Season One: Recap
Amy and Erik Allebest summarize key takeaways and memories from each episode of the first season
Episode 67: Women Who Run with the Wolves, by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
“Even the most injured instincts can be healed.”
Episode 66: Unwell Women, by Elinor Cleghorn
“Speaking out about your own body is profoundly feminist.”
Episode 65: Untamed, by Glennon Doyle
“There is a life meant for you that’s truer than the one you’re living.
Episode 64: For the Love of Men, by Liz Plank
“Boys don’t cry. Be strong. Don’t let him know it hurt you.”
Episode 63: The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World, by Melinda French Gates
“Outrage can save one girl or two, she told me. Only empathy can change the system.”
Episode 62: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, by Caroline Criado Perez
“There is no such thing as a woman who doesn’t work. There is only a woman who isn’t paid”
Episode 61: Women and Power: A Manifesto, by Mary Beard
“Women in power are seen as…taking something to which they are not quite entitled.”
Episode 60: Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong, by Angela Saini
“Removing stereotype threat can improve both men’s and women’s academic achievement.”
Episode 59: Girls and Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape, by Peggy Orenstein
“…girls learn to suppress their own feelings in order to avoid conflict, to preserve the peace…”