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.
1
ICYMI | The Summer That Broke BookTok
Two failed conventions highlight a troubling truth about BookTok.
40 min
2
What Next | The Womanosphere Wants To Make Amer...
Is the future of MAGA female?
27 min
3
Amicus | Punished For Their Pregnancies
Women are being prosecuted for “crimes” against fetuses and even embryos. Meet the lawyer who’s fighting back.
45 min
4
ICYMI | Ethel Cain, Lana Del Rey, and the Lorax...
Plus, a surprising update on the Sylvanian Drama lawsuit.
43 min
5
Death, Sex & Money | The Internet Taught Me to ...
Casey Johnston used to count every calorie and despise exercise. Then she started lifting weights and found a new want to relate to her body and the world.
51 min
6
ICYMI | The Great Girlboss Comeback
Just a few years after their cancellations, some girlbosses are starting their second acts.
48 min
7
ICYMI | Kendra Fell In Love With Her Psychiatri...
How a TikTok series became more like a ‘Black Mirror’ episode.
41 min
8
How To! | Raise a Kid in a Polarized Family
Melinda Wenner Moyer on letting in-laws impart love, not patriarchy.
39 min
9
ICYMI | Your Next Favorite Book Will Be Fanfiction
Why is fanfiction going mainstream, and did someone leave their Labubu on Karl Marx’s grave?
42 min
10
Outward | From Hit Parade: The Hidden History o...
From Little Richard to Chappell Roan, queer artists have always been vanguards of pop, even when they have not been out.
59 min
11
ICYMI | Why Online Whisper Networks Never Work
The Tea app betrayed the women it was supposed to keep safe.
40 min
12
What Next: TBD | The Death of an Online Whisper...
Your safety? There isn’t an app for that.
25 min
13
ICYMI | Astronomer Updates, Jessie Murph, and D...
What’s going on with Astronomer? Why is the internet mad at singer Jessie Murph? And what’s up with this fake TikTok cult?
40 min
14
What Next | Trans and Shut Out in Trump’s America
Clinics for trans youth are closing, incorrect passports have been issued, and trans people are having to make emergency health care plans, even in blue states.
25 min
15
How To! | Gossip for Good
Normal Gossip’s Rachelle Hampton spills the tea on … spilling the tea.
43 min
16
ICYMI | Calico Critters Are Beefing Thanks To T...
Fans are enraged by a lawsuit targeting the popular satirical account SlyvanianDrama.
39 min
17
Outward | From Hit Parade: The Hidden History o...
57 min
18
How To! | Be an Ethical Hater
Slate’s Scaachi Koul on talking trash for the betterment of humankind.
37 min
19
ICYMI: The Internet History of Jojo Siwa
The chronically online former children’s entertainer is rebranding (again)
58 min
20
ICYMI | Love Island’s Toxic Relationship With S...
How Love Island USA can learn from the UK franchise’s mistakes.
38 min
21
Outward | Archiving the Spirit of Ballroom with...
Michael Roberson traces the spiritual, political, and public health roots of the ballroom scene
38 min
22
ICYMI | The Most Famous Facelift on TikTok
What a woman’s viral trip to Guadalajara and Kylie Jenner’s boob job reveal say about the current state of plastic surgery discourse online.
29 min
23
ICYMI | How Coming Out Videos Changed YouTube
We sit down with YouTuber Ingrid Nilsen to reflect on the 10-year anniversary of her most popular video to date.
44 min
24
Outward | The Latest on Trans Rights in the Cou...
48 min
25
Outward | Small-Town Pride Blooms
Bryan dives in with Christina Cauterucci’s reporting on rising rural Prides and we hear from an organizer of Canyon County Pride in Idaho
43 min