NOUS - The Feminist Podcast

"My friendship is not a crappy consolation prize that you’re left with if I deny you a relationship – and my body is not your reward for good behavior.”
- Taylor Callobre, The 'Good Guy' Myth (2012), Duke University Press

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This week Anastasia joins us for the final of her vital trilogy about sexual assault, following previous episodes on her own story, and the way in which society has defined the journey through language and the #metoo movement reaction. Among the side effects and respective healing strategies we cover:

• disordered eating
• PTSD and flashbacks
• journalling
• therapy
• family support

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TW: sexual assault (s/a)

Following up from our last episode with Anastasia, we expand our discussion of sexual assault from her personal experience to global representation. We do this by talking about:

• #MeToo and its reception
• how sensationalism warps movements
• sexual abuse in the LGBTQ+ community
• post-assault sexuality (libido and orientation)
• self-erasure of survivors and invalidation of labels
• naming sex crimes as precisely as we do others
• insensitive jokes about s/a

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TW: sexual assault (s/a)

This first episode of 2024 begins the year on a sombre note, as Anastasia Serrell-Watts bravely steps into the spotlight of describing her sexual assault story to help other people find their own voice and recognise that they are not alone in their struggle. We want to thank Anastasia deeply for allowing us to seek company in her vulnerability in what is truly a selfless and inspiration episode that will hopefully help many women listening.

This episode includes:

• Anastasia's experience
• police reactions to s/a
• public, family and school reactions to s/a
• the mental health repercussions such as eating disorders and PTSD
• words of wisdom and support for survivors

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Our 2 cents (or 1.6p if you will) on the beauty of the Barbie movie. With apologies for Camille's poor sound quality and cold, in this casual episode, Harini and Camille cover:

• America Ferrera's speech
• "I'm not pretty enough to be pretty and not smart enough to be smart"
• the kitchen scene
• Ken
• the de-programming of the Barbies
• mothers and daughters

and much else besides!

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With so much anguish in the feminist community about the role of trans people, we are so pleased to be able to talk to Charlie Summers about his perspective as a trans man on the following topics, among many others:

• being socialised as a girl
• the mental health impacts of being trans pre-transition
• coming out to his family
• commenting on feminism as a man who has experienced the other side first-hand
• waiting times for reassignment
• gendered bathrooms

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This week we are so pleased to interview Layo Akinola about a range of issues related to racism and feminism, including:

• Michelle Obama
• dealing with microaggressions
• intersectional feminism
• gaslighting yourself
• how to elicit change

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We are so lucky to talk to Colette Zacca, the actress and dancer most recently seen in the TV series Doctors, the film Things I Do For Money, and the short Teach Me How To Fly, about Black history in the UK. It was such an honour to record this episode and we learnt so much. We hope you do too, or that you feel your own experiences are reflected in Colette's and that it makes you feel seen.

• Maya Angelou
• Stephen Lawrence
• The Deptford (New Cross) House Fire
• Child Q
• being Black and British, and the Windrush generation
• expectations on Black women
• staying true to yourself and standing up for what is right

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It's Black History Month in the UK and we want to make sure that Black women are heard this month above all! As such you won't be hearing any white voices until November. We're focussing on role models, the advice to the new generation and advice to current white adults but this naturally comes with explanations (and vents) about the responsibilities placed on Black women. We hope you feel seen, or that you hear something that makes you reflect on your own behaviour, and that we can lay our grain of sand to bridging the racial gap.

In this episode Hawa Eyimah tells us about:

• the trailblazer Ismatu https://www.ismatu.com/ 
• radical love and unconditional kindness
• advice for young Black girls
• social burn out from chronic care
• apologising vs guilt-tripping

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The self-care industry has been the root of plenty of myths, but luckily Colette Grice, founder of the Galene Company (https://www.galenecompany.com/) is here to debunk them! In this episode we talk about:

• skin care products
• chemicals vs clean products
• sexual health and vaginal health
• periods, hormones and PMDD
• taking the time to look after yourself
• the gender divide in self-care

If your child is listening to this podcast, the only explicit words used in this episode are: b0ll0cks and cr@p

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This episode is about a poem I wrote 2 years ago in one long rant looking back at the toughtest two years Harini and I went through, along with countless other girls in our cohort, many of whose stories are included here besides mine. It came from a wave of sexist abuse throughout London schools that gave rise to movements like Everyone's Invited. I wasn't going to publish it ever until someone else who had lived through this period told me she had never felt so seen. If you were one of them, I hope you relate, and if you weren't, I hope you never do. TW: sexual assault, self harm, suicide

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Anecdotes from Annabelle and Camille's solo female travel adventures, including being dragged off the tube in Paris by a man for his girlfriend's chihuahua, stared at for 2 hours by a teenage boy in Norway and serenaded with Hollywood love songs in Japan. You can't make this stuff up!!

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Considering travelling alone as a woman? Great! In this episode, Camille and Annabelle Saunders chat about their experiences travelling alone as women and share some advice that they've learnt along the way. This includes:

• language barriers
• your 1st night alone
• lessons on independence
• being alone in a crowd
• safety tips when travelling at night

We'll follow it up with a Bonus episode of more of our anecdotes of travelling alone as women, and share our top tips on the website. Then, we'll take your questions and pass them onto seasoned travel experts for even more advice to guide you through your holiday plans! Have fun!!

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In this episode we interview the incredible Serene Singh, a Rhodes scholar at the University of Oxford, National All American Miss winner, author of children's book The Queen Machine, and founder of The Serenity Project to name but a few of her amazing accolades.

• the Rhodes scholarship
• isolation at Oxbridge
• the role of faith in feminism and university
• religious bias in positions of power
• inclusivity, hard work and hierarchy
• empowerment of young girls (private and public)
• representation matters
• pageantry and modelling contests
• seeing things from the other side
• self acceptance
• the multidimensionality of femininity
• The Serenity Project, global mentorship and confidence
• women on death row in the US

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In this episode we explore the role of femininity in leadership, and its importance in the modern world. Rosalie Chapman takes us through it with both personal experiences and theory, including:

• agentic vs communal traits
• the Oxford Union
• feminine vs masculine presentation
• Margaret Thatcher vs Jacinda Ardern
• the Queen Bee effect
• first and second generation sexism
• why these dichotomies exist and how we can overcome them
• advice for young women

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In this crucial episode, we precede next week's discussion of the Met police report by talking about the prevalence of r*pe culture in the UK. I am lucky to be joined for the first time by Amelia Waterton, where some of the topics we cover are:

• the number of sexual assault victims in the UK every year
• the percentage that go to trial or lead to a conviction
• child sexual assault rates and convictions
• Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman's plans against child grooming gangs
• the use of ethnicity data when fighting sex crimes
• how porn objectifies women to the point of aggression

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In this episode, we have an open conversation about the lessons we've learnt from our late teens going into our 20s that we thought would be helpful to share with you! Listen up to find out more...

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In this episode, we have an open conversation about the lessons we've learnt from our late teens going into our 20s that we thought would be helpful to share with you! Listen up to find out more...

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In this episode we discuss one of the tangible results of feminist activism, the rise of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) in companies, and how we can see positive changes occur.

• The Good News Movement
• the tampon tax vs Scotland's free periods
• what ESG means
• what ESG does for companies
• green-washing and fake sustainability
• BLM and performative activism
• holding companies accountable

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In our first episode of 2023, we talk about the predecessor of Netflix's hit series 'The Tiger King', the real tiger queen: Tippi Hedren. A 90 year old woman who has let wild cats roam her home since her youth, including letting a lion share a bed with her teenage daughter, she should be remembered for her bravery and love for wild cats.

In this episode we talk about:

• conservation and animal rights
• double standards in society
• the role of her husband in her injuries
• reactions to different genders doing the same thing
• family v work

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