Can men and women really be friends?

For this month's book club, we return to the work of Carmen Maria Machado with her debut work Her Body and Other Parties, a collection of genre-bending short stories in the vein of urban legends and folktales with some very creative twists. Anney and Samantha delve into some them ...  Show more

Here be Dragon Con. Anney has returned from her annual nerd migration to downtown Atlanta, and reports on thoughts and popular costumes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

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this week, we're unpacking an age-old question: can men and women *really* be just friends? we talk about the state of gender relations, the madonna-whore complex, the horrors of marriage, and lastly, we interrogate all of the ways society undermi ...

The Sugars' conversation on friendship continues with a handful of letters concerning male-female friendships. Is there such a thing as a platonic relationship between a heterosexual man and woman? Can male-female friendships be as emotionally satisfying as same-gender relatio ...

The Hippiearab Podcast --- S1 E12 The age-old question, despite what you may think. What does it mean for men and women to be 'friends'? Why is it considered a weird and uncommon phenomenon? I take a look at some of your responses that were sent over on Instagram, as well as a an ...  Show more

(Video podcast available on Spotify & YouTube) This week, we’re taking a journey back in time as Madeline ponders the age-old question: Can men and women really be friends without any underlying tension? She reflects on how jealousy plays out differently in straight versus queer ...  Show more