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Sex Objects in the Sky Oct 03, 2016

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As commercial airlines took off, so did the fetishizing of the white, eligible stewardesses on board. Cristen and Caroline discuss the original stewardesses, how sex sold airline tickets and flight attendants' fight for professional recognition.

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The Menstrual Cups Revival Sep 28, 2016

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Period Tracker Apps Sep 26, 2016

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There are more than 40,000 period apps, some of which claim to help you get pregnant or prevent pregnancy. Cristen and Caroline explore the apps' effectiveness and dig into one developer's claim that infertility is just an "information problem."

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Pantsuit Power Dressing Sep 21, 2016

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From suffragists to Grace Jones to Hillary Clinton, the pantsuit has been a symbol bucking feminine norms. Cristen and Caroline trace the power suit's history and ask why such a seemingly simple fashion has the power to embolden and enrage.

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Feminist Fight Club Sep 19, 2016

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Lunch Ladies Sep 14, 2016

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A century ago, lunch ladies were on the front lines of giving kids the nutrition they needed. Today, many are rewarded with poverty-level wages. Cristen and Caroline trace lunch ladies' history in the nutrition, labor and Civil Rights movements.

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Justice for Janitors Sep 12, 2016

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Custodians keep our schools, work places and public spaces clean, but they're often treated downright dirty. Cristen and Caroline cover the distinct gendering of janitorial work, why it's harder on women and how janitors organized for justice.

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Welfare Queens Sep 07, 2016

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Ronald Reagan made "welfare queens" a household epithet during his unsuccessful 1976 presidential campaign. Considering the 20th anniversary of so-called welfare reform, Cristen and Caroline examine the deeper origins and implications of the racist, classist welfare queen stereotype as well as the surprising history of how welfare was originally for white ladies.

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Women's War with Heroin Sep 05, 2016

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Cristen and Caroline trace why heroin is more popular among suburban, white women than ever before.

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Mad Women, Part 2 Aug 31, 2016

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Women work nearly half of all ad jobs, but the industry remains rife with sexism. Cristen and Caroline spotlight the discrimination, harassment and culture that continue to complicate the ad business' relationship with women and people of color.

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