My Favorite Feminists
by My Favorite Feminists
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.
Episodes
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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)
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Ep. 54 I Like Big Sloths & I Cannot Lie
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) Celeida Tostes One thing you’ll learn today about Megan that you didn’t need to know, is that as a ceramic…
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Mini Ep. Let’s Photograph the Dead
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) Hannah Frances Green In this special Halloween mini episode we get spooky with a non artist or scientist,...
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Ep. 53 Working for NASA and Paperfolding Drama Llamas
Today Milena & Megan cover American aerospace engineer Judith Love Cohen & 20th century Argentinian paper artist Ligia Montoya Judith Love Cohen Every now and again Milena covers a person that makes you think ‘Gee, what was I doing when I was their age?’ That’s the case on a few occasions with...
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Ep. 52 Plankton & Painting & Feeling for Squidward
Milena & Megan cover African American octogenarian abstract painter Alma Thomas (1891–1978) and Spanish marine biologist María de los Ángeles Alvariño González (1916-2005) Alma Thomas Alma Thomas was an artist who didn’t subscribe to the idea that she was ‘too old’ to be making work. Born in…
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Ep. 51 A Lifesaving Orifice & Painting Pussycats
Today Milena & Megan cover British aeronautical engineer & motorcycle badass Beatrice Shilling (1909-1990) & financially savvy Dutch-Belgian animal painter Henriëtte Ronner-Knip (1821-1909) Beatrice Shilling There are times that hands down, Milena covers the cooler person in an episode. Now…
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Ep. 50 Growing up Curie & Crafting Curiosities
Today Milena & Megan cover Nobel prize winner radiochemist Irène Joliot-Curie (1897–1956) & Polish sculptor and Holocaust survivor Alina Szapocznikow (1926–1973) Alina Szapocznikow Every now and again Megan comes across a piece of artwork and instantly needs to know more. That was the case after...
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Ep. 49 Humble Bragging with Comets & the Commie Frida Kahlo
Today Milena and Megan cover the first professional woman astronomer, Caroline Herschel (1750-1838) & queer, communist painter, the one, the only, Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1954) Caroline Herschel Sometimes with the people we cover, everything works out in the end. They’re appreciated in their…
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Ep. 48 Die by Cheese, not Tuberculosis
Today Milena and Megan cover Croatian deaf watercolorist Slava Raškaj (1877 – 1906) & British paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey (1913 – 1996) who helped to publicly bolster the idea of evolution Slava Raškaj We’re gonna be honest – today is a case were our artist dies young and then gains…
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Ep. 47 That’s Baloney
Today Milena and Megan cover Japanese American painter and graphic novelist Miné Okubo (1912-2001) & Italian physicist Dr. Laura Bassi (1711 – 1778), who was the world’s first woman university professor Miné Okubo Fact is, the racism we’re seeing today towards Asian American and Pacific Islanders...
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Ep. 46 Botanical Super Tribes & Woven Wire Vibes
Today Milena and Megan cover botanist and suffragist Mary Agnes Chase & Japanese American abstract wire sculptor Ruth Asawa Mary Agnes Chase Today Milena covers our first agrostolist, Mary Agnes Chase. Just what the hell is that? You may be asking – well, a scientist who studies grass, duh. While...
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Ep. 45 Magical Rides on Broomsticks & Buses
Today BFFs Milena and Megan get nostalgic with cartoon characters in the arts & sciences – artist Ursula from Kiki’s Delivery Service and the wonderful Ms. Frizzle of the Magic School Bus Ursula Now Megan, you might ask, how can you possibly spend half an episode talking about a fictional artist...
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Ep. 44 Educators Educating Educators
Today best friends Milena and Megan cover American geographer, geologist and educator Zonia Baber & African American concert soprano and founder of the Harlem School for the Arts, Dorothy Maynor. This episode is inadvertently dedicated to our favorite High School English teacher, Mrs. Burnett…
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Ep. 43 Orangutans & Whitewashed Historical Plans
Today Milena and Megan cover Lithuanian-Canadian primatologist Birutė Galdikas & African American figurative sculptor Beulah Woodard Birutė Galdikas Feeling overwhelmed with the reality that is 2021? Spend a few minutes looking at google images of Lithuanian-Canadian primatologist…
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Ep. 42 Oh the Humanity!
Today best friends Milena & Megan cover Austrian-Swedish physicist Lise Meitner who helped discover nuclear fission & Mexican painter, poet & artist muse Nahui Olin, also known as Carmen Mondragón Nahui Olin Dying in near obscurity in 1978, Nahui Olin has seen a resurgence of interest &…
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Ep. 41 Lets Escape America Vol. 3
In the first episode of season 3, Milena and Megan leave the US for Canada’s first woman known to professionally carve totem poles, Ellen Neel & the Italian Nobel laureate neurobiologist Rita Levi-Montalcini Ellen Neel True to form, for the first episode of the season Megan is covering…..a...
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Ep. 40 Gendered Politics with the Doctor & Potter
In season’s 2 last episode, Milena & Megan cover American artist-potter and china painter Adelaide Alsop Robineau and the world-weary surgeon Dr. James Barry Adelaide Alsop Robineau Keeping with tradition, the last episode of the season becomes Megan’s opportunity to geek out on a ceramic artist....
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Ep. 39 Just-us on Election Day (& anxiety & stress eating & is this over yet?!?)
In today’s Election Day themed episode, BFFs Milena and Megan cover patriotic inventor, actress, and film producer, Hedy Lamarr & examine the allegorical figure that is Lady Justice Hedy Lamarr A beautiful thing about this nation is that anyone can be American. Just as equality, anyone can be...
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Ep. 38 The Gillman Monster & Murder by Cosmetics
In our Halloween episode Milena and Megan get spooky with 1950s monster movie special effects artist Milicent Patrick & prolific serial killer/chemist Giulia Tofana Milicent Patrick Happy Halloween everyone! Sure, here in America the scariest holiday is right around the corner – Election Day –...
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Ep. 37 Jumping Genes & Dancing Figurines
Today best friends Milena and Megan cover Nobel prize winning American geneticist Barbara McClintock & French-American painter, sculptor, and performance artist Niki de Saint Phalle Barbara McClintock Barbara’s mother worried about her daughter. Natural to any parent, she fretted over the choices...
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Ep. 36 Lets Escape America Vol. 2
Today best friends Milena & Megan cover India’s first two women physicians Dr. Kadambini Ganguly & Dr. Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi along with the Mexican artist that out Frida Kahloed, Frida Kahlo – Maria Izquierdo Dr. Kadambini Ganguly & Dr. Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi This episode Milena gives us not...
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Ep. 35 Chicken Not-So-Little & the Missing PhD
This episode Milena & Megan are back in the States with 101 year old African American folk artist Clementine Hunter & early American psychologist (and philosopher) Mary Whiton Calkins Clementine Hunter After spending the last few episodes abroad with our artists, we return back to the States to...
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Ep. 34 Mother Hubble & Nude Lady Trouble
Today BFFs Milena and Megan cover the first Chinese woman to bridge Eastern and Western art styles, Pan Yuliang & Nancy Grace Roman, American astronomer and mother of the Hubble telescope. Pan Yuliang Last episode we explored the theme of female agency within painting the nude form – today we’ve...
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Ep. 33 Big Dick Energy with Vector Borne Diseases
Today best friends Milena & Megan cover Chinese chemist Dr. Tu Youyou, who developed a treatment for malaria & Indonesian sex-positive painter IGAK Murniasih Dr. Tu Youyou Dr. Tu Youyou is a dedicated woman. Contracting tuberculosis as a teenage, Tu vowed to devote her studies to the prevention…
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Ep. 32 Lets Escape America Vol. 1
This episode best friends Megan and Milena GTFO of the dumpster fire that is America and go international with Aboriginal Australian abstract painter Emily Kame Kngwarreye & beloved English primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall Emily Kame Kngwarreye Emily Kame Kngwarreye is one of the most prominent...
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Ep. 31 Is My Runny Nose COVID, Leprosy, or Tuberculosis?
This episode best friends Megan & Milena cover Iranian glass sculptor Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian & American chemist Alice Ball who developed a leprosy treatment. Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian To me, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian is the Queen of Light. After visiting a mosque in the mid...
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Ep. 30 All-American Women for an All-American Holiday
This episode best friends Megan & Milena get all-American with astronaut and physicist Sally Ride & late 19th century sculptor Edmonia Lewis Sally Ride How does one go from a budding professional tennis career to becoming the first American woman in space? Milena has you covered this episode....
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Ep. 29 Quirky & Queer with Hadrons (totally not Hardons)
This episode best friends Megan & Milena cover gender-bending blues singer, pianist and entertainer Gladys Bentley & African American physicist, educator and pioneer Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson Gladys Bentley Gladys Bentley was a badass. Now, I might just be a sucker for a woman in a tux (which I...
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Ep. 28 The Arctic & Algebra & Absconding from Nazis
This episode best friends Megan and Milena cover 20th century Inuit printmaker Pitseolak Ashoon & Emmy Noether, a German mathematician that loved math so much, she invented her own branch of study. Pitseolak Ashoon Some art careers don’t start until well into middle age – printmaker Pitseolak is…
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Ep. 27 Nasal Swabs & Godly Jobs
This episode best friends Megan & Milena cover Scottish virologist Dr. June Almeida who, oh, just identified the first human coronavirus and 12th century German nun, composer, mystic and saint, Hildegard of Bingen Dr. June Almeida “Bitches I was RIGHTTT” – was not what the scientist Dr. June...
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Ep. 26 Sacrificing Orphans for Science & How to Thank Your Bear Trainer
This episode best friends Megan and Milena cover three pioneers of 20th century vaccinations & sex worker, ruler, and art patron – Empress Theodora of the Byzantine Empire Dr. Leila Denmark | Pearl Kendrick Grace | Eldering Loney Gordon This episode Milena goes heavy on the science of bacteria…
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Ep. 25 Sculpting Women’s Rights & Using Babies as Pincushions
This episode best friends Megan & Milena cover the sculptor of the Suffrage movement, Adelaide Johnson and Dr. Anna Wessels Williams, an American pathologist who legit would be studying COVID-19 if she hadn’t passed away in 1954. Adelaide Johnson Life isn’t perfect. Sometimes you lose your…
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Mini Ep. Slut Shaming the Suffragist
In this mini episode Megan covers the first woman to run for president of the United States, Victoria Woodhull. Spoiler, she fails 🙁 Victoria Woodhull Victoria Woodhull was a lot of things, but president was not among them. Born into a poor family, Victoria and her sister hustled their way out…
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Mini Ep. Periods, Pads & Predictable Racism
In our first mini episode, Megan flies solo covering African American inventor Mary Kenner, best known for her period patent product. Say that five times fast… Mary Kenner Periods suck. Periods suck even more when you find a way to make them a little less sucky, spend hundreds of dollars to…
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Ep. 24 A Badass Grandma & Fewer Baby Deaths
In the first episode of season 2, best friends Megan and Milena cover American folk painter Anna Grandma Moses and a pioneer in neonatal anesthesiology, American Virginia Apgar. The post Ep. 24 A Badass Grandma & Fewer Baby Deaths appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.
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Ep. 23 Furry Friend Choke Out & Racial Fetishizing
In the last episode of the season, Megan and Milena cover Tewa Native American ceramic artist Maria Martinez & internationally renowned animal behaviorist and veterinarian Dr. Sophia Yin The post Ep. 23 Furry Friend Choke Out & Racial Fetishizing appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.
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Ep. 22 Hailing Frequencies Open & the Washoe Weaver
This episode Megan and Milena cover Washoe Native American weaver Louisa Keyser & African American physician, engineer, and oh, only the first black woman in SPACE, Mae Jemison The post Ep. 22 Hailing Frequencies Open & the Washoe Weaver appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.
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Ep. 21 Sex Magick Woman & Dark Matter
This episode Megan and Milena get spooky with American astronomer Vera Rubin & American occultist, artist, performer, and poet Marjorie Cameron. The post Ep. 21 Sex Magick Woman & Dark Matter appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.
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Ep. 20 CSI Dollhouse & This Bitch Knows About Pangea
This episode Megan & Milena cover craftswoman and mother of modern forensics, Frances Glessner Lee & American oceanographic cartographer Marie Tharp Frances Glessner Lee The first of our deaths opens in a two-story house. It’s April of 1948, we’re in the back of the house, where both porches for...
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Ep. 19 The Japanese Shrine Maiden & the Mexican-American Explorer
This episode Megan and Milena cover the founder of Kabuki, dancer and actress Izumo no Okuni & Mexican-American botanist and explorer Ynes Mexia. Izumo no Okuni One day in the early 1600’s (we’re talking 1602, 1603) an out-of-town shrine maiden in Kyoto made her way to a dry river bed, went over...
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Ep. 18 Betting on Horses & Fighting Nazis
This episode Megan and Milena cover the first computer programmer, Ada Lovelace & our first non visual artist but complete badass, Lisa Fittko Ada Lovelace – Our Bad Woman of Science- This is the world’s first computer programmer. Stylin’ and killing it. Ada Lovelace (born Augusta Ada Byron) was...
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Ep. 17 Mystical Malarkey & the Bureau of Fishies
This episode Megan & Milena cover the first modern abstract painter, Swedish artist Hilma af Klint & the mother of modern environmentalism, American biologist, science writer, and conservationist Rachel Carson The post Ep. 17 Mystical Malarkey & the Bureau of Fishies appeared first on My Favorite...
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Ep. 16 You’re not a son, but…
This episode Megan & Milena cover Chinese American nuclear physicist Chien-Shiung Wu & Russian born portrait photographer Ida Kar The post Ep. 16 You’re not a son, but… appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.
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Ep. 15 Not All About Sex & 130$ Million Short
This episode Megan & Milena cover German neo-Freudian psychoanalyst Karen Horney and American Abstract Expressionism painter Lee Krasner. The post Ep. 15 Not All About Sex & 130$ Million Short appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.
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Ep. 14 Tropical Plants & Cataracts
This episode Megan & Milena cover Victorian English flower painter and botanist Marianne North and 20th century African American ophthalmologist, inventor, educator and pioneer Dr. Patricia Bath Marianne North In case you didn’t know, flowers are for women. For a respectable Victorian Lady…
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Ep. 13 Another French Lesbian & Two Nobel Prizes
This episode Megan & Milena cover English chemist and molecular biologist Rosalind Franklin & painter Romaine Brooks, an American expat in France. Rosalind Franklin As always, we start with writing these shownotes at 11pm on the night that the Episode is published. As well, we always start with a...
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Ep. 12 Painting Like a Man & the Admiral Kween
This episode Megan & Milena cover French 19th century animal realist painter Rosa Bonheur & American computer scientist and Navy rear Admiral Grace Hopper Rosa Bonheur Slaughterhouses are not a place I’d like to visit today. A 19th century Paris slaughterhouse is definitely not a place I’d like…
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Ep. 11 Rock, Paper, Scissors, Sex
This episode Megan & Milena cover sexologist Virginia Johnson & Chicago Imagist painter Christina Ramberg Virginia Johnson This week, we’re taking a look at our problematic fav, Virginia Johnson. And she is looking real smug here. Probably because she helped normalize sexual conversations in the...
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Ep. 10 Fetish Painting, But Not That Type of Fetish & The Doctor’s Glass Eye
This episode Megan and Milena cover painter, educator and art ambassador Lois Mailou Jones & Anglo-American physician Elizabeth Blackwell, America’s first woman to earn a M.D. Lois Mailou Jones Okay, so, I’m not saying that you guys have to listen to Ep. 3 & 4 to full get the significance of who...
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Ep. 9 Duchess Wolf Lieutenant & the Woman Behind the Moon Landing
This episode Megan and Milena cover Margaret Hamilton, NASA’s first software engineer & Anne de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Duchess of Uzès, a wealthy aristocratic French sculptor Margaret Hamilton Look at this fierce lady. This is the face of a woman who made it possible for man to get to the…
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About this show
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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