She And Her

Slut is a word with implications. It's a word that cuts, isolates and degrades. It’s a word that minimizes women’s agency. This week Sandra and Anita are joined by three advocates who help them explore the power of the word“slut”—a word that harms individual lives and reveals larger truths about the contradictory and damaging rules our society has for women and sex.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For much of the 20th century rock music was a men's club. The feminist punk rock movement "Riot Grrl" helped change that and also paved the way for a new generation of rock musicians. Sandra and Anita profile "Girls Rock NC, "an organization that uses music to encourage young girls and trans and gender non-conforming youth to be creative, confident, and determine their own identity. They're also joined by Sarah Fuller, the lead guitarist and songwriter for the emerging band "See Gulls."  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Are millennials the least religious generation? Sandra, Anita and women of four different faiths reflect on the transformative power of spirituality and religion.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's not easy for artists who bend and blend genre to find a home. Musician and poet shirlette ammons knows that struggle first hand and has joined forces with her twin sister, Shorlette Ammons to do something about it. Shorlette is a former librarian and food justice advocate, and the two are now blending their diverse talents in SugarQube Records, a Durham, NC-based independent record label founded earlier this year. SugarQube supports artists often underrepresented by both major and independent labels. The sisters joined us live in the studio to talk about the label, sisterhood, the intersection of performance and activism, and shirlette’s upcoming album Language Barriers, which will be co-released by SugarQube and Churchkey Records in February. Songs Featured: Earth Intro - shirlette ammons ft. Indigo Girls Language Barrier Segue - shirlette ammons ft. sookee Take a Chance - shirlette ammons  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the last six years of our friendship, we always seem to head in different directions for holiday homecomings. Every year, loss, significant others and big moves shape what and where we call home. In this episode, we talk about how our relationship to home has changed over time, and four women from around the world reflect on what they call home and why that matters.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jessamyn Stanley --writer, yoga instructor and "fat femme"-- joined us this week. She asks, "What is beauty without the story behind it? What is truth without the journey?" Together we unpack that and more--the body positive movement, fat shaming, self-empowerment, self-image, Beyonce, Serena Williams, Nicki Minaj, Instagram and feminism in 2015. Jessamyn encourages us and her tens of thousands of social media followers to not engage with the haters, confront our own insecurities and love our bodies completely. Music: Good by Podington Bear; The Township Two Step by Brazzmatazz;  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the U.S. most women still adopt their husband’s surname as their own after getting married. In this episode, scholars Laurie Scheuble and David Johnson, a husband and wife team who have studied this phenomena for 25 years, reflect on the persistence of naming trends and attitudes. Blogger Rob Bensinger shares an alternative, millennial approach to marital naming. Caroline Phillips, who’s on the fence about whether to adopt her fiancee’s last name, opens up about her uncertainty, and three millennial women from across the country --two who adopted their husband’s last name and one who didn’t--share why they made the choices they did. This episode featured music by Podington Bear: "Budsbursting" "Caravan" "Winjammer" "Trickledown" "Filaments" "Chimera"  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meet Anita Rao and Sandra Davidson, the hosts of She + Her, a show about millennial women hosted by two millennial women. You'll also get a special guest appearance by the two women who made them who they are today, their moms. Here's this week's playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/she%2Bher/playlist/15lV2aEXtqrc8Rl5u2lHKn  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.