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A feminist takedown of WWE masculinity
We wrestle with the sadistic, self-aggrandizing, and reality-challenged vision of manhood that has found its way from the ring and the Octagon into the…
Oct 29
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Tracy Clark-Flory
and
Amanda Montei
12
1:19:18
What if you get ‘the ick’ for your husband?
Dire Straights Live: We answer a listener question, talk about reality TV normalizing mutual hetero hatred, and consider why Jeremy Allen White has his…
Oct 22
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Amanda Montei
and
Tracy Clark-Flory
13
1:03:48
Marital 'intimacy' is the fifth shift of women's work
As late capitalism converges with sex positivity, keeping the spark alive has become another full-time job for straight married women.
Oct 15
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Amanda Montei
and
Tracy Clark-Flory
30
25
1:28:51
What happened to 4B?
A look back at women's post-election 'strike' and the swift backlash to it—and a consideration of future possibilities for resistance.
Oct 1
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Tracy Clark-Flory
and
Amanda Montei
14
2
1:11:16
September 2025
Men can buy themselves flowers
Jeremy Allen White has the solution to heteropessimism. Dire Straights Live: Tracy Clark-Flory and Amanda Montei talk celebrity bots, women's…
Sep 25
•
Tracy Clark-Flory
and
Amanda Montei
14
56:31
Have we lost the divorce plot?
An epic look at American divorce narratives—from the Founding Father who saw separation as an essential freedom to 90s ‘you don't own me’ films to…
Sep 17
•
Amanda Montei
and
Tracy Clark-Flory
16
4
1:23:10
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
17
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
19
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
•
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
•
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
•
Tracy Clark-Flory
and
Amanda Montei
20
8
1:14:47
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