Patriarchy

If you can never connect to a printer, if furniture jumps out to stub your toe, if when you do the dishes the water jumps out the sink to soak you - then you are victim of the inanimate malice of things.The belief that all things are essentially out to get us us has a name - Resi ...  Show more

400 years ago on the River Thames a mad genius showed off the world's first submarine. A crowd of thousands including King James watched as Cornelis Drebbel disappeared beneath the murky water, only reemerging after three whole hours had passed.The same genius also came up with p ...  Show more

How come patriarchy persists ? That’s the question psychologist and ethicist Carol Gilligan and research fellow Naomi Scnider have tried to answer. In a book published in 2018, they examine how our traditional views of what masculinity and femininity are affec ...

This week we talk about how god was a woman for many different groups of people in ancient times and how the rise of the patriarchy coincided with the idea that god is a white man in the sky. Real Talk About Feminism is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit ⁠BetterHelp.com/rtafpod ⁠tod ...  Show more

How did a peasant girl go on to lead French armies at the age of 17?

To mark International Women's Day on March 8th, Kate's joined by Eleanor Janega, co-host of sister podcast Gone Medieval, to explore the life of the formidable Joan of Arc.

How did her vis ...

In this episode of Gone Medieval for Pride Month, Matt Lewis takes a look at some transgender stories from the Middle Ages. Marinos was a 5th century monk mentioned in the trial of Joan of Arc. They shaved their head and changed into men's clothes to live in ...