For centuries, girls and women have used food on Halloween to divine any clues about the identity of their future spouse. Anney and Samantha bite into past Halloween soothsaying traditions like snap-apple and nut-crack night. We also take a quick look at gender differences in costuming and why they matter.

Halloween and Women: Soothsaying Foods and Sexualized Costumes

Through an intersectional feminist perspective, hosts Anney and Samantha dive into science, history, and culture to make sense of the everyday and unpack the stories that brought us to where we are today. This podcast aims to better understand the challenges facing women and marginalized folks all over the world and highlights the tools we can use to tackle them head on.

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As we prepare for the historic emergence of two broods of cicadas, we unearth the story of the often forgotten woman behind a key cicada discovery. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday Mini: The Song of Cicadas

What's the state of women and happiness? It's a mixed bag. In this classic, we react to some opposing takes on women's happiness. Send good news please. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SMNTY Classics: Women And Happiness, Part 1

With the decriminalization and commercialization of weed in some of the US, we've seen some very troubling marketing towards women (and blatant ignorance of the past). Friend of the show Joey stops by to go over the history, the issues and the positive potential of cannabis.
Links:
Sexism and the Weed industry:
https://www.denverpost.com/2024/02/01/sexism-weed-marijuana-cannabis-pot-industry-no-girls-in-the-grow/ 
Women and the War on Drugs:
https://lawcat.berkeley.edu/record/1113962?ln=en&v;=pdf 
Indigenous Women Revolutionizing the Cannabis Industry:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lindseybartlett/2024/04/11/how-indigenous-women-are-revolutionizing-the-cannabis-industry/?sh=d07964d6c3a0
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The Gendering of Weed

At one time, Stuff Mom Never Told You had a big video component. Anney looks back at when editing video was her primary job as part of this show, the constant second-guessing and some accomplishments. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Hour #124: Video Made the Podcast Star

For the 50th episode of Female Firsts with Yves, we came together in person to celebrate, reflect, and tease the future.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Halloween and Women: Soothsaying Foods and Sexualized Costumes

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