Popaganda

Popaganda Episode: Demystifying the Wage Gap

Why is it that white men in America are paid more—on average—than women and people of color in every single state? We dig into the realities behind the wage gap with help from three all-stars. First ... Read more »

Popaganda Episode: How to Write About Sex

We always complain about about bad sex scenes and unrealistic sex in pop culture, but what makes really good sex writing? Best Sex... Read more »

Popaganda Episode: 20 Years of Sister Spit

  Feminist spoken word roadshow Sister Spit has been sporadically criss-crossing the nation for 20 years now, building community around radical writing, poetry, and films. The group started in 1994 as a Bay Area open mic night meant to... Read more »

Popaganda Episode: Political Joke

On this show, we talk with two whip-smart political comedians. Hari Kondabolu says he's a “killjoy who happens to do comedy.” We talk with Hari about his immensely... Read more »

Popaganda Episode: Seattle is a Queer Music Boomtown

Bold new bands fronted by LGBT folks are busting open Seattle's music scene, which has long had a reputation as the epicenter of a sound dominated by plaid-wearing indie rock dudes. We talk with the organizers of ... Read more »

Popaganda Episode: Open Source Feminism

The internet is powered by open source technology—exciting software that's built collaboratively from the bottom-up. But if open source technology is meant to be free and equal, why do men continue to dominate sites like Wikipedia? We investigate with the help of data architect ... Read more »

Popaganda Episode: Space and Power

On this show, we talk with three all-star feminist thinkers about the politics of public space. If you're not one of the 10 million people who have seen Franchesca Ramsey's ... Read more »

Popaganda Episode: Olympic Spectacle

The most competitive sport in the Olympics, I would argue, is storytelling. Everything from the opening ceremony to the national uniforms athletes wear is carefully planned to create a specific story about the unique identity of countries (I'm not sure what story ... Read more »

Popaganda Episode: Make Your Own Media

Don't just hate media—make media. On this episode of Popaganda, we spend time with five women who edit great magazines for young women. First off, Bitch's Andi Zeisler talks with Tavi Gevinson of ... Read more »

Popaganda Episode: Our Favorite TV, Movies, Music and Books of 2013

The Bitch editorial staff all crammed into our recording studio this week to discuss our favorite TV, movies, music, and books of the year. We talked and laughed about Masters of Sex,... Read more »

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