Unladylike
Episodes
How to Leave Your Abuser
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Exiting abusive relationships can be extremely difficult — especially when your partner is extremely powerful. But that's what Tanya Selvaratnam did...
Ask Unladylike: Happiness vs. Toxic Positivity
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Where's the line between fostering happiness and just forcing women to smile all the time? Yale psychologist and the host of The Happiness Lab podcast...
How to Call Bullsh*t with Sen. Mazie Hirono
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono is a trailblazer, feminist and a political force to be reckoned with. Cristen and Caroline talk to the Senator about sexis...
Beyond Trans Visibility with Raquel Willis
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Activist Raquel Willis is on the frontlines of the trans rights movement 24/7. We follow Raquel's journey to becoming a modern-day movement leader. Pl...
ADHD All Grown Up
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why are so many women struggling with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? Caroline and Cristen sort through the gender stereotyping and m...
Ask Unladylike: Does 'The One' Exist?
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dear unladies, it's our very first advice episode! Cristen and Caroline answer a listener who's torn about finding "The One" and swap stories about fa...
Mariah, Céline and Divadom w/ Chelsea Devantez
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As divas go, Mariah Carey and Céline Dion have a lot in common. But the media has treated their divadoms wildly differently, dahling. Chelsea Devante...
Family Secrets with Morgan Jerkins
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tracing family trees can take more than DNA tests and genealogy websites, especially if your ancestors were enslaved. Acclaimed writer Morgan Jerkins ...
How to Love Yourself with Tess Holliday
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Self-love is easier said than done, even when you're a body positivity icon like Tess Holliday. We're going deep with the model, activist and tattoo q...
Trailer: New Episodes Start March 30th
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cristen and Caroline are back with all-new episodes starting March 30th! Plus, the show is going to be mostly weekly from here on out. Rather than ta...
Best of Unladylike: How to #FreeTheVibrator
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Leading up to brand-new episodes of Unladylike, we’re hitting replay on four of our top (and most timely) episodes from the archive. Today, we revis...
Best of Unladylike: How to Free the 90s Bitch
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the run-up to brand-new episodes of Unladylike on March 30th, we’re hitting replay on four of our favorite episodes from the archive. Today, C&am...
Best of Unladylike: How to Get a Yoga Body with Jessamyn Stanley
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Leading up to brand-new episodes of Unladylike, we’re hitting replay on four of our top (and most timely) episodes from the archive. Today, C&C ...
Best of Unladylike: How to Be a Bad Mom
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
C&C revisit this episode from 2018 while they prepare for new episodes -- coming your way March 30th.Moms aren't supposed to admit it, but loving ...
We Are Anxious White Feminists
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Unprecedented times call for an unprecedented Unladylike! Cristen and Caroline close out 2020 by interviewing each other about how we're feeling as pe...
Survival of the Thickest with Michelle Buteau
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Michelle Buteau is everywhere these days, including a Netflix standup special (Welcome to Beautopia); the First Wives Club reboot on BET+ and...
Rom-Coms with Lindy West
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
'Tis the season for romantic comedies. But are we "allowed" to love these very imperfect, yet formative films? Bestselling author, Shrill co-creator a...
How to Face Adult Acne
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Has breaking out ever made you feel like breaking down? Adult acne and facial skin conditions are extremely common — and so are their mental health ...
How to Get Botox
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is there a right way to choose your Botox choice? Does it make you a bad feminist? Is a wrinkle makeover worth it? Cristen and Caroline examine their ...
How to Sext
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sexting is totally normal, especially during quarantine. So why don't we treat sending nudes with the same attention to pleasure and consent as we do ...
How to Be The Bachelorette
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is the Bachelor franchise here for the right reasons? For Rachel Lindsay, the first Black Bachelorette, it's complicated. This episode, Rachel shares ...
How Busy Philipps Does Her Best
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Actor Busy Philipps has been in Hollywood since she was 19. But it wasn't until she gave up on giving in to the industry and its sexism that her big b...
The Crisis Pregnancy Center Scam
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pregnant? Scared? Anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers, or pregnancy resource centers, outnumber abortion clinics three to one in the United States....
How to Protect Abortion Clinics
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to build abortion clinics in America? Whole Woman’s Health founder Amy Hagstrom Miller shares the lengths providers have to go to ...
The Power of Ass w/ Big Freedia
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's impossible to not shake, wiggle and twerk when Big Freedia takes the mic. The Queen Diva of bounce music shares her astonishing journey from a Ne...
Sting Like Samantha Bee
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Full Frontal host Samantha Bee never thought her late-night show would reach five seasons and almost as many Emmy wins. Find out why, plus what she's ...
Bonus: Stay Weird w/ Stacy Osei-Kuffour
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stacy Osei-Kuffour has made a name for herself writing for shows like Pen15, Watchmen and Run, but growing up in Chicago, she was a self-proclaimed ou...
How to Take a Hike
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hiking has been all the rage lately. But its popularity also reveals uncomfortable truths about who gets to belong in the great outdoors.This episode,...
How to Do #MeToo Without Prison (2 of 2)
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is it possible to combat sexual violence and support survivors without sending perpetrators to prison? Dr. Alissa Ackerman, a sex crimes policy expert...
How to Abolish Prison Like a Feminist (1 of 2)
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recent calls to defund police and abolish prisons have raised the question: But what about rapists? In part one of two episodes exploring that questio...
How to Live Single, Pt. 3: Sexpectations
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When was the last time you had sex, if ever? In the final episode of our How to Live Single series, science journalist Angela Chen upends that questio...
How to Live Single, Pt. 2: IRL Golden Girls
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why does living single usually come with roommates? In part two of three about How to Live Single, Cristen and Caroline get a Golden Girls reality che...
How to Live Single, Pt. 1: Doing You
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What if being single wasn't sold to us as a problem to solve? In part one of three episodes exploring How to Live Single, Aminatou Sow (Call Your Girl...
How to Reckon with Refinery29
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A number of feminist-branded companies, including The Wing, Man Repeller and Ban.do, are reckoning with racism and employee mistreatment. This episode...
How to Go Braless
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Almost as soon as pandemic lockdowns started, homebound breasts everywhere began forgoing their bras. But how is going braless still unconventional en...
How to Lift Heavy Sh*t
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Weightlifting used to be boys-only exercise, but women are getting swole like never before. Cristen and Caroline find out why from competitive powerli...
How to Not Be a Karen
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you solve a problem like white feminism? Mikki Kendall knows, and the answer isn't being nice. From #solidarityisforwhitewomen to Hood Feminism...
How to Be Tori Amos
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tori Amos is a piano prodigy and Gen X goddess whose music was a soundtrack of third-wave feminism. Cristen and Caroline talk to her about breaking th...
How to Feel Your Pandemic Feels
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
'How are you doing?' has become a super loaded question in the days of COVID. So this episode, Cristen and Caroline find out how listeners are feeling...
How to Get Canceled with Natalie Wynn
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Contrapoints creator Natalie Wynn is among the most popular and acclaimed YouTubers, specializing in counteracting the red-pilled, radicalized voices ...
How to Nail Manicures
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From lesbian TikTok to a magical place called Mantrap, getting your nails done means way more than meets the eye. In this episode, Cristen and Carolin...
How to Break up with Mom
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Parental estrangement is surprisingly common — and commonly misunderstood. Caroline and Cristen sort fact from fiction to find out: What happens whe...
How to Break Tattoo Taboos with Margaret Cho
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do gender, race and class color our tattoo perceptions? Comedy icon Margaret Cho breaks down the body politics of being a heavily inked Korean-Ame...
How to Work the Gig Economy
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How can women advocate for workplace equality when they don't have a salaried 9-to-5 with benefits? With help from Freelancers Union founder, Sara Hor...
How to Crash Quinceañeras
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sweet 16 doesn't hold a birthday candle to the quinceañera. But why has such a ladylike tradition and its poofy gowns kept partying on? You're invite...
How to Unscramble Egg Freezing
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To freeze or not to freeze? That's today's hottest fertility question. With help from Washington Post reporter Nicole Ellis, Cristen and Caroline find...
How to Mind Mental Illness with Esmé Weijun Wang
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you aren't "the appropriate type of crazy?" Best-selling author Esmé Weijun Wang talks to Caroline and Cristen about living with sc...
How to Spot Scams
11 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cristen has a case of fraud fever, and the only cure for it is more scams! First, Jane Marie of The Dream breaks down why millions of women go for bro...
That's So Unladylike Tour
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Description: Unladylike is going on tour this spring! For tickets, go to unladylike.co/events. See y'all there! Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
How to Sober Up
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From Dry January to #sobercurious, not drinking has recently taken on new meanings and more mainstream visibility. But what really happens when women ...
How to Thirst with Bim Adewunmi and Nichole Perkins
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ever feel hot 'n' bothered -- and helplessly horny? Thirst Aid Kit, a podcast hosted by Bim Adewunmi and Nichole Perkins, is here for you. Cristen and...
How to Tilt the Lens with Sinéad Burke
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From the children's classrooms to the Met Gala red carpet, Sinéad Burke is on a mission to tilt the lens on what accessibility looks like and whom it...
Winter Break: How to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment
31 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
To wrap up our winter break, Cristen and Caroline revisit their episode on fighting for the Equal Rights Amendment. C&C talk to filmmaker and acti...
Winter Break: How to Slam Dunk
24 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Unladylike is on winter break! To celebrate, Cristen and Caroline are revisiting their favorite episodes from past seasons. This week, they take on th...
Winter Break: How to Sell Weed
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline and Cristen are revisiting some of their favorite Unladylike episodes throughout the month of December. This week, they look into the cannabi...
Winter Break: How to Feel Sad
10 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For the month of December, Cristen and Caroline are revisiting some of their favorite Unladylike episodes. First up, they dive into the feels. Women's...
How to Flush the Poop-triarchy
03 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
By listener request, Caroline and Cristen go full potty mouth on the ladylike poop taboo and its real-deal side effects. With help from a sh*t-talking...
How to Take Fast Fashion Seriously
26 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Before Mari Kondo-ing your closet, consider this: the average American throws away 80 pounds of clothes each year, and only a fifth of what's donated ...
How to Marry Off Maiden Names
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Women marrying off their "maiden names" is one of the most enduring gender traditions — and feminist conundrums. Cristen and Caroline pop the questi...
How to Spell 'The L Word' with Ilene Chaiken
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In early 2000s Hollywood, Ilene Chaiken did the seemingly impossible, co-creating and running a hit TV show entirely about lesbians and queer women. B...
How to Unbridle Horse Girls with Lisa Hanawalt
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Saddle up for a ride through horse-girl country. First, Bojack Horseman designer Lisa Hanawalt shares her personal horse-tery and why horse girls' pas...
How to Demystify Vaginas with Dr. Jen Gunter
29 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For most of medical history, vulvas and vaginas have been mythologized as too dirty, dainty and/or deformed. But gynecologist Jen Gunter is on a missi...
How to Take on Politics with June Diane Raphael & Jessica Yellin
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When politics feels like dumpster fire, how do we still take it on without losing our minds? Actor and activist June Diane Raphael is here to help us ...
How to Be 'The Bisexual' with Desiree Akhavan
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When queerness is out of the closet, what does bisexuality even mean? For bisexual Iranian-American filmmaker Desiree Akhavan, the answer is . . . com...
How to Dive Into Fear
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Underwater cave explorer Jill Heinerth has dived deeper inside Earth's inner space than any other woman in history, pursuing one of the most dangerous...
How Score Equal Pay in Soccer
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The US Women's National Soccer Team might be wrapping up their World Cup victory tour, but their equal pay lawsuit is far from over. With assists from...
How to Be Da Baddest Bitch in Hip-Hop
24 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rap queens are rarely allowed to reign more than one at a time, but Megan Thee Stallion and City Girls are leading a whole stable of up-n-coming femal...
How to Own Your Talent with Ashley Nicole Black
17 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Comedy writer and actor Ashley Nicole Black knows what she's good at. But that almost derailed her path to landing "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" an...
How to Self Help Yourself
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you live out self-help advice? Cristen and Caroline find out from By the Book co-hosts Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg. The pa...
How To Wear Too Much Makeup
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when we wear makeup like war paint? Best-selling author R.O. Kwon confronts 'China doll' stereotypes with eyeshadow. Then, activist Jacob...
Introducing The Secret Lives of Black Women
25 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s a new podcast for you! On The Secret Lives of Black Women, join close friends Charla Lauriston and Lauren Domino on their hunt for the ‘sec...
How to Kick Off High Heels at Work
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After Nicola Thorp was fired for refusing to wear high heels on the job in 2015, she called bullsh*t all the way to British Parliament. Because from b...
Unladylike Hotline Advice-A-Thon
16 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Find out what happens when C&C open the Unladylike Hotline to take listeners' calls, live 'n' unrehearsed. From politics and pregnancy to breakups...
How to Be a Phone Sex Operator
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Like stripping, commercial phone sex is a form of legal sex work—AND you can do it from home in pajamas. But what does the job really entail? C &...
How to Get Schooled on Title IX
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sexual harassment is a typical part of the K-12 school day, so why do we only talk about it on college campuses? Even though Title IX enshrines harass...
How to Create Feminist Superheroes
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sana Amanat has been called the "Shonda Rhimes of Marvel Comics" and an IRL superhero. C&C explore how this awkward-teen-turned-visionary-VP has h...
How to Say What You Want with Geena Davis
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Geena Davis is so outspoken about Hollywood's women problems, she founded a think-tank to bring the research receipts. But speaking up didn't come nat...
How to Solve Math Probs
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline and Cristen are going to couple's therapy — for math — with educator and stereotype-disrupter, Vanessa Vakharia. Bad-at-math baggage is e...
How to Wear Body Hair, Part 3
04 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For Sikh women like Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa, head-to-toe hairiness isn't just normal - it's sacred. In the final episode of our three-part body hair minis...
How to Wear Body Hair, Part 2
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hairy feminists have haunted pop culture since the suffrage days, but is it time to give up those ghosts? In part two of a three-part miniseries on bo...
How to Wear Body Hair, Part 1 with Sasheer Zamata
21 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Pit hair might be having a moment, but more than 90 percent of American women still choose to remove it. In the first episode of a three-part miniseri...
Embracing Swimsuit Season Pep Talk: Jessamyn Stanley
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Help us win a Webby Award! Vote now at wbby.co/vote-pod16We're bringing you something special in the feed today... a pep talk! Nothing summons the bod...
How to Zine It Yourself
09 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
DIY zines are having an IRL revival, but it's not the riot grrrl 90s all over again. Cristen and Caroline go on a cross-country zine-quest to find out...
How to Curse Like a F*cking Lady
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why is cursing still considered so effing unladylike, and how does swearing affect how women are heard? Caroline and Cristen decode the unspoken gende...
How to Toot Your Own Horn
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From band class to the orchestra pit, girls are rarely encouraged to toot their own horns. In fact, brass sections are one of the boys-clubbiest corne...
How to Free the 90s Bitch
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The 1990s were supposed to be the "decade of women," but it became all about the bitches instead. Caroline and Cristen put on their velvet chokers for...
How to Be Brutally Honest BFFs with Allison Raskin and Gaby Dunn
12 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How do you stay honest with your besties - even when the truth might hurt? Few know better than comedy partners Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin. Through ...
How to Feel Sad :(
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Women's anger is all the rage, but why does showing our sadness feel weak? Nora McInerny from the podcast Terrible, Thanks For Asking shares how she s...
How to Tie the Knot
26 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Birth control is relatively easy to come by — so long as it's temporary. But if you're young and/or childfree, permanent birth control (aka steriliz...
How to Turn 30 with Amanda Seales
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian and actor Amanda Seales is having a breakout moment - on her own terms. Cristen and Caroline talk to the hilarious gem-dropper and self-ident...
How to Fall in Love with Herpes
12 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Herpes is super common and manageable but it's constantly the butt of jokes. And that punchline stigma can throw a major wrench into romance. So, this...
How to Slay Sexism Like a Professional
05 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When workplace sexism smacks us in the lady lumps, we can't always just clock out. So how can we handle it like a pro? Cristen and Caroline talk to au...
How to Leave Dietland, Pt. 2
29 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In part two of our unladylike diet culture detox, Cristen and Caroline confront how body issues bond mothers and daughters and the subtle slimming mes...
How to Leave Dietland, Pt. 1 with Joy Nash
22 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Each new year serves up a new season of empty weight-loss promises and pressure to size down. But what if we could detox from diet culture and claim o...
BONUS - Focus On: The Equal Rights Amendment
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We've got a brand new season coming your way starting January 22! But in the meantime, we're sharing something we think you'll like.Our friends at Foc...
How to #FreeTheVibrator
04 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Y'all, we are on a mission to #FreeTheVibrator from society's ladylike hangups. Because even though women founders, designers, and engineers are incre...
How to Find a Lesbian Bar
27 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that San Francisco, aka America’s queer capital, is currently home to ZERO bars exclusively for queer women? Ditto for Los Angeles, Por...
How to Slam Dunk
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
To dunk or not to dunk? For women's basketball, this has long been the question. It’s the ‘wow factor’ that WNBA haters often point to as proof ...
How to Get A Rape Kit
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is not another depressing AF story about the rape kit backlog. Instead, unladylike hero and sexual assault nurse examiner Trisha Sheridan tells C...
How to Run for President
06 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Even if women sweep the 2018 midterm elections, they will still occupy less than a third of congressional seats. So, what does the political pipeline ...