Real talk about Feminism: A Podcast for Female Empowerment and Gender Equality

McKenzie and Halie

Welcome to Real Talk About Feminism Podcast with McKenzie and Halie – your favorite sister duo! We are passionate about promoting gender equlaity and female empowerment through everyday conversations. Whether we are discussing menstrual equality and intersectional feminism, or self love and dating, our goal is to promote feminism and gender equality through engaging and lighthearted conversations. As two twenty-something women dedicated to empowerment, we invite you to tune in every Sunday for a brand new episode. Explore the world of feminism with us, and let's spark change together! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/real-talk-about-feminism-a-podcast-for-female-empowerment/support read less
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Episodes

Spring Cleaning and Digital Declutter | It Girl Summer Sneak Peek
Apr 7 2024
Spring Cleaning and Digital Declutter | It Girl Summer Sneak Peek
Stay tuned for exciting It Girl Summer updates! RAINN: https://www.rainn.org/  Listen to - Feminism on the Spectrum: Sharing Patricia’s Story https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/feminism-on-the-spectrum-sharing-patricias-story/id1567655781?i=1000625012109  JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Need advice, wanna share a story, have a comment for us? Submit to this form and we’ll share in our next episode if you choose! Submit⁠ ⁠here.⁠⁠ All of our links!⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/realtalkaboutfeminismpod⁠⁠  BOOK CLUB SIGN-UP: ⁠https://www.realtalkaboutfeminismpod.com/book-club⁠  We’re currently reading Becoming Cliterate! Sponsored by: BetterHelp. Real Talk About Feminism is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit⁠⁠ ⁠BetterHelp.com/rtafpod ⁠⁠⁠today to get 10% off your first month.  Time stamps: 0:10 hi and welcome back! 0:54 halie’s trip to see boyf  2:00 april is sexual assault awareness month 4:18 4/2 was world autism awareness day 5:36 trump and the bible, register to vote, halie’s upcoming europe trip 14:08 obsessions of the week - bras, march madness, lipstick  21:43 topic introduction and IT GIRL SUMMER 22:30 feminist highlight  24:32 spring cleaning! 39:57 IT GIRL SUMMER 41:50 join book club! Sources:https://www.instagram.com/p/C5Q4sQYLE6C/?igsh=MWM3aG04YTBpbmF4cg%3D%3D --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/real-talk-about-feminism-a-podcast-for-female-empowerment/support
Chatting about Women's History Month, the Alabama Embryo Ruling, and Love is Blind
Mar 10 2024
Chatting about Women's History Month, the Alabama Embryo Ruling, and Love is Blind
This week we talk about the recent Alabama IVF court ruling. We also talk about women’s history month, recap love is blind season 6, and share our obsessions of the week! **apologies for the abrupt ending, we had some technical difficulties and lost the last few couple of minutes of raw audio! *************** JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Need advice, wanna share a story, have a comment for us? Submit to this form and we’ll share in our next episode if you choose! Submit⁠ ⁠here.⁠⁠ All of our links!⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/realtalkaboutfeminismpod⁠⁠  BOOK CLUB: ⁠https://www.realtalkaboutfeminismpod.com/book-club⁠  Sponsored by: BetterHelp. Real Talk About Feminism is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit⁠⁠ ⁠BetterHelp.com/rtafpod ⁠⁠⁠today to get 10% off your first month.  Time stamps: 0:10 welcome back!  0:31 women’s history month and our 3rd birthday/reflections on the podcast 3:28 influences/podcasts we keep up with 8:57 love is blind recap 22:57 updates 26:46 obsessions of the week  29:29 feminist highlight  34:36 main episode  Sources: https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/the-alabama-supreme-courts-ruling-on-frozen-embryos https://www.womenshistory.org/womens-history/womens-history-month https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/womens-history-month --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/real-talk-about-feminism-a-podcast-for-female-empowerment/support
Discussing the U.S. Black Maternal Health Crisis
Feb 18 2024
Discussing the U.S. Black Maternal Health Crisis
This week we discuss the Black maternal health crisis that is happening in the United States. Thank you to CNN anchor, Abby Phillip, for sharing her story online! We pulled in a few clips from a podcast interview she did as well as some quotes from her article she wrote for CNN. See the links below for both of these!  Read - Abby Phillip: How I woundup giving birth at home here.  Listen to - The Assignment with Audie Cornish: Why More Black Moms Are Choosing Home Births here.  @abbydphillip on Instagram *************** JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Need advice, wanna share a story, have a comment for us? Submit to this form and we’ll share in our next episode if you choose! Submit⁠ ⁠here.⁠⁠ All of our links!⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/realtalkaboutfeminismpod⁠⁠  BOOK CLUB: ⁠https://www.realtalkaboutfeminismpod.com/book-club⁠  Sponsored by: BetterHelp. Real Talk About Feminism is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit⁠⁠ ⁠BetterHelp.com/rtafpod ⁠⁠⁠today to get 10% off your first month.  Timestamps: 0:10 welcome back! 0:11 freezing weather  1:34 topic introduction  1:49 obsessions of the week  4:10 feminist highlight  5:02 life updates 10:06 main topic  Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6406315/  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9914526/#:~:text=Black%20women%20have%20a%20maternal,racial%20disparities%20persist%20%5B54%5D https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/communities-of-color-at-higher-risk-for-health-and-economic-challenges-due-to-covid-19/  https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/16/opinions/maternal-mortality-pregnancy-midwife-births-phillips/index.html https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/the-assignment/episodes/944945fe-4c24-11ee-a8d4-0b8495b02c34 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/real-talk-about-feminism-a-podcast-for-female-empowerment/support
Mary Wollstonecraft's Fight Against Forced Domestication of Women
Feb 11 2024
Mary Wollstonecraft's Fight Against Forced Domestication of Women
This week we talk about Mary Wollstonecraft and her speech called “A Vindication of the Rights of Women” in response to 18th century Enlightenment (male) thinkers and philosophers who did not support female liberation. In this speech, she pushed for women to fight forced domesticity. We also talk about our obsessions of the week and do a mini recap of our Arizona trip.  *************** JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Need advice, wanna share a story, have a comment for us? Submit to this form and we’ll share in our next episode if you choose! Submit⁠ ⁠here.⁠⁠ All of our links!⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/realtalkaboutfeminismpod⁠⁠  BOOK CLUB: ⁠https://www.realtalkaboutfeminismpod.com/book-club⁠  Sponsored by: BetterHelp. Real Talk About Feminism is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit⁠⁠ ⁠BetterHelp.com/rtafpod ⁠⁠⁠today to get 10% off your first month.  Timestamps: 0:10 welcome! 0:18 arizona trip mini recap 1:10 halie’s trip to see her boyf 2:12 obsessions of the week 5:18 feminist highlight  7:02 main topic Sources: The Feminism Book https://hist259.web.unc.edu/vindicationofrightsofwomen/ https://en.unesco.org/womeninafrica/funmilayo-ransome-kuti/biography  https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/10/1/the-lioness-of-lisabi-who-ended-unfair-taxes-for-nigerian-women https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/27978/chapter-abstract/211652698?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/real-talk-about-feminism-a-podcast-for-female-empowerment/support
Henrietta Lacks: The Unseen Heroine of Medical Progress
Feb 4 2024
Henrietta Lacks: The Unseen Heroine of Medical Progress
In honor of Black History Month, we are discussing Henrietta Lacks this week. Her immortal HeLa cells have contributed to countless medical discoveries. However, her cells were harvested without her knowledge and consent. Listen to this episode to learn more about her story!  Check out Urban Sanctuary https://urbansanctuary.love/  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/1Tyc8Gb  *************** JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Need advice, wanna share a story, have a comment for us? Submit to this form and we’ll share in our next episode if you choose! Submit⁠ ⁠here.⁠⁠ All of our links!⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/realtalkaboutfeminismpod⁠⁠  BOOK CLUB: ⁠https://www.realtalkaboutfeminismpod.com/book-club⁠  Sponsored by: BetterHelp. Real Talk About Feminism is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit⁠⁠ ⁠BetterHelp.com/rtafpod ⁠⁠⁠today to get 10% off your first month.  Timestamps: 0:10 welcome back! 0:16 topic introduction  0:26 Black History Month  0:38 obsessions of the week  1:58 small business highlight of the week  5:54 main topic Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3516052/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/who-was-henrietta-lacks-heres-how-hela-cells-became-essential-to-medical-research https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/who-was-henrietta-lacks-heres-how-hela-cells-became-essential-to-medical-research https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henrietta-lacks https://www.wypr.org/the-baltimore-banner/2023-08-01/henrietta-lacks-family-reaches-historic-settlement-wins-compensation-for-her-stolen-cells --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/real-talk-about-feminism-a-podcast-for-female-empowerment/support
A Recap of 2023 Anti-Trans Legislation
Jan 28 2024
A Recap of 2023 Anti-Trans Legislation
This week we are talking about the anti-trans bills introduced and passed in 2023. As a reminder, please respect everyone’s preferred pronouns because it has absolutely nothing to do with you and everyone wants their gender identity to be validated :)  We highly recommend reading Schuylar Bailar’s book He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters.  The information shared about each bill is from https://translegislation.com/  Bills discussed: US HB1399, US HB1064, US HB216, AR HB1156, AR HB1468, ID S1016, IN SB0480, MT HB359, TN SB1237, UT SB0093, LA HB648 Schuylar Bailar’s website: https://www.pinkmantaray.com/  Follow Schuylar on Instagram @  One Colorado: https://www.one-colorado.org/  *************** JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Need advice, wanna share a story, have a comment for us? Submit to this form and we’ll share in our next episode if you choose! Submit⁠ ⁠here.⁠⁠ All of our links!⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/realtalkaboutfeminismpod⁠⁠  BOOK CLUB: ⁠https://www.realtalkaboutfeminismpod.com/book-club⁠  Sponsored by: BetterHelp. Real Talk About Feminism is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit⁠⁠ ⁠BetterHelp.com/rtafpod ⁠⁠⁠today to get 10% off your first month.  Time stamps: 0:00 please leave us a rating and a review! 0:41 welcome back! 1:52 life updates 3:15 obsessions of the week 6:07 feminist highlight  9:10 main topic  Sources:  https://www.history.com/news/bayard-rustin-march-on-washington-openly-gay-mlk https://www.rd.com/list/lgbtq-activists-who-changed-american-history/ https://www.wesh.com/article/trans-child-custody-bill-florida/43300540#:~:text=Senate%20Bill%20254%20for%20the%20first%20time.%20The,prescriptions%20or%20procedures%2C%E2%80%9D%20otherwise%20known%20as%20gender-affirming%20care.  https://www.pinkmantaray.com/resources/transathlete https://translegislation.com/bills/2023 https://www.one-colorado.org/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/real-talk-about-feminism-a-podcast-for-female-empowerment/support
Feminism in the News
Jan 21 2024
Feminism in the News
This week we are sharing some current events. We also talk about the Women’s March in Denver, our obsessions of the week, and an update from Halie.  *************** JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Need advice, wanna share a story, have a comment for us? Submit to this form and we’ll share in our next episode if you choose! Submit⁠ ⁠here.⁠⁠ All of our links!⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/realtalkaboutfeminismpod⁠⁠  BOOK CLUB: ⁠https://www.realtalkaboutfeminismpod.com/book-club⁠  Sponsored by: BetterHelp. Real Talk About Feminism is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit⁠⁠ ⁠BetterHelp.com/rtafpod ⁠⁠⁠today to get 10% off your first month.  Time stamps: 0:39 welcome and new studio set  0:55 halie’s update 1:38 topic introduction  2:00 denver women’s march recap 3:15 book club update 4:17 friend’s birthday recap 5:28 obsessions of the week  7:10 feminist highlight  9:44 main topic Sources: https://www.businessinsider.com/rosalind-wiseman-inspired-mean-girls-helps-adults-workplace-drama-2024-1 https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/12/gazas-widows-are-fighting-for-their-families-lives/ https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/women-in-revolt?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA75itBhA6EiwAkho9e8PU1MwjoTi13PxDm6ESveF27JOmdiLQi3QpbqwueCWL7HeX_CsYphoCGHQQAvD_BwE https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/america-ferrera-barbie-speech-feminism-b2473276.html https://feminist.org/news/supreme-court-set-to-rule-on-mifepristone-access/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/real-talk-about-feminism-a-podcast-for-female-empowerment/support
A Fun Conversation with Author Jennifer Banash on Empowering Feminist Narratives in her Books and Life
Dec 10 2023
A Fun Conversation with Author Jennifer Banash on Empowering Feminist Narratives in her Books and Life
This week we sit down with published author, Jennifer Banash. She is a former professor of English and creative writing. She is the author of Silent Alarm, a finalist for the American Library Association’s Best Fiction for Young Adults, White Lines, Simply Irresistible, In Too Deep, and The Elite. Jennifer is also the former co-founder and editor of Impetus Press, a small independent publishing house that championed works of literary fiction with a pop edge. Her latest novel, The Rise and Fall of Ava Arcana was on amazon first read, garnering over 2K reviews.  We talk about the importance of female friendships, writing stories that do not revolve around a male love interest, Jennifer’s journey as an author, and her experience in the publishing industry. Follow Jennifer on Instagram @jbanash Jennifer’s Website https://www.jennifer-banash.com/ Buy The Rise and Fall of Ava Arcana on Amazon here! **** Real Talk About Feminism is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit⁠ ⁠BetterHelp.com/rtafpod ⁠⁠today to get 10% off your first month.  Need advice, wanna share a story, have a comment for us? Submit to this form and we’ll share in our next episode! Submit ⁠here.⁠ All of our links! ⁠https://linktr.ee/realtalkaboutfeminismpod⁠  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/real-talk-about-feminism-a-podcast-for-female-empowerment/support
Ex-Mormon Girlies Hate on Purity Culture
Nov 19 2023
Ex-Mormon Girlies Hate on Purity Culture
This week we are talking about purity culture. We talk about how damaging purity culture is, specifically in the Mormon church, for survivors of sexual abuse, how there is no space for those in the LGBTQ+ community, and the different standards the Mormon church, and many organized religions, have for men and women. We share our personal experiences with purity culture and working through sexual repression and talk about how helpful therapy can be when working through sexual repression. We also talk about the books we’re currently reading and how our growing to be read lists are stressing us out. This week’s feminist highlight is a company called Mawadda, a female-founded company that has launched their product, the “Hygienic Hijab”.  Time stamp for the main topic: 11:22 Submit book club recs ⁠here. ******* Real Talk About Feminism is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit⁠ ⁠BetterHelp.com/rtafpod ⁠⁠today to get 10% off your first month.  Need advice, wanna share a story, have a comment for us? Submit to this form and we’ll share in our next episode! Submit ⁠here.⁠ Sources:  https://religionnews.com/2016/09/27/dismantling-mormon-purity-culture/ https://religionnews.com/2016/05/10/how-outdated-mormon-teachings-may-be-aiding-and-abetting-rape-culture/ https://www.usmawadda.com/about  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/real-talk-about-feminism-a-podcast-for-female-empowerment/support