Dame It All To Hell

Tracy and Kelly learn some new vocabulary: Benevolent Sexism (BS, for real) is “an affectionate but patronizing attitude that treats women as needing men’s help, protection, and provision (i.e., as being more like children than adults).”

New research says heterosexual women prefer benevolently sexist men. Does BS cause men to challenge WNBA players to one-on-one contests, or lead voters to reject women who run for governor? Tune in to find out!

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The Dames are back after a week off with the Man of Steele himself, former Republican National Committee Chair and Lt. Governor of Maryland, Michael Steele!

Tracy and Kelly chat with Michael about is new barbershop-inspired podcast, Man of Steele, and have a lively discussion about the challenges facing the Republican and Democratic parties in 2018 and 2020. His thoughts on the women's greatest challenge are refreshing and inspiring.

You can find Michael on Twitter @MichaelSteele and tell us what you think of our show @DameItAll.

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Tracy and Kelly are joined by New York Times best-selling author Nicola Kraus, who talks about some of the surprising things she learned while researching "The First Affair", a novel based on Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton (co-authored with Emma McLaughlin). Some of it may surprise you; according to Nicola, only one pundit defended Lewinsky at the time. Can you guess who? Listen to find out!

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Why do people think it's okay to make jokes about the #MeToo movement? In this highly charged episode, Tracy and Kelly call out the Miss Massachusetts pageant for mocking the #MeToo movement on stage and grant contestant Maude Gorman "Dame" status for giving up her Miss Plymouth County title in protest.

It wasn't just pageants that made fun of the movement, however. President Trump, while again teasing Senator Elizabeth Warren about her Native American ancestry, mocked "the Me Too generation" as requiring us to be gentle. You might be surprised to hear that The Dames have some disagreement about what the President meant by it.

Senator Claire McCaskill comes under fire from her GOP Challenger Josh Hawley because her husband is wealthy. She responds, "Bullshit!"

All that plus breastfeeding versus formula and much more in this week's episode!

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East Coast meets West Coast as Tracy and Kelly welcome Kaiya Waddell of Facebook to the show to discuss the similarities for women in politics and women in tech. Kaiya also joins the Dames for this week's Stupid Shit People Say for a little World Cup misogyny.

Then things take a turn to middle school humor as the Dames discuss the Fair And Reciprocal Trade Act, a leaked draft of new proposed legislation blowing out of The White House, and ponder just how much the President's staff must hate him to put his name on a FART Act. Are they completely unaware of Washington' penchant for acronyms? And can Tracy stop giggling?

All that and more squeaks out of this latest episode. Just stand upwind.

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With all the stress in the world today, the Dames take some time to talk about happiness. Frieda Edgette continues her conversation with Tracy and Kelly about the things we all can do to stay balanced and positive, even if you work in politics.

Frieda is the driving force behind Courage To Run, the nation’s first nonpartisan run and walk that celebrates the rising wave of women getting civically active and running for office. Frieda talks to the Dames about how the run can elevate the mindset, endurance and heartfelt vision needed to be healthy and lead effectively in civic life today. We encourage everyone to participate!

To close out our Happiness episode, Kelly goes through HuffPo's "8 Habits of Incredibly Happy Women" to see if Tracy agrees with them. Tracy is pretty sure the author doesn't have kids or run a company because she thinks at least half are bullshit.

Don't worry, be happy, and enjoy the latest episode!

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After a few heartfelt and sobering words regarding the immigration crisis at the border, Tracy and Kelly launch into one of their funniest episodes ever.
 
 We're talking PIMPS! Dennis Hof, a strip club and brothel owner in Nevada, looks set to win election to the state legislature, launching the Dames into a hilarious dissection of the...let's just say the mechanics of the sex trade.
 
 President Trump announces a "Space Force" and Kelly gets her Harrison Ford movie themes all confused. Please don't sue us, Disney, we really love your CODE: Rosie project!
 
 In pure happiness mode, Chris Pratt dishes out sound advice to the next generation: Breath, poop, pray. Tracy closes the show with some strong words for Bare Lifts: "Duct tape, bitches!"

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Tracy and Kelly welcome a very special guest, Frieda Edgette, to talk about her new initiative Courage To Run, the nation's first nonpartisan run and walk that celebrates the rising wave of women getting civically active and running for office. Frieda talks to the Dames about how the run can elevate the mindset, endurance and heartfelt vision needed to be healthy and lead effectively in civic life today. We encourage everyone to participate!
 
 Glamour and GQ partnered on an exclusive survey that asked men about everything from workplace harassment to consent. Kelly reads the results to Tracy—and the results are hilarious.

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In this star-studded episode, Tracy and Kelly wonder how the hell Bill Clinton can be so goddamn arrogant when questioned about the #metoo movement and Kelly provides a short history of Presidential asshattery.
 
 Fashion superstar Kerry Pieri joins the Dames for a fun, insightful conversation about how women generally (and First Ladies specifically) are judged by their fashion choices and the struggle of parenting the way we want in the 21st Century.
 
 Finally, the Miss America Pageant tosses the swimsuit and gown events from their competition. Resident pageant veteran Tracy Dietz walks us through what that means for the organization and lobbies hard to get Kelly into a tiara.

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We're drinking champagne to celebrate Eric Greitens' resignation! Another asshat goes down, blaming the victim for all the pain and suffering he's experienced. Good riddance, douchebag!
 
 Roseanne Barr gets canceled because she's just an awful, awful person. Seriously, she's a crazy person who has zero tolerance for anyone who isn't just like her - and clearly has no problem saying so, but racism is NOT a side effect of Ambien.
 
 Crazy Shit People Say: Republican Congresswoman Diane Black, who is running for Governor of Tennessee, says the "root cause" of school shootings is the pornography available to kids...at the grocery store. This lunatic gives a whole new meaning to "Clean up on aisle 5!"
 
 All that and a little creepy Morgan Freeman in this week's episode!

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