Stuff Mom Never Told You

At the 2016 Summer Olympics women's boxing event, all eyes were on U.S.A. phenom Claressa Shields. In this classic episode, Cristen and Caroline share Shields' inspiring backstory and women's boxing's long road to Olympic glory. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Throughout history, women have fought for the right to participate in the Olympics. Anney and Samantha trace the storied past of athletes and feminists demanding the right to compete and look into some present issues and accomplishments. Will SMNTY stick the landing? Judges? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Anney and Samantha prepare to go on vacation, we dig into vacation stress for women, the difficulty of unplugging and importance of friendships, traditions and relaxing. Basically asking the question...how does one vacate? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Women have been slaying waves ever since surfing was invented. In this classic episode, Cristen and Caroline coast the history of Hawaii's sport of kings, its colonialist demise and Gidget-inspired revival. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For Disability Pride month, we highlight Ola Abu Al Ghaib and her accomplishments in the realm of disability rights. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chastity belts may be one of the most successful jokes of all time. Learn about the history of the chastity belt and their modern counterpart, chastity cages. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2012 Summer Olympics marked the official debut of women's boxing. In this classic episode, Caroline and Cristen explore the history of women's boxing, along with gender dynamics at the gym and inside the ring. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is attachment theory and how does it relate to women specifically? Anney and Samantha navigate the research on attachment and how it can impact relationships. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anney and Samantha return to Anteel tequila and chat about the importance of having women in leadership positions. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Angela Saini's book Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story delves into the history of how science (and often bad science) has been weaponized, misinterpreted and used against women and marginalized communities, and the new research proving it wrong. Anney and Samantha discuss the book and the dangers of assuming science is always neutral. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today's installment, we discuss Dame Elizabeth Anionwu and her accomplishments in the world of medicine in the face of adversity. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anney and Samantha check back in on #MeToo, discuss some recent high profile cases and dig into some numbers to see if anything has changed. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How many people have actually faked an orgasm? How have cultural perceptions of orgasms changed over time? Join Cristen and Caroline as they cut past the cultural baggage and get to the facts behind sex and orgasms in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join us as we descend into the depths of women's grief, betrayal, friendship, anger and revenge while we discuss the 2005 horror movie The Descent. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's time for the one where we wax poetic about past relationships and what we wish we had known when we were in them. You know, typical happy hour stuff. Expect the first relationship ghost when the bell tolls rum! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cyberstalking is a frightening (and often misunderstood and dismissed) experience. Anney and Samantha dig into the facts and numbers around cyberstalking and sextortion, and discuss some ways we can we protect ourselves online. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For today's episode, we focus on Sonia Guajajara, a fierce advocate and fighter for the Amazon and the indigenous peoples that live there. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In light of all the attention brought to conservatorships due to Britney Spears, we discuss what they are and how they disproportionately impact women when it comes to negative outcomes. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maya Kroth stops by to take us inside a crisis pregnancy center in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bridget Todd explains TikTok to the uninitiated and digs into why Black women went on strike on the platform. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While sipping on some Star Wars themed cocktails, Anney shares the origins of her tradition Sunday, Sunday Sunday, and we discuss the power of routines. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In part two at our look at the misinformation and disinformation around virginity, Anney and Samantha discuss Western (and particularly American) Christian ideas around abstinence, purity, morality and virginity. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For today's fictional woman, we spotlight Black Lightning's Anissa Pierce, the first Black lesbian superhero on network television. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The US is seeing a wave of proposed (and some passed) anti-LGBTQ+ laws. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second part of our classic bisexuality episode, our expert guests return with advice and resources for bisexual folks, and share some personal experience and even a bi-ku (bisexual haiku) along the way. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

History has long made a Big Deal out of virginity, and also created a lot of (harmful) myths about it. Anney and Samantha shift through the history, unsubstantiated science and cultural importance of virginity, and the myths that surround it. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anney and Samantha vent about the idea of being entitled to sex. Masturbation is a thing, y'all. Cheers! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Throughout time and across cultures, orgasms in women have been the source of confusion, fear and fascination. Anney and Samantha pull back the curtain on the science of women's orgasms, the whys of faking, and (mis)perceptions around them, doing some myth-busting along the way. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we spotlight the work of South African queer activist, filmmaker and artist Beverly Palesa Ditsie. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you know if you want children? Why are more and more women delaying pregnancy in the US? As the birthrate drops to a record low in America, Anney and Samantha discuss being childless by choice. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this classic episode, Anney and Samantha sit down with a panel of advocates, lawyers and researchers to discuss what it means to be bisexual, the issues facing the community, and what we can do about them. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yves joins us to go over the history of Lucy Diggs Slowe and her many firsts in the worlds of education and tennis. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SMNTY raises a glass to mixologist Ada Coleman and her achievements while sipping on her most famous creation, the Hanky Panky. Come smash some patriarchy with us! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anney and Samantha open the virtual mail bag and share listener messages about parity in Chile, parentification, legal cannabis, and asexuality. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we focus on Dr. Pragati Singh, health professional and the founder of Indian Aces, the Indian subcontinent's first support group for asexual people. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Anney shares her journey of realizing she was queer. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Since ancient times, women have been advised to cover up in order to protect their dignity. More recently, a so-called "modesty movement" has gotten underway, and Cristen and Caroline undress how the "modest is hottest" message ultimately strips agency from women and men alike in this classic episode. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Co-creator of The Daily Show and founder of the Abortion Access Front Lizz Winstead joins us to discuss using humor to center reproductive rights. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For this happy hour check-in, Anney opens up about her sexual orientation and we discuss sex, love, identity and erasure. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In honor of Pride Month, we discuss Alison Bechdel's graphic novel and memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic and dig into themes of sexual identity, gender norms and dysfunctional family dynamics. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For today's installment of Women Around the World, we focus on LGBTQIA+ activist and advocate Ruby Corado. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Another end of the school year, another headline about a yearbook coordinator editing girls' pictures without consent. Anney and Samantha talk about why this is problematic. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this classic episode, Adjoa Danso joins us to discuss asexuality. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this epic concluding episode of our galactically important saga, we unpack the Star Wars sequel trilogy. The first order of business? Discussing the women in the movies, the backlash against them, with bonus discussion of women behind the scenes, mansplaining and toxic masculinity. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To wind down the week, Anney and Samantha sip on some cocktails made with Anteel Tequila while discussing the distiller and Simone Biles. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While friendships can be beautiful and powerful, unhealthy friendships can be draining and detrimental. Anney and Samantha discuss toxic friendships, abusive friendships, friendship fades and when and how to end a friendship. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sharon Carter has long been a controversial character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Learn more about why that is in this installment of Fictional Women Around the World. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When beer brewer and production manager Brienne Allan asked for people to share their experiences with sexism in the beer world, the response was overwhelming. Anney and Samantha look at the #MeToo movement in the beer industry. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How will women in combat impact the military? Join Caroline and Cristen in this classic episode as they look at other countries that allow women in combat, outline a brief history of women soldiers and explore the combat exclusion policy. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Memorial Day weekend approaches in the United States, Anney and Samantha dig into the history of the women behind this holiday. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.