I'm hoping to have a new book review soon, but I thought I'd put up another monthly favorites post to fill the gap. I didn't get to read much this weekend because I had to write two papers and study for a test, but I'm hoping to get back to reading now.
Jane the Virgin
This month, I started watching Jane the Virgin and I haven't been able to stop. I'm on season 2 right now and I keep staying up too late so that I can keep watching it. While it's unclear whether the creators were actively trying to have a feminist message in their show, but there are still a large number of wonderful female characters. Central to the story are the three Villanueva women. Despite having a main character who is waiting until marriage to have sex, the show does not slut shame its characters who do have sex and often confronts slut shaming head on.
Stuff Mom Never Told You
Since Witch, Please, my other favorite feminist podcast, is on hiatus, I've started listening to Stuff Mom Never Told You which is a podcast produced by How Stuff Works. It's hosted by Caroline Ervin and Cristen Conger and they discuss topics such as feminist pioneers, reproductive rights, LGBT rights, women in STEM, and other feminist issues. Their episodes are informational and entertaining. They do extensive research for each topic and post all of their sources on their website so that you can learn even more about the topics. Each episode is about 40 minutes to an hour and I love to listen to them while I'm driving. There actually aren't new episodes coming out because the hosts are writing a book and moving onto other projects, but they have a huge backlog of episodes.
What have you been enjoying this month?
Jane the Virgin
This month, I started watching Jane the Virgin and I haven't been able to stop. I'm on season 2 right now and I keep staying up too late so that I can keep watching it. While it's unclear whether the creators were actively trying to have a feminist message in their show, but there are still a large number of wonderful female characters. Central to the story are the three Villanueva women. Despite having a main character who is waiting until marriage to have sex, the show does not slut shame its characters who do have sex and often confronts slut shaming head on.
Stuff Mom Never Told You
Since Witch, Please, my other favorite feminist podcast, is on hiatus, I've started listening to Stuff Mom Never Told You which is a podcast produced by How Stuff Works. It's hosted by Caroline Ervin and Cristen Conger and they discuss topics such as feminist pioneers, reproductive rights, LGBT rights, women in STEM, and other feminist issues. Their episodes are informational and entertaining. They do extensive research for each topic and post all of their sources on their website so that you can learn even more about the topics. Each episode is about 40 minutes to an hour and I love to listen to them while I'm driving. There actually aren't new episodes coming out because the hosts are writing a book and moving onto other projects, but they have a huge backlog of episodes.
What have you been enjoying this month?
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