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Sep 22, 2023 • 28min

SMNTY Fiction: Terminus (Chapter 12)

Violence erupts as the Resistance fights for the vaccine, Tilda faces hard truths and makes difficult choices, mysterious lab chaos with explosions and survival, Tilda discovers a man working on the vaccine, reflections and comfort amidst guilt and fear.
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Sep 21, 2023 • 12min

Happy Hour #134: You Should Be So Lucky

Exploring the negative impact of capitalism on mindset, the hidden effort behind tasks, and the issue of unacknowledged extra work. Also delving into the toxic work culture and the manipulation of the concept of family at work. Reflecting on the value of helping, recognition, and compensation. Ads promoting connectivity, video games, travel, and car parts
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Sep 21, 2023 • 58min

What the Treatment of Shay and Ruby Tells Us

The podcast discusses the mistreatment of Black women poll workers in the 2020 election, the intersection of race and gender, manipulation of videos, double standards faced by Black women, and the terrifying tactics used to intimidate marginalized individuals from participating in public life.
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Sep 19, 2023 • 18min

Fictional Women Around the World: Dr. Ellie Sattler

Dr. Ellie Sattler from Jurassic Park is the guest. They discuss her legacy, importance, portrayal in different films, feminist themes, sexism, and survival situations within the franchise. They also explore gender dynamics and the reduction of Sattler's role in merchandise.
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Sep 18, 2023 • 15min

Monday Mini: What Possession Movie Tropes Say About Us

A lot of movies about possession have been in the news lately, from The Exorcist to Talk To Me. But who gets possessed and why? Are these movies inherently conservative? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Sep 16, 2023 • 44min

SMNTY Classics: The Mummy

While the 1999 action-adventure classic The Mummy might not top a lot of feminist movie lists, that didn't stop us from finding some feminist elements in it (and due to Samantha's insistence, The Mummy Returns) to talk about. Come along on this sometimes terribly CGI-ed adventure as we discuss the feminism of these movies and the iconic heroine Evie in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Sep 15, 2023 • 38min

Sexism in Survival Situation (Movies)

Disaster and survival movies don't have the best track record when it comes to their treatment of women. From who deserves to die, consumption of female bodies, to ice queens who, gasp, don't want kids, what are these movies saying about who deserves redemption and who deserves to die? We look into two examples - Jurassic World and Deep Blue Sea.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Sep 14, 2023 • 20min

SMNTY Classics: Sex and the City

In this happy hour classic, we revisit the first episode of our SATC watch episodes and discuss tropes, friendship, toxic masculinity, dramatic exits and of course, 90s fashion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Sep 13, 2023 • 34min

SMNTY Classics: Women Writing Horror

This classic episode is ALIVE! Anney and Samantha delve into the history of women crafting the stuff of nightmares in the realm of horror fiction. Bonus dramatic reading included.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Sep 12, 2023 • 11min

Fictional Women Around the World: The Guide

The Guide from What We Do in the Shadows is powerful, knowledgeable and just wants to have friends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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