Slate Gender and Society
A feed drawing from Slate’s podcast network, including The Waves and Outward, featuring episodes that take a critical eye to the world around us, how we define ourselves, and how gender itself is defined.
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The Waves: Can Fairy Tales Be Feminist?
How fairy tales can speak to today’s audiences and the gendered nature of telling stories.
28 min
327
ICYMI: Finding Queer Love Online
We hear from listeners who found love in Minecraft rose gardens and Craigslist missed connections.
33 min
328
Outward: Despair Is a Rational Response to Anti...
Trans and queer people have always existed. We always will.
22 min
329
Hear Me Out: Patriarchy Hurts All Of Us — Inclu...
Gender is a verb, and the system it creates is keeping (almost) everyone down.
33 min
330
A Word: Black and Proud
25 min
331
The Waves: A Year Without Roe
Since the 2022 Dobbs decision ending the right to an abortion, a lot has happened. And it’s worse than we predicted.
52 min
332
What Next: Is Planned Parenthood Stepping Up?
A year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, we ask the head of the nation’s largest abortion provider – now what?
21 min
333
Outward: What Was Corporate Pride?
We always knew that rainbow-washing was bogus. So why do we miss it?
52 min
334
What Next: They Pledged to Stop Sex Abuse. Inst...
One year after a massive sex abuse scandal, America’s largest Protestant denomination has a different concern: women in church leadership.
25 min
335
How To!: Quit Your Calling
Daphne Gomez on leaving a job you loved to save your sanity, part two.
36 min
336
What Next: After They Testified: The Rabbi Lead...
A religious community in Missouri steps up to defend their trans neighbors—and family.
25 min
337
The Waves: Your Period Deserves Respect
How cultural embarrassment around periods is hurting menstruating people, with author Kate Clancy.
32 min
338
Outward: Lesbian Bars: A Love Story
Krista Burton and Naomi Gordon-Loebl visited every U.S. dyke bar.
29 min
339
ICYMI: Why “The Ultimatum: Queer Love” Ultimate...
The show, much like it’s participants, can’t commit.
42 min
340
The Waves: Finding Love Without Romance
Author Amy Key explores a life without romantic love, but with a lot of Joni Mitchell.
32 min
341
What Next: After They Testified: The Drag King ...
A drag performer and lip-syncer speaks their own truth to Texas lawmakers.
24 min
342
Outward Pride Special: Is “I Do” Best for You?
A better way to protect all kinds of relationships—including queer ones.
34 min
343
Hear Me Out: Corporate Pride is Tacky, Pointles...
The first Pride was a protest, after all.
42 min
344
How To Help Teachers Thrive
Daphne Gomez on supporting educators, part one.
31 min
345
Amicus: How SCOTUS Enabled The Explosion of Ant...
Decisions stripping voting rights and abortion rights paved the way for a rapidly growing and wide-ranging assault on the rights of trans adults, trans kids, and their families.
62 min
346
Dear Prudence: I Think My Wife Is Cheating On M...
My wife has formed a flirty relationship with an AI tool and I can't shake off the sense of feeling replaced and insecure.
51 min
347
What Next: After They Testified: The Trans Phar...
Gwen Herzig went to the legislature to share her medical expertise on trans health care. What came next was humiliating.
24 min
348
The Waves: The Hustle of Being Beautiful
How can we interrogate the problems with beauty culture…while still enjoying our face masks and lip gloss?
37 min
349
Slate Money: Rainbow Rage
Slate Money talks Pride merch outrage, Nvidia, and the German recession.
43 min
350
What Next: TBD | Tweetering on the Glass Cliff
Is Elon Musk’s CEO pick set up to fail?
20 min