Unladylike

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Ask Unladylike: Virginity Disclosure? Nov 08, 2022

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Why does virginity f*ck with our heads? Cristen advises a listener who's worried her sexual inexperience is showing. Listeners also sound off on previous advice on unvaxxed friends, STEM sexism and the "Mom" treatment.

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You Don't Look Autistic Nov 01, 2022

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What happens when adult women discover they're autistic? Cristen busts the gender stereotypes and neurotypical myths of Autism Spectrum Disorder with help from Unladylike listeners and The Loudest Girl in the World, Lauren Ober.

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Christians Get Abortions, Too Oct 25, 2022

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The Christian right has become synonymous with anti-abortion, but what about the Christian left? Reverend Angela Tyler-Williams takes Cristen to church on reconciling reproductive justice and abortion with Christianity and how she and the interfaith repro alliance SACReD are leading congregations to do just that.

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True Crime, Horror & Women Oct 18, 2022

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Women dominate both true crime and horror, and in unexpected ways. Bobbi Miller (The Afternoon Special) and Cristen dig into true crime media, fandom and white ladies’ fascination with serial killers. Then, film critic Amy Nicholson (Unspooled) reframes horror as “the genre that has always belonged to women,” Final Girls' surprising origin and an iconic scary movie worth rewatching.

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Bad Nose, Good Nose Oct 11, 2022

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What happens when refusing a nose job means defying family tradition? Filmmaker Gayle Kirschenbaum shares why her mother endlessly agonized over the bump in her nose. Then, medical historian Sharrona Pearl deconstructs the "Jewish nose" myth, big nose stigma and rhinoplasty's vain reputation.

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From A Slight Change of Plans: Civil Rights Icon Ruby Bridges Oct 05, 2022

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We’re sharing a special episode from another podcast, A Slight Change of Plans, from Pushkin

Industries. In this preview, civil rights icon Ruby Bridges shares what it was like to be the first

African-American student to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana in 1960. Ruby

was just six years old at the time, and it would be years before she fully appreciated her role in

advancing civil rights in America. Hear the full episode, and more from A Slight Change of

Plans, at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/scp5?sid=unladylike.

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Ask Unladylike: Unvaxxed, Unfriended? Oct 04, 2022

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Can friendship survive the vaccine divide? Is entering a male-dominated industry setting yourself up to fail and/or become the "Mom" of the workplace? It's a juicy grabbag of listener advice requests, and Cristen is coming in HOT.

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Sexxxy Feet Sep 27, 2022

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Cristen dips her toe into wikiFeet and FeetFinder on a quest to figure out why foot fetishes and feet pics are so hot right now. Then, professional dominatrix Miss Mae Ling schools her on the sex work of foot fetishes and what it takes to be a successful feet model.

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Ask Unladylike: Feminist Guilt vs Weddings? Sep 20, 2022

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Wedding bells and feminist guilt are in the air! Cristen answers three unladies' advice requests on WHY engagement rings, feminist wedding pressure and being the liberal daughter in-law.

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From The Loudest Girl in the World: What it Means to be on the Autism Spectrum Sep 14, 2022

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We’re sharing a special preview of a new podcast, The Loudest Girl in the World. For years, journalist and podcast host Lauren Ober wasn’t all that jazzed about herself. She was always getting in trouble, she had a lot of sensory issues and her anxiety felt off the charts. And then, she found out why — she was autistic. The Loudest Girl in the World tells the story of Lauren’s journey to understand what it means to be on the autism spectrum and how to live life as a newly diagnosed autistic person. You can hear the full episode, and more from The Loudest Girl in the World, at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/loudest?sid=unladylike.

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