Shrews Untamed Podcast
Welcome to the House of Shrew, where we stir the pot and speak of social and cultural plots.
Untamed and unashamed, join us as we talk about all the things – as well as having a cackle at our not-so-secret-plot:
eat the patriarchyHeres where you can link up to the episodes to get Shrews in your ears, and read the Show Notes.
Episode 11: Menstrual Blood - The Last Taboo
Period Coach and international speaker Stasha Washburn thinks menstrual blood is the last taboo. And when 3 out of 4 Australiain women have expressed the same thing, with 70 percent of young women preferring to skip class than have their peers know they’re ‘on their period’, it’s hard to disagree. We go deep into the heart of the taboo, where it came from, why it matters, and how to break it down.
Find more Stasha on the show notes here.
Episode 9: Toxic Positivity
Listen, I don’t mean to break it hard to you, dear listener. But bad stuff happens. To bad people, yes, but to good people and middling people too.
And so what we’re exploring today is the damaging power of toxic positivity, especially to people who simply cannot wish themselves out of the existence they’re in.
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Episode 6: Feminism In the Land Down Under
You’d better run, you’d better take cover. (You’ll also hear us say “what a f**king legend!” quite a bit.)
Episode 10: Fat Shaming and Thin Privilege
Despite the rise and rise of the Body Positive movements, the pervasive thin (female) body aesthetic still reigns supreme in media, advertising, and our society’s subconscious. Today Jen talks about Fat Shaming, Thin Privilege, and how these constructs benefit the patriarchy – not women and girls.
Episode 8: Women in Leadership
Outspoken harridans, school marms, bad mothers, bad fashion and conspicuously empty fruit bowls – that’s right, today we’re talking about Women Leaders.
Episode 7: The Hustle - An Episode Where Shrews Don't Agree
“Everybody’s hustlin'”… not in the House of Shrew they’re not.
Episode 5: What's In A Name? Is It Unfeminist to Take Your Husband's Last Name?
Yes, we know Unfeminist isn’t a word. We’re breaking the rules.
Episode 4: Unspeakable: The 'C-Word' and the 'M-Word'
Disruption is as easy as lock, stock and three smoking syllables.
Episode 3: Mother's Day (and its Feminist Firebrand Roots) + the Emotional Load
We couldn’t let Mother’s Day 2020 pass without giving it the Shrews Untamed treatment.