Are You Smarter than the Podcast Hosts? It's our podcast birthday and we're back with the second year of our trivia, to test our knowledge on all of the female artists we've discovered and covered in the past 12 months! If you've listened to all of our episodes, this is a great chance to show us how much smarter you are than us (we can't remember everything and DEFINITELY get some wrong). If you haven't listened or are a new listener, consider this the perfect chance to learn more about which episodes you need to dive right into! Thanks for a great year! Here's to the next!

Episodes Like This One: One Year Pop Quiz, 100 Episodes

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IT'S SPOOKY SEASON!!! We're so excited to kick off October with Stauney talking about Milicent Patrick, the only female movie monster maker, most known for her design of the Gill-man from the Universal classic horror flick, "The Creature of the Black Lagoon". From growing up on the major architectural site of Hearst Castle to being a part of the first round of female animators ever hired at Disney Animation studios and working on the Chernebog segment of Fantasia, to her work as a special effects makeup artist at Universal, this gorgeous woman, artist, actress, and creator had an incredible artistic legacy that was horrifically cut short by a jealous man with a giant ego... (a horror story all too familiar to us) that left her in obscurity for years!

The book talked about in the episode is "The Lady from the Black Lagoon" by Mallory O'Meara

Episodes Like This One: The Science of Women in Horror

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This week, we're talking FUNNY GIRL. Did you know that Fanny Brice was an actual female performer and comedian? We talk about the original inspiration for the now famous show, the constant setbacks and drama it faced since its inception, and the star Barbara Streisand became on the show's set. Then we get to sit down with the Lovely Lena, a co-host of the podcast 'Recovering Gleek,' and a New York City actress to discuss the show being brought back to the stage, the Beany Feldstein performance (which Lena actually saw in person!), and the Lea Michele controversy of it all, including the drama from Glee, internet comments, costume changes and so much more.

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Episodes Like This One: Amanda Frisby Johnson, Minnie Pearl

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This week, Sadie memorializes the stunning Olivia Newton-John who just recently passed away. Although most famous for her starring role in Grease, the Australian actress had a long and pretty successful country music career before settling on the screen for her iconic role opposite Travolta, as well as Xanadu and a slew of other films, and then releasing the MOST popular song of the eighties 'Physical.' We talk all about her long and stunning career, her charity work and philanthropy, her long battle with breast cancer, and all the things that made her such a stunning and talented woman worth remembering.

Episodes Like This One: The ______ Girl, Julie Andrews, Women in Country Music

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You've probably heard of the recent Elvis biopic that came out this year, but do you know more about the man behind the screen... or even more so, the women that stood behind him, were overshadowed by him, and even inspired him? Today we're talking about the women BEHIND Elvis. From Big Mama Thorton to Priscilla Presley, Ann-Margret Olsson, and beyond, we discuss the controversial relationships with the talented women that stood behind the King of Rock and Roll throughout his tumultuous life.

TW: We do mention (very briefly) at different points, different types of abuse (physical, emotional), and grooming as well as drug and alcohol abuse and harmful dieting.

The King's Troubling Obsession

Episodes Like This One: Men We Hate in Art & Music, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Marni Nixon

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This week, Stauney is talking about one of her personal inspirations, Bea Feitler, a groundbreaking graphic designer from the sixties and seventies who wasn't afraid to embrace the bizarre and unconventional. Feitler was one of the youngest art directors ever when she took her co-director position with her contemporary Ruth Ansel and the two took the major magazine world by storm winning award after award. She would go on to have a flourishing and fulfilling career, constantly pushing the envelope and using her signature neon colors every chance she got and friends continued to describe her as an "unstoppable creative force."

Episodes Like This One: Gail Anderson, The Art of the Olympics

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We made it to 100 Episodes!! We get to be all reflective and reminisce on our favorite people, topics, and more that we covered that have inspired and helped shape us into the women and artists we are. We also talk about female friendships and the difference they make.

Episodes Like This One: Introducing More Than A Muse, One Year Pop Quiz, 

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This week, we're spending our time in 18th and 19th century Paris with four great ladies and fundamental artists of Impressionism: Marie Bracquemond, Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, and Eva Gonzalès. All four spent significant amounts of time in the Paris inner circles, with many (if not all) of them related to the most prominent figures in impressionism. They also all overcame family obstacles, gender discrimination, criticism of the movement they believed in, and much more to rise to the top of the impressionist art scene. Although very similar upbringings, these women all created unique and stunning works of art that are the pinnacles of the movement and significant to all of art history.

Episodes like this one: Misogyny and Marriage, A second glance, Why have there been no Great Women Artists

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This week, Sadie introduces us to a Nashville country icon, Minnie Pearl. A significant character of comedic history, Pearl was a fixture at the Grand Ole Opry (and the first solo female member) for more than 50 years and was the first female comedian inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. She also starred for a short time on a country television show and even had a short stint in the fried chicken business. Her small childhood town served as inspiration for her stage persona and her frilly dress with a price tag hanging from her floral floppy hat became an instantly recognizable symbol.

Episodes to check out after this one: Betty White, Working 9 to 5, Patsy Cline, Women in Country Music

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You may think you know what Hula is, but you might want to rethink your concept of it. From its origins as a spiritual practice for Hawaiian culture, the Hula has been used by tourism to exploit and promote a "Hula girl" image that is in real life not accurate at all. We talk about the history of this dance as an art form and cultural tradition and discuss the exploration and misperceptions of the "hula girl" that was created by tourism and capitalism. It's everything from mythology to misogyny and how we can be better advocates and tourists in Hawaii.

Misperceptions of the Hula Girl by Noah Dolim

Episodes Like This One: The Political Power of Dance, Margaret Keane, Anna May Wong

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