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: Why Are We Obsessed With Queens?
From real queens to fictional ones, we just can’t seem to get enough.
24 min
402
How To!: Do Divorce Right
Dr. Elizabeth Cohen on rediscovering yourself in the midst of a divorce.
33 min
403
The Waves: Do Co-Ed Sports Hurt Girls?
Maybe it’s time to rethink the great separation in sports.
30 min
404
Amicus: Listen to Lady Justice
A high water mark for women and the law, and then, a great unraveling.
10 min
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The Waves: Free Britney. From Her Fans.
Britney Spears has been released from her conservatorship, but not the public spotlight.
34 min
406
Amicus: Lady Justice and Charlottesville Nazis
Roberta Kaplan on women, the law and holding white supremacists accountable.
41 min
407
The Waves: How to Live With Your Partner’s PTSD
The condition directly affects more men than women—and caregivers for people with PTSD do not get enough support themselves.
29 min
408
The Waves: The Undying Appeal of Very Sexy Trash
Erotic thrillers are back. Here’s why we love them, and how they can do better.
33 min
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What Next: An Out Teen in the “Don’t Say Gay” S...
Will Larkins, a high school senior, had a life-saving conversation with a queer teacher last year. Would it have been possible under Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act?
22 min
410
ICYMI Encore: Is BYU Virginity Club Real?
Is it sincere? Is it satire? We tracked down the viral Instagram account’s mysterious creator.
34 min
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The Waves: Why Women Carry the Bulk of Student ...
Women and people of color will benefit. Which is good!
26 min
412
ICYMI Encore: Did TikTok Find Gabby Petito, or ...
After an aspiring Instagram influencer mysteriously disappeared, she became the TikTok true crime community’s newest obsession.
33 min
413
The Waves: Why Jane Austen Still Slaps
Her women speak. What a concept!
32 min
414
What Next: How Serena Transcended Tennis
Her on-court accomplishments are unparalleled, but Serena Williams’s impact stretches much further.
26 min
415
What Next: Abuse in the Southern Baptist Conven...
Decades of accusations and alleged cover-up have the church’s leadership under a DOJ investigation.
28 min
416
A Word: Black Wombs Matter
Why does the maternal mortality crisis kill more Black mothers?
23 min
417
The Waves: It’s Not TV. It’s a Sh*tshow.
The mess at HBO is a sign of worse things to come for marginalized voices in TV and movies
33 min
418
ICYMI: What Is a Clean Girl?
And what does it have to do with the Old Money and Soft Life trends?
30 min
419
Decoder Ring: The “Sex” Scandal That Made Mae West
Before she hit the big-screen, the sultry actress starred in a 1927 tabloid trial.
41 min
420
The Waves: Live. Laugh. Lexapro.
Mental health drugs shouldn’t come with stigma. But they shouldn’t be the only solution, either.
30 min
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What Next: The Crisis of Trust That Dobbs Created
A ruptured ectopic pregnancy left a Texas woman wondering if her treatment was delayed because of her state’s abortion ban.
23 min
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The Waves: Liz Cheney’s Mom Energy
She’s disappointed in Trump. But she still voted with him 93 percent of the time.
29 min
423
The Waves: Cafeteria Catholics Can Support Abor...
The Catholic Church claims abortion activists are threatening them. Is that true?
27 min
424
Slow Burn - Roe v. Wade: Roe Against Wade
How Justice Harry Blackmun became an accidental abortion rights hero.
10 min
425
The Waves: The 10 Year Old Who Needed An Abortion
Why did so many news outlets question a doctor’s word about a rape?
33 min