Season 1, Episode 5 is a fun one...and perhaps a bit brazen...as The Sisters do best hehe Patriarchy loves to take points of feminine pride and turn them into an insult. Today we're reclaiming one of them...PUSSY!;)

Join us on this pleasure-filled podcast and take your curiosities further by following the resource links provided/reading the books suggested below:

Books:

Pussy: A Reclamation by Regena Thomashauer

VAGINA by Naomi Wolf

Instagram:

@themerakiproject

Season 1, Episode 4 is a topic very near and dear to The Sisters hearts- the pursuit of female filmmaking. Studies show that the number of males and females studying filmmaking is at an even divide so why are the numbers of women directing films so low??!! The sisters will take you on a journey through time, exploring the past, present and hopeful future of female filmmakers!

Links attached provide resources to stats/discussion material heard in this episode. Here are some recommended books on the subject:

1)Backwards & In Heels

The Past, Present And Future Of Women Working In Film by Alicia Malone

2) The Female Gaze: Essential Movies Made by Women by Alicia Malone

3) The Wrong Kind of Women

Inside Our Revolution to Dismantle the Gods of Hollywood by Naomi McDougall Jones

The Sisters are joined by their long time friend Meg as their first guest! The ladies explain why their group chat is titled "Daddy Issues" and dig into the deeper meanings behind the expression-where it came from and what it presently represents-in our society.

Menstruation is a topic the sisters are very passionate about! As they wrap up a period product campaign they've been conducting for the month of March they share a few things they've learned along the way and shed some light on global period inequity stats.

A few resources they used for this episode:

The book "It's Only Blood: Shattering the Taboo of Menstruation" by Anna Dahlqvist A MUST READ!!!!!

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9903918/

https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/nigerian-activists-take-period-poverty#:~:text=In%20Nigeria%2C%20an%20estimated%2037,also%20pain%20medication%20and%20underwear.

https://www.ujaas.in/blogs/period-poverty-in-india-understanding-the-issue-solutions

From our passion to our pen,

~The Sisters Strain~

The Sisters Strain host their introductory podcast episode in which they share more about their twin bond, dig into the reasoning women struggle with self-compassion and encourage more women to forge strong bonds of sisterhood.

No one despises a woman standing fully and firmly in her truth, taking up space, and using her voice, like a misogynistic man who believes women owe him their youthful beauty and exist entirely to appease his superficial/patriarchal male gaze...

We we're so excited to launch the intro to our upcoming podcast, finally pressing record on the feminine conversations we discuss daily, eager to share in hopes we can start more dialogues with other like minded individuals. All with the purposes of learning, growing and expanding our minds together. Only to have an individual leave a crude remark on our Youtube about our bodies not looking they way they think they should/the way we used to in our youth.

We read the comment, looked to each other and then immediately headed to our podcast room to press record on the moments after.

So- here is an early release episode as a little taste of what is to come from The Sister(s) Strain. We may not always get it right and we may not always be perfectly positive but we promise we will be honest, authentic, raw, real and unfiltered.

To read more of our words head over to our substack

https://substack.com/@sistersstrain

Enjoy this bonus episode and we look forward to our April release!

Coming Soon!!!

Join your favorite, feisty, feminist filmmaker duo in this fun yet informative dialogue on all things the feminine experience!