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: Glamour beyond Capitalism

Naked Fashion, a book cover that features a collage of people and groups who are working on something related to fashion in fields, in forests, and in warehouses
by Carmen Rios
March 19, 2020 at 3:25pm
Confronting and rejecting the cultural messages that assign value to our bodies based on wealth and status can be revolutionary acts of reclamation—and help feminists redefine “glamour.
Zaira Gonzalez, a brownskinned Mexican model, poses with the word no written in red lipstick across her cheeks

Popaganda: How to Lipstick It to the Man

by Carmen Rios
February 27, 2020 at 1:06pm
Lipstick Lobby burst onto the scene in 2017 with a unique mission: to manufacture lipsticks that looked good and do good, too. Read more »
a group of students, many of whom are Asian, walk together during a protest, carrying signs that read WhoMadeYourClothes and It's Time for a Revolution

Popaganda: Class War, but Make It Fashion

by Carmen Rios
February 14, 2020 at 11:00am
Fashion is fueling the marginalization, abuse, and exploitation of some of the world’s most vulnerable women. Read more »
a photo of a red pursue that has Consent Is Not Implied embroidered in neon light

Popaganda: Inside Michele Pred’s Feminist Artist Studio

by Carmen Rios
February 3, 2020 at 9:00am
Pred has spent the last few years transforming vintage purses into political statements. Read more »
Aditi Mayer, a brown-skinned woman with long black hair, poses in a forest in a linen suit

Popaganda: Climate Anxiety, but Make It Fashion

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. Read more »
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 »

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