To All the Men I've Tolerated Before
To All The Men I’ve Tolerated Before is your weekly look at everyday misogyny! Host Natalie Katona invites guests on the podcast to chat about their experiences living in a Patriarchal society. The podcast delves into different male tropes the world has had to endure like the sports guy, the toxic boss, or the needy boyfriend. It also allows the guests to delve into how men have affected their comfort levels in the communities they take up space in like the horror genre, professional wrestling, or the military. After the honest, comedic venting, the guest and Natalie will offer up...
Classical Music
Toni Powell is a music composer who just released her classical music composition, The Mourning After. She and Natalie will discuss misogyny’s effect on the art of music as well as the classical music genre. Discussion points will include the way people talk about creative pursuits, capitalism’s effect on art, how colonization and white supremacy affected art and culture, and what it is like for Toni to navigate the music business and the idea of genre as a woman of color.
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Flashback: The Barbie Movie
Hi Barbie!This week Natalie and Julia Washington are combining their forces to talk about The Barbie movie. Each woman delves into their special relationship and memories they have with Barbie. They then decide it is time to come out of hiding and join the discourse and discussion following Greta Geriwg’s film. The episode will revolve around the movie serving as an awareness piece on everyday misogyny, the roles Ken played in the movie, Barbie’s journey to becoming a human, and more! This episode is more than Kenough!
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Queerness in a Religiously Devout Household
Hassan Khan joins Natalie on the show to talk about growing up as a queer person in a Muslim household. Natalie and Hassan will share experiences of growing up in a time where homophobia was more insidious in schools and homes, even when it was subtle. They will speak on how their families shaped their experiences and viewpoints on things like queer culture and how they still found ways to learn about the queer community. Other topics will include emeigrating to the United States, how religion plays a role in how you identify yourself, how religion and family structure play...
Writing Sapphic Horror
Author Rae Wilde joins Natalie to have a conversation about her book I Do Not Apologize for My Position on Men and what drew her to writing stories surrounding sapphic women and the horror genre. The two women will delve into the real life horrors that women experience that create inspiration for the fiction they’re both interested in. There will be discussion surrounding heteronormativity, toxic relationships, horror stories, our current trying times, and more!
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Eldest Daughter Capricorns
Alrinthea Carter and Natalie have two huge things in common, they are both eldest daughters in their families and capricorns. Eldest daughters are known for having a high sense of responsibility and a need to please those around them. Capricorns are the astrological signs that are most known for being loyal, ambitious, and hardworking. Natalie and Alrinthea will go through key moments in their lives where being either an eldest daughter or Capricorn shaped their experiences, identities within their families, and their viewpoints on who they are as people.
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Flashback: Learning Your Truth and Trusting Yourself
Natalie is joined this week by Shohreh Davoodi, author of the weekly newsletter The Queer Agenda, self-trust coach, and host of Conjuring Up Courage. The women have a heartfelt conversation on all the ways women were conditioned to not listen to their guts or trust what their bodies were thinking, their hearts were feeling, or their brains were thinking. Shohreh will go through her experience with discovering her sexuality and identifying as a lesbian. This hits home with Natalie as she grapples with what dating and her own romantic life may look like in the future as she re-examines who...
Playboy
Shanaz from our Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders episode is back to talk about the world of Playboy. Natalie and Shanaz will continue their discussion about industries that are built on the beauty and work of women and how the toll on the women employed by these organizations is not reflected in their pay or treatment. There will be some light history on Playboy, a walk down memory lane with The Girls Next Door, and some horror stories about how Playboy opened up its models to things like male obsession and violence.
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Owning a Small Business
Julia Washington is back on the pod to talk about her small business, Prose and Glow. This episode gives insight on what urged Natalie and Julia into looking for alternatives outside of their normal job markets and their feelings about the current professional landscape. Julia will also give us an inside look at the systems put into place that do not help small business owners and how being a single woman really impacts her experience starting and running a business.
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It Ends with Us
Chris DeRosa (Fixing Famous People) is on the podcast answering for himself because he made Natalie upgrade her Netflix account to watch It Ends with Us. It Ends with Us is the 2024 movie starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni (or is it Bologna?) that depicts an abusive relationship between a woman named Lily Blossom Bloom and her neurosurgeon husband Ryle. Natalie and Chris will dive into where the film’s themes fell short for them, the term after school special may be used as a comparison to what the film actually accomplished. And they will also touch on the ongoing le...
Flashback Marginalized Joy
Julia Washington (Pop Culture Makes Me Jealous) is back this week to discuss how misogyny makes it incredibly hard for women and other marginalized groups to experience joy. Natalie and Julia discuss how women’s hobbies and interests aren’t taken seriously and how happiness has been weaponized against women making them feel uncomfortable when they are experiencing pride within themselves. Other topics include how racism, classism, and fatphobia also contribute to marginalized joy. The main gist of the episode is there is a lot of gatekeeping happening when it comes to who gets to enjoy their life.
