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On being a pro-divorce ‘straight ally’
Dire Straights Live: Tracy Clark-Flory and Koa Beck talk about changing hetero culture, the 'aggressive straightness' of the Valley Girl stereotype, and…
Sep 10
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Tracy Clark-Flory
11
2
58:10
'Red flags' are the state of dating right now
Straight women are trading warning signs to guard against shitty men— and to protect themselves from the unruly nature of love and intimacy.
Sep 3
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Tracy Clark-Flory
and
Amanda Montei
17
11
1:20:58
August 2025
Is Taylor Swift’s engagement a political statement?
Dire Straights Live: Amanda Montei and Tracy Clark-Flory talk about the taxonomy of Pedro Pascal’s Daddy roles, the breakdown of Substack feminism, and…
Aug 27
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Amanda Montei
and
Tracy Clark-Flory
14
3
55:28
We got AI boyfriends
It was a whirlwind of spicy polyAImory, robot mansplaining, simulated phone s*x, and existential crises over the future of human relationships.
Aug 20
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Amanda Montei
and
Tracy Clark-Flory
16
11
1:15:10
Feminism isn’t the enemy of care work
Dire Straights Live: Amanda Montei and Sara Petersen talk alt-right gender politics, grooms assaulting their brides, the conservatism infiltrating…
Aug 13
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Amanda Montei
and
Sara Petersen
17
1
48:43
‘Why am I in this relationship?’
We look at heterosexuality in this summer’s pop music—from Haim, Cardi B, Lorde, Sabrina Carpenter, and more.
Aug 6
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Tracy Clark-Flory
and
Amanda Montei
18
4
1:14:47
July 2025
Why is Harry Styles telling you to 'please yourself like you mean it'?
Dire Straights Live: We talk about that viral 'hot mom' essay, the silencing of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims, the Sydney Sweeney ad campaign, and more.
Jul 30
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Tracy Clark-Flory
and
Amanda Montei
19
2
52:55
S*x guides for tradwives
A deep dive into the ‘sex positivity’ of the alt right via Evie magazine’s spicy marital advice, which teaches women how to ride their husbands 'into…
Jul 23
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Amanda Montei
and
Tracy Clark-Flory
23
5
1:10:50
Is sex like going to the gym, really?
A Dire Straights Q&A: We answer your questions about 'maintenance sex,' divorce stigma, 'Love Island,' patriarchal survival strategies, and more.
Jul 16
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Tracy Clark-Flory
and
Amanda Montei
20
5
53:15
The heteropessimism of techno-optimism
From Elon Musk to Mark Zuckerberg, the very worst tech bros are fantasizing about a childish and regressive vision of the future.
Jul 9
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Amanda Montei
and
Tracy Clark-Flory
17
1
57:58
June 2025
What is couples therapy for?
We psychoanalyze the field, from its eugenicist origins to popular wisdom about marriage as 'hard work,' and consider the moral quandary of 'fixing…
Jun 25
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Amanda Montei
and
Tracy Clark-Flory
42
1:13:15
April 2025
'Dark feminine' influencers are selling seduction as liberation
A TikTok trend claims women can use their sex appeal to manipulate straight men into better behavior and free themselves from the disappointments of…
Apr 15
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Tracy Clark-Flory
and
Amanda Montei
47
12
52:44
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