Podcast
Revolting Women
Hosted by Annie · EN
Throat surgeon; mother. Joe Rogan for relaxed people.
10episodes
Episodes
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Why are all our Devices Women?
Jan 29, 202400:25:31Tap to summarizeThink Alexa, Cortana, and Siri: why are they all women? Today I talk about sexism in synthesised speech and digitised assistants. Sources to note: UNESCO 2019 “I’d blush if I could”. Lingel & Crawford 2020, “Alexa, tell me about your mother”. Cameron 2001 “Designer Voices”. Hempel 2015, “Siri and Cortana”. Gersen 2019, “SEX LEX MACHINA”.
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Cancel Culture: Censorship or Justice?
Sep 16, 202200:32:03Tap to summarizeTalking about cancel culture and what it does and doesn’t achieve. What does it even want?
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The Male Gaze
Nov 7, 202100:28:21Tap to summarize"Even as she is walking or weeping, she cannot avoid imagining herself walking or weeping." We are all watching ourselves; why?
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What is a TERF?
Jan 25, 202100:26:28Tap to summarizeWe are talking about TERFs today; a little call back to JK Rowling. The book I mentioned is Literary Theory by Eagleton. Please send me voice messages that I can put in my podcasts (if you went)! You can do this on my Anchor page if you just click the link to any podcast episode and choose to go straight to anchor :)
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Why are Male Suicide Rates so High?
Jan 17, 202100:37:57Tap to summarizeTW of course; nothing too graphic, just a very sensitive topic. Today I'm talking about factors that I myself and psychologists think are foundational to making male suicide the biggest killer of men under 45. PLEASE SEEK HELP IF YOU WISH! LIVI is the GP app, it's excellent. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Piersig) discusses classical/romantic thinking, Women and Madness is about psychiatry (Chesler, 1972).
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How Can a Woman be Sexist?
Nov 23, 202000:35:59Tap to summarizeSome top tips and tricks on how not to project your own sexism from the biggest misogynist there is: me! Buckle in babies this is a 40min sucker talking about pick me girls, internalised misogyny and hating women - when you're a woman.
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Pedophilic Disorders
Sep 4, 202000:35:51Tap to summarizeToday we discuss whether or not we think we can pity or treat pedophilia as a mental health condition. Of course I play devils advocate and say we can.. More info on Prostasia.org
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The Evolution of Skateboarding
Aug 19, 202000:19:35Tap to summarizeCheck out @Stessolondon Magazine on insta, who I wrote this article for. Today we're talking about the roots and gentrification of skateboarding in a 1940s california... somehow, I still manage to get angry!
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Male Idols
Aug 16, 202000:35:55Tap to summarizeWhy do we idolise the men we idolise? What does this do to the teenage boy generation? Let's discuss fellas, by fellas for fellas. Anyway; read Robert Webb's "how not to be a boy": I endorse it... hugely.
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Modern Misogyny
Jul 28, 202000:31:52Tap to summarizeIs sexism eradicated? For the long answer: see this episode. For the shorter answer: no. I explore tiktok and instagram as sources of misogyny and why they breed hatred. Referenced: Mrs America (series), Dark Humour on the Internet (previous podcast episode), The Everyday Sexism Project (website). Thanks!
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