at your boss, yell at your conservative uncles, and honestly, just yell. Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

LoVe iS iN ThE aIr bB! Welll...... maybe only sex is in the air, but either way we are here to support your thotty questions! The coven takes on yr BURNING DESIRES, i mean AHEM!~*$ your burning questions about romance!!! How do u move on from a toxic relashe? how do u talk 2 some1 on tinder? how do u talk to yr partner about the TUF STUFF?! all that and more on this EP! Warning - if yr a dad, we are sorry (jk we r never sorry) in advance about Ambria's h8tred towards dads ;) Theme music as always by Brandon Payton Carrillo!

AYEEEE HAPPY TGIVS - don't forget not to be a colonial fuck! This week, we're GRATEFUL to be chatting with Rebecca Parson, a queer democratic socialist running for congress in WASHINGTON state. DO YOU KNOW WHY MEDICARE FOR ALL, THE GREEN NEW DEAL, AND A FEDERAL JOBS GUARANTEE ALL ARE INTERTWINED?! NO?! Well well well, looks like you just have to LISTEN UP and find out ;) We know elections aren't everything (DUH BC WHOMST AMONG US ACTUALLY LIVES IN A DEMOCRACY) but as rebecca brilliantly points out, it's helpful to the social movements to have folks on the inside making organizing easier. Check out Rebecca's campaign here: https://rebeccaforwa.com/ Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

COME ONE COME ALL TO THE CHAOTIC DARKNESS THAT IS THE GOTHIC U.S. PAST but for real tho - Leila Taylor is an incredible goth who wrote this book - part memoir, part history - about how black history is tied to america's gothic soul. YOU DIDNT KNOW THE US HAD A GOTHIC SOUL?! well, tbh open your eyes, but ALSO read this book!!! It's filled with incredible images and references that will make you feel like the goth teen you always ascribed to be. You can get Leila's book here: https://repeaterbooks.com/product/darkly-black-history-and-americas-gothic-soul/ Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

AIR HORN NOISE AIR HORN NOISE AIR HORN NOISE (ty Hope for making this a reality). WE TALKIN ABOUT THE HERP. Ya, you HERD it here first. Listen up as the coven TELLS U THEIR STORIES, and you will hear from a C E R T I F I E D EXPERT (THATS FUCKING RIGHT) who did A BUNCH OF RESEARCH AND SCHOOLED HER OWN DOCTOR!! Whomst could it be? YOU WILL HAVE TO FIND OUT. WHILE WE'RE AT IT - yo whomst among you is still using the friggin term "VIRGIN" FOR REAL!? who! GET OUTTA HERE. But tbh Zoë makes a hilarious joke about the virgin mary and I, for one, will NEVER forget it. LOVE YOU BYEEEE Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

Wowowowowowowowow GO GET YRSELF THIS COOL INNOVATIVE BOOK FORM GENIUS HUMAN GRACE BLAKELEY!!! Did u ever wonder - HUH! what would we get if capitalism just RAN AWAY ON A FREIGHT TRAIN?! well buckle right up you smart traveler bc its, YOU GUESSED IT, financialization!!! Please forgive laura for trying out a british accent towards the end, she doesn't know what she's doing. Support the incredible work Grace is doing here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/606759/stolen-by-grace-blakeley/ theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

HAPPY HOMOWEEN!!!! ;) okay FINE the straights, don't get mad at us, you can still participate, ITS FINE. Today we have the COOLEST WITCH IN THE GAME, Raechel Anne Jolie on the ep!!! She's a scholar, she's a rust belt bb, she's a witch, she's a marxist, she's a feminist, she's THE BEST - so step right up and listen to the best halloween ep we've got yet (jk i mean idk last year's was good too, so you should prob listen to the last two years of halloween eps as well). Here's some info on alternatives to white sage: https://everblossom.net/white-sage-alternatives/ You can order The Prison Arcana tarot zine from ABO Comix: http://www.abocomix.com/store/p34/prison-arcana-zine.html Books she mentioned and other things that may be of interest: Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown Tarot for the Wild Soul (podcast) Witches, Sluts, Feminists by Kristen J. Sollee Get in touch with her: Raechel Anne Jolie's website: https://www.raechelannejolie.com/ Order her memoir, Rust Belt Femme :https://beltpublishing.com/products/rust-belt-femme Follow her on Instagram @rebelgrrlraechel Follower her on Twitter @reblgrrlraechel Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo!

U THINK ALL HORROR IS GOOD?~! JUST BECAUSE ITS OCTOBER?>! WOWWWWW DONT ANALYZE MUCH?! YR GONNA HAVE 2 SLEEP WITH ONE EYE WIDE OPEN AFTER THIS SPOOPY EP we have a certified HORROR EXPERT in the house spreading the feminist queer horror goodness!!! Thank u so much geneveive for being so smart and good and scary (like, you're not scary, but like...you know about scary things so like ... thank you) LINKS FOR U! FROM Geneveive: She wrote a piece for her friend Sonia Lupher's site (which is dedicated to women filmmakers in the horror genre) on Roxanne Benjamin that you can find here: https://www.cutthroatwomen.org/director-page-roxanne-benjamin Second, her piece on The Last of Us (the game she mentioned) is here: https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/40973 Her website and podcast! it's all Open Ivory Tower (so @openivorytower on twitter and openivorytower.org for the full site)

ARE YOU SKEPTICAL OF ELECTORAL POLITICS?! So is HEIDI SLOAN - the incredible socialist feminist running for congress in Texas' 25th district!! Learn all about why politics IS important, and also how we can push our political leaders to action / create action outside of the political system. If you LIKED this interview (and let's face it, of course you will) you can SUPPORT Heidi's campaign and check out more information at: https://heidisloan.com/ We REALLY appreciate Heidi being OPEN to our astrology ;) not all politicians would be so brave. LOVE U BYE! Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo!

if yr feminism doesn't include people from around the world, then YR DOING IT WRONG. Today we talk with an incredible scholar and feminist activist, Mayra Cotta. We laugh, get mad, and talk politics - WHAT ELSE IS NEW AMMIRIGHT?! Sit back, relax, and learn what international solidarity looks like ;) love you bye! Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

wowwww WE FUCKING MADE IT!!! ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD BAYBEE!!! JK we just hit ONE HUNDRED EPISODES which is tbh even better. in this episode -- LINDSAY IS BACK BAYBEEEE!!!! Kellen talks about her grandpa, Ambria learns which queer eye character she's most like, HIRE ZOE YOU COWARDS, Hope is complimented on her SotB shirt (duh), and Laura openly weeps (also duh). WE MISSED WALEETA SO JUST GO GIVE HER A DIGITAL HUG. Okay time for my internet banter to get serious for a second: it's honestly been a real fucking honor to do this project for 100 episodes (more if we include patreon!) We could NOT do it without our listeners! We are so so so grateful for each and every one of you and if you still like what we do, please continue to spread the word so we can continue for 100 more. Take a sip, a puff, or a sober nod for yourself for listening to us for these last 100! And if you're new - you can do that too but in OUR honor for doing the work ;). LOVE YOU!!! BYE!!!

join your girls on a journey of multitudes -- you didn't ask for it, but we delivered. Answering your toughest romance questions!! every want to know how to slide into someone's dms? NOT be a douche man? MORE THINGS?! THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GAMBIT AND GAMIT?! lol surprise with that one. love u bye theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

LATE STAGE CAPITALISM, YA HEARD OF IT?! Welp, if not - idk who you are, but welcome to 2019 L O L --- if u have, we r so sorry 4 your loss. ITS TIME TO TALK ABOUT WHY SHIT IS SO HARD TO UNCOVER / UNDERSTAND. u think shit is easy? simple? transparent? OF COURSE YOU DONT DEAR LISTENER BC YOU ARE SUCH A SMART COOKIE but hey, here's some more information on some of the shit you already knew. love u - love each other - bc u know there's nothing to lose but our chains ;) Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo ALSO YEAH WE KNOW THE AUDIO IS A LITTLE MEH ON THIS ONE, JUST RELAX, LAURA WAS REMOTE WHEN SHE RECORDED OKAY ;) luv u bye

HAPPY LABOR DAY WEEKEND BINCH! u think labor is all about men doing a build? THINK AGAIN! join us, as we guide u through the magical mystery ride that is the REAL labor history ;). LEARN ABOUT THE MARTYRS that put their LIVES on the line so that we could have some REAL labor lawz! UGH!!!! Will Laura cry about how brilliant her co-hosts are, AGAIN?! IDK u'll have to find out :-*. Anyways, join a union, join a picket line, fuck yr bosses, happy labor day. Theme music as always by Brandon Payton Carrillo

WE OUT HERE HAVING HOT GRRRL SUMMER (literally). THE SEA LEVELS R RISING PPL, LEARN ABOUT AN EXCELLENT BREAD DOUGH AND MATTRESS EXAMPLE TO HELP US PLEBS UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE INTRICACIES OF SEA LEVEL SCIENCE!!! TAMARA, PhD is an INCREDIBLE SCIENTIST who also BREAKS IT DOWN for us bbs. U MAAYYYYY remember her from her ~*~*~ claim 2 fame ~*~*~ which is her episode with us on FEMINISTS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. wow what an incredible woman. if u liked this, check out tamara’s BOOK RECOMMENDATION, SCIENCES FROM BELOW by sandra harding: https://www.dukeupress.edu/sciences-from-below Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo!

G'DAY GOVNA* ** *bye all government officials who would DARE oppose anna and tash's proposal ** yes i know this is british.... OKAY WOW yes we have the BEST guests on from the FARTHEST place we've ever had!! TASH AND ANNA FROM AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND AHHHHH!! Learn all about the green new deal from down under and get ready to fall in love with two smart and incredible women who just want to smash capitalism, colonialism, patriarchy, and climate change all at once. WOW WOW WOW is all we can say!!!!!! Here's their proposal! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d7sqRH38AO1_XxW2X3ZzAvFBhy5OPyvRXU5H9ECHC44/edit?usp=sharing Australian Unemployed Workers Union: http://unemployedworkersunion.com/ SEED’s short film about Origin’s plans for fracking in the Northern Territory: https://nt.seedmob.org.au/film Anna and Tash’s draft GND discussion paper: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gVZsKW6LjA9a5Iba_2PKnNx5jlj15lHtne1HlRv4_UQ/edit?usp=sharing Climate Justice Collective: https://climatejusticeaustralia.org/ Sam Wallman Just Transition poster: https://www.samwallman.com/store/just-transition-large-format-poster-print follow @greennewdealau on twitter for more updates!! Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

u like food? u like eating that food? u want 2 know the real dill about ag? ;) WELL GIDDY UP! This week we have incredible crop scientist, Sarah Taber, on the ep! Check it out as she eviscerates any and all agricultural myths u may have in your brain! Theme music as always by Brandon Payton Carrillo Links for the people Broiler chicken farmers make way more money that anyone admits: https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2014/august/financial-risks-and-incomes-in-contract-broiler-production/ Farmers in general make more money than non-farming Americans & have since the mid-90s: https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/farm-household-well-being/income-and-wealth-in-context/ (Translate: yes, working-class farmers exist, and they’re still a lot better off than their non-farming working class peers. Meanwhile white-collar farmers, who also exist, are doing quite well.) The USDA does a farm census every 10 years or so; the 1920 one gets referenced the most often bc it was the high-water mark for number of farmers in the US. (Which folks take to mean it’s “normal” except it wasn’t- farmer numbers were artificially inflated by super high food prices during World War I driving a lot of speculative investment & one last gasp of homesteading in places where there’s no way it could actually work. It’s how the Dust Bowl happened.) Anyway, check out how much sharecropping was happening in the Great Plains & Midwest. http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/AgCensusImages/1920/Farm_Statistics_By_Color_and_Tenure.pdf A whole bunch of farmers talking about how the “thank a farmer” grandstanding is toxic & just exacerbates ag culture’s worst tendencies: https://www.porkbusiness.com/article/kate-miller-i-will-not-thank-farmer https://futureofag.com/why-i-dont-promote-thank-a-farmer-rhetoric-bee1378c490a https://www.achieveag.com.au/single-post/2017/04/30/Dont-thank-a-farmer https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-farmer-thank-a-farmer-nonsense-1.4945273 https://www.agweb.com/top-producer/article/perspective_a_declaration_of_interdependence-john-phipps/

BIG BI ENERGY (BBE) BAYBEEE 2 day we r talking about being BI! what's the deal? how is it different from pan? why r bi ppl hoes? what astrology signs are bi?! what is bi privilege?! lol ALL THAT AND MORE ON THIS GOOFY BUT ALSO INFORMATIVE EP we have trans bi pan icon jd on this episode so do not sleep on this!!!! okay love u biiiii ;) theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo!

SOUND THE (SCHOOL BELL) ALARMZ WE GOT ANOTHER EPISODEEE!!!! This week we chat with EDUCATION BEAUTIES mel and scarlett and they chat with US about RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN THE CLASSROOM! r u a curmudgeonly teacher who thinks the youths just should respect u when u DIDNT EARN IT?! Think again baybeeeeee the youth will rule everything YA HEARD IT HERE FIRST. note: some of the language in this episode (eg. “functioning” labels) is outdated and does not reflect the language that many in the Autistic community have called for allies to use. thanks to all who reached out—we are always working to get better. Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

NEVER AGAIN MEANS NEVER AGAIN MEANS NEVER AGAIN MEANS NEVER AGAIN I don't have anything witty to say because there's fucking concentration camps at the border Listen to our incredible Jewish comrades fighting the insanity that is our goddamn government. Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

YO YO YO YO YO U LIKE TELLING PPL WHO CAN HAVE BABIES WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR BODIES?! HOW ABOUT NAH BRUH take a little adventure with ya girlz on sotb where we talk about all the reasons why ppl might want to have kids or NOT have kids! guess what - it's a fucking complicated topic and maaaaayyyyybeeeee idk don't fucking tell people what to do with their bodies thx other highlights include: the coven is going to all start dating each other, tinder is for attention, and stock images of women eating broccoli is ...... something to consider when deciding whether or not to have a baby (WHO KNEW!) Theme music as always by brandon payton-carrillo

sotb haz always been on our bullshit when it comes to sex work but this may be our BEST VERSION YET u do NOT want to miss this hilarious DRAG session where we literally drag all white cis straight men through hell, talk about dsa and some of its fuckery, and also understand why electoral politics is .... FINE but not GOOD. Join us and our fabulous guest Makayla who is ready to CHOKE PPL WHO DONT STAN SEX WORKERS. ;) <3 sex work is work, and all work should be abolished, bring sex workers into your labor branches swopusa.org okay love u byeeeeeee theme music as always by brandon payton carrillo!

OOOOOOKAY U LIKE TO STREAM MOVIEZ BUT U HAVE GUILT ABT A PROBLEMATIC FAVE? WELL LUCKY 4 U THERE IS A NEW STREAMING SYSTEM THAT IS A WORKER OWNED COOP: MEANS TV! today we chattin' with co-creator of the Means of Production AND Means TV: Naomi Burton - she is SO nice and cool as HELL and we are v excited to support the work she and her crew are doing. CHECK THEM OUT!! https://twitter.com/means_tv https://means.media/ https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/lets-build-means-tv Theme music as always by Brandon Payton Carillo

Episode 87: An Interview With Senator Mike Gravel by Season of the Bitch

SWOLE IS THE WORD THAT U HEARD okay ladies now let's get in-formation about LIFTING BAYBEEEEEEE. Today we r chattin' with POWER LIFTER Colleen Tighe (@colleentie) and OLYMPIC WEIGHT LIFTER SHANNON (@no_talent_shan) - they are RADICAL AND BUFF and are here to tell u all of things related to that. Our cover art for this ep comes from Colleen, who is also an amazing artist!!! Get a shirt with these badass lifters (or any number of other badass images) here: https://www.sluggishwife.com/products Here are ONE MILLION RESOURCES on how to get into lifting: From Colleen: For stuff i talked about, the top FIVE people in the world by their wilks score as ranked now by https://www.openpowerlifting.org/ are women. The top one is marianna gasparyan @power_mayan on insta who recently broke multiple world records, and not only squatted 4.6x her bodyweight, but 4.6x her competition bodyweight, it is 5lbs heavier than the men’s all-time world record at the same bodyweight. The second top is stefi cohen @steficohen on insta who is a recommended follow along w stacy burr @bamaburr and cc ingrahm @c.c_ingram. some other top athletes i'd rec are bonica brown @bubblypowerlifter and jen thompson @jenthompson132, and @janaemarie who was an extremely famous powerlifter who transitioned, and there's a beautiful doc on netflix i recommend called Transformer about her. i talked about: @womenstrengthcoalition @happyluma and ask a swole woman @swolewoman on insta, whose archive is on hairpin and is now on Self mag and is a great archive for beginners also rec @decolonizing_fitness and @thatdoc.marcia for disability perspectives and decolonial perspectives From Shannon: The philly gym I mentioned that does the monthly free class for LGBTQ+ community is here. the class is called strength in numbers and they do it every first Sunday The brute strength showdown lol: It’s a YouTube series with 4 female strength athletes from different sports competing against each other. It could be intimidating bc these ppl are like highly skilled in their sports BUT it’s fun to watch 4 extremely strong women trying out each other’s sports @snatchmagazine is a great insta and online store/zine run by a woman: Highly rec the body image community convo from snatch mag and the other polls in her highlights are great too!! :) Theme music as always by Brandon Payton Carrillo!

HAY HAY HAY ya girlfriends r back with another EP on the CLIMATE and how SCARY things can be BUT ALSO how to have HOPE and fuckin' tackle that shit in the best, most supportive way. We have the BEST guests - Thea, Sus, and Angela helpin' us figure this stuff out. Read more about this stuff here— sus's article: https://www.the-trouble.com/content/2019/4/26/in0ipnptnhqqbot1zvqv6ubfnrculh Thea's Articles: http://inthesetimes.com/article/21823/ecosocialism-ecoapartheid-climate-change-democratic-socialism-justice https://www.viewpointmag.com/2019/05/16/plan-mood-battlefield-reflections-on-the-green-new-deal/ and here’s the page for DSA’s ecosocialist working group for ppl to get involved: https://ecosocialists.dsausa.org/ Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo! <3 <3 <3

Episode 84: Emma Goldman, WHO IS SHE by Season of the Bitch

WHADDAP PARTY PPL You are in 4 a REAL treat! U ever been harassed or witnessed harassment? OF COURSE U HAVE U LIVE IN HELL WITH THE REST OF US. The INCREDIBLE Shawna Potter of War on Women (IF U DON'T LISTEN TO THEM THEN WHAT R U DOING) joins us about her NEW book Making Spaces Safer. She outlines how to help! how to fight back! how to keep your head above water! etc etc etc. YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK and also go to a reading or War on Women show!!! Buy the book here: https://www.akpress.org/making-spaces-safer-6329.html Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

WE’RE BACK with another episode in our ELECTIONS 2020 SERIES!!! this week we are joined by TATIANA COZZARELLI, a writer for Left Voice and a socialist feminist organizer, who’s here to tell us about building a socialist party!!! and also about amazing organizing efforts going on thruout south america!!!! and also about why she loves leon trotsky!! (for those who aren’t familiar, you might know trotsky as “one of frida khalo’s boyfriends.”) it’s a good episode OKAY so just go ahead and PRESS PLAY find tatiana on twitter at @tcozzar1 read her work for left voice here: https://www.leftvoice.org/author/tatiana ** YES WE KNOW THERES A PART WHERE THE AUDIO IS DIFFERENT OKAY RELAX *** Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo <3

This week (part of) the coven ventured to the homeland of GRITTY (and Zoë)...that's right we went to PHILADELPHIA. The coven chats with Cinzia Arruzza, co-author of FEMINISM FOR THE 99%, about, well, feminism for the 99%. We also discuss how to talk to your liberal friends and socialism, and what it's like to be socialist feminist teachers out in the world doin the lord's work (the lord being rosa of course). Thank you to everyone who came out to hangout, listen, ask amazing questions, and drink raging bitch. WE LOVE U ALL. ***Special thanks to our FIRST sponsors SHRINKS ON THIRD PODCAST who made our live recording possible. Find them wherever you get podcasts to learn about social justice & psychology.***

OH HAY BBS AND BBROS we have the audio from our ILLUSTRIOUS panel, featuring the incredibly smart and talented Alison to talk about BEING A SOCIALIST FEMINIST ONLINE why are we releasing this on may day u ask?! WHY ARE YOU COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS! RISE UP AND FIGHT YOUR BOSSES, maybe even log off for the day thank u to philly soc fem for putting this great panel together <3 A note from the guest editor: unfortunately, this episode was edited with the help of male labor. we understand if you don't want to listen to it (maybe that's why the quality is so bad lol). <3 <3 <3 <3 rise up my bbs <3 <3 <3

u already tired of the election chatter? lmao SRY we've got SO LONG TO GO! We will be doing a few episodes on the election, with a few different view points! TODAYYYYY we're chattin' with Meagan Day, Jacobin author and East Bay DSA comrade. She is a WIZ on all things related to Bernie and the power that comes with executive office -- u will not want 2 miss this incredibly informative ep! *** Also - just a lil asterisk / caveat to all of this -- Season of the Bitch does not formally associate itself with DSA and is not endorsing the Bernie campaign, although we some of our hosts are involved with / support one or both of those things. *** Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo <3

OH HO HO DEAR LISTENERS its ya fave women back in action talking about the racist war on drugs and how weed legalization needs to come with reparations for black and brown communities most affected by these racist as shit policies! This is by no means a conversation by experts -- we just wanted to make sure we acknowledged all this shit, esp in light of our SEASON OF THE STONER ep coming out 4/20 for only our patreon bbs. We recommend watching 13th, reading Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow, and continuing to watch and remain vigilant as weed becomes legal across the country. Theme music as always by Brandon Payton-Carrillo

R U TEAM DEAN, JESS, OR LOGAN?! GUESS WHAT WE DONT CARE LOL WE DONT WANT TO TALK ABOUT MEN (jk again, we do, secretly, care.. and the only reasonable answer is team jess) We have two INCREDIBLE GUESTS this week from THE BECHDEL CAST!!! Jamie Loftus and Caitlin Durante take their expertise and let us know about all things Gilmore Girls! Kellen hangs in a dark bathroom in Emily Gilmore's house, I attempt to pick a fight with Caitlin (she wins... of course), and Zoe let's us know about her TWO sets of DVDs. You don't know anything about the Gilmore Girls? TOO BAD you should still listen bc we ALSO talk about representation and why it MATTERS. FOLLOW AND LISTEN TO THE BECHDEL CAST: https://www.bechdelcast.com/ https://twitter.com/bechdelcast?lang=en Follow Jamie: https://twitter.com/jamieloftusHELP?lang=en Follow Caitlin: https://twitter.com/caitlindurante?lang=en Theme music as always by Brandon Payton- Carrillo