The pedophilic gaze at the 90s mall

How Jeffrey Epstein and Les Wexner shaped millennial girlhood.

Apr 1 • Amanda Montei and Tracy Clark-Flory

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March 2026

The anti-feminist conspiracy to make women need men

From the Heritage Foundation's latest report to Erika Kirk's pro-natalist propaganda, conservatives are trying to strong-arm women into marriage…

Mar 18 • Tracy Clark-Flory and Amanda Montei

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The definitive feminist history of the wine mom

A study in power, agency, and women getting high throughout the ages.

Mar 4 • Amanda Montei

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February 2026

The Hetero State of the Union

Watch now | Dire Straights Live: Tracy Clark-Flory and Amanda Montei talk about Trump as a defender of patriarchal relevance, the bystander effect…

Feb 25 • Tracy Clark-Flory and Amanda Montei

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Is porn a scapegoat for patriarchy?

The adult industry has been blamed for everything from the ‘male loneliness epidemic' to low-effort men to women’s heteropessimism—and now it's being…

Feb 18 • Tracy Clark-Flory and Amanda Montei

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Epstein was behind the #MeToo backlash

Dire Straights Live: Tracy Clark-Flory and Amanda Montei talk about Chris Harrison's trad marriage dating show, manospherean looksmaxxer Clavicular…

Feb 11 • Amanda Montei and Tracy Clark-Flory

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Men need therapy. They also need feminism.

Men will do literally anything other than go to therapy, but is it all they need? And what are women really longing for when they insist their partners…

Feb 4 • Amanda Montei and Tracy Clark-Flory

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January 2026

The hetero-politics of ICE

Dire Straights Live: Tracy Clark-Flory and Amanda Montei talk about hypermasculine state-sponsored violence, lies about protecting women and 'the…

Jan 28 • Amanda Montei and Tracy Clark-Flory

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Monogamy is a feminist problem

We consider the trouble with monogamy culture—its inequities, exploitations, and scarcity mentality—and the possibility of being 'anti-monogamy…

Jan 21 • Tracy Clark-Flory

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Is ‘Heated Rivalry' an escape from heterosexuality?

Dire Straights Live: Tracy Clark-Flory and Amanda Montei dig into HBO's spicy hockey drama—from delighting in men's bodies to portrayals of consent to…

Jan 14 • Tracy Clark-Flory and Amanda Montei

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Is dating dead?

We dig into burnout on the apps, romance plots, low-effort men, and our collective nostalgia for a nonexistent golden era of dating under patriarchy…

Jan 7 • Amanda Montei and Tracy Clark-Flory

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December 2025

Can married and divorced women be friends?

We confront tensions in the air between single and hitched ladies, respond to listener stories, and consider how we can all have better relationships.

Dec 17, 2025 • Amanda Montei

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