The Spinster Life Podcast

Haley Shapley is the author of Strong Like Her, a look at the history of female athletes. Shapley's own foray into weightlifting gave her a unique insight into the way women's bodies are viewed in relation to fitness and made her curious if women have always been judged more than men.

The short answer is yes. Enragingly, yes. But as Shapley started researching how women throughout history stayed fit, she found more layers to the story. And she learned about some amazing women who made fitness history.

We discuss the obscure art of pedestrianism, how impractical wool swimming costumes truly are, and how weightlifting got a foothold in American culture.

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Or go to her website

Money: a subject we've never tackled on the podcast before. Until today that is. Amie chats with Financial Planner Rachael Burns about how newly single women, or women who've always been single, can take small steps toward making a financial plan that leaves their sanity intact.

Rachael is the face of True Worth Financial. She specializes in helping newly single women get a handle on their finances to live the life they desire. Follow Rachael on IG, or go to her website. 

Amie welcomes sex and relationship therapist Liz Dube to the show. Let's talk about sex! Just because you're single doesn't mean that you have to be celibate, and it also doesn't mean that you have to be in a committed relationship. Casual sex comes with some risks, but Liz gives us some great advice on how to navigate personal safety, consent, and what to do when someone catches the feels.

You can follow Liz on TikTok
Or go to her website
And her course Reignite Your Desire 

In the last episode, Amie and Laurel told you a little bit more about Gloria Steinem. This week, Laurel asks Amie about her experience living like Gloria, and Amie dishes about:
 
All the highs and lows.
All the outrage and ah-ha moments.
All the radical feminism.

Thanks to Laurel for guest hosting! You can follow our podcast, Love Fool (@lovefoolpodcastofficial) on IG!

Listen to Part One

Amie's Essay: Blog and Medium
Forbes Billionaire List
Artwork!!
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
Radical Feminist Tshirt

Sources
Revolution From Within
Moving Beyond Words
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndgEkTZMfuw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmklZxqkWM

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/25/916870127/feminist-gloria-steinem-on-finding-herself-free-of-the-demands-of-gender

https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/interviews/a31202/the-lenny-interview-gloria-steinem/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Steinem

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How do you live the spinster life? By following in the footsteps of other great spinsters! The podcast is launching in a bold new direction. One where Amie and her guest hosts don't simply talk about spinsters, they actually live like spinsters.  

In this episode, Amie tells us why she wants to live like Gloria Steinem for a week and how she's going to do it. 
 
What will she learn? Will she be able to handle the pressure of living like a feminist icon? Do aviator glasses really suit Amie’s facial structure? 
 
 Find out in the next episode. This is part 1 of 2. 

Amie is joined by co-host Laurel Daggers. A big thanks to Laurel for helping to smash the patriarchy. You can find her on Instagram. Or, you can listen to the podcast we host together, Love Fool.
 
Resources 
Interview with Gloria Steinem
Interview With Gloria Steinem
NPR Article
The Lenny Interview With Gloria Steinem
Moving Beyond Words
Revolution From Within

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I welcome my guest Aimée Lutkin. She is a writer, director, and performer from New York City, where she was born and raised. Her writing has been featured on Jezebel, Marie Claire, and Glamour online, among other places.

Her latest work is her memoir The Lonely Hunter. I sat down with Aimée (pronounced ah-may, like amazing) to talk to her about dating, the loneliness epidemic, and the history of modern romance. 

Follow Aimée
Instagram
Twitter
Buy The Lonely Hunter

What did Amie and Eva get up to in 2021? The pandemic felt endless, Eva went through some changes in her personal life, Amie wrote a book and had great hair on national television, and their conversations, as usual, have plenty of tangents. 

Hear all about it in this very lengthy, very open episode. 

The Spinster Life is one year old! And what a journey it's been. Eva and Amie reminisce about their favorite moments from the podcast and make plans for the future. 

They did exchange the traditional one-year anniversary gifts of paper and clocks to remind themselves about their looming mortality. They did not, however, eat old cake from the freezer. 

A huge thank you to everyone who has listened to the podcast so far, we appreciate your support! 

In this episode, Eva interviews Amie and her roommate Kasha about what it's like to have a roommate in your 40s. It is all cheesecake and St. Olaf stories like The Golden Girls? Are there constant fights? Is it something in between?? Find out as Eva hurls thoughtful, sometimes divisive questions at Kasha and Amie, who dish out some roommate realness.

As always, we play our favorite game, but this time, we play Why Isn't She Married, to test how well Kasha and Amie know each other.

You can find Kasha at kasha-shana.com

Thanks so much for listening. You can find full show notes here.

https://bit.ly/3ARcUpr

Think you know Stacey Abrams the politician and voting rights activist? In this episode, Eva and Amie learn more about spinster Stacey Abrams and her sultry side. Stacey also published romance novels under the nom de plume Selena Montgomery, while she was attending Yale Law School! 

E & A also tell us about their attempt at writing erotica, discuss the high price of success, and play a new game called "Close Calls With Marriage". 

Full Show Notes: https://spinsterlife.com/project/stacey-abrams-the-romance-novelist-who-is-preserving-democracy/