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This Week in Breeders PodcastGirls Can Be Demon Hunters, But Can Boys Share a Pair of Traveling Pants?If you expected that the first ever This Week In Breeders movie episode would be a placid, predictable affair… oh buddy, get ready. Here’s an incomplete accounting of nonsense that went down over the course of our recording:* Sarah revealed the extremely inappropriate film that she and her siblings watched during a childhood snow day.* A few minutes later, we pause the episode because Sarah needed to buy Lily Allen concert tickets super urgently, and then we debrief every single possible element of that experience.* Sarah then reveals the EXTREMELY CONTROVERSIAL way that...
2025-12-181h 12
Dire StraightsCan married and divorced women be friends?This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.direstraightspod.comIn this episode, we ask an age-old question that somehow also feels very of the moment: Can married and unmarried women be friends?More specifically, can married and divorced women be friends? What about married women and women who have no interest in marriage at all, like those who see marriage as a hetero-patriarchal institution that we might all do well to opt out of? What about single women who are opting out of dating, and those who are...
2025-12-1727 min
Dire StraightsChristmas is an ad for heterosexualityYou just survived Thanksgiving. You might now be surviving the onslaught of holiday commercials and Hallmark movies starring big-city career women who are reminded of the true meaning of Christmas after falling in love with a rugged small-town hunk in a plaid button-up.Maybe you’re also cruising the sales, checking the Christmas lists, planning the next holiday dinner, and feeling a little overwhelmed. You might even be thinking, Hmm, this season has a certain dire straightness to it.It’s time to talk about holiday labor and heterosexuality.We all know that wome...
2025-12-031h 36
Dire StraightsIs it women’s job to save men?This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.direstraightspod.comAre men OK? Is there actually a “male loneliness crisis”? Is it women’s job to fix it? What role should straight women play in rescuing men from… whatever the hell is going on with them? What would it take for men to help themselves? And how on earth should a mother of boys be in this era?Everyone has a lotttt of questions about the state of men. Meanwhile, toxic visions of masculinity abound, from the dark corners of the m...
2025-11-1234 min
Dire StraightsA feminist takedown of WWE masculinityThis week, we wrestle with what WWE and UFC tell us about the current moment in gender, heterosexuality, and American politics. We talk about some truly terrible men—Vince McMahon, Joe Rogan, Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew Tate, and, of course, Donald Trump.Turns out, pro-wrestling is a perfect lens for understanding our wannabe dictator of a president, from his political rhetoric to his cultish following. We look at how a particular brand of chest-thumping, s**t-talking, and reality-challenged masculinity found its way from the WWE wrestling ring and the UFC Octagon into the White House (literally).Do...
2025-10-291h 19
Dire StraightsMarital 'intimacy' is the fifth shift of women's workThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.direstraightspod.comToday, we’re talking about the fifth shift — all the labor and consumerism that heterosexual women engage in to maintain their marital sex lives.Appointment sex, date nights, intimacy classes, coaching programs, books about desire, erotic subscription services, and hours of internet content about keeping the spark alive. And then there's pills, gummies, bacon-flavored lube (an actual thing), and many more late capitalist iterations of sex positivity.In this episode, we look at the erotic hurdles that are...
2025-10-1531 min
Dire StraightsWhat happened to 4B?Remember the 4B movement? Last fall, the idea exploded in the U.S. right alongside the election of Donald Trump. Some called it a “sex strike.” The idea was that women were going to say “no” to men. No dating, no marriage, no sex, no babies.There were viral TikToks. It was all over the headlines. It sparked debates, backlash, mockery, and threats. And then the meme disappeared.A year later, we’re looking back at what happened to the 4B movement—or, maybe, more accurately, the 4B meme. We’re also going to consider what’s happene...
2025-10-011h 11
Dire StraightsHave we lost the divorce plot?This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.direstraightspod.comThis week, we’re doing an epic survey of American divorce plots, including the literature, film, TV, and cultural attitudes that shaped our understandings of divorce from a young age, teaching us about family, love, and heterosexuality.That means we’re talking about tough divorcees of the 80s and 90s—including ex-wives who get a new lease on life after their husbands dump them for younger women—and the “chick flicks” of the aughts and 2010s that brought us reconciliati...
2025-09-1732 min
Dire Straights'Red flags' are the state of dating right nowIn this episode, we’re talking about men who call their exes “crazy,” don’t text back, refer to women as “females,” and listen to Joe Rogan.In other words, we’re talking about “red flags.”Maybe you’ve seen a viral video of a woman listing off warning signs that a man is no good. Maybe you’ve seen that guy on TikTok who re-posts videos of straight people behaving badly and then runs around waving an oversized red flag to pass judgment on their dysfunction. Or maybe you’ve just listened to a friend talk about a guy...
2025-09-031h 20
On Step AlaskaEpisode 464 - Wildfires, community and cortisolAmanda Montei is a writer and former wildfire hot shot. In this episode we discuss her time fighting wildfires, growth through struggle, handling intense situations, community, and writing. Her podcast is called Life with Fire and her Substack is Little Fire Burning.
Check out the On Step Alaska website or subscribe on Substack for articles, features and all things Alaska.
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2025-08-261h 08
Dire StraightsWe got AI boyfriendsThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.direstraightspod.comWe got AI boyfriends for a weird and wild weeklong experiment—and now we’re reporting back.There are dozens of popular apps that let users either design their own virtual romantic companions or choose readymade partners modeled after common straight-guy archetypes, celebrities, and popular characters from TV and film. You can even simulate a very realistic phone call with your bespoke digital boyfriend. And these guys always text you back.We look at what the popularity of A...
2025-08-2025 min
Dire Straights‘Why am I in this relationship?’This summer’s pop music has a lot to say about heterosexuality.It’s seen as a burden and an addiction—men are compared to children and cocaine. Haim is literally asking, over and over: “Why am I in this relationship?” It’s textbook heterofatalism when Sabrina Carpenter sings, “I swear they choose me, I'm not choosing them.”But some pop stars are actually escaping sad straight relationships—or else abandoning the romantic fairy tale. Cardi B is living a divorce revenge plot, Lorde is discovering a more expansive sense of her own gender post-breakup, and Summer Walker...
2025-08-061h 14
Dire StraightsS*x guides for tradwivesThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.direstraightspod.comWe dive headfirst into the sex column at the alt-right women’s magazine, Evie, which journalist EJ Dickson called a “Gen Z ‘Cosmo’ for the Far Right.”As we dig into Evie’s surprisingly graphic how-to-please-your-husband guides, we explore what the magazine tells us about conservative sexual politics today, including how the right frames their messages as empowering, educational, scientific, and even liberating, while actually selling young women strict, unequal, and objectifying models of sex and love.After the pa...
2025-07-2332 min
The Burnt Toast PodcastAre The Heterosexuals Okay?You’re listening to Burnt Toast! Today, my guest is Tracy Clark-Flory. Tracy is the feminist writer behind the newsletter TCF Emails and the author of Want Me: A Sex Writer's Journey into the Heart of Desire. She’s also the cohost of the new podcast Dire Straights where she and Amanda Montei unpack the many toxic aspects of heterosexual relationships and culture. I brought Tracy on the podcast today to talk about my feet, but we get into so much more. We talk about porn, sexual identity, and the male gaze—and, of course, how al...
2025-07-1739 min
The Burnt Toast PodcastAre The Heterosexuals Okay?You’re listening to Burnt Toast! Today, my guest is Tracy Clark-Flory. Tracy is the feminist writer behind the newsletter TCF Emails and the author of Want Me: A Sex Writer's Journey into the Heart of Desire. She’s also the cohost of the new podcast Dire Straights where she and Amanda Montei unpack the many toxic aspects of heterosexual relationships and culture. I brought Tracy on the podcast today to talk about my feet, but we get into so much more. We talk about porn, sexual identity, and the male gaze—and, of course, how al...
2025-07-1739 min
Dire StraightsThe heteropessimism of techno-optimism“Techno-optimism” is a system of belief currently fueling the very worst tech bros—from Elon Musk to Mark Zuckerberg. So, we decided to do a close read of the movement’s manifesto to better understand its architects and their vision of the future, which includes becoming “Technological Supermen” and… invading space.We turn to figures like Marc Andreessen, who have claimed this thinking as their own, to consider the broader implications of believing that endless innovation can save us. As we dig further into this seemingly neutral but actually very straight-white-guy idea that technological advancements are inherently...
2025-07-0957 min
co-regulationFeministing in the Anti-Feminist Era (Amanda Montei)Producer note: The term 'feministing' was coined by Jessica Vlenti for her groundbreaking feminist blog Feministing.com (2004-2019), which was instrumental in shaping online feminist discourse during the height of feminist digital media.Holly sits down with feminist writer and author Amanda Montei to explore what it means to be Outspoken Intellectual Feminist in what feels like the height of feminist backlash. Montei, author of "Touched Out," opens up about her recent divorce, the collapse of feminist movements, and how she's navigating the intersection of personal upheaval and political crisis. The discussion delves into the challenges...
2025-07-031h 21
Dire StraightsWhat is couples therapy for?This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.direstraightspod.comWe talk couples therapy—the good, the bad, and the unequal. We look at sexism in the therapy room, consider how therapists try to save us from patriarchal socialization, and talk about the divorce stigma that shows up in the ever-popular belief that marriage is hard work. We ask: How does couples therapy challenge inequality in straight relationships—and how does it enable and excuse it?Along the way, we discover the maybe not-so-surprising origins of marital coun...
2025-06-2533 min
Dire Straights'Dark feminine' influencers are selling seduction as liberationIn this inaugural episode, we wade into an internet subculture known as the “dark feminine,” a viral beauty trend turned hetero dating strategy.Dark feminine influencers promise liberation from fuckboys and toxic straight relationships, with TikTok videos and ebooks that teach women the art of seduction—and not texting men back. Behind the goth-meets-glam makeup tutorials and affirmations about “pretty privilege,” there lurks sexism, gender essentialism, and a truly dark view of both heterosexuality and feminism.Remember: You can listen to our episodes on Substack or via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other major podcasting...
2025-06-1152 min
Dire StraightsIntroducing Dire StraightsWelcome to Dire Straights, a feminist podcast critiquing heterosexual love, sex, politics, and culture. Dire Straights is hosted by Amanda Montei and Tracy Clark-Flory, a couple of longtime journalists, essayists, critics, and authors.Our show is a skewering of straight existence—and an exercise in imagining new possibilities. Each episode, we’ll unpack the most dire elements of hetero culture, like:* Couples therapy* Dating apps* Sex strikes* Monogamy* Age-gap romances* Cries of “but what about men?”* The orgasm gap* Antifeminist “feminism”* Sex p...
2025-04-1501 min
Reading the Comments PodcastBonus Episode: "I could've gone down the toxic masculinity rabbit hole"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit readingthecomments.substack.comFor all our faithful subscribers, we’re dropping into your inbox with a brand-new bonus episode on the Netflix series Adolescence, which has been getting lots of buzz. It’s currently the #1 show on Netflix with 42 million views last week!In this episode, we discuss the Reddit threads that have emerged in response to the show, most of which are positive,…
2025-03-2802 min
Modern HysteriaS1E7 Postpartum Care x Maternal Mental Health with Dr. Kelsey Marr, PhD (Part 1)This week we’re saying the quiet parts OUT LOUD about why the postpartum chapter of our lives often feels overwhelming and isolating (how did we get here??) and how systemic factors — like lack of support or maternity leave — exacerbate postpartum anxiety and depression.Time stamps* [05:55] Becoming a postpartum doula* [07:12] What is IVF?* [11:26] Comparing postpartum care: Scandinavia vs. North America* [15:46] Prenatal genetic testing* [12:59] What evidence-based postpartum care really means* [18:48] What does a postpartum doula do?* [23:18] Is postpartum care a luxury?* [26:12] The cult o...
2025-01-2235 min
Reading the Comments Podcast"What grown up wants to live with someone who's mentally a child just because they're hot?"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit readingthecomments.substack.comIt’s officially the holiday season— and the end of our official season! Look out for updates from us in the new year, including a request for your suggestions for more bonus episodes. In the meantime, you can subscribe now to listen to the full season, including episodes on the Wicked press tour, parental (but really maternal) burnout, what happens women women write earnestly about male loneliness, and what we discovered about the gender divide when it comes to marital sex....
2024-12-1903 min
Reading the Comments Podcast"Holding space" for the Wicked press tourThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit readingthecomments.substack.comAfter our last two episodes on the election, we were so happy to take a hard turn to talk about the subject on everyone’s minds: the Wicked press tour. We had so much fun recording this episode and truly feel we’ve reached peak podcast banter this week— so if you’ve been waiting to subscribe, now is definitely the time. Remember, you get access to all e…
2024-12-0602 min
No Shame with Rebecca WoolfThe Revolution Will Not be Shame-Based with Amanda Montei This week I'm thrilled to be speaking to author, academic and friend Amanda Montei. Amanda is the author of the book, Touched Out: Misogyny, Consent and Control, and the substack, Mad Woman. This episode is a little different than other episodes in that it's a sort of response episode to the election, specifically how shame shaped it and what we can do to reverse its effects. I feel so fortunate to have friends like Amanda, with whom I can talk honestly and openly without judgment or shame, but also be challenged, enlightened, and provoked to recognize truths beyond my ow...
2024-12-031h 02
The Mother Of It AllThe State of the Hetero Union Part 2: Here Come the Gender Wars with Amanda Montei and Tracy Clark-FloryFeminist writers Tracy Clark-Flory and Amanda Montei join Sarah and Miranda for Part 2 of our discussion on relationships between men and women (listen to Part 1 here). We talk about the post-election landscape of gender relations — including the rise in both misogynistic rhetoric interest in boycotting men. Is this a gender war or a war on women? Is feminism responsible for the young male Trump voter? What do men and women owe each other, and what do we do with the men in our lives? Links:* Sophie Kemp on Gen Z Men (LA Review of Books) ...
2024-11-2552 min
Reading the Comments PodcastThe push to blame “identity politics”This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit readingthecomments.substack.comThis week, we look at a brilliant post-election conversation between Tressie McMillan Cottom & Lydia Polgreen.Both conservative and liberal commenters dropped by to spill their own post-election analysis in the comments. Many had big feels about so-called “identity politics.” We dig into what this term even means, how it’s used as an insult, and why American politics have always been based on identity.We also consider whether there is indeed some mythological neutral apparatus out there called...
2024-11-2202 min
Weirds of a Feather: An AuDHD-Adjacent PodcastBagel Bite #37: Discount SkeletonsMan, politics, huh? We love the stuff, which is why we’re spending this episode sharing our thoughts on the recent U.S. presidential election.
In what we’re calling a full-blown Bagel Pizza, we’re discussing the blue bracelet trend, explaining what a tariff is and isn’t, ranting about racism, and providing some suggestions and resources for learning, participating, preparing, and keeping the hope alive during a scary and tumultuous time.
Resources
Books:
-Parable of the Sower & Parable of the Talents by Octavia E...
2024-11-211h 23
The Mother Of It AllThe State of the Hetero Union Part 1: Sex, Marriage, and 'Big D Desire' with Amanda Montei and Tracy Clark-FloryIn Part 1 of our jam-packed conversation with feminist writers Tracy Clark-Flory and Amanda Montei, Sarah and Miranda attempt to unpack why this has been such a big year for examining sex in hetero-marriage, the specter of patriarchy haunting all of our marital beds, and whether or not good sex is possible anymore in a hetero-marriage. Links:* Amanda Montei’s “Can a Sexless Marriage Be a Happy One? Can a Sexless Marriage Be a Happy One?” in the New York Times Magazine* Liars by Sarah Manguso* All Fours by Miranda July* Tr...
2024-11-181h 02
The Mother Of It AllNow this is happeningSarah and Miranda are checking in the morning after the election on what’s going through our minds, how we’re thinking about motherhood and our kids, and whether it’s too soon to do silver linings. With a special appearance from Nellie, three-year-old witch.Links:* Amanda Montei says “It’s not the economy, it’s misogyny.” * Witch podcast on BBC* Seven Year B***h is the today’s soundtrack This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...
2024-11-0627 min
Reading the Comments Podcast“Galsplaining”This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit readingthecomments.substack.comIn this week’s episode, we’re unpacking the comments section of a popular article on male loneliness that was—gasp!—written by a woman.Spooky! 👻Read the article, titled “Is the Cure to Male Loneliness Out on the Pickleball Court?”, and peruse the comments if you dare.Or, just listen to us break it all down for you—no prior reading required.As you can imagine, men had thoughts about this piece. Not all positive...
2024-10-2903 min
Reading the Comments Podcast"Just divorce her"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit readingthecomments.substack.comWe often start episodes off with a big sigh, but this one really is a doozy.On this week’s episode of Reading the Comments 👀 we look at the comments section of a viral TikTok. In the video, a dating expert dares to suggest that when married women feel emotionally disconnected from their husbands, they lose interest in sex.As you can imagine, the video attracted a lot of casual misogyny from men. Meanwhile, women popped into the c...
2024-10-2203 min
Reading the Comments Podcast"All of us should have access to the supports we need"This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit readingthecomments.substack.comA couple of weeks ago, the US Surgeon General revealed something surprising: “Parents Are at Their Wits’ End. We Can Do Better.” JK. We already knew that!But it was meaningful, we guess, to have this reality affirmed by a major public health official and as a legitimate public health crisis. This week, however, Amanda & Veronica dig into the comments section underneath the Surgeon General’s op-ed for The New York Times. Obviously we agree that we can and should d...
2024-10-0809 min
Reading the Comments PodcastIntroducing: Reading the Comments 👀Reading the Comments is a podcast that digs into the comment sections of buzzy articles, essays, and posts to figure what the hell is going on. Hosted by Amanda Montei & Veronica Wong.We're like your group chat— but we try to wrangle our rage, eyerolls, and irritation in an attempt to salvage some thoughtful conversations from a forum that can at times feel like the antithesis of… thoughtful.This season: What stories are we telling about motherhood, feminism, gender, family, and community today? Is it possible to read a little closer 👀 in order to hear each ot...
2024-10-0305 min
The Good Enough Mother112. The Rebellion and Refuge of Motherhood: Bodies, Boundaries and Power with Amanda MonteiIn this episode, we're joined by Amanda Montei, the author of "TOUCHED OUT: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent, & Control."
Amanda's work, which spans from The New York Times to ELLE, brings a critical eye to the experiences of motherhood under the weight of societal expectations.
We talk about the line between the institution of motherhood and our experience of mothering, referencing back to Adrienne Rich’s work and trace some of Amanda’s experience of mothering as transformational, creative, and even radicalizing. Amanda’s work explores the body and consent, and the ways in which parenting is not just an arena where we may...
2024-09-1743 min
dotzipTalking for 5 Hours About 1000xRESISTToday we're talking about 1000xRESIST by sunset visitor 斜陽過客! A game about the human experience and experiencing a collection of dance grooves.Get 1000xRESIST on Steam or Switch! Check out sunset visitor's website! ---Discussed in the episodeThe 1000xRESIST (Original Sountrack) by Drew Redman and Line Katcho on bandcamp越界/粵界 (transgression/cantosphere) by Hong Kong Exile (Natalie Gan, Milton Lim, Remy Siu) in collaboration with Zoe Lam and Howie TsuiNothing Ever Stops Existing by Jacob Geller on YouTubeHow Hong Kong caught fire: the story of a radical uprising by Tania Branigan and Lily Kuo for The Guar...
2024-08-265h 04
The DilemmaEpisode three: Who killed the girlboss?If not kids then what? For many people the answer is a consuming career. Like many millennial women, Gina entered the workforce during the rise of the #girlboss and spent the next decade watching and experiencing the death of a dream in which a job could be an identity. This week on The Dilemma we explore what we internalise about what makes a good worker, what makes a good mother and what makes a good life. Host: Gina Rushton Executive producer: Kara Jensen-Mackinnon Guests: Gabrielle Moss, Amanda Montei, Hannah Ferguson Extra re...
2024-07-0825 min
Get Naked with Dr. KateWhat To Do When You're Feeling Touched Out, with Author Amanda MonteiHave you ever had a stressful day, filled with seemingly never ending tasks, and found yourself recoiling at the advances of your partner? If yes, you may be, as author Amanda Montei coins it, touched out. Amanda joins Dr. Kate in the studio this week to discuss this concept of being “touched out”, and the ways that it can permeate into our intimate and familial relationships.Together, the two explore:• The surprises one may encounter when entering motherhood• Be...
2024-06-2547 min
Under the Influence with Jo PiazzaTouched Out with Amanda MonteiI'm touched out. I say that all the time. Before I became a parent I didn't know that was possible. But once I became a mom my body was no longer my own; it belonged to my children. But I didn't have a way to talk about the feeling of being touched out until I read the stunning book by Amanda Montei of the same name—TOUCHED OUT. There is an expectation gap between what we imagine motherhood looks like and what it actually is and the cultural script for motherhood has often been written by men.To...
2024-04-2544 min
Hotter Than EverRethinking Modern Motherhood & Reclaiming Our Bodies with Amanda MonteiAmanda Montei's fascination with understanding motherhood started long before she became a parent herself. However, it wasn't until she embarked on her PhD journey while welcoming her first child that she began to approach motherhood through a scholarly lens. In her illuminating book, "Touched Out: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent, and Control," Amanda dissects the nuanced layers of societal expectations and judgments that surround women's bodies, particularly during motherhood, reminding us to be attentive to the stories that are being told to us.Join us for a deep and fascinating episode as Erin and Amanda delve into the complexities...
2024-03-2854 min
A Fresh StoryWomen's Voices Making Change: Amanda MonteiA Fresh Story, season 5, episode 4
We had the honor of talking to Amanda Montei, the author of Touched Out: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent, & Control. We talked about the transition into motherhood, the #metoo movement and motherhood, the relationship between joy, sex and being a new mom, and her journey to sobriety in new motherhood. We chatted about the response to the book in the world, and we had an honest conversation about domestic equity, women’s work, body agency, motherhood and feminism, and the state of being a mother in our society today.
Amanda is also th...
2023-12-1331 min
dialoguingthe derailerIn this episode, Kaitlyn, from the newsletter dialoguing on Substack, and her husband dive into this week’s newsletter, revisiting the Twin Flames Universe conversation from last week, why J’s never gotten a massage and doesn’t have the faintest clue of how it works, and parking lot etiquette.Note: Minor audio issues from 27-30 minute mark. We had some help this time (Thank you, Ryan!!) to minimize it and found the culprit so this will hopefully be the last time I have to say this 🤞 but very minimal this time. Should be able to blaze right thr...
2023-12-081h 08
What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny MomsFresh Take: Amanda Montei on "Touched Out"What does it mean to be "touched out" as a mom? And once we know it's a thing—as anyone who's experienced it firsthand can attest—is there anything we can actually do about it? Amanda Montei, author of the popular Substack Mad Woman and the new book TOUCHED OUT, has studied the phenomenon of "maternal touch aversion" in both the literal and metaphorical senses. In this interview, Amanda, Margaret, and Amy discuss: -what being "touched out" really means—and why guilt and shame often accompanies it -the "very not normal" conditions of today...
2023-12-0133 min
Town Hall Seattle Civics Series341. Amanda Montei and Kristi Coulter with Gemma Hartley: Ambition, Women, and WorkMany parents struggle with the physicality of caring for children, but even more with the growing lack of autonomy new moms may feel in their personal and professional lives. Join us for an evening with Amanda Montei, author of Touched Out: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent, and Control, and Kristi Coulter, author of Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career. Moderated by Gemma Hartley, author of Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward, Montei and Coulter will discuss the state of ambition for women, the often hidden labors of both parenthood and gender, emotional labor...
2023-11-221h 03
The Mother Of It AllEpisode 4: The Woman in Me in Us (The Britney Episode) with Amanda MonteiMiranda and Sarah are joined by Amanda Montei, the author of the recently published Touched Out: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent and Control, to talk about the Britney Spears memoir and what it means for moms. Links: Amanda Montei in her Substack Newsletter Mad WomenJessica Grose in the New York TimesAmanda Hess in the New York TimesLyz in Men Yell at MeVirginia Sole-Smith in Burnt Toast Miranda on Postpartum Mood Disorders’ Exclusion From The DSM
2023-11-2059 min
A Fresh StoryA Fresh Story Season 5: Women's Voices Making Change!A Fresh Story, season 5, episode 1
We’re so excited about Season 5 of A Fresh Story: Women’s Voices Making Change! On this sister episode, we introduce Season 5 and what’s to come. We chat about our new Ambitious Woman: Female Founder Networking Group, and chat about our own journey in the world of Venture Capital. We discussed why we’re so excited to introduce the world to these 11 women making change in the world with their voice this season, and what’s coming on on Season 6 of A Fresh Story in January (Season 6 is “Everything You Always Wanted to Kn...
2023-11-1914 min
Let’s Talk Memoir51. Compressing Material and Managing Timelines featuring LL KirchnerLL Kirchner joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about compressing material and managing timelines, writing about addiction and recovery, radical compassion, polyamory, yoga scandals and sex cults, and her new memoir Blissful Thinking.
Also in this episode:
-The toll of internalized misogyny
-Finding teachers who energize you
-Writing groups
Books mentioned in this episode:
Cultish Amanda Montei
Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Blackout Sarah Hepola
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Wild Cheryl Strayed
The...
2023-10-0535 min
Poised & Powerful ParentingTouched Out and the Impact of Motherhood on Autonomy with Amanda MonteiCW: brief mention of sexual assault. Have you ever felt the kind of overwhelmed, overstimulated, or triggered that we might call being “all touched out”? Maybe you’ve even felt guilty about not being available to your kids or spouse, or surprised by the intensity of your feelings. If you ever wondered why your body doesn’t feel like your own, if you are grappling with how to parent in a post-Roe, post #MeToo world, you might be realizing how much bigger this is than just you. Amanda Montei is here to talk about the h...
2023-09-2553 min
The Feminist Mom PodcastTouched Out with Amanda MonteiI am super thrilled to be sharing this conversation that I had with Amanda Montei. Amanda is the author of TOUCHED OUT: MOTHERHOOD, MISOGYNY, CONSENT, AND CONTROL, out this month, September, 2023 from Beacon Press. She's also the author of a memoir called Two Memoirs and a collection of prose titled The Failure Age.Amanda's work has been featured in the New York Times, The Cut, Romper, Mother Tongue, Slate, Vox, and more. I came across Amanda's work in 2020 during the pandemic. I had been really drawn to journalists who were writing about...
2023-09-1948 min
Don’t Miss Your Ears To A Game-Changing Full Audiobook.Touched Out: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent, and Control by Amanda MonteiPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653500to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Touched Out: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent, and Control
Author: Amanda Montei
Narrator: Jenna Rose Stein
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 17 minutes
Release date: September 12, 2023
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
In this stunning blend of memoir, theory, and cultural criticism, a new mother examines the intersection between misogyny and motherhood, considering how caregivers can take back their bodies and pass on a language of consent to their children Motherhood and the culture of misogyny in America are not often explored in tandem. The connection is women’s bodies. When Amanda Montei be...
2023-09-128h 17
Postpartum ProductionS2E12 - The Body as Genre: Amanda Montei's Touched Out Touches on Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent, Control, and More“The way that we think about art, about care work or housework or maintenance labor is interconnected in the sense that these are spheres of society that are often deemed unproductive. Obviously, first and foremost, we need to resist that notion because it's the most important work that we do. I do think of writing as a kind of care work in that sense. It's like a tending. It's tending to our narratives and our cultural understandings of things. I think it's very easy, especially in the motherhood/parenting sphere, to get wrapped up in our demands an...
2023-09-0643 min
Startup ParentWhen Will I Get My Body Back? Motherhood As Awakening (Amanda Montei)#221 — Who does your body belong to?In this episode of the Startup Parent podcast, host Sarah K. Peck is joined by author and educator Amanda Montei to talk about Amanda’s latest book, Touched Out: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent, and Control. Together, they delve deep into a conversation about societal norms, feminism, and the complicated relationships women have with our bodies.Amanda doesn’t shy away from talking about topics others prefer to avoid, like female sexuality, pleasure, and the culture of consent. This conversation is crucial for those navigating motherhood, societal expectations, and body autonomy — and rais...
2023-09-0654 minPostpartum ProductionArtist Mothers Under Capitalism: Constraint, Creativity, Perseverance, and Promise**This episode is sponsored by Full Spectrum Features, a nonprofit social justice organization that uses film to inspire dialogue and create impact. They’re a Chicago-based 501(c)(3) committed to driving equity in the independent film industry by producing, exhibiting, and supporting the work of women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ filmmakers.You can find out more about Full Spectrum Features and their support of artist caregivers in this episode and on their website at fullspectrumfeatures.com as well as their Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.**—-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re excited to share with you this season f...
2022-12-2136 minPostpartum ProductionDo We Forget the Babysitter?: An Artist Residency in Motherhood, CollectivelyA wonderful resource that's come up on the podcast is the Artist Residency in Motherhood organization, which artist and mother, Lenka Clayton started in 2012. Kaitlin didn't know much about the organization until last year(2021) when a fellow writer and mother, Amanda Montei mentioned it in a class of hers Kaitlin was taking, and then alerted the class of a Facebook group that was spawned out of this residency.Kaitlin joined the group and was linked up with a Bay Area group of caregiver artists whose work runs in and around topics of motherhood and art in the modern...
2022-11-3026 min
Let’s Go There with Shira & Ryan7/12 There’s No Place Like SpaceShira is in Hawaii, so we have the pleasure of having pop culture pundit Shar Jossell join us this week! We get in to Space; the race for the billionaires to get to space and we’ll ‘regular’ people get a chance? We unpacked why American parents are so obsessed with gender. And speaking of gender we discuss what non-binary awareness means in terms of representation and the needs of the non-binary community. Plus so much more. Let's go there! Special guests: Victoria Colliver - California health care pol...
2021-07-131h 12
Nariz, Ouvido, Garganta e Algo a Maiskit de sobrevivência familiarFalamos em tolerância o tempo todo. Discutimos com nossos amigos sobre a paz mundial, mas ao mesmo tempo, não conseguimos nem sentar no sofá e conversar com a nossa própria família. Porém, não se sinta sozinho, só não esqueça que evoluir também é fazer a pazes com a nossa familiares! Para tentar ajudá-los, montei um kit de sobrevivência que me ajudou muito nestes 15 dias que passei com minha família. Acho que vale a pena.
2020-01-0613 min
HQ Sem RoteiroO HQ Sem Roteiro Mudou ou Carta Aberta aos Ouvintes do HQSRO HQ Sem Roteiro mudou. Ou Carta Aberta aos Ouvintes do HQSR.
Fala, galera, beleza? PJ aqui escrevendo para vocês sobre algumas novidades que irão rolar no futuro do HQ Sem Roteiro. Então, senta que lá vem história.
Uma coisa que sempre me fez sorrir nesses 3 anos e meio de HQ Sem Roteiro é a forma como as pessoas falam sobre a equipe do podcast. “Parabéns pelo ótimo trabalho de todos que fazem o HQ Sem Roteiro”, “Valeu pelo apoio da galera do HQ Sem Roteiro”. Bem, parafraseando aquele rei pedante e correndo o risco de ta...
2019-07-2410 min