Feminine Chaos

By Phoebe Maltz Bovy and Kat RosenfieldSociety & Culture News

Feminine Chaos episodes

July 28, 2022 Virgins and Copycats
Early access for premium subscribers! Kat and Phoebe discuss how many times they've had, you know… *whispers erotically* the coronavirus, and what happens when there are no covid virgins left to deflower. Then: the absolutely bonkers saga of a literary plagiarism scandal, followed by an apology, which was also plagiarized.
Links:
If You’ve Never Had COVID, Are You a Sitting Duck? - The Atlantic
The horror movie Kat tried (not very well) to summarize: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(1982_film)
The Bad Art Friend episode: Conflict Is Stored in the Kidneys - Feminine Chaos
Jumi Bello, Literary Star Brought Down by Plagiarism Scandal, Tells Her Story - Air Mail

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58 min
July 15, 2022 Insensitivity Readers
Early access for premium subscribers! Kat and Phoebe discuss poetry in translation (or, aggressively, NOT), sensitivity readers, and whether we could please stop fighting about the word "women".
Isabella Wang's screed against translation (screenshot)
Kat in Reason: Sensitivity Readers Are the New Literary Gatekeepers
The Bad Tweets from Michael Hobbes:
Phoebe's Substack: Cisheterodoxy
Pamela Paul's op-ed: The Far Right and Far Left Agree on One Thing: Women Don't Count - The New York Times

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55 min
June 30, 2022 Apres Roe, Le Deluge
Early access for premium subscribers! Kat and Phoebe discuss where babies come from, the fractured pro-choice movement, and how the recent Dobbs decision overturning abortion protections will force many many men, particularly Arnold Schwarzenegger, to carry unwanted pregnancies to term.
Links:
The fall of feminism led to the fall of Roe - The Spectator World
In Defense of Pregnancy - The Bulwark

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56 min
June 15, 2022 That's Not Funny
Kat is joined by Amna Khalid for a discussion of the Sonmez-Weigel media meltdown and what it means for free speech.
Links:
Amna's Substack: Banished by Booksmart Studios
The Washington Post Fires Felicia Sonmez Amid Week of Infighting
'I'm Radioactive'
Court tosses out reporter's discrimination suit against Washington Post - POLITICO

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46 min
June 06, 2022 Mad About the Boys
Kat is joined by Iona Italia for a discussion about sleeping with younger men, why she writes personal essays, and what happens if you have all the right junk in all the wrong places.
Links:
Iona's substack:
Cheri and the Last of Cheri Paperback - Colette
Areo Magazine

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59 min
May 16, 2022 Christie Smyth and the Pharma Bro Who Became a Prisoner (of Love)
Early access for premium subscribers! Kat is joined by Christie Smythe to talk about serializing memoirs on substack, becoming Twitter's main character, and why she decided to document her romance with The Most Hated Man in America.
Christie's substack:
Previously on Feminine Chaos:
The Journalist Who Fell For the Pharma Bro Is Publishing a Memoir
Just Imagine Getting Dumped Like This!
Who is Martin Shkreli - 'the most hated man in America'? - BBC News
Drug Goes From $13.50 a Tablet to $750, Overnight - The New York Times

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51 min
May 09, 2022 Public: All Kinds of Roe
Kat is joined by Liz Wolfe for a wide-ranging discussion about Roe v. Wade (and also, roe v. cod milt.) An extended cut of this conversation is available for premium subscribers.
Links:
The Politico scoop: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473
Liz at Reason: Pro-Life Libertarians Can Cautiously Cheer the End of Roe
Kat at Unherd: Roe v Wade to fall
Caitlin Flanagan's Atlantic piece: The Dishonesty of the Abortion Debate - The Atlantic
Everything you always wanted to know about fish semen but were afraid to ask: The Nasty Bits: Cod Milt Season

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49 min
April 14, 2022 Early Access: The Complete Will Smith Punch'n'Punishment Saga
In light of certain events at this year’s Oscars ceremony, Sasha Stone is back to talk about why Will Smith’s ten-year Academy Awards ban isn’t totally a punishment, how the Oscars can come back from the most exciting thing that’s ever happened on its stage, and what it was like to be in the room during the infamous slap. (No exclusive content on this one but paid subscribers get it early!)
Links:
Will Smith Banned From Oscars For 10 Years; “Accept & Respect …Decision,” Actor Says – Update
Awardsdaily
Sasha on Will Smith keeping his Oscar: Yes, Will Smith Should Keep His Oscar – Awardsdaily
Kat on Louis CK's Grammy's win: Louis CK won't be cancelled - UnHerd

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48 min
March 28, 2022 Everyone Is Doing Sex Wrong
Kat is joined by Christina Emba to talk about how some of you, we're not saying who, are doing sex totally wrong.
An extended cut of this conversation was previously released on our Substack for premium subscribers.
Links:
Christine's WaPo essay: Opinion | Why we need a sexual ethic that goes beyond consent - The Washington Post
Rethinking Sex: A Provocation
Christine on "radical monogamy": Opinion | How radical is 'radical monogamy,' really? - The Washington Post
Kat on consent and transactional sex: The death of intimacy - UnHerd

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48 min
March 14, 2022 Public: Oscar Bait
Production note: This episode was recorded in late February and got delayed in the transition to Substack, but it’s still here in time for the Oscars on March 27. Enjoy!
Kat is joined by Oscars journalist Sasha Stone to talk about the convoluted drama of the Academy Awards, the conflict over Hollywood diversity quotas, and how best to serve underrepresented filmmakers.
Sasha's website: Awards Daily
Sasha's substack: Sasha Stone | Substack
Kat's Reason essay on the Oscars and speech codes: Sex, Communism, Race, and Creative Freedom in Hollywood

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48 min

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Problematic faves, dissident feminism, and poodle interruptions: this is Feminine Chaos, featuring cultural commentary from Phoebe Maltz Bovy and Kat Rosenfield.