Women Vs Everything

15/12/2022

New episode alert!
In Part 1 of our special episodes on Iran, Grace interviews honorary Corkonian Hasti Yavari (She/Her). Hasti is a Kurdish-Iranian feminist and human rights activist. She is a PhD candidate in Physics at University College Cork as well as a yoga teacher. She has been actively advocating for Iranian women and human’s rights in Ireland the past weeks amid the death of Mahsa Amini.
Click the link to learn together about Iranian culture and activism.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zftvi-133bc78

04/08/2022

You like to talk dino? You should definitely check out today's episode about Mary Anning (1799 – 1847). She was an English fossil collector and paleontologist before the word was even invented. Her scientific thinking was greatly underappreciated in her time due to gender and socio-economic class. She is played by Kate Winslet in the film Ammonite, which we discuss in usual whimsy.
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23/07/2022

Hello Beauties,
Grace here, letting you know about the Cork Pride Live Podcasting event!
Click the link gore for more information!
We would love to see you there!
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14/07/2022

In a moving episode, this week Grace tells Jess a series of stories about North Korean women. We learn what life is like for them inside the country and when they try to leave.
Pictured is Mira and Jiyun (pseudonyms) who escaped s*x trafficking and Lee Da Eun with some of her students in South Korea, where she safely lives. We also tell the stories of Activist Yeomni Park (North Korea's most famous and controversial defector) and Daeun Lee who served in the North Korea military.
We hope you find it as informative as we have. Take care.

29/06/2022

Shoot for the moon with this week's episode!
Jess tells Grace the story Katherine Johnson 1918-2020, an American Mathematician who worked for NASA and helped put the first man on the moon against a background of racial segregation and the civil rights movement. She is one of the women celebrated in the 2016 film "Hidden Figures."
Check it out on Podbean, or where ever you get your podcasts
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-yzjby-125f9f1

22/06/2022

A covert ad for Abortifascients from the Victorian Era. Women have always and will always fight for safe reproductive rights. Removing those rights just creates a demand for more desperate measures.
We have several episodes that discuss these and more about the Victorian era:
Episode Episode 1 - Emily Wilding Davison and Episode 16 - Radclyffe Hall
Check them out wherever you get your podcasts

20/06/2022

Planet Eartharians,
In episode 24 we did our first ad and it was... a bad idea to let Grace take the lead on it! But here's the 411 and any other numbers you need to know to attend this amazing event in Dublin on the 3rd July, 7:30 at Sin É.
Serving up intersectional feminist sassy musings on everything from dick-pics to gender politics, Bláithín delves into the complicated and oft-misunderstood world of Intersectional Feminism, exploring experiences, academic insights and opinions with different in-house experts, personalities and fellow Nasty Bi***es each night so that no show is the same as the last. July's edition is the aptly timed discussion "Is Pride Dead?"
See you there!

16/06/2022

Check out Episode 24 on your Morning Commute!
We interview Activist-Artist Emma Campbell (she/her) about life growing up in Northern Ireland, the ongoing campaign for pro-choice services, and the intersection between photography and performance as a s*xy, magical tool for activism.
https://www.emmacampbell.co.uk/
Bio:
Emma Campbell is an activist-artist in the completion stages of her PhD on utilising photography and performance, as a s*xy, magical tool for abortion rights along with Alliance for Choice of whom she is a co-convenor. Emma is on the Board of Directors for Outburst Q***r Arts, HereNI and The343 Q***r Feminist space. Emma has exhibited solo shows in Belfast, Dublin & Berlin and in group shows in London, Liverpool, Donegal, Dublin, Belfast, Stockholm, and Bangkok as well as street art and online. Emma gained her Documentary Photography BA (Hons) at U.W.C.N Newport in 2001, an MFA in Photography at Ulster University in 2012 and worked as a professional photographer and picture editor in London for 10 years for the BBC, The Times London and Network Photographers. As a member of Array, Emma Campbell was 1/11th winner of the 2021 Turner Prize, for ‘The Druiithaib’s Ball’

01/06/2022

Don't listen to the tabloids... also don't eat peach ice cream because it's time to learn the true story of Mary Mallon, aka Typhoid Mary. Grace chose this Irish Immigrant as an example of a complex, nuanced tale of a woman who was both a victim and a villain. It's not as simple as washing your hands but do wash out your feckin' ears so you can hear us!

Sources are three of Grace's Favourite Podcasts:

My Favourite Murder Podcast - E105 - Proclensity

Lore Podcast - E86 - Under Siege

The History Chicks Podcast - E149 - "Typhoid" Mary Mallon

31/05/2022

New Episode dropping Wednesday 1st June!
Can you guess who it is from the information Grace gave Jess to research?
Dates: September 23, 1869 – November 11, 1938 Location: Tyrone, ireland Emigrated to new York at 15 Irish to USA
Themes:Emigration, servitude, racism faced Typhoid (disease and treatments)

27/05/2022

The Angel in the House (1854) is a narrative poem by Coventey Patmore. The popular Victorian image of the ideal wife/woman came to be "the Angel in the House"; she was expected to be devoted and submissive to her husband. The Angel was passive and powerless, meek, charming, graceful, sympathetic, self-sacrificing, pious, and above all--pure.
Enjoy listening to how the suffragettes shook this up in our first episode about Emily Wilding Davison, and how Radclyffe Hall completely rejected these notions by being outrageously Q***r.

24/05/2022

CN: Louisa Gould, Episode 22:
Louisa was arrested by the Germans and sentenced to a total of two years' imprisonment and then deported. She was to pay a terrible price for her instinctive desire to defy the invaders — her destination was the women's concentration camp, Ravensbruck, in northern Germany. Agonisingly, her murder there at the age of 53 came just eight weeks before it was liberated in 1945.
In another twist to the already compelling story, her brother, Mr Le Druillenec, was sent to Belsen, and was the only known British survivor of the notorious concentration camp.
While he had been waiting to be transferred there amid the chaos of the war, a train rumbled slowly by — and one of its carriages contained his sister, Louisa. Both dressed in rags and painfully emaciated, they exchanged a few loving words. They never saw each other again.
Louisa's sister Ivy Forster was also arrested, but survived after escaping deportation because a doctor at the Jersey General Hospital forged papers saying she was not well enough to leave the island.
Ivy had also been harbouring a Russian slave, George Koslov. She went on to become the first woman to States assembly in 1948.
Being on the right side of history obviously runs in this family

22/05/2022

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19/05/2022

CN: Louisa Gould, Episode 22
Bob la Sueur aided Louisa Gould to harbour an escaped russian prisoner in tge N**i occupation of Jersey 1940-1945. He helped Bill receive a forged ID Card, a local gentleman, Oscar Le Breuilly, had "lost." (It was impossible to travel to the local shops or cafes without an ID Card under N**i occupation.

Pictured is Bob, Nadia (Bills Wife) and Bill reunited in Tomsk 1992.

19/05/2022

Feodor Burrif (Russian Bill) was sheltered by Louisa Gould in the N**i Occupation of Jersey.
He was born in 1919, Siberia and was called up to serve, aged 21 after the Germans started their invasion of the Soviet Union. In October 1941 his plane was shot down by the Germans.
In June 1942 Feodor was transported, with hundreds of other captured men to Camp Immelmann, Jersey. He escaped on the third attempt in 1942, finding René Le Mottée who brought him to Louisa Gould, who harboured him for 22 months and treated him like a member of her own family. Here is where he was given the name Bill, to hide him from the N**is.
Bill is pictured in the second photograph with his wife Nadia and Bob Le Seuer, another aider and abetter in Tomsk 1992.
To learn more, check out Episode 22 on Louisa Gould, wherever you get your podcasts

18/05/2022

Pictured: Louisa Gould and her sons.
Louisa's husband sadly died in 1933 leaving her to run their business, a local shop with her two sons, Edward and Ralph, at just 24.
Edward was killed serving in the Navy in 1941. It is thought this death is what inspired Louisa to harbour an escaped Russian slave worker, Feodor Burrij (affectionately called Bill) for 20 months.
Louisa said that she wanted to prevent another mother losing her son
You can hear Louisa Gould's full story on Episode 22 of Women Vs Everything whereever you get your podcasts.

17/05/2022

Various covers for Radclyffe Hall's 1928 novel "The Well of Loneliness" - a groundbreaking work in Le***an Literature, which was banned and subject to obscenity trials.
Bad Bi***es Get Banned
Hear the full story of Radclyffe's eventual triumph in Episode 16, wherever you get your podcasts

13/05/2022

In our newest episode, Jess tells the touching story of Louisa Gould (1891-1945)
She defied N**i Occupation in Jersey by harbouring a Russian Prisoner of War.
Her life is honoured by the 2017 film "Another Mother's Son," written by her great-niece
Check out the episode wherever you get your podcasts ❤ LOVE WOMEN, FIGHT N***S

12/05/2022

Three photos of Radclyffe Hall (1880 - 1943) looking hot and genderfluid.
It's still unknown what Radclyffe (born Marguerite Abtonia Hall) would have identified as today, but we are grateful for the Q***r representation
Check out Episode 16 to learn about Radclyffe's brain, which rocked the literary world with the first Le***an novel

20/04/2022

In Episode 16, we discuss Radclyffe Hall (12 August 1880 – 7 October 1943). The Author of the 1928 novel "The Well of Loneliness," which was subjected to a vicious campaign of attack led by the Sunday Express for its depiction of le***an relationships, eventually being suppressed and censored in the UK as a piece of “obscene libel."

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25/03/2022

Have you listened to our latest episode yet? This week we're telling the story Mileva Maric, a brilliant scientist who sadly did not get to enjoy the success she so deserved. She is now best known as the first wife of Albert Einstein but, as you'll learn, there was so much more to her than who she married.

11/03/2022

Our latest episode is out!

We've departed from our usual formula this week to bring you a Ukraine special. Join us as we talk about the lives and work of two badass Ukrainian women, one current and one historical.

Find it on Spotify or wherever you get podcasts.

14/01/2022

We're back!

Due to a few unforseen circumstances (illnesses, bereavements, house purchases, technical issues, the ongoing plague...) we took an accidental but unavoidable lengthy hiatus. Thanks for bearing with us!

Our first episode back was recorded way back in September and features an interview with awesome Medieval historian, Dr Eleanor Janega. We geek out about womanhood, gender roles, and s*xuality in the Medieval period.

Check it out on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

01/09/2021

Join Grace and Jess discussing their first anti-heroine!!! Griselda Blanco (1943-2012) aka The Co***ne Queen of Miami and self-proclaimed “Baddest Bitch to ever take a breath of life.”

She was a Colombian drug lord of the Medellín Cartel and a pioneer in the Miami-based co***ne drug trade and underworld during the 1980s through the early 2000s. It has been estimated that she was responsible for up to 200 murders while transporting co***ne from Colombia to New York, Miami and Southern California.

From poverty in Columbia to being an imprisoned multi-millionairess, Griselda' story is one of the breath-taking highs and heart-breaking lows.

05/08/2021

After a brief break, join our fully vaccinated podcast to learn about Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo (1921 – 1945). She was a British-French Special Operations Executive (SPY!) agent during the Second World War, part of the resistance against the N**is.

Violette would have turned 100 just a few weeks ago, had she lived and is one of only four women to have received the George Cross (an honour second only to the Victoria Cross)

04/07/2021

In episode 12 we travel the furthest back in history we've ever gone to talk about Hatshepsut; the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Egypt, ruling for 20 years in the 15th century B.C. She is considered by Eygptologists as one of Egypt's most successful pharaohs. In this episode Grace and Jess discuss her success in Leadership, Spirituality and Propaganda. We also discover what might be the earliest recorded incident of a man taking credit for a woman's work and then trying to erase and discredit her.
Check it wherever you get your podcasts!

19/06/2021

Episode 11 is now up for your ear-holes to absorb!!
In our first interview-based Episode, Grace and Jess interview Japanese Podcaster, Speaker, and Coach Emiko Rasmussen about Feminism, Japan, and Parenting, among others.

You can check Emiko out on Her Confidence Her Way - a Bilingual Podcast. She uses her own journey of facing language and cultural barriers, which resulted in her "playing small" to empower Asian women, specifically Japanese women to live purposefully with confidence.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jafh3-106afa8

In our first interview-based Episode, Grace and Jess interview Japanese Podcaster, Speaker, and Coach Emiko Rasmussen about Feminism, Japan, and Parenting, among others. You can check Emiko out on Her Confidence Her Way - a Bilingual Podcast. She uses her own journey of facing language and cultural....

04/06/2021

Episode 10 is live!!!!
In this episode, a recently vaccinated Grace and Jess discuss the life and times of Mary Jones (born December 12, 1803, as Peter Sewally) was a black transgender New York S*x Worker and US soldier. She would wear "a dashing suit of male apparel" in the day while dressing in feminine attire. She is considered to be one of the first recorded openly transgender people in New York history. Sadly, she also served time in prison, which brings about discussion of the origins of the New York prison system

In this episode, a recently vaccinated Grace and Jess discuss the life and times of Mary Jones (born December 12, 1803, as Peter Sewally) was a black transgender New York S*x Worker and US soldier. She would wear "a dashing suit of male apparel" in the day while dressing in feminine attire. She is c...

30/05/2021

Episode 10 is about Ruth Coker Burks - a young mother with no medical training or resources who looked after scores of ostracised patients with HIV / AIDS in the 1980s – and the Ku Klux Klan burned crosses on her lawn. She buried over 40 of these patients and friends in her own family plot after their bodies were abandoned by their families. Listen on Spotify now https://open.spotify.com/episode/0jayjoyJbrkm6EA2SwUVkM?si=iqHRv-kxQfKkO_3vBcxHjQ&utm_source=copy-link

30/05/2021

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