What's a daughter to do when her estranged mom won't stop asking for money? Financial abuse expert Axton Betz-Hamilton untangles the possible financial enmeshment and enabling at play and how to set healthier boundaries. Then, Cristen advises an overwhelmed unlady on outsourcing her mental load.

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Can real feminists eat cheese? Vegan geographer Catherine Oliver maps out why most vegans are women and the masculinity of meat. Then, vegan beauty influencer Demi Colleen deconstructs white veganism and decolonizes plant-based diets.

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Gender roles ever catch you by surprise? Comedian Emma Willmann (Inside the Closet) offers her firsthand advice to a lesbian listener turned off by her girlfriend's masculinity. Then, Cristen answers a childfree stepmom feeling pressured to play homemaker for the holidays.

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Why do men become men's rights activists? Sociologist Emily Carian has spent her academic career answering that question. Cristen talks to Emily about her research; the straight, white pathway into MRA belief; and what they have in common with feminist men.

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Today, I’m sharing a preview of a new podcast I’m enjoying and think you will, too. On Come As You Are, educator and bestselling author Dr. Emily Nagoski answers questions about sex with the latest science. You’ll get a modern guide to sexual wellbeing, backed by groundbreaking research about desire, anatomy, orgasm and much more. In conversation with her producer, Emily debunks cultural myths and flips the script on everything you thought you knew about sex and sexuality. In this preview, Emily is joined by organizer and writer Adrienne Maree Brown for advice on how to reconnect with pleasure and make it a lifelong practice. Listen to Come As You Are at Listen at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/caya?sid=unladylike. 

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Why are Iranian women burning hijabs and leading revolutionary protests? Dr. Claudia Yaghoobi contextualizes their rage over the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman named Jîna Mahsa Amini. Then, graphic designer Ghazal Foroutan shares how the revolution has turned art into activism and why Gen Z women are fearlessly fronting this fight.

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Why does virginity f*ck with our heads? Cristen advises a listener who's worried her sexual inexperience is showing. Listeners also sound off on previous advice on unvaxxed friends, STEM sexism and the "Mom" treatment.

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What happens when adult women discover they're autistic? Cristen busts the gender stereotypes and neurotypical myths of Autism Spectrum Disorder with help from Unladylike listeners and The Loudest Girl in the World, Lauren Ober.

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The Christian right has become synonymous with anti-abortion, but what about the Christian left? Reverend Angela Tyler-Williams takes Cristen to church on reconciling reproductive justice and abortion with Christianity and how she and the interfaith repro alliance SACReD are leading congregations to do just that. 

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Women dominate both true crime and horror, and in unexpected ways. Bobbi Miller (The Afternoon Special) and Cristen dig into true crime media, fandom and white ladies’ fascination with serial killers. Then, film critic Amy Nicholson (Unspooled) reframes horror as “the genre that has always belonged to women,” Final Girls' surprising origin and an iconic scary movie worth rewatching.  

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