The Only Black Man in Town
2020 will go down in history as a year of racial reckoning. Reporting from Iowa, just a few hours’ drive from Minneapolis where George Floyd was kille...
Thread the Needle
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Where feminist ideals meet the realities of women’s lives. Thread the Needle is a podcast that uses storytelling and research to explore the messages women receive about their bodies, relationships, careers, and place in society.
Lies About Growing Old
Does the thought of growing old fill you with dread? If so, have you thought about why? In episode 6 of Thread the Needle, discover what the internal ...
Ijeoma Oluo on Dismantling Systemic Racism - from Inflection Point
Listen to a conversation between Ijeoma Oluo, author of So You Want to Talk About Race, and Lauren Schiller of Inflection Point on the dangers of whit...
Lyz Lenz Says Your Anger Is Not a Problem
Raised evangelical Christian, feminist writer Lyz Lenz grew up believing her anger made her bad. In the fifth episode of Thread the Needle, find out w...
Bonus Episode: It's Not a Phase
Often the questions people ask about the LGBTQ community betray underlying negative beliefs. In today’s bonus episode, Host Donna Cleveland revisits e...
Why Won’t He Do the Dishes? The Politics of Housework
In the fourth episode of Thread the Needle, Donna explores why women are still stuck doing most of the housework and uncovers a perplexing research fi...
Hot Moms—Motherhood, Sexuality & the Public Gaze
Why do we desexualize women when they become mothers? The third episode of Thread the Needle explores the messages society sends us about how mothers ...
When Gender Is a Matter of Life or Death
The suicide of a 14-year-old trans boy in small-town middle America leaves a community grappling with questions about the nature of gender. There are ...
Does Wanting a Guy to Pay for Dinner Make You a Bad Feminist?
The way we date has changed drastically in the last decade, from hookup culture to the advent of dating apps. However, traditional (and gendered) dati...
A Preview of Thread the Needle—Season 1
Journalist and feminist Donna Cleveland is on a mission to make sense of the mixed messages we send women. See where this journey leads with Season 1 ...