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Episode 17 - The 90s and Hyper-Individualism
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The 90s!We’re going back to the 90s! Those damn commies have lost, Clarissa can conceivably explain it all, JK Rowling seems to be the incorruptible moral compass of an entire generation of children and would never alienate a marginalised group out of ignorance and bigotry. Versace and Lady Di. Hyper individualism turns voters into consumers and we…
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Episode 16 - Caring is Sharing + Outtakes!
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We really do care. Do you?Back to women’s work. Back to care in the times of Corona. In our first podcast as two merging households we dive into domestic work, childcare, and care generally. Covid throwing into relief once again the precarious nature of women’s work, work that is valued and how to pay at the tills with applause. We’re not going to …
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Episode 15 - Ending White Supremacy and Boosting Allyship
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In this episode, Pip and Izzy address the #BlackLivesMatter protests that have kicked off since #GeorgeFloyd's brutal murder in the US 19 days ago. What does it mean to be an ally? How can more white people join this movement? And what will it take to move this conversation forward towards a place where no one is made to feel inferior or treated di…
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Episode 14 - Lessons of 2008 Covid-19 Recovery
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Izzy breaks down what happened in response to the financial crash of 2008: there were SubPrime Mortgages….huh? There were Derivatives…who? Credit swaps…how many? It was all extremely confusing and seemed simpler to blame a global financial crisis on that one down the road with her 3 kids, or migrant workers whose jobs might have been to pick fruit …
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Sistrionics Covid Check in
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We took a bit of time to adjust to the New World Order but we're back making a plan for future episodes and checking in with our adoring public...we thought of releasing a charity single but I cringed SO hard my face turned inside out. As a treat we thought we'd give you a glimpse of our heads and shoulders to truly capture the current zeitgeist, y…
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Episode 13 - Megxit, Brexit, It's 2020 Bitch
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Episode 12 - Disobedience...but y'know, keeping it Civil
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Civil Disobedience…whose doin it? Who wants to do it? What does it take to make those in charge listen to the facts on climate change? What if I really confidently jaywalk whilst flipping off the police…not for the climate just in my desperation to appear…dangerous?This episode we talk about the failure of A to B protest in demanding action from th…
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Episode 11 - Gender and Crime
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When Pip was doing her MA she did a module called ‘Gender, Crime and Deviancy’ it was key in teaching how to read gender through history and today. Who gets the benefit of the doubt in the justice system? Who and what crimes are most reviled in the press and what does that say about gender imbalances in public/private and everyday life. Who was Jac…
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Episode 10. Witches Bitches
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Happy International Women’s Day!To celebrate we're talking...Witches! How has the figure of the witch been perpetuated and represented throughout history? Who were the people most persecuted at the height of the western witchcraft trials of the 16th and 17th Centuries? Can a line be drawn from the centralisation of wealth and power, away from suppo…
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Episode 9. Brexit...yeah its still this big thing
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Well, we have a lot of things we want to record talking about...but Brexit is so heavy on our minds we thought we would try to exorcise the demon once more! Recorded after Theresa May's historic defeat in Parliament earlier in January, I was a little worried the story would move along before we got the episode edited and out, but fortunately (and u…
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Episode 8- A woman's work
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Traditionally gendered women's work is what keep the machinery of society moving, usually quietly and very often going unrecognised. We talk about the importance of 'women's work' and how its appreciation and sharing across the gender divide benefits all of us.Kirjoittanut Sistrionics
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Episode 7- Metoo2 Where are we now?
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Its been almost a year since the New York Times broke the story of Harvey Weinstein's serial sexual abuse. Its been nine months since our first podcast where we focused on the Metoo movement. As we see an increase in divide and partisanship in the US in the confirmation hearings of Brett Kavanaugh, has anything changed?…
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Episode 6- The Quagmire of Shit...that is Brexit
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With all of the confusion, misdirection, vitriol, fear and sheer cack-handedness of the British Government, we, two British women and a British/German baby leave the stats and arguments and have a cathartic RANT on the anxiety Brexit has inflicted and crisis of identity that has followed for so many of us. Carry on Remoaning!!!…
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Special Episode: Repeal the 8th
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Izzy and Pip got together about a week or so before the referendum in Ireland on the 25th May 2018 to discuss the injustice and indignity Irish women have suffered at the hands of the 8th Amendment. Special thanks to Anna, Sinead and Ken.Kirjoittanut Sistrionics
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Episode 4 - Birth: The Human vs. The Flat Pack
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This episode we finally did it, we FINALLY did it...well Izzy did it after some many hours of labour. But it all paid off and the world has a new beautiful boy!!! Listen to her gripping birth story which has everything...Romance, suspense, drama, a VILLAINOUS member of the patriarchy...and multiple HEROES! Also Pip created an equally important kitc…
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Episode 3- What to expect just before you're expecting
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This episode Izzy talks about what she has learned in the run up to her due date which is ANY DAY NOW!!!!!! And Pip dives into the story of Hedy Lamarr which combines two of her favourite topics: Hollywood history and fighting the Nazis!!!Kirjoittanut Sistrionics
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Episode 2 - Housing is a feminist issue
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Episode 2 - Housing is a feminist issue by SistrionicsKirjoittanut Sistrionics
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Sistrionics - Episode 1 #MeToo
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Sistrionics – a Podcast about hard hitting issues with occasional reference to Donatella Versace, pregnancy and motherhood, the correct way to urinate in a public toilet whilst wearing a jump suit and of course the eventual defeat of the Patriarchy!Your hosts are the wonderful Pip Roper from Merseyside, England currently living and working in Germa…
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