Unladylike

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Find out what happens when women break the rules - those unwritten but all too real bullsh*t expectations of how we should live our lives. Cristen Conger and Caroline Ervin (formerly Stuff Mom Never Told You) tackle questions through their trademark obsessive research, stories from rule-breakin’ ladies and a solid dose of delightful feminist rage.

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09.15.2020

Stacy Osei-Kuffour has made a name for herself writing for shows like Pen15, Watchmen and Run, but growing up in Chicago, she was a self-proclaimed outcast. In this bonus episode, we talk with Stacy about how embracing her weirdness helped ...

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09.15.2020 Bonus: Stay Weird w/ Stacy Osei-Kuffour Stacy Osei-Kuffour has made a name for herself writing for shows like Pen15, Watchmen and Run, but growing up in Chicago, she was a self-proclaimed outcast. In this bonus episode, we talk with Stacy about how embracing her weirdness helped ...
08.11.2020 How to Take a Hike Hiking has been all the rage lately. But its popularity also reveals uncomfortable truths about who gets to belong in the great outdoors. This episode, Cristen and Caroline cross paths with geographer Carolyn Finney and Outdoor Journal Tour founders Kenya ...
08.04.2020 How to Do #MeToo Without Prison (2 of 2) Is it possible to combat sexual violence and support survivors without sending perpetrators to prison? Dr. Alissa Ackerman, a sex crimes policy expert and rape survivor, thinks so. In part two of two episodes reconsidering mainstream feminism's reliance on the ...
07.28.2020 How to Abolish Prison Like a Feminist (1 of 2) Recent calls to defund police and abolish prisons have raised the question: But what about rapists? In part one of two episodes exploring that question, prison abolitionist Maya Schenwar presents the case for looking outside the criminal justice system for ...
07.21.2020 How to Live Single, Pt. 3: Sexpectations When was the last time you had sex, if ever? In the final episode of our How to Live Single series, science journalist Angela Chen upends that question by creating romantic room for asexuality. Her book, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals ...
07.14.2020 How to Live Single, Pt. 2: IRL Golden Girls Why does living single usually come with roommates? In part two of three about How to Live Single, Cristen and Caroline get a Golden Girls reality check on the housing crises caused by breakups and aging. This episode is brought ...
07.07.2020 How to Live Single, Pt. 1: Doing You What if being single wasn't sold to us as a problem to solve? In part one of three episodes exploring How to Live Single, Aminatou Sow (Call Your Girlfriend) and Shani Silver (A Single Serving Podcast) get real about how ...
06.30.2020 How to Reckon with Refinery29 A number of feminist-branded companies, including The Wing, Man Repeller and Ban.do, are reckoning with racism and employee mistreatment. This episode, we're focusing in on the digital-media powerhouse Refinery29 and its problematic white leadership. Plus, we'll examine what the #blackatR29 ...
06.23.2020 How to Go Braless Almost as soon as pandemic lockdowns started, homebound breasts everywhere began forgoing their bras. But how is going braless still unconventional enough to inspire viral media coverage amid a public health crisis? Breast expert Jenny Burbage joins us to bust ...
06.16.2020 How to Lift Heavy Sh*t Weightlifting used to be boys-only exercise, but women are getting swole like never before. Cristen and Caroline find out why from competitive powerlifter Casey Johnston. Then Team USA weightlifter Mattie Rogers shares how she muscled her way to becoming one ...
06.09.2020 How to Not Be a Karen How do you solve a problem like white feminism? Mikki Kendall knows, and the answer isn't being nice. From #solidarityisforwhitewomen to Hood Feminism, Mikki shares how uprooting racism within mainstream feminism became her mission, and why she makes white ladies ...
05.26.2020 How to Be Tori Amos Tori Amos is a piano prodigy and Gen X goddess whose music was a soundtrack of third-wave feminism. Cristen and Caroline talk to her about breaking through the early 90s airwaves and find out: Why is Tori Amos such an ...
05.19.2020 How to Feel Your Pandemic Feels 'How are you doing?' has become a super loaded question in the days of COVID. So this episode, Cristen and Caroline find out how listeners are feeling, check in with Unladylike illustrator Tyler Feder and take a much-needed Zoom trip ...
04.07.2020 How to Get Canceled with Natalie Wynn Contrapoints creator Natalie Wynn is among the most popular and acclaimed YouTubers, specializing in counteracting the red-pilled, radicalized voices that thrive on the platform. So why did she suddenly find herself canceled, how did she handle it, and what does ...
03.31.2020 How to Nail Manicures From lesbian TikTok to a magical place called Mantrap, getting your nails done means way more than meets the eye. In this episode, Cristen and Caroline find out why writer Tembe Denton-Hurst feels her realest in fake nails, and documentary ...
03.24.2020 How to Break up with Mom Parental estrangement is surprisingly common — and commonly misunderstood. Caroline and Cristen sort fact from fiction to find out: What happens when daughters break up with their moms? Unladylike: A Field Guide to Smashing the Patriarchy and Claiming Your Space ...
03.17.2020 How to Break Tattoo Taboos with Margaret Cho How do gender, race and class color our tattoo perceptions? Comedy icon Margaret Cho breaks down the body politics of being a heavily inked Korean-American woman. Plus! Cristen and Caroline discover the original "tramp stamp," a stick-n-poke renaissance, and the ...
03.10.2020 How to Work the Gig Economy How can women advocate for workplace equality when they don't have a salaried 9-to-5 with benefits? With help from Freelancers Union founder, Sara Horowitz, Cristen and Caroline troubleshoot sexism for the self-employed, contractors and tip earners. Unladylike: A Field Guide ...
03.03.2020 How to Crash Quinceañeras Sweet 16 doesn't hold a birthday candle to the quinceañera. But why has such a ladylike tradition and its poofy gowns kept partying on? You're invited to find out, as Cristen and Caroline unwrap how today's quinceañeras are coming of ...
02.25.2020 How to Unscramble Egg Freezing To freeze or not to freeze? That's today's hottest fertility question. With help from Washington Post reporter Nicole Ellis, Cristen and Caroline find out why it suddenly seems like every ovary's doing it, and whether egg freezing is all it's ...
02.18.2020 How to Mind Mental Illness with Esmé Weijun Wang What happens when you aren't "the appropriate type of crazy?" Best-selling author Esmé Weijun Wang talks to Caroline and Cristen about living with schizoaffective disorder, how it shapes her ambition, and the subjectiveness of being 'high functioning'. See omnystudio.com/listener for ...
02.11.2020 How to Spot Scams Cristen has a case of fraud fever, and the only cure for it is more scams! First, Jane Marie of The Dream breaks down why millions of women go for broke with multilevel marketing schemes, or MLMs. Then, Laci Mosley, ...
02.07.2020 That's So Unladylike Tour Description: Unladylike is going on tour this spring! For tickets, go to unladylike.co/events. See y'all there! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
02.04.2020 How to Sober Up From Dry January to #sobercurious, not drinking has recently taken on new meanings and more mainstream visibility. But what really happens when women sober up? Cristen and Caroline explore the grayer layers of female sobriety that get filtered out of ...
01.28.2020 How to Thirst with Bim Adewunmi and Nichole Perkins Ever feel hot 'n' bothered -- and helplessly horny? Thirst Aid Kit, a podcast hosted by Bim Adewunmi and Nichole Perkins, is here for you. Cristen and Caroline let off steam with Bim and Nicole about the evolution of thirst, ...
01.21.2020 How to Tilt the Lens with Sinéad Burke From the children's classrooms to the Met Gala red carpet, Sinéad Burke is on a mission to tilt the lens on what accessibility looks like and whom it’s for. Cristen and Caroline find out how she navigates the world as ...
12.31.2019 Winter Break: How to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment To wrap up our winter break, Cristen and Caroline revisit their episode on fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment. C&C talk to filmmaker and activist Kamala Lopez about the century-long fight for an ERA, why we still need one, and ...
12.24.2019 Winter Break: How to Slam Dunk Unladylike is on winter break! To celebrate, Cristen and Caroline are revisiting their favorite episodes from past seasons. This week, they take on the slam dunk. For women's basketball, to dunk or not to dunk has long been the question. ...
12.17.2019 Winter Break: How to Sell Weed Caroline and Cristen are revisiting some of their favorite Unladylike episodes throughout the month of December. This week, they look into the cannabiz! Legal cannabis is America's fastest-growing industry and reportedly one of its women-friendliest. Cristen and Caroline sort the ...
12.10.2019 Winter Break: How to Feel Sad For the month of December, Cristen and Caroline are revisiting some of their favorite Unladylike episodes. First up, they dive into the feels. Women's anger is all the rage, but why does showing our sadness feel weak? Nora McInerny (Terrible, ...
12.03.2019 How to Flush the Poop-triarchy By listener request, Caroline and Cristen go full potty mouth on the ladylike poop taboo and its real-deal side effects. With help from a sh*t-talking doctor and a pair of "poop friends," they find out why women are twice as ...
11.26.2019 How to Take Fashion Seriously Before Mari Kondo-ing your closet, consider this: the average American throws away 80 pounds of clothes each year, and only a fifth of what's donated survives secondhand. Unladylike producer Sam Lee takes Cristen and Caroline along on her mission to ...
11.19.2019 How to Marry Off Maiden Names Women marrying off their "maiden names" is one of the most enduring gender traditions — and feminist conundrums. Cristen and Caroline pop the questions: What's it really like to choose your maiden name choice, and how does family, race and ...
11.12.2019 How to Spell 'The L Word' with Ilene Chaiken In early 2000s Hollywood, Ilene Chaiken did the seemingly impossible, co-creating and running a hit TV show entirely about lesbians and queer women. But the iconic television writer, producer and occasional director is no one-hit wonder. Caroline and Cristen talk ...
11.05.2019 How to Unbridle Horse Girls with Lisa Hanawalt Saddle up for a ride through horse-girl country. First, Bojack Horseman designer Lisa Hanawalt shares her personal horse-tery and why horse girls' passion is so often misunderstood. Then, Cristen and Caroline ride along with writer Gray Chapman to one of ...
10.29.2019 How to Demystify Vaginas with Dr. Jen Gunter For most of medical history, vulvas and vaginas have been mythologized as too dirty, dainty and/or deformed. But gynecologist Jen Gunter is on a mission to detox that douchebaggery. Cristen and Caroline get a check-up on what it really takes ...
10.22.2019 How to Take on Politics with June Diane Raphael & Jessica Yellin When politics feels like dumpster fire, how do we still take it on without losing our minds? Actor and activist June Diane Raphael is here to help us reconsider what running for office looks like and how to get started. ...
10.15.2019 How to Be 'The Bisexual' with Desiree Akhavan When queerness is out of the closet, what does bisexuality even mean? For bisexual Iranian-American filmmaker Desiree Akhavan, the answer is . . . complicated. Cristen and Caroline talk to Desiree about fitting in, coming out and unlearning rom-com lies ...
10.08.2019 How to Dive Into Fear Underwater cave explorer Jill Heinerth has dived deeper inside Earth's inner space than any other woman in history, pursuing one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet. This episode, Caroline and Cristen channel their inner mermaids to discover what ...
10.01.2019 How Score Equal Pay in Soccer The US Women's National Soccer Team might be wrapping up their World Cup victory tour, but their equal pay lawsuit is far from over. With assists from Meg Linehan of The Athletic and Maya Raghu from the National Women's Law ...
09.24.2019 How to Be Da Baddest Bitch in Hip-Hop Rap queens are rarely allowed to reign more than one at a time, but Megan Thee Stallion and City Girls are leading a whole stable of up-n-coming female emcees and hip-hop artists blowing up that ladylike standard. Bottom of the ...
09.17.2019 How to Own Your Talent with Ashley Nicole Black Comedy writer and actor Ashley Nicole Black knows what she's good at. But that almost derailed her path to landing "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" and now co-starring on HBO's "A Black Lady Sketch Show." Find out how Ashley flipped ...
08.06.2019 How to Self Help Yourself What happens when you live out self-help advice? Cristen and Caroline find out from By the Book co-hosts Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg. The pair has done exactly that with more than 50 self-improvement books, including The Secret, Girl Wash ...
07.30.2019 How To Wear Too Much Makeup What happens when we wear makeup like war paint? Best-selling author R.O. Kwon confronts 'China doll' stereotypes with eyeshadow. Then, activist Jacob Tobia flips off the gender binary with a bold lip and five o'clock shadow. Unladylike: A Field Guide ...
07.25.2019 Introducing The Secret Lives of Black Women Here’s a new podcast for you! On The Secret Lives of Black Women, join close friends Charla Lauriston and Lauren Domino on their hunt for the ‘secrets’ that have helped black women flourish through the bullsh*t. They connect with guests ...
07.23.2019 How to Kick Off High Heels at Work After Nicola Thorp was fired for refusing to wear high heels on the job in 2015, she called bullsh*t all the way to British Parliament. Because from banks to bars, it’s not unusual for workplaces around the world to expect ...
07.16.2019 Unladylike Hotline Advice-A-Thon Find out what happens when C&C open the Unladylike Hotline to take listeners' calls, live 'n' unrehearsed. From politics and pregnancy to breakups and bridesmaid bad vibes, y'all asked, and we answered . . . and probably overshared. Unladylike: A ...
07.09.2019 How to Be a Phone Sex Operator Like stripping, commercial phone sex is a form of legal sex work—AND you can do it from home in pajamas. But what does the job really entail? C & C called up longtime phone sex operator and CEO Sera Miles ...
07.02.2019 How to Get Schooled on Title IX Sexual harassment is a typical part of the K-12 school day, so why do we only talk about it on college campuses? Even though Title IX enshrines harassment-free education for all students -- from pre-k through higher ed -- most ...
06.25.2019 How to Create Feminist Superheroes Sana Amanat has been called the "Shonda Rhimes of Marvel Comics" and an IRL superhero. C&C explore how this awkward-teen-turned-visionary-VP has helped lead an inclusive superhero comics revolution and what it takes to create actually feminist sheroes — whether fanboys ...

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What's Unladylike about?

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Unladylike episodes:

Bonus: Stay Weird w/ Stacy Osei-Kuffour

How to Take a Hike

How to Do #MeToo Without Prison (2 of 2)

How to Abolish Prison Like a Feminist (1 of 2)

How to Live Single, Pt. 3: Sexpectations

How to Live Single, Pt. 2: IRL Golden Girls

How to Live Single, Pt. 1: Doing You

How to Reckon with Refinery29

How to Go Braless

How to Lift Heavy Sh*t

How to Not Be a Karen

How to Be Tori Amos

How to Feel Your Pandemic Feels

How to Get Canceled with Natalie Wynn

How to Nail Manicures

How to Break up with Mom

How to Break Tattoo Taboos with Margaret Cho

How to Work the Gig Economy

How to Crash Quinceañeras

How to Unscramble Egg Freezing

How to Mind Mental Illness with Esmé Weijun Wang

How to Spot Scams

That's So Unladylike Tour

How to Sober Up

How to Thirst with Bim Adewunmi and Nichole Perkins

How to Tilt the Lens with Sinéad Burke

Winter Break: How to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment

Winter Break: How to Slam Dunk

Winter Break: How to Sell Weed

Winter Break: How to Feel Sad

How to Flush the Poop-triarchy

How to Take Fashion Seriously

How to Marry Off Maiden Names

How to Spell 'The L Word' with Ilene Chaiken

How to Unbridle Horse Girls with Lisa Hanawalt

How to Demystify Vaginas with Dr. Jen Gunter

How to Take on Politics with June Diane Raphael & Jessica Yellin

How to Be 'The Bisexual' with Desiree Akhavan

How to Dive Into Fear

How Score Equal Pay in Soccer

How to Be Da Baddest Bitch in Hip-Hop

How to Own Your Talent with Ashley Nicole Black

How to Self Help Yourself

How To Wear Too Much Makeup

Introducing The Secret Lives of Black Women

How to Kick Off High Heels at Work

Unladylike Hotline Advice-A-Thon

How to Be a Phone Sex Operator

How to Get Schooled on Title IX

How to Create Feminist Superheroes

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