My Favorite Feminists

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.

  1. 02/06/2023

    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)

    1h 18m

  2. 12/31/2021

    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 artist there are times she wants to […] The post Ep. 54 I Like Big Sloths & I Cannot Lie appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

    1h 16m

  3. 10/31/2021

    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, covering instead a Mesmeric Physician aka a professional clairvoyant physician […] The post Mini Ep. Let’s Photograph the Dead appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

    19 min

  4. 09/27/2021

    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 aerospace engineer, author and […] The post Ep. 53 Working for NASA and Paperfolding Drama Llamas appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

    1h 4m

  5. 08/27/2021

    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 1891, from a young age her parents supported their […] The post Ep. 52 Plankton & Painting & Feeling for Squidward appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

    56 min

  6. 08/01/2021

    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 that’s not to say that Megan’s artist isn’t pretty neat – she’s just not an engineering […] The post Ep. 51 A Lifesaving Orifice & Painting Pussycats appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

    51 min

  7. 07/06/2021

    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 seeing Alina Szapocznikow’s 1968 stone sculpture Big Bellies. Today for our […] The post Ep. 50 Growing up Curie & Crafting Curiosities appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

    1h 7m

  8. 06/14/2021

    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 lifetime, credited with their ground breaking work and most importantly, no one […] The post Ep. 49 Humble Bragging with Comets & the Commie Frida Kahlo appeared first on My Favorite Feminists.

    1h 22m
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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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  • Creator
    My Favorite Feminists
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2023
  • Episodes
    58
  • Rating
    Explicit
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