Bad Bitch Segment

We’ve got a laid back bitch session to close out 2024 for a roundup of hilarious, inspirational, and downright badass bitches to discuss. From Youtubers that make us belly laugh, to Pop Stars and Social Justice icons, we’ve got plenty to celebrate. A session wouldn’t be complete without some darker matters thrown in, like yet another dusty CEO story to remind you why we keep choosing the bear.

We end the episode talking about the portals, or “Holy Doors,” being open throughout the Basilicas of Rome by the Pope, and what exactly does it mean? And the real question everyone is curious about, is the Pope opening Lucifer’s tomb?!

This week’s sources:

https://www.youtube.com/@jaimefrenchofficial

https://medium.com/authority-magazine/jaime-french-five-things-i-wish-someone-told-me-when-i-first-became-a-professional-comedian-77f2987f420

https://www.codepink.org/medea_benjamin

https://ewtn.co.uk/article-5-holy-doors-what-every-catholic-should-know-ahead-of-jubilee-2025/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pope-opening-5-portals-christmas-eve/

https://www.sciencealert.com/us-teen-wins-top-prize-for-inventing-a-soap-to-fight-skin-cancer

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/high-school-student-won-science-fair-showed-a-forgotten-native-american-recipe-kills-cancer-cells-in-vitro/ar-BB1gXD6Z

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/olivia-rodrigo-donates-2-million-dollars-guts-tour-charity-1235859208/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89xde5qzvgo

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/seattle-ceo-cut-pay-workers-earn-70k-resigns-rcna43667

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/technology/dan-price-gravity-payments-ceo-rape.html

https://genius.com/Iyah-may-karmageddon-lyrics

https://amnplify.com.au/a-controversial-new-single-by-iyah-may-karmageddon-genocide-big-pharma-and-pop-culture/

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Music by: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Q3fDuVVQh3Bn8SVcIdqKw?si=qzdXrUoCRIanvApL6ctp0w

Advocacy:

Help displaced families in Gaza restore electricity: https://gofund.me/c0d96072

Help Abdellah Zaid Escape the Genocide in Gaza: https://gofund.me/5666bc28

Help Asmaa and her family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/escaping-gaza-to-treat-lifethreatening-tumor?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/saveusfromdeath?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabrINjNYE1e08bQRnNat7rfNh9P4DvLSdtLp4qURe13uUdPDMgH6RuUXIM_aem_n4GrmnDu5a_hfES33vhatQ

Other advocacy and resources:

https://www.codepink.org/

https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/

https://www.endthebacklog.org/

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-care

https://www.aclu.org/

https://www.whatcanido.earth/results/?verbs=donate&nouns=disaster-relief&locations=north+carolina&utm_source=ini&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=no-place-to-hide&_bhlid=5aea2ec45c35b66b411397a4fde6445dd158d837

It’s midway through December and we have our 49the episode  fresh off the press. This week brings us Shuhada' Sadaqat, but many know her as Irish singer, songwriter, activist, and all around bad b!tch Sinead O’Conner.
Episode Sources:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/the-lion-and-the-cobra-252050/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv2aj2HWpGQ

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sinead-OConnor

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12343313/Sinead-OConnors-ira-pope-life-Frank-Sinatra.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12343995/How-young-Sinead-OConnor-toiled-notorious-Catholic-training-centre-troubled-girls-scrubbed-floors-cried-day-inspiring-singer-rip-photo-Pope-live-TV.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/arts/music/kris-kristofferson-sinead-oconnor.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12341539/Sinead-OConnors-tragic-love-life-revealed-late-Irish-musical-legend-married-four-times-bid-feel-normal-including-one-marriage-lasted-just-16-days.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/26/arts/music/sinead-oconnor-dead.html

https://www.sinead-oconnor.com/home/index.php/articles

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-07-27/sinead-oconnor-dies-snl-catholic-church-protest

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/sinead-oconnors-cause-of-death-reports-say-new-details/

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Advocacy:

Help displaced families in Gaza restore electricity: https://gofund.me/c0d96072

Help Abdellah Zaid Escape the Genocide in Gaza: https://gofund.me/5666bc28

Help Asmaa and her family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/escaping-gaza-to-treat-lifethreatening-tumor?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

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https://www.codepink.org/

https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/

https://www.endthebacklog.org/

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-care

https://www.aclu.org/

https://www.whatcanido.earth/results/?verbs=donate&nouns=disaster-relief&locations=north+carolina&utm_source=ini&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=no-place-to-hide&_bhlid=5aea2ec45c35b66b411397a4fde6445dd158d837

It’s our 48th episode and in honor of the Holiday Season we’re digging deep into the life of the original sex-kitten Eartha Kitt. This crooner sang and danced her way across the stages of the globe and into our hearts. Not only was Eartha Kitt a memorable performer, but she took her success and gave it back to communities in need, pushing the envelope and ruffling some feathers along the way.
Sources:

https://web.archive.org/web/20130803032108/http://www.indiancountrynews.com/index.php/component/content/article/69-culture/walking-on-main/5814-eartha-kitt-chanteuse-cherokee-and-a-seducer-of-audiences-walked-on-at-81

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/eartha-kitt-singer-and-actress-with-a-difficult-reputation-who-was-described-as-the-most-exciting-woman-on-earth-1212439.html

https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/music-popular-and-jazz-biographies/eartha-kitt

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eartha-Kitt

https://www.66batmania.com/bios/villains/catwoman-eartha-kitt/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXIr6-HcocY&t=272s

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Music by: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Q3fDuVVQh3Bn8SVcIdqKw?si=qzdXrUoCRIanvApL6ctp0w

Advocacy:

Help displaced families in Gaza restore electricity: https://gofund.me/c0d96072

Help Abdellah Zaid Escape the Genocide in Gaza: https://gofund.me/5666bc28

https://www.gofundme.com/f/escaping-gaza-to-treat-lifethreatening-tumor?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/saveusfromdeath?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabrINjNYE1e08bQRnNat7rfNh9P4DvLSdtLp4qURe13uUdPDMgH6RuUXIM_aem_n4GrmnDu5a_hfES33vhatQ

https://www.codepink.org/

https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/

https://www.endthebacklog.org/

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-care

https://www.aclu.org/

Post election whiplash b!tch session: this week's bitch session is a smorgasbord of news and venting; from election woes, cabinet picks, failing ecosystems, irony, psychics, shadow figures, and long passed great-grandmother's warning about the dangers of tanning!

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Music by: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Q3fDuVVQh3Bn8SVcIdqKw?si=qzdXrUoCRIanvApL6ctp0w

Advocacy:

Help displaced families in Gaza restore electricity: https://gofund.me/c0d96072

Help Abdellah Zaid Escape the Genocide in Gaza: https://gofund.me/5666bc28

https://www.gofundme.com/f/escaping-gaza-to-treat-lifethreatening-tumor?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/saveusfromdeath?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabrINjNYE1e08bQRnNat7rfNh9P4DvLSdtLp4qURe13uUdPDMgH6RuUXIM_aem_n4GrmnDu5a_hfES33vhatQ

https://www.codepink.org/

https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/

https://www.endthebacklog.org/

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-care

https://www.aclu.org/
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Sources

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/why-democrats-didnt-codify-roe-when-they-had-the-chance/

https://19thnews.org/2022/01/congress-codify-abortion-roe/

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/08/1153216

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/vince-mcmahon-wwe-accused-allowing-rampant-sexual-exploitation-young-b-rcna176988

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrdLlj2UJsg

https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1048&context=history_theses

https://www.globalgiving.org/learn/what-is-mutual-aid

https://www.aclu.org/about/aclu-history

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/02/01/1152893248/red-cobalt-congo-drc-mining-siddharth-kara

https://projects.propublica.org/climate-migration/

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/mapping

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/10/18/news/trees-land-co2-nature-carbon-sink

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/12/16/u-s-lacks-mandated-paid-parental-leave/

https://www.heritage.org/impact/trump-administration-embraces-heritage-foundation-policy-recommendations

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/11/17/trumps-cabinet-and-key-roles-ex-uber-exec-emil-michael-could-lead-transportation-chris-wright-picked-for-energy/

Our 46th episode is a discussion on Spiritualism, from the Fox Sisters to Miss Cleo, to a little hamlet in New York State. Do you believe we can contact the dead?

Sources:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fox-sisters-and-the-rap-on-spiritualism-99663697/

https://www.history.com/news/ghost-hoax-spiritualism-fox-sisters

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-john-brown-was-queen-victorias-channel-to-alberts-ghost/#:~:text=%22The%20voice%20of%20Albert%20came,royal%20household%20as%20resident%20medium.

https://www.lilydaleassembly.org/

https://linktr.ee/badbitchsegment

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https://www.instagram.com/miraya_lou?igsh=MWl0amx6cnM5YWx0dg==

Music by: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Q3fDuVVQh3Bn8SVcIdqKw?si=qzdXrUoCRIanvApL6ctp0w

Advocacy:

Help displaced families in Gaza restore electricity: https://gofund.me/c0d96072

Help Abdellah Zaid Escape the Genocide in Gaza: https://gofund.me/5666bc28

https://www.gofundme.com/f/escaping-gaza-to-treat-lifethreatening-tumor?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/saveusfromdeath?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabrINjNYE1e08bQRnNat7rfNh9P4DvLSdtLp4qURe13uUdPDMgH6RuUXIM_aem_n4GrmnDu5a_hfES33vhatQ

https://www.codepink.org/

https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/

https://www.endthebacklog.org/

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-care

https://www.whatcanido.earth/results/?verbs=donate&nouns=disaster-relief&locations=north+carolina&utm_source=ini&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=no-place-to-hide&_bhlid=5aea2ec45c35b66b411397a4fde6445dd158d837

With Spooky season in full swing Court and Kate discuss scary movies, and some Hollyweird stories surrounding P Diddy. Then it’s into the topic of this week’s spooky Bitch, the largest and deepest of the Great Lakes, Lake Superior. What horrors lurk in the chilling depths of Lake Superior?

“The Lake, it is said, never gives up her dead

When the skies of November turn gloomy.” 

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Music by: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Q3fDuVVQh3Bn8SVcIdqKw?si=qzdXrUoCRIanvApL6ctp0w

Advocacy:

Help displaced families in Gaza restore electricity: https://gofund.me/c0d96072

Help Abdellah Zaid Escape the Genocide in Gaza: https://gofund.me/5666bc28

Help Asmaa and her family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/escaping-gaza-to-treat-lifethreatening-tumor?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/saveusfromdeath?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabrINjNYE1e08bQRnNat7rfNh9P4DvLSdtLp4qURe13uUdPDMgH6RuUXIM_aem_n4GrmnDu5a_hfES33vhatQ

https://www.codepink.org/

https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/

https://www.endthebacklog.org/

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-care

https://www.whatcanido.earth/results/?verbs=donate&nouns=disaster-relief&locations=north+carolina&utm_source=ini&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=no-place-to-hide&_bhlid=5aea2ec45c35b66b411397a4fde6445dd158d837

Sources:

https://greatlakes.guide/ideas/meet-mishipeshu-the-underwater-panther-in-lake-superior

https://www.truthorfiction.com/do-bodies-float-in-lake-superior/

https://www.cultofweird.com/death/edmund-fitzgerald-shipwreck-dead/

https://seagrant.sunysb.edu/greatlakes-edu/pdfs/GLCurriculum/Activities/ClimateWeather/WhatIsGLTriangle.pdf

https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/37750

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgE3g1V129M

https://99wfmk.com/myth-vs-reality-lake-superior-bodies/
https://lakesuperiorcircletour.info/spooky-stories-of-lake-superior/#:~:text=Lake%20Superior%20has%20its%20fair,the%20Lake%20tells%20are%20vast.

Spooky season is upon us and in our 44th episode we learn all about Marie Laveau of New Orleans. Known as the Voodoo Queen, Laveau healed and guided members of her community from all walks of life, while keeping a step ahead through the intel she collected from those same community members. Celebrated and defamed consistently held her head high. Though many were afraid it didn't keep them from seeking her out when in need!

Sources: https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/haunted-places/marie-laveau-house/

https://www.occult.live/index.php/Marie_Laveau

https://www.nolatourguy.com/whos-really-buried-in-maire-laveau-tomb-her-legacy-and-her-tomb/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marie-Laveau

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Laveau

https://www.ranker.com/list/history-and-stories-from-haitian-zombie-voodoo-mythology/christopher-myers

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The music used in this week's intro and outro: https://pixabay.com/users/soundgallerybydmitrytaras-11640913/

Advocacy:

Help displaced families in Gaza restore electricity: https://gofund.me/c0d96072

Help Abdellah Zaid Escape the Genocide in Gaza: https://gofund.me/5666bc28

https://www.codepink.org/

https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/

https://www.endthebacklog.org/

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-care

Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussion of rape, birth/abortion trauma and death, as well as self harm and suicide.

Julie D’Aubigny, better known as La Maupin, was an Opera singing, sword fighting openly bisexual woman in Paris in the late 1600’s. This was at a time of casual gender bending and more open outlook on sex. La Maupin made a name for herself through her adventures as well as her natural singing abilities that showcased a new vocal range in the growing musical art form.

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Music by: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Q3fDuVVQh3Bn8SVcIdqKw?si=qzdXrUoCRIanvApL6ctp0w

Advocacy & Resources

Help displaced families in Gaza restore electricity: https://gofund.me/c0d96072

Help Abdellah Zaid Escape the Genocide in Gaza: https://gofund.me/5666bc28

https://www.codepink.org/

https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/

https://www.endthebacklog.org/

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-care

Sources:

https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/julie-daubigny-la-maupin-and-early-french-opera
https://allthatsinteresting.com/jhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/julie-daubignyulie-daubigny

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/mom-of-amber-thurman-haunted-by-preventable-death-of-daughter-denied-abortion-tells-kamala-harris-of-pain/ar-AA1qSQTT?ocid=BingNewsSerp

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-09-21/abortion-bans-killed-amber-nicole-thurman-and-candi-miller

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/shocking-rape-trial-highlights-the-systematic-struggles-french-sexual-abuse-victims-face/ar-AA1qW4IK?ocid=BingNewsSerp

https://apnews.com/article/pelicot-france-rape-trial-5033d9a6d00630f00592018eccc9236c

https://youtu.be/vL92xyS0IEM?si=4Ftf4dD7PBVtw0ok

https://youtu.be/L94zTNhLnXo?si=6isfVLdHK72dGPCk

https://youtu.be/65m4u4IxZLg?si=gLmlATecsSF0xRow

Episode 42 is all about inventor and silver screen bombshell, Hedy Lamarr.

We have a lengthy gab session in the intro, if you’re not interested in that feel free to jump to about 10 minutes and 30 seconds in for everything Hedy Lamarr related.

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Music by: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Q3fDuVVQh3Bn8SVcIdqKw?si=qzdXrUoCRIanvApL6ctp0w

Advocacy:

Help displaced families in Gaza restore electricity: https://gofund.me/c0d96072

Help Abdellah Zaid Escape the Genocide in Gaza: https://gofund.me/5666bc28

https://www.codepink.org/

https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/

https://www.endthebacklog.org/

Episode 41 is dedicated to everyone's current pop fixation, Chappell Roan. This talented Queen has been feeling whiplash from her meteoric rise to fame; so let's give this gem some grace.

For the Gworls: https://www.forthegworls.party/home

Win a trip to Austin City Limits: https://www.propeller.la/acl2024-chappellroan
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Operation Olive Branch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vtMLLOzuc6GpkFySyVtKQOY2j-Vvg0UsChMCFst_WLA/htmlview?fbclid=PAAaZ6brA2lqGLmQuBE0iyKtyZxLT7QJYAxUNulY8uzso3bC0O6tCdrYRsu4w⁠⁠⁠
Jewish Voice for Peace: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠

End the Backlog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.endthebacklog.org/⁠⁠⁠

CodePink: ⁠https://www.codepink.org/