All The F Words

The industrial age gave us free time, leisure time to engage in hobbies, learn a new skill, simply do nothing. It very well may be that the information age has taken it away from us. On this episode of All the F Words, Gabi and Joanne focus on FREE TIME, how we spend it, how many of us stress about how to maximize it, and how the very most productive, educated and highly paid people among us have the toughest time with even the idea of free time. After this episode, we’ll be taking a short break from the show during which we hope that you catch up o episodes you may have missed. We’ll be back soon!

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7 Ways Successful People Spend Their Free Time, Inc. Magazine
https://www.inc.com/jayson-demers/7-ways-successful-people-spend-their-free-time.html

The Way We View Free Time is Making Us Less Happy, BBC Worklife
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210914-the-way-we-view-free-time-is-making-us-less-happy

What does it mean to be a good father? Today’s dads are far more involved in child-rearing than their fathers and grandfathers were, but there are still far too many dads who don’t have a clue and who are absent from their children’s lives. Joanne and Gabi share their thoughts and stories about fatherhood - about their own fathers and the fathers of their children - with guest expert Charlie Capen, writer and founder of the website How to Be a Dad and co-author of The Guide to Baby Sleep Positions: Survival Tips for Co-Sleeping Parents

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LINKS
Charlie Capen’s website: https://linktr.ee/charliecapen

National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse –
Activities, blogs, videos, supporting dads and orgs that support dads
https://www.fatherhood.gov/

National Fatherhood Initiative National Fatherhood Initiative® equips organizations and communities to intentionally and proactively engage fathers in programs and social services.
https://www.fatherhood.org/

Ten Traits of a Great Father
https://www.askmen.com/home_auto/parenting/10-traits-of-a-great-father.html

How to be a Good Father – 9 Traits you should have
https://www.momjunction.com/articles/how-to-be-a-good-father_00427023/

On this episode, we’re talking about filth, which we’re defining as sexual or sexy content, specifically pornographic videos and photos and erotic literature. To help us dig into this topic, we’re talking with our friend and friend of the pod, who also happens to be a prolific erotica writer, Rebecca Kee! Join us for a deep dive on our respective relationships to taking nudes, writing/talking/and engaging with the subject of sex, and how repression impacts us whether we realize it or not.

LINKS
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6912629/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sex-dawn/201004/sexual-repression
https://www.modernintimacy.com/sexual-repression-shame-and-the-link-to-suicide/
https://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2006/03/sexual-repression-and-violence/235918/
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1037/1089-2680.6.2.166
http://www.literotica.com

A fib is most definitely a lie. A little lie. A white lie. But it’s a slippery slope as Gabi and Joanne conclude on this episode of All the F Words. Who lies the most? Why do we lie? And with the proliferation of social media, are we lying more than ever? You may be surprised at what the studies show. We were surprised at how many studies on lying are being funded. And that’s the truth.

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New research shows most people are honest — except for a few by Shannon Thomason https://www.uab.edu/news/research/item/12398-new-research-shows-most-people-are-honest-except-for-a-few

9 Things You Should Know About Liars By Vanessa Van Edwards
https://www.scienceofpeople.com/9-things-know-liars/

Deception & Trust in Social Media and Beyond with Jeffrey Hancock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFV5S0GI_9U

Are people lying more since the rise of social media and smartphones?
By David Markowitz https://theconversation.com/are-people-lying-more-since-the-rise-of-social-media-and-smartphones-170609

Fundamentalism was once dismissed as an outdated, archaic approach to religion, but as societal norms begin to trend towards progressivism, diametrically opposed voices seem to grow louder and louder. In this episode, we talk about how the rise of fundamentalism has impacted culture, politics, and modern religion as we know it.

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LINKS

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/25/opinion/the-day-christian-fundamentalism-was-born.html

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyond-cultural-competence/202206/how-healthy-spirituality-and-religious-fundamentalism-differ

https://shepherds.edu/a-brief-history-of-fundamentalism/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/fundamentalism/Jewish-fundamentalism-in-Israel

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201810/how-religious-fundamentalism-hijacks-the-brain

https://www.chausa.org/publications/health-progress/article/november-december-2016/fundamentalism-an-enemy-of-the-common-good

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sounds-like-a-cult/id1566917047

When we say someone is a fanatic, we mean obsessed, zealous, fixed on a particular idea or way of viewing the world. Fanaticism often refers to religion or politics but, as we all know, there are many people who are fanatics about their favorite sports team or, for instance, Bruce Springsteen. On this episode of All the F Words, Joanne and Gabi look at fanaticism from all sides and, of particular interest, they explore something all dictators know --- that young males are natural fanatics.

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THE MANY FACES OF FANATICISM Kalmer Marimaa Ph.D. Student in Social Science, Lecturer in Religious Studies and Sociology at the Tartu Theological Seminary, Estonia, [email protected]
https://www.ksk.edu.ee/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/KVUOA_Toimetised_14_2_kalmer_marimaa.pdf

What Every Dictator Knows: Young Men are Natural Fanatics
https://aeon.co/ideas/what-every-dictator-knows-young-men-are-natural-fanatics

At any given time, 800 million people worldwide are menstruating, and yet, it’s a topic that is largely considered taboo. As if that weren’t bad enough, thanks to issues accessing raw materials, shipping troubles, and labor issues, the U.S. is currently experiencing a massive tampon shortage that is leaving many people with uteruses unable to access the products they need to care for their periods. On this episode, we discuss the history of feminine hygiene, the reasons behind the shortage, and what you can do if you’re struggling to get the period products you need.

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Links
https://www.si.edu/spotlight/health-hygiene-and-beauty/feminine-hygiene-products#:~:text=Several%20patents%20for%20menstrual%20tampons,applicator%2C%20became%20the%20Tampax%20tampon

https://voxapod.com/blogs/journal/the-history-of-menstrual-products

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/how-the-ongoing-national-tampon-shortage-may-worsen-period-poverty

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/well/live/tampon-shortage.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/22/style/tampon-shortage-alternatives.html

https://time.com/6184644/tampon-shortage-supply-chain/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/americas-period-taboo-will-outlast-the-tampon-shortage/2022/07/02/b207d3a0-fa07-11ec-81db-ac07a394a86b_story.html

By definition, if something is foolish, it’s ill-considered, unwise, lacking forethought. Sounds pretty grim. But foolishness is also silliness, zaniness, a way of getting beyond one’s dependence of the approval of others. On this episode of All the F Words, Gabi and Joanne will examine foolishness – how it’s different than stupidity, how it can be connected to curiosity and impulsivity, how it can keep you searching for new answers. In short, how and why foolishness can play a positive role in your life.

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Resouces:

Why Smart People Do Foolish Things
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-smart-people-do-foolish-things/

I embraced My Foolishness Instead of Fearing It.
https://medium.com/curious/the-upside-of-being-foolish-d8ce61561862

The Fool Tarot Card meanings
https://www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-meanings/major-arcana/fool/


30 Awesome Quotes About Being Foolish
https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/30-awesome-quotes-about-foolishness.html

How to Be Foolish
https://medium.com/the-imaginary-possible/how-to-be-foolish-243a7c64c1ab

What are you afraid of? Are your fears rational? Absurd? Do they keep you up at night? Though it’s common to think of fear as being all in your head, research has increasingly shown that it’s experienced in the body, and that it actually exists to keep us safe. In this episode, we dive into the physiological process of fear, the difference between fears, phobias, and anxiety, and what you can do to confront your fears, or, at the very least, protect your mental health when fear takes over.

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Links
https://hms.harvard.edu/magazine/science-emotion/chill-fear

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3595162/

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/dissecting-terror-how-does-fear-work

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/fear

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-we-worry/201405/what-are-you-so-afraid

https://www.nm.org/healthbeat/healthy-tips/emotional-health/5-things-you-never-knew-about-fear

https://www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/mental-wellbeing/fears-and-phobias/ten-ways-to-fight-your-fears

https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/phobia-and-fear_b_1596640

When Gabi first started researching this episode, she thought it was going to be one of our lighter ones—maybe even a little woo-woo; a fun little chat about whether fate is real or not. Instead, she found that, at the heart of the discussion about fate is the question of the existence of another big F word: Free will. In other words, does fate exist? Or is every choice we make simply the result of enacting free will? The concept of free will is essential to every component of American politics, from welfare provision to criminal law. It’s also deeply embedded into popular culture and the American dream—the idea that it’s possible for anyone to succeed here, regardless of where they come from and what they are given. In this episode, we ask the question: are we, in fact, all agents of free will? Or is our brain doing more subconsciously than we could ever know to decide our fate?

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LINKS

https://www.amazon.com/Free-Will-Sam-Harris/dp/1451683405

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/06/theres-no-such-thing-as-free-will/480750/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6857186/

https://www.chemistryworld.com/review/the-science-of-fate-why-your-future-is-more-predictable-than-you-think/3010786.article

https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2014/01/15/261716096/the-choice-is-yours-the-fate-of-free-will

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-fate-of-free-will-when-science-crosses-swords-with-philosophy/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/transcending-the-past/202101/fate-and-destiny-what-role-do-they-play-in-your-life