Femme On Femme On

It's time for Ria's Questions! This episode the Collective discusses smells. Smelly (in a good way) soap, weird smells they like, and just smell in general. Listen and come join in the conversation.
Thank you to Tony Farina for the amazing Ria's Questions intro music.
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Ria leads a discussion with Alyson, Tonya and special guest Michelle Yang about the women of HBO's The Last of Us. They discuss the naunced female characters, all who have their own agency and point of view and how this enhances the overall story.
Michelle is a writer and mental health advocate and you can follow Michelle's amazing work at michelleyangwriter.com or via Instagram: @michelleyangwriter

Alyson and Ellen Birkett Morris (Author of Lost Girls, Abide and Surrender) discuss a scene from the White Rock episode of Pamela Adlon’s show, Better Things (Season 2, Episode 9, see a trailer here). Pamela plays Sam, a single mother of three girls. In this episode she takes them to Canada for a magical visit with her aunt and uncle. During the visit secrets are revealed and the youngest daughter, Duke, sees a ghost the locals call, "The Sad Lady.” In the scene we discuss, Duke acknowledges and says good-bye to the ghost. This is a scene Ellen has watched, considered and written about. You can read her Newsweek essay here. At first Ellen wasn’t sure why this episode affected her so deeply but after repeated viewings and reflection she was able to understand it and appreciate it in a new way.

It’s a beautiful scene and conversation, join us.

And she also wrote about it for Newsweek, here.

Ellen’s Instagram: @ellenbirkettmorris
Ellen’s website: www.ellenbirkettmorris.ink

Alyson’s Twitter and Instagram: @byalysonshelton 
Alyson’s Website: www.alysonshelton.com

Ada, Ria, Tony Farina and Amy Bobeda gather in the Dickinsons front room to discuss the final season of AppleTV's Dickinson. They discuss Emily's place amongst war poets, how women have to adapt to survive and thrive and the atrocities of the American Civil War. And poetry, of course.
Find out more about Riot by Walter Dean Myers https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/6450024
Find out more about Tony and when his book will be published: https://www.arfarina.com/
Find More of Amy's Work at amyglenbobeda.com
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Tonya speaks Active Activism with Marta Kauffman
Marta Kauffman is an American television writer and producer. She is best known as the co-creator of the NBC sitcom Friends. She also produced Veronica's Closet and Jesse. From 2005 to 2006 she was an executive producer on Related. She co-created the HBO series Dream On and the Netflix series Grace and Frankie. She heads a production company called Okay Goodnight.
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Emily's Website: https://emilystoddard.com 
Order Divination With a Human Heart Attached: https://emilystoddard.com/poetry-book 
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