My Favorite Feminists is a podcast released every other week, exploring feminists figures in the arts and sciences. Best friends Megan & Milena deconstruct the patriarchy, dinosaur bones, savaging hoards of hyenas & more, all while sharing their favorite F word. And feminism too.
My Favorite Feminists
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My Favorite Feminists is a podcast released every other week, exploring feminists figures in the arts and sciences. Best friends Megan & Milena deconstruct the patriarchy, dinosaur bones, savaging hoards of hyenas & more, all while sharing their favorite F word. And feminism too.
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February 6, 2023
Ep. 55 Donut Holes & Anti Russian Goals
We're back! In the first episode of season 4, Milena & Megan cover Danish seismologist, geophysicist & 'the master of a black art' Inge Lehmann (1888 - 1993) & Ukrainian national treasure, painter Maria Prymachenko (1909 - 1997)
December 31, 2021
Ep. 54 I Like Big Sloths & I Cannot Lie
<br /> In this end of season episode Milena & Megan cover Brazilian educator, activist and ceramic artist Celeida Tostes (1929 – 1995) & Native American archaeologist Bertha Parker (1907–1978) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Celeida Tostes <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> One thing you’ll learn today about Megan that you didn’t need to know, is that as a ceramic artist there are times she wants to cover herself in clay. Well, today we’re talking about an artist that did just that. While Megan is driven by the primal urge to become one with the earth, today we learn the rich symbolism that prompted Brazilian artist Celeida Tostes to create her most iconic work – the 1979 performance piece Passage. This piece is only once of many artworks this prolific artist created in her decades long career. Today we cover key points of Celeida’s work – why she covered herself in clay, the community work she did in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas and her creative investigation of ovenbird nests. This episode is informative as always with a little TMI thrown into the mix. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Selected Work<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Passagem (Passage) performance from 1979. Photographed by Raquel Silva<br /> <br /> <br /> Wanna know more? Always a book for that (usually) (or article)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://theconversation.com/spirit-photography-19th-century-innovation-in-bereavement-rituals-was-likely-invented-by-a-woman-164033" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> </a><a href="http://www.memoriaemovimentossociais.com.br/sites/default/files/publicacao/livro_celeide_120dpi.compressed_1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Celeida Tostes</a> by editors Marcus de Lontra Costa & Raquel Silva. Available to read for free, this is a great collection of essays in both Portuguese and English <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Bertha Parker <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Keeping our earth theme going, today Milena brings us the first Native American woman archaeologist Bertha Parker. Working as a self taught scientist, Bertha contributed to our understanding of ancient people (and giant sloths) here in North America. In her 71 years, Betha work encompasses both the dig sites and silver screen. Today Milena shares how this woman from NY state ended up on the West coast documenting the history of native peoples, cohosting her own tv show and advising <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
October 31, 2021
Mini Ep. Let’s Photograph the Dead
<br /> In this Halloween mini episode, Milena & Megan cover the woman most likely responsible for developing Spirit Photography, professional clairvoyant physician Hannah Frances Green (1833 – 1812)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Hannah Frances Green <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> In this special Halloween mini episode we get spooky with a non artist or scientist, covering instead a Mesmeric Physician aka a professional clairvoyant physician Hannah Frances Green. While in a way she did contribute to the artform of photography in the 1860’s, today we focus on the Victorian obsession with death and how that manifested into a form of portraiture with haunting results. Grab some Halloween candy and get cozy as Milena & Megan cover how these photos were staged, where a professional circus man draws the line and how we really should hate the game, not the player. Happy Halloween everyone! <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Spirit Photography Examples<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-7923/WCL007989?lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;med=1;resnum=3;size=50;sort=relevance;start=1;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=wcl1ic_su;select1=phrase;q1=Women%2520photographers." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Approximately 1865 photo attributed to H.F. Stuart aka Hannah (?)</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Various Spirit photos attributed to William Mumler <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Photo by William Mumler of Mary Todd Lincoln with the apparition of her husband Abraham Lincoln<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Wanna know more? Always a book for that (usually) (or article)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://theconversation.com/spirit-photography-19th-century-innovation-in-bereavement-rituals-was-likely-invented-by-a-woman-164033" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> </a><a href="http://www.memoriaemovimentossociais.com.br/sites/default/files/publicacao/livro_celeide_120dpi.compressed_1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Celeida Tostes</a> by editors Marcus de Lontra Costa & Raquel Silva. Available to read for free, this is a great collection of essays in both Portuguese and English <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> As always, music by <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/EeL" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="EeL (opens in a new tab)">EeL</a> <br />
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