Popaganda

Bitch Media’s twice monthly feminist pop culture podcast Popaganda, hosted by Carmen Rios. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS or on iTunes!

Popaganda: Climate Anxiety, but Make It Fashion

Aditi Mayer, a brown-skinned woman with long black hair, poses in a forest in a linen suit
by Carmen Rios
January 16, 2020 at 1:19pm
Building a fashion economy where the environment and the workers along the supply chain are treated with respect is possible.
four teenagers, three white and one Black, pose side by side against a graffitied wall in The Craft

Popaganda: The Feminist Beauty Secrets of Witches

by Carmen Rios
January 3, 2020 at 9:53am
Carmen learns about the closely connected histories of witchy feminist movements and patriarchy-smashing glamour magic, how to cast spells for self-love and social change, and what makes a bar of soap into a magically political self-care device. Read more »
Bright yellow text on a pink background that says “The Self-Love Revolution: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color”

Popaganda: The Feminist Guide to Escaping Diet Culture

by Carmen Rios
December 19, 2019 at 12:45pm
Popaganda’s GLAMOUR season makes its debut this week—with an anti-weight-loss infomercial for the ages. Read more »
four Representatives—two Muslim women, one Latina woman, and one Black woman—stand behind a podium together

Popaganda: Burning down the House

by Carmen Rios
December 12, 2019 at 1:43pm
What will it take to continue empowering women in politics to shake up the system? Read more »
Barbara Smith, an older Black with short, cropped, hair, stands in front of a stone building

Popaganda: Real Talk with Feminist Trailblazers

by Carmen Rios
November 22, 2019 at 11:05am
It’s time to build a movement in which all of us feel supported and empowered to clear the way for those yet to rise up and resist. Read more »
a tall, white woman with wire glasses is draped by two women of color wearing hijabs

Popaganda: Stovetop Social Justice

by Carmen Rios
September 13, 2019 at 1:30pm
The Los Angeles-based organization Miry’s List has been supporting thousands of individuals and hundreds of families resettling as refugees in the United States since 2016.   Read more »
Rihanna, a lightskinned Black woman singer with short, black hair, smokes weed on Instagram

Popaganda: Puff, Puff, Progress

by Carmen Rios
August 29, 2019 at 12:52pm
In this week’s episode, Carmen Rios talks to a slew of “puffragettes” fighting to end the drug war, foster a more equitable cannabis industry, and forge a feminist future in weed.   Read more »
a woman with long, brown hair lays in a tub full of water with her clothes on

Popaganda: Feminism beyond Burnout

by Carmen Rios
August 19, 2019 at 11:42am
Carmen Rios is challenging listeners to envision a feminism beyond burnout—and commit to making it possible. Read more »
a transmasculine gender-nonconforming person and transfeminine nonbinary person embracing and being intimate

Popaganda: Let’s Talk about (Talking About) Sex

by Carmen Rios
August 1, 2019 at 11:50am
In the midst of the #MeToo movement, it’s clear that we’ve all still got a lot of work left to do to change the conversations we’re having around desire and sexuality. Read more »
four white women and one Black woman from a girl group look puzzled together

Popaganda: 20 Years of Girl Power

by Carmen Rios
July 24, 2019 at 7:29pm
We look back on the impact of the Spice Girls as they embark on their reunion tour—and examine whether the ’90s promises of girl power have come to pass. Read more »
a plus-size Latina woman poses on the beach in a burgundy two-piece swimsuit

Popaganda: Body Positive Beach Times

by Sarah Mirk
June 20, 2019 at 9:00am
The beach is supposed to be a place of relaxation. But, as we all know far too well, it’s also a place of high anxiety. Nothin’ puts body positive feelings to the test quite like slipping into what’s essentially colorful underwear and parading around in the midday sun in front of a bunch... Read more »

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