Big bittersweet news! Popaganda host Sarah Mirk is leaving the show. Bitch editorial director Lisa Factora-Borchers talks with Sarah about her favorite moments from four years hosting the podcast and about what's next for her creative life. Popaganda will return in 2018 with all-new episodes.Bitch Media

We talk with food writer and A Hungry Society founder Korsha Wilson (who got her start in restaurants as an Olive Garden "breadstick girl"!) about her recent article, "Dear White Chefs: Stop Talking and Start Listening."Bitch Media

If you ever heard someone gush about how "Filipino food is so hot right now," then you'll appreciate Thrillist editor Khushbu Shah's take on the problems with declaring an entire cultural cuisine to be an up-and-coming trend.Bitch Media

Soleil Ho joins us to talk about food and cultural appropriation—a topic she often discusses on the Racist Sandwich podcast and recently covered for travel platform On She Goes—and about not catering to white tastes as the chef of her new restaurant, Bonito Kitchen.Bitch Media

Chow down on food politics. On this episode, three food writers of color talk about reshaping food media. It's often tricky to discuss race, gender, and class in the food industry! We hear from chef and "Racist Sandwich" podcast host Soleil Ho, Eater and A Hungry Society writer Korsha Wilson, and Thrillist editor Khushbu Shah.…

Sarah hit the clothing-optional beach outside of Portland, Oregon to talk to people about body image.Bitch Media

Jenny Bruso is on a mission: to make everyone feel welcome on the trail. She runs the Instagram account Unlikely Hikers to help highlight the experiences of people who aren't often seen in media about the great outdoors.Bitch Media

Model Sawyer DeVuyst talks with us about presenting visual narratives from trans perspectives... and going to the beach.Bitch Media

Style blogger Jessica Torres talks with us about fat-positive fashion.Bitch Media

The beach is supposed to be a place of relaxation. But, as we all know far too well, it’s also a place of high anxiety. Nothin’ puts body positive feelings to the test quite like slipping into what’s essentially colorful underwear and parading around in the midday sun in front of a bunch of strangers. This episode of Popaganda, “Beach Bodies,” take…

If you can choose to be invisible, it’s a superpower. There’s nothing more magical than the idea that you could waltz through a room unseen or eavesdrop on anyone without them knowing. But when invisibility is not a choice—when it’s forced on you—it’s a curse.You ever say something in a crowded room and no one listens? You ever turn on the TV and f…

As Julia was starting to plan a new album, disaster struck. The genderqueer performer fell into a coma after getting gender-confirming top surgery. Julia shares the story here.Bitch Media

Caring for other people is hard work! Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha sets some ground rules for the often-invisible work of emotional labor.Bitch Media

Lawyer and activist Andrea Ritchie discusses the patterns of police violence against women of color that often remain unseen.Bitch Media

Stephanie Woodward and other disability rights activists are literally fighting for the ability to stay alive -- if Obamacare is repealed, many Americans will lose access to the healthcare they need to live.Bitch Media

The editor of POOR magazine talks about living on the streets and what it's like to make media by and for low-income and no-income people.Bitch Media

Does your family look down on your for not making enough money? What's the way to define "success," anyway? Those are the big questions that community organizer Jessica Lee and Backtalk host Amy Lam tackle.Bitch Media

Too often, we don’t see the ability to stay alive, regardless of your income, as a basic foundation that our society can agree on. The fact that the idea that everyone deserves to have healthcare is controversial—that shows one way American identity is steeped in capitalism. That’s what today’s show is about: life in late capitalism. “Late capitali…

The founder of asexuality and agender meetup group ACES NYC shares her perspective on dating. Check out http://acesnyc.org/Bitch Media

Ev'yan Whitney, the host of the podcast "The Sexually Liberated Woman," takes the plunge: she interviews her mom about her sexual history. The conversation bridges a gap between the sexy selfie generation and a woman who was raised in an era when even saying "butt" was forbidden.Bitch Media

How many more trend pieces can you stomach on the theme of "Millennials Killed Traditional Dating"? There's this idea in our culture that this generation has fundamentally changed dating—for the worse. That we’re getting away from “traditional” dating and into some terrible uncharted waters. But a look at the history of dating shows one thing loud …

For so many years, the only woman you'd see as a main character in a video game was Ms. Pacman. Writer Sam Riedel talks about the history of sexism in video game culture, the connections between Gamergate and the Trump campaign, and how playing video games helped shape her ideas on gender.Bitch Media

If you haven’t played a video game since the Tetris days — or ever — you’d be very surprised how engrossing and how captivating they are now. The medium is unique in its ability to make people feel like we’re part of a story, rather than just watching it. Video games shape identity in a way that’s distinct from other pop culture. We talk about game…

What does the US military have to do with massively popular first-person shooter video games like Call of Duty? Well, a lot, actually. Scholar Saud Al-Zaid talks to us about Arab representation in modern video games and the ways playing out fictional wars onscreen shape players' views of reality.Bitch Media

Dr. Chanda Prescodd Weinstein usually researches dark matter. But in this interview, she talks about a far more down-to-earth topic: the social construction of race and the way science has been used to justify racist exploitation of certain peoples.Bitch Media

Behold! Using the power of science to interrogate societal assumptions around race and gender! We talk with theoretical astrophysicist Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein about her article "The Physics of Melanin" and how scientific research is always shaped by our human backgrounds. Then, we talk with biologist and sociologist Shay-Akil McLean (AKA @hood…

The team behind the hit podcast "Criminal" talk about the challenging process of taking what was just a creative idea and turning it into an actual show -- not caring whether it made money or not.Bitch Media

Prolific author Michelle Tea lays down some real talk about her path from railing against the world to figuring out how to live in it. Her memoir detailing these issues is called "How to Grow Up."Bitch Media

There was never enough money to go around when Ashley C. Ford was growing up. But now, she has enough: she's a senior features editor at Refinery 29 and, at age 30, is financially stable for the first time in her life. She discusses the ideas that stick with her about money from growing up poor.Bitch Media

If you had a trust fund, would you consider giving it away? That's the choice activist Roan Boucher made, donating half his trust fund to social justice causes. In this interview, he talks about making sense of capitalism from an activist perspective.Bitch Media

What's your relationship to money? It's complicated.On the one hand, capitalism is killing us—our economic system is exploitive to its core. At the same time, we all need to earn a living. How do anti-capitalist feminist folks square our feelings about hating the economic system we live in with our need to feel financially stable, take care of our …

"Family values" has been co-opted by right-wing folks. But what the hell! Feminists have strong values and we have strong families, too. On this episode, we're queering family values. We talk with two queer feminist activists about how they've redefined family values for themselves: Magaret Jacobsen and Yasmin Nair.…

Fake news and Donald Trump's constant deceptions have changed the landscape of journalism. Media analyst Carlos Maza walks us through reading the news in this new reality.Bitch Media

Reality TV always presents a distorted version of reality. But the stakes are much higher when the star of the show is running for president. Media critic Jennifer Pozner, author of the book Reality Bites Back, talks about how "The Apprentice" framed Trump as someone who could run the country.Bitch Media

The line between fiction and reality, between what was once unthinkable and what is now happening, comes across as very blurred in news coverage of Trump. But a lot of lines shouldn’t be blurry. There are things that are true. And there are things are totally made up. Sorting through them and making sense of complicated issues is the job of journal…

Donald Trump and Mike Pence say they want to ban abortion in the United States. But they seem to have a hazy idea of what that will actually mean. Millions of people around the world know all too well what happens when abortion is criminalized: 25 percent of people live in countries with very restrictive abortion laws. On this episode, we bring you…

Imagine coming home from school one day and your dad is gone. On today’s episode, we talk with two women who fought to keep their families together—as our immigration system tried to tear them apart. Their stories give us an insight into something we don’t often hear about in the political rhetoric around immigration—the human impact of deportation…

Doctors show a pattern, now and throughout history, of dismissing and disbelieving women's pain. We hear from a woman who spent eight years getting a diagnosis for endometriosis, share stories of trans women who experience PMS-like symptoms, and talk about the science of diminishing women's pain. The show closes out with a special story from wonder…

A brief history of doctors disbelieving women's pain. We talk about how PMS was seen as "hysteria" in previous generations and then call up writer Sam Riedel to discuss how transgender women are reporting PMS-like symptoms after starting hormone replacement therapy.Bitch Media

Editor and writer Maya Dusenberry talks about her upcoming book called Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick.Bitch Media

Caroline dealt with a mysterious pain for most of her life. After eight years, she finally got a diagnosis. It's a disorder that five million American women have. Why does it take so long to get treatment?Bitch Media

Journalist Sarah Jaffe explores the methods and impact of modern day protests in her book, Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt. We talk about the influence of Occupy, how young people engage in politics beyond voting, and why you can't just dismiss protesters.Bitch Media

People often describe natural disasters as random acts of God. But human activity contributes to floods, earthquakes, and other "natural" disasters. And when disaster strikes, race, class, and gender inequalities determine who suffers most. Writer Bani Amor walks us through the human causes and impacts of "natural" disasters.…

Writer Cate Young discusses the power and meaning behind ironic misandry, the recent trend of embracing performative man-hating.Bitch Media

Disaster, dystopia, misandry, oh my! On this episode, we feature three writers from the Chaos print issue of Bitch—Bani Amor, Sarah Jaffe, and Cate Young—who talk about what we can learn from upheaval.Bitch Media

Amy and Sarah talk about how white supremacists have effectively branded themselves as hip "alt-right" folks rather than straight-up racists. They also talk about the ongoing activism at Standing Rock and hear from a youth organizer on the scene in North Dakota. Plus, love for musician Jay Som, writer Rebecca Solnit, and the TV show Chewing Gum.…

After the election of Trump, a lot of people are asking "What now?" For today’s show, we talked to 10 people about things we can all do—right now—to help prepare for Trump’s presidency. Some of these ideas are about working with elected officials and policies. But calling your senators, as I’ve been doing, is only way to get active. A lot of these …

We get rageful even hearing Donald Trump's voice on the damn radio. Amy and Sarah vents some grief and anger over the election, talk about the role of white supremacy in the vote, and discuss the tough work ahead.Bitch Media

We are here to to make the future less terrible. This episode features guidance on talking to kids about open relationships from writer Margaret Jacobsen, advice on discussing queerness from Everyone is Gay co-founder Kristin Russo, and lots of ideas from Bitch listeners. The band featured on this episode is Flock of Dimes. Featured photo is by Dan…

Writer Margaret Jacobsen talks to her two kids about everything, including polyamory. In this interview, she talks about navigating the difficult conversations around jealousy, feelings, and sexuality with her family.Find Margaret Jacobsen's writing and photography here: http://margaretjacobsen.com/Bitch Media