All The F Words: Recent Episodes
Gabi Moskowitz & Joanne Greene
All the F Words is a spirited podcast hosted by Gabi Moskowitz and Joanne Greene, two writer friends, thirty years apart. Gabi & Joanne offer a millennial and boomer’s perspective, taking a deep dive on a wide range of issues that happen to start with the letter F. Their banter is peppered with personal stories, the latest research and news as they explore topics ranging from flirting, fighting, finance, feminism, first times, and…you get the idea.
Decades ago, you might have fantasized about clearing up your complexion in a photo but you probably didn’t envision augmented reality filters and how seamlessly they can change one’s image. On this episode of All the F Words, Gabi and Joanne talk about filters – the kinds being used on Instagram, Tik Tok and Snap Chat….and the dangers of their obsessive use by young girls still forming their identities and self-images.
Check out Joanne’s new podcast: “In This Story…with Joanne Greene”. In each episode, Joanne shares a flash nonfiction essay, showcasing tales and observations from her animated life. Find it from wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
Joanne’s book, “By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go” is now available from your favorite online book seller. Stay tuned to hear if Joanne will be speaking at a bookstore near you. If you’re interested in having her come to your local bookstore, contact her directly at joannergreene@gmail.com or get updates on her website at joanne-greene.com and make sure to sign up for her newsletter!
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Beauty Filters are Changing the Way Young Girls See Themselveshttps://www.technologyreview.com/2021/04/02/1021635/beauty-filters-young-girls-augmented-reality-social-media/
This Is a Problem': A New Hyper-Realistic TikTok Beauty Filter Is Freaking People Outhttps://www.vice.com/en/article/pkg747/tiktok-beauty-filter-bold-glamor-problem
From ‘Instagram Face’ to ‘Snapchat dysmorphia’ – How Beauty Filters are Changing the Way We See Ourselves https://www.forbes.com/sites/annahaines/2021/04/27/from-instagram-face-to-snapchat-dysmorphia-how-beauty-filters-are-changing-the-way-we-see-ourselves/?sh=2e6d6a04eff4
It’s hard not to love runway-inspired clothing at discount prices, but, while the goods may be cheap, they come at a big cost to the environment and the people who manufacture the clothing. Today we’re going to talk about what exactly fast fashion is, how it’s made, why it’s problematic, and what our alternatives are.
Check out Joanne’s latest podcast of “In This Story…with Joanne Greene”. In each episode, Joanne shares a flash nonfiction essay, showcasing tales and observations from her animated life. Find it from wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
Joanne’s book, “By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go” is now available from your favorite online book seller. Stay tuned to hear if Joanne will be speaking at a bookstore near you. If you’re interested in having her come to your local bookstore, contact her directly at joannergreene@gmail.com or get updates on her website at joanne-greene.com and make sure to sign up for her newsletter!
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Clip from The Devil Wears Prada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL-KQij0I8I
Poshmark: https://poshmark.com/
ThreadUp: https://www.thredup.com/
Ebay Fashion: https://www.ebay.com/b/Fashion/bn_7000259856
https://goodonyou.eco/what-is-fast-fashion/ https://www.earthday.org/campaign/sustainable-fashion/?gclid=CjwKCAjwo7iiBhAEEiwAsIxQEXkMwTK2RaEbEohrmWbTeOIL3l5yYlKqy1jCyQ9tl-ozehB-mOmnEhoCchcQAvD_BwE
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/03/ultra-fast-fashion-is-eating-the-world/617794/ https://www.onenewhumanitycdc.org/blog/fast-fashion-and-ethical-alternatives?gclid=CjwKCAjwo7iiBhAEEiwAsIxQEURoW1n5Gz5dRegb2VmJVl79ykRNTMsl0NwWoPtxMBR4ZxNgHMbK2RoCRcsQAvD_BwE
https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/thrift-shopping-tips/ https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/guides/how-to-get-rid-of-old-clothes/
What do you do when you don’t feel good enough, smart enough, or competent enough? Well, some people—including some experts—might suggest you act as if, AKA fake it ‘til you make it, this episode’s subject matter. They claim that by behaving as if you’re already happy/successful/doing what you hope to be, you can manifest it into reality. Other experts, however, think this is, at best, a band-aid for feeling like a fraud, and, at worst, a reckless, irresponsible tactic, especially in the world of business.
Check out Joanne’s new podcast: “In This Story…with Joanne Greene”. In each episode, Joanne shares a flash nonfiction essay, showcasing tales and observations from her animated life. Find it from wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
Joanne’s book, “By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go” is available for pre-order from your favorite online book seller. Release date is June 20, 2023. Stay tuned to hear if Joanne will be speaking at a bookstore near you. If you’re interested in having her come to your local bookstore, contact her directly at joannergreene@gmail.com or get updates on her website at joanne-greene.com and make sure to sign up for her newsletter!
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Links https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/think-well/202301/when-is-it-ok-to-fake-it-till-you-make-it https://www.shondaland.com/live/money/a39125630/fake-it-till-you-make-it-good-advice-or-a-setup-for-failure/ https://time.com/5777479/fake-it-till-make-it-advice/ https://wondery.com/shows/dr-death/
The expression “a fish out of water” means different things to different people. Since fish can’t exist for very long out of water, it clearly has something to do with being out of one’s normal habitat or comfort zone. On this episode of All the F Words, Gabi and Joanne will talk about the history of the term, instances where they’ve each felt like a proverbial fish on dry land, what you can do if you find yourself in such a predicament and what it might mean if you dream about fishes flapping around on the shore of a lake.
Check out Joanne’s new podcast: “In This Story…with Joanne Greene”. In each episode, Joanne shares a flash nonfiction essay, showcasing tales and observations from her animated life. Find it from wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
Joanne’s book, “By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go” is available for pre-order from your favorite online book seller. Release date is June 20, 2023. Stay tuned to hear if Joanne will be speaking at a bookstore near you. If you’re interested in having her come to your local bookstore, contact her directly at joannergreene@gmail.com or get updates on her website at joanne-greene.com and make sure to sign up for her newsletter!
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Fish Out of Water Meaning https://www.theidioms.com/a-fish-out-of-water/
Fish Out of Water Background https://www.bookbrowse.com/expressions/detail/index.cfm/expression_number/581/a-fish-out-of-water
Dreams About Fish Out of Water (Spiritual Meanings and Interpretation) https://www.ententechicago.com/dream-about-fish-out-of-water/
In this episode, we’re talking about fake meat, an industry that has absolutely exploded, especially in the past decade, though recent inflation has had a significant impact on American consumption of it. We’ll talk about the history of fake meat, scientific breakthroughs that helped companies like Impossible and Beyond Meat make meat substitutes that taste pretty darn close to the real thing, and what experts predict will happen to the industry as a whole as food costs continue to rise.
Check out Joanne’s new podcast: “In This Story…with Joanne Greene”. In each episode, Joanne shares a flash nonfiction essay, showcasing tales and observations from her animated life. Find it from wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
Joanne’s book, “By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go” is available for pre-order from your favorite online book seller. Release date is June 20, 2023. Stay tuned to hear if Joanne will be speaking at a bookstore near you. If you’re interested in having her come to your local bookstore, contact her directly at joannergreene@gmail.com or get updates on her website at joanne-greene.com and make sure to sign up for her newsletter!
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Links https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2023-04-06/is-fake-meat-just-a-fad-video https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/01/27/fake-meat-food-s-future-or-a-fad https://news.stanford.edu/2023/01/24/rethinking-meat-substitutes/ https://www.businessinsider.com/beyond-meat-vegan-plant-based-fake-meat-inflation-prices-restaurants-2023-2
Some people think freckles are cute and they go so far as to paint fake freckles on their cheeks. Others hate their freckles and see smooth, unblemished skin as the mark of beauty. On this episode of All the F Words, Joanne and Gabi zone in on freckles – what they are, why some of us have them, and how we should take care of them, if we do. You’ll also hear about how Gen Z is all over the fake freckle craze.
Check out Joanne’s new podcast: “In This Story…with Joanne Greene”. In each episode, Joanne shares a flash nonfiction essay, showcasing tales and observations from her animated life. Find it from wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
Joanne’s book, “By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go” is available for pre-order from your favorite online book seller. Release date is June 20, 2023. Stay tuned to hear if Joanne will be speaking at a bookstore near you. If you’re interested in having her come to your local bookstore, contact her directly at joannergreene@gmail.com or get updates on her website at joanne-greene.com and make sure to sign up for her newsletter!
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Links:
Gen Z Is Faking Freckles, but How Does It Even Work? https://www.purewow.com/beauty/gen-z-faking-freckles-trend
The Secret Science Behind Freckles https://www.bustle.com/articles/153916-the-science-behind-freckles-is-a-lot-cooler-than-you-thought-video
Are Freckles Attractive? A Look at the Ongoing Debate https://justinboey.com/are-freckles-attractive-a-look-at-the-ongoing-debate/
Did you know that rates of colon and rectal cancer in younger adults is on the rise? It’s estimated that 1 in 10 colon cancers and 1 in 4 rectal cancers will be diagnosed in adults under 50. This is a striking and worrisome trend, and seems to be strongly correlated to diet and lifestyle. Want to know the number one food you can add to your plate to help lower your risk? Some form of fiber. On this episode, we’ll talk about what exactly fiber is, what it does, and how to add more to your diet.
Check out Joanne’s new podcast: “In This Story…with Joanne Greene”. In each episode, Joanne shares a flash nonfiction essay, showcasing tales and observations from her animated life. Find it from wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
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LINKS https://dailynews.ascopubs.org/do/s-driving-rise-colon-cancer-young-adults#:~:text=It%20is%20estimated%20that%201,adults%20younger%20than%2050%20years.&text=This%20rise%20is%20striking%2C%20and,related%20to%20diet%20and%20lifestyle. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/fiber/#:~:text=Soluble%20fiber%20attracts%20water%20in,risk%20of%20developing%20heart%20disease. https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/fiber/art-20043983 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/science/food-fiber-microbiome-inflammation.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/20/well/eat/tiktok-gut-health.html
"By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go" by Joanne Greene is available for pre-order from your online favorite book sellers. Release date June 20,2023
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Did you know that rates of colon and rectal cancer in younger adults is on the rise? It’s estimated that 1 in 10 colon cancers and 1 in 4 rectal cancers will be diagnosed in adults under 50. This is a striking and worrisome trend, and seems to be strongly correlated to diet and lifestyle. Want to know the number one food you can add to your plate to help lower your risk? Some form of fiber. On this episode, we’ll talk about what exactly fiber is, what it does, and how to add more to your diet.
Check out Joanne’s new podcast: “In This Story…with Joanne Greene”. In each episode, Joanne shares a flash nonfiction essay, showcasing tales and observations from her animated life. Find it from wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
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LINKS https://dailynews.ascopubs.org/do/s-driving-rise-colon-cancer-young-adults#:~:text=It%20is%20estimated%20that%201,adults%20younger%20than%2050%20years.&text=This%20rise%20is%20striking%2C%20and,related%20to%20diet%20and%20lifestyle. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates/fiber/#:~:text=Soluble%20fiber%20attracts%20water%20in,risk%20of%20developing%20heart%20disease. https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/fiber/art-20043983 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/science/food-fiber-microbiome-inflammation.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/20/well/eat/tiktok-gut-health.html
"By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go" by Joanne Greene is available for pre-order from your online favorite book sellers. Release date June 20,2023
Learn more at joanne-greene.com
We look forward to family functions…and then we’re disappointed when they fall flat. We dread family functions…and are then pleasantly surprised when we make a genuine connection with someone. On this episode of All the F Words, Joanne and Gabi explore how best to navigate family functions, particularly when there’s divorce, a blended family and – as happens ever more frequently these days, political polarization. Hear tips for getting through the family dinner, reunion, or wedding weekend, with minimal damage and maximal fun.
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How to Navigate Difficult Relationships with your Family https://www.verywellmind.com/how-to-navigate-difficult-relationships-with-family-5120173
A Simple Exercise for Navigating Family Dynamics over the holidays https://tricycle.org/article/family-roles-holidays/
"By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go" by Joanne Greene is available for pre-order from your online favorite book sellers. Release date June 20,2023
Learn more at joanne-greene.com
In the episode we’re joined by Dana Rubin, author and curator of the forthcoming anthology, Speaking While Female: 75 Extraordinary Speeches by American Women. We’ll discuss why so many important speeches by women have been overlooked or just plain forgotten, and why it’s crucial that we not only preserve and celebrate them, but also that we teach girls and women of all walks of life to find and use their voices.
Check out Joanne’s new podcast: “In This Story…with Joanne Greene”. In each episode, Joanne shares a flash nonfiction essay, showcasing tales and observations from her animated life. Find it from wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
https://speakingwhilefemale.co/speaking-while-female/ https://amplifypublishinggroup.com/product/nonfiction/history-nonfiction/speaking-while-female/ https://www.c-span.org/video/?518245-1/qa-dana-rubin
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"By Accident: A Memoir of Letting Go" by Joanne Greene is available for pre-order from your online favorite book sellers. Release date June 20,2023
Learn more at joanne-greene.com
Most of us know the feeling. Something’s going on and you’re missing it. It’s called FOMO – Fear of Missing Out – and it’s the topic of this episode of “All the F Words.” FOMO is real and it has a lot to do with insecurity and self-esteem. Social media absolutely amplifies the refrain. As the baby of her family, Joanne was forever feeling left out of the loop, and that feeling has led to a lifetime of overscheduling. Gabi has a different approach. Hear strategies for coping with FOMO this week!
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How to Deal with FOMO In Your Live by Dr. Elizabeth Scott https://www.verywellmind.com/how-to-cope-with-fomo-4174664
All About FOMO: Overcoming Your Fear of Missing Out byJohn M. Grohol, Psy.D. Katie Stiles and Christie Craft https://psychcentral.com/health/what-is-fomo-the-fear-of-missing-out
The Psychology Behind the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) by Emily Laurence https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/the-psychology-behind-fomo/
On this episode, Gabi and Joanne talk about a subject near and dear to their hearts, quite literally: having large breasts. They discuss the ups and down (again, sometimes literally) of being gifted in the mammary department, why girls are starting puberty earlier and earlier, how exercise can be complicated for women with bigger chests, and what it means to have dense breasts and why you should find out if you do.
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Links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_I_Learned_to_Drive#:~:text=How%20I%20Learned%20to%20Drive%20is%20a%20play%20written%20by,for%20Drama%20for%20the%20work.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/science/early-puberty-medical-reason.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/well/move/how-breast-size-affects-how-women-exercise.html
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/leslie-lehr-q-a-bra-shopping/
https://www.realsimple.com/beauty-fashion/shoes-accessories/lingerie-hosiery/bra-shopping-tips
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/well/live/dense-breasts.html https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/breast-exam/about/pac-20393237
Description: The thing about personal finance is that there are a lot of experts, most of whom don’t agree. To zoom in on the topic, this episode of All the F Words features economist Mike Arnold, who spent years teaching Economics at UC Berkeley, was a consultant in the banking industry, and now teaches at the Fromm and Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes. We talk about the stock market, the relationship between inflation and interest rates, whether it’s still the best idea to try to buy a house, and what some of the big myths are when it comes to personal finance.
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Discourse: Where Ideas Meet
Fromm Institute Winter Session 2023
If you’ve turned on a television or opened a newspaper lately, you were likely inundated with a multitude of true stories of scammers, grifters, and con men and women. Today we’re focusing on two big ones. The first is Anna Sorokin, AKA Anna Delvey, the Russian-born German scammer who convinced major players in the art and finance world of Manhattan that, not only was she was a wealthy socialite, but that they should loan her hundreds and thousands of dollars to open a “foundation” in her name. Next, we’ll talk about Elizabeth Holmes, the recently convicted felon and disgraced founder of the defunct medical device company Theranos, who defrauded high-profile investors to the tune of $121 million dollars.
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Links https://www.thecut.com/article/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html https://www.nytimes.com/news-event/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-trial https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/can-you-spot-a-liar/423588/ https://www.damemagazine.com/2022/03/31/we-sure-do-love-our-white-lady-grifter-stories/
In 2021, there were over 5700 deaths due to Fentanyl overdose in California alone. The numbers nationwide, and in particular in the east, are even more staggering. What does an opioid overdose look like? What can you do if you think you’re witnessing one? What can parents do to help keep their kids safe? In this episode of All the F Words, Joanne and Gabi talk about Fentanyl and what’s being done to prevent more lives from being lost to this synthetic opoid.
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How Can I Protect My Child from Fentanyl? 5 Things Parents Need to Know
U.S. Overdose Deaths In 2021 Increased Half as Much as in 2020 – But Are Still Up
Detecting Fentanyl; Saving Lives
One hundred years ago, Elsie Robinson’s “Listen World!” newspaper column made her one of the most famous people in the U.S. Yet, today, few people have heard of her. On this episode of All the F Words, Joanne and Gabi speak with journalist Allison Gilbert, co-author of the biography “Listen World: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America’s Most Read Woman”. She was one feisty feminist which is why this F Word is FIREBRAND.
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Biography- Elsie Robinson https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/elsie-robinson
Elsie Robinson – The Most Popular American Woman Writer You’ve Never Heard Of
https://lithub.com/elsie-robinson-the-most-popular-american-woman-writer-youve-never-heard-of/
When a zebra in the wild senses a lion is about to attack, something interesting happens: the zebra’s body, or, more specifically, its parasympathetic nervous system, takes over and does its best to help its host, the zebra, escape a detrimental fate. Without the zebra’s conscious participation, the zebra’s body decides whether fight or flight—running away—is the best move. A version of this, also known as a stress response, happens in humans too and that’s what we’re talking about on today’s episode.
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Links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight-or-flight_response
https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/what-does-fight-flight-freeze-fawn-mean#:~:text=The%20fight%20response%20is%20your,please%20someone%20to%20avoid%20conflict.
http://www.pete-walker.com/codependencyFawnResponse.htm
https://www.ptsduk.org/its-so-much-more-than-just-fight-or-flight/
Over 3,000 years ago, the Chinese art and science of Feng Shui was developed. Today, people use the principles to set up their homes to – ideally – increase the odds of good health and abundant wealth. On this episode of All the F Words, Gabi & Joanne speak with Manu Butterworth, founder and director of the Golden Gate Feng Shui School, who will share the principles of Feng Shui and answer our questions about it’s use in the west today.
Golden Gate Feng Shui School https://www.fengshuischool.com/
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The Basic Principles of Feng Shui https://www.thespruce.com/what-is-feng-shui-1275060
It’s no secret that physical fitness is an important part of a healthy lifestyle, but its history, trends, and evolution are a lot more complex than they might seem. On this episode, we’ll discuss our respective approaches to exercise, as well as dig into how the work of keeping our bodies fit (however we choose to define it) has changed over time.
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Links
https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/sgr/intro2.htm
https://asdah.org/health-at-every-size-haes-approach/
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/in-depth/depression-and-exercise/art-20046495
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2011/12/exercise
https://www.wholebrainhealth.org/exercise-and-brain-health/?gclid=CjwKCAjw2OiaBhBSEiwAh2ZSPyacFJwgC_lkP0YN7HKhpxf8--nNDGFA9YNFQAUgr_QhJX4JfyJONxoCMEYQAvD_BwE
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/18/magazine/anorexia-obesity-eating-disorder.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2021/12/21/fitness-activity-tracker-obsession-unhealthy/
You’re Wrong About podcast /Maintenance Phase Presidential Fitness Test:
https://yourewrongabout.buzzsprout.com/1112270/5999692
Sometimes we get so wrapped up in making the right decision about our job, where we live, or a relationship that we get stuck. It’s the proverbial fork in the road that Gabi and Joanne will be discussing on this episode of All the F Words. Making choices is hard, particularly when the stakes are high. There’s plenty to know about how to make the best possible decision and not get hung up in limbo.
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LINKS
Why Choosing a Path in Life is Hard and how we can overcome this frustrating psychological hangup by Sah Kilicby
https://medium.com/illumination/why-choosing-a-path-in-life-is-hard-7111f88daf2d
How to Choose the Right Path by Bob Miglani
https://embracethechaos.com/2015/11/how-to-choose-the-right-path/
Choose the hard path because it’s the one you’re supposed to be on but avoid it out of fear of failure.
The industrial age gave us free time, leisure time to engage in hobbies, learn a new skill, simply do nothing. It very well may be that the information age has taken it away from us. On this episode of All the F Words, Gabi and Joanne focus on FREE TIME, how we spend it, how many of us stress about how to maximize it, and how the very most productive, educated and highly paid people among us have the toughest time with even the idea of free time. After this episode, we’ll be taking a short break from the show during which we hope that you catch up o episodes you may have missed. We’ll be back soon!
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7 Ways Successful People Spend Their Free Time, Inc. Magazine
https://www.inc.com/jayson-demers/7-ways-successful-people-spend-their-free-time.html
The Way We View Free Time is Making Us Less Happy, BBC Worklife
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210914-the-way-we-view-free-time-is-making-us-less-happy
What does it mean to be a good father? Today’s dads are far more involved in child-rearing than their fathers and grandfathers were, but there are still far too many dads who don’t have a clue and who are absent from their children’s lives. Joanne and Gabi share their thoughts and stories about fatherhood - about their own fathers and the fathers of their children - with guest expert Charlie Capen, writer and founder of the website How to Be a Dad and co-author of The Guide to Baby Sleep Positions: Survival Tips for Co-Sleeping Parents
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Charlie Capen’s website: https://linktr.ee/charliecapen
National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse –
Activities, blogs, videos, supporting dads and orgs that support dads
https://www.fatherhood.gov/
National Fatherhood Initiative National Fatherhood Initiative® equips organizations and communities to intentionally and proactively engage fathers in programs and social services.
https://www.fatherhood.org/
Ten Traits of a Great Father
https://www.askmen.com/home_auto/parenting/10-traits-of-a-great-father.html
How to be a Good Father – 9 Traits you should have
https://www.momjunction.com/articles/how-to-be-a-good-father_00427023/
On this episode, we’re talking about filth, which we’re defining as sexual or sexy content, specifically pornographic videos and photos and erotic literature. To help us dig into this topic, we’re talking with our friend and friend of the pod, who also happens to be a prolific erotica writer, Rebecca Kee! Join us for a deep dive on our respective relationships to taking nudes, writing/talking/and engaging with the subject of sex, and how repression impacts us whether we realize it or not.
LINKS
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6912629/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sex-dawn/201004/sexual-repression
https://www.modernintimacy.com/sexual-repression-shame-and-the-link-to-suicide/
https://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2006/03/sexual-repression-and-violence/235918/
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1037/1089-2680.6.2.166
http://www.literotica.com
A fib is most definitely a lie. A little lie. A white lie. But it’s a slippery slope as Gabi and Joanne conclude on this episode of All the F Words. Who lies the most? Why do we lie? And with the proliferation of social media, are we lying more than ever? You may be surprised at what the studies show. We were surprised at how many studies on lying are being funded. And that’s the truth.
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New research shows most people are honest — except for a few by Shannon Thomason https://www.uab.edu/news/research/item/12398-new-research-shows-most-people-are-honest-except-for-a-few
9 Things You Should Know About Liars By Vanessa Van Edwards
https://www.scienceofpeople.com/9-things-know-liars/
Deception & Trust in Social Media and Beyond with Jeffrey Hancock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFV5S0GI_9U
Are people lying more since the rise of social media and smartphones?
By David Markowitz https://theconversation.com/are-people-lying-more-since-the-rise-of-social-media-and-smartphones-170609
Fundamentalism was once dismissed as an outdated, archaic approach to religion, but as societal norms begin to trend towards progressivism, diametrically opposed voices seem to grow louder and louder. In this episode, we talk about how the rise of fundamentalism has impacted culture, politics, and modern religion as we know it.
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LINKS
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/25/opinion/the-day-christian-fundamentalism-was-born.html
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyond-cultural-competence/202206/how-healthy-spirituality-and-religious-fundamentalism-differ
https://shepherds.edu/a-brief-history-of-fundamentalism/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/fundamentalism/Jewish-fundamentalism-in-Israel
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201810/how-religious-fundamentalism-hijacks-the-brain
https://www.chausa.org/publications/health-progress/article/november-december-2016/fundamentalism-an-enemy-of-the-common-good
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sounds-like-a-cult/id1566917047
When we say someone is a fanatic, we mean obsessed, zealous, fixed on a particular idea or way of viewing the world. Fanaticism often refers to religion or politics but, as we all know, there are many people who are fanatics about their favorite sports team or, for instance, Bruce Springsteen. On this episode of All the F Words, Joanne and Gabi look at fanaticism from all sides and, of particular interest, they explore something all dictators know --- that young males are natural fanatics.
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THE MANY FACES OF FANATICISM Kalmer Marimaa Ph.D. Student in Social Science, Lecturer in Religious Studies and Sociology at the Tartu Theological Seminary, Estonia, kalmerm@yahoo.com
https://www.ksk.edu.ee/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/KVUOA_Toimetised_14_2_kalmer_marimaa.pdf
What Every Dictator Knows: Young Men are Natural Fanatics
https://aeon.co/ideas/what-every-dictator-knows-young-men-are-natural-fanatics
At any given time, 800 million people worldwide are menstruating, and yet, it’s a topic that is largely considered taboo. As if that weren’t bad enough, thanks to issues accessing raw materials, shipping troubles, and labor issues, the U.S. is currently experiencing a massive tampon shortage that is leaving many people with uteruses unable to access the products they need to care for their periods. On this episode, we discuss the history of feminine hygiene, the reasons behind the shortage, and what you can do if you’re struggling to get the period products you need.
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Links
https://www.si.edu/spotlight/health-hygiene-and-beauty/feminine-hygiene-products#:~:text=Several%20patents%20for%20menstrual%20tampons,applicator%2C%20became%20the%20Tampax%20tampon
https://voxapod.com/blogs/journal/the-history-of-menstrual-products
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/how-the-ongoing-national-tampon-shortage-may-worsen-period-poverty
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/well/live/tampon-shortage.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/22/style/tampon-shortage-alternatives.html
https://time.com/6184644/tampon-shortage-supply-chain/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/americas-period-taboo-will-outlast-the-tampon-shortage/2022/07/02/b207d3a0-fa07-11ec-81db-ac07a394a86b_story.html
By definition, if something is foolish, it’s ill-considered, unwise, lacking forethought. Sounds pretty grim. But foolishness is also silliness, zaniness, a way of getting beyond one’s dependence of the approval of others. On this episode of All the F Words, Gabi and Joanne will examine foolishness – how it’s different than stupidity, how it can be connected to curiosity and impulsivity, how it can keep you searching for new answers. In short, how and why foolishness can play a positive role in your life.
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Resouces:
Why Smart People Do Foolish Things
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-smart-people-do-foolish-things/
I embraced My Foolishness Instead of Fearing It.
https://medium.com/curious/the-upside-of-being-foolish-d8ce61561862
The Fool Tarot Card meanings
https://www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-meanings/major-arcana/fool/
30 Awesome Quotes About Being Foolish
https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/30-awesome-quotes-about-foolishness.html
How to Be Foolish
https://medium.com/the-imaginary-possible/how-to-be-foolish-243a7c64c1ab
What are you afraid of? Are your fears rational? Absurd? Do they keep you up at night? Though it’s common to think of fear as being all in your head, research has increasingly shown that it’s experienced in the body, and that it actually exists to keep us safe. In this episode, we dive into the physiological process of fear, the difference between fears, phobias, and anxiety, and what you can do to confront your fears, or, at the very least, protect your mental health when fear takes over.
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Links
https://hms.harvard.edu/magazine/science-emotion/chill-fear
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3595162/
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/dissecting-terror-how-does-fear-work
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/fear
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-we-worry/201405/what-are-you-so-afraid
https://www.nm.org/healthbeat/healthy-tips/emotional-health/5-things-you-never-knew-about-fear
https://www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/mental-wellbeing/fears-and-phobias/ten-ways-to-fight-your-fears
https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/phobia-and-fear_b_1596640
When Gabi first started researching this episode, she thought it was going to be one of our lighter ones—maybe even a little woo-woo; a fun little chat about whether fate is real or not. Instead, she found that, at the heart of the discussion about fate is the question of the existence of another big F word: Free will. In other words, does fate exist? Or is every choice we make simply the result of enacting free will? The concept of free will is essential to every component of American politics, from welfare provision to criminal law. It’s also deeply embedded into popular culture and the American dream—the idea that it’s possible for anyone to succeed here, regardless of where they come from and what they are given. In this episode, we ask the question: are we, in fact, all agents of free will? Or is our brain doing more subconsciously than we could ever know to decide our fate?
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LINKS
https://www.amazon.com/Free-Will-Sam-Harris/dp/1451683405
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/06/theres-no-such-thing-as-free-will/480750/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6857186/
https://www.chemistryworld.com/review/the-science-of-fate-why-your-future-is-more-predictable-than-you-think/3010786.article
https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2014/01/15/261716096/the-choice-is-yours-the-fate-of-free-will
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-fate-of-free-will-when-science-crosses-swords-with-philosophy/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/transcending-the-past/202101/fate-and-destiny-what-role-do-they-play-in-your-life
Ever wonder why the U.S. can’t seem to pass any meaningful legislation to regulate assault weapons or mandate universal background checks? It’s because of an “F” word that’s being used in the Senate to endlessly delay voting on a bill. The word is FILIBUSTER and whether you’re interested in the nuances involved in our nation’s government or not, it’s important to understand a bit about what a filibuster is, how it came about, and what it might take to move beyond it. That’s what Gabi and Joanne will be talking about this week on All the F Words. That and how and why some of us just aren’t willing to compromise; why winning seems to be all that matters.
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https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/filibuster-explained
Eliminating the filibuster
https://indivisible.org/resource/congress-101-filibuster
Senate Democrats Plan a Vote to change the Filibuster. So what is it?
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/17/1072714887/filibuster-explained
Framily—a portmanteau of the words friend and family may have come into collective cultural prominence when Sprint launched its Framily Plan in 2014, but the meaning of the word—a group of close friends who function as a family—is a longstanding tradition, especially in the LGBTQIA community. On this episode, we talk about how and why framilies form.
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Links
https://www.healthline.com/health/relationships/chosen-family#chosen-vs-biological
https://fairygodboss.com/career-topics/chosen-family
https://www.glaad.org/amp/importance-of-found-families-lgbtq-youth
https://medium.com/practical-growth/building-a-chosen-family-for-yourself-1eb66c363165
People like to talk about the “good old days,” when convention ruled, mothers stayed home, and people rarely divorced, as if they are something we’ve collectively lost as a culture and should strive to return to. But in our research and discussion of this topic, we found that it’s actually a lot more, well, complicated than that. The structure of families has changed tremendously over the past century, and much of it has to do with women’s liberation. On this episode, we get into the how, why, and what’s next of the structure of the American Family.
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Links
Pew Research on Changing Families
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2015/12/17/1-the-american-family-today/#:~:text=Family%20life%20is%20changing.,and%20the%20drop%20in%20fertility
WaPo on Dominant Family Forms
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2014/09/04/for-the-first-time-since-the-1950s-there-is-no-typical-u-s-family/
The Changing American Family (NYtimes, 2013) https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/26/health/families.html
The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake (Atlantic, David Brooks, 2020) https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/03/the-nuclear-family-was-a-mistake/605536/
Evolution of American Family Structure (online.csp.edu): https://online.csp.edu/resources/article/the-evolution-of-american-family-structure/
The Real Story of the American Family (Stephanie Coontz): https://www.stephaniecoontz.com/node/356
Thoughts and prayers are not preventing mass shootings. The statistics are horrifying. And it seems that there’s a copycat killer crying for help at every turn. This week on All the F Words, Gabi and Joanne discuss FIREARMS – why so many Americans are hell bent on never regulating guns, why there are so many mass shootings in this country, especially in comparison to every other nation on earth, what the profile of a mass shooter is which will help us identify them before they kill, and what you can do right now if you care about this issue.
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Why Does the U.S. Have So Many Mass Shootings? The Research is Clear: Guns
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/world/americas/mass-shootings-us-international.html
Two Professors Found What Creates a Mass Shooter. Will Politicians Pay Attention?
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/05/27/stopping-mass-shooters-q-a-00035762
The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic by Jillian Peterson and James Densley
5 Ways You Can Act Now: https://www.bradyunited.org/act/uvalde
As of the recording of this episode, formula stock is down 40% throughout the United States—
a catastrophic shortage caused by a massive recall by Abbott, the company that makes Similac and other infant formula and food products. As a result, parents—especially ones with limited resources and access—are frantically searching for nutrition for their babies. On this episode, we talk about the history of infant feeding, the root cause and implications of this shortage, why chestfeeding isn’t necessarily the obvious solution for all parents, and the conversation the shortage has brought up about how we judge the way people choose to feed their babies.
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History of Infant Feeding
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/baby-formula-breastfeeding-history/629889/
Nestle Baby Formula Scandal
https://www.businessinsider.com/nestles-infant-formula-scandal-2012-6#nestl-was-accused-of-getting-third-world-mothers-hooked-on-formula-2
The Great Protein Fiasco from Maintenance Phase
https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/the-great-protein-fiasco/id1535408667?i=1000533846093
History of Baby Formula
https://www.contemporarypediatrics.com/view/concise-history-infant-formula-twists-and-turns-included
Why is the Infant Formula Shortage Happening?
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/infant-formula-shortage-why-its-happening-and-what-parents-can-do
https://www.ama-al-projimo.org/baby-formula-shortage?gclid=Cj0KCQjwhLKUBhDiARIsAMaTLnFgW7-UcjI9qFlLrYkM6NMVMuYI_XQJq-dpaurvdh2ptFUMMqgo1L4aAqGAEALw_wcB
Problems exposed by shortage
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2022/05/17/a-baby-formula-shortage-feeds-criticism-of-corporate-heft-and-price-gouging?utm_medium=cpc.adword.pd&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=a.22brand_pmax&utm_content=conversion.direct-response.anonymous&gclid=CjwKCAjw4ayUBhA4EiwATWyBrnH4QiKzVBWa5BEl5RLMHMp3fiFfaVr3UbPMb2X19YpZZ2Iwd3rWNhoCtC0QAvD_BwE
What to do
https://www.healthychildren.org/English/tips-tools/ask-the-pediatrician/Pages/Are-there-shortages-of-infant-formula-due-to-COVID-19.aspx?gclid=CjwKCAjw4ayUBhA4EiwATWyBrhgcUd2hxh_RTPTCOTzFZynPhyPEiptxZvFJplFJl-HVlToIHxAHzBoCONoQAvD_BwE
Don’t Make Homemade Formula
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/baby-formula-shortage-instagram-recipe-dangerous-1356831/
Some F words are loaded. They’re discussed, debated, and adjudicated, an, apparently, not just once. FETUS is perhaps the most timely such F word and on this week’s episode of ALL THE F WORDS, Gabi and Joanne will talk about Roe v Wade and the case that will overturn it. Joanne remembers a time before Roe v Wade. Gabi has only known a nation where reproductive rights for women were a given. Get ready for some emotion!
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LINKS:
Roe v Wade: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-18
Poll: Support for Abortion Rights at a Record High: https://www.axios.com/2022/05/15/poll-abortion-support-record-high
Draft Opinion Overturning Roe Raises a Question: Are More Precedents Next?
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/05/us/abortion-precedent-alito.html
When Human Life Begins is a Question of Politics Not Biology: https://theconversation.com/when-human-life-begins-is-a-question-of-politics-not-biology-165514
@hotvickkrishna on TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTdGbdJfE/?k=1
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTdGb8LsK/?k=1
Shout Your Abortion
https://shoutyourabortion.com/book/
ctrl alt delete Web Series
https://vimeo.com/channels/ctrlaltdeleteshow
Every week, we talk about a different F word, but on this very special episode, we explore the multitude of Jewish F words! In our first ever live episode, we cover Farklempt, Farblondget, Faith, Freylach, Fiddler on the Roof, Fermisht, Farpitzed/Farputst, Farshtunken, Fleishadik, Feh, Fish (gefilte, of course), Friday Nights, and so much more. We’re joined by our friends Eli Batalion and Jamie Elman, of the hilarious web series YidLife Crisis, who will have you in hysterics!
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See this episode on YouTube @ https://youtu.be/uAwe4winAzE
YidLife Crisis: https://www.yidlifecrisis.com/
YidLife Crisis on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YidLifeCrisis/
Yidlife Crisis on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yidlifecrisis/
Yidlife Crisis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/YidLifeCrisis
Yidlife Crisis on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/yidlifecrisis
The word feral is generally used to describe normally domesticated animals that live in the wild—cats, for example. But did you know that throughout history, there have been a few situations of human children being feral? And we’re not just talking about rambunctious class clowns. On this episode, we’ll talk about the myths and realities of feral children, and the question it calls into focus: which impacts the development of a person the most, nature or nurture?
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LINKS:
https://www.livescience.com/41590-feral-children.html
https://www.yoair.com/blog/anthropology-nature-vs-nurture-of-feral-children/
Stories of feral children: https://www.urbo.com/content/modern-cases-of-feral-children-raised-in-the-wild/
https://www.markedbyteachers.com/as-and-a-level/sociology/nature-vs-nurture-feral-children.html
https://medium.com/@fernandamarana44/feral-children-and-nature-nurture-controversy-in-language-acquisition-1b5083e77061
https://www.simplypsychology.org/naturevsnurture.html#:~:text=Nature%20is%20what%20we%20think,and%20learning%20on%20an%20individual.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/nature-vs-nurture
“That’s not fair!” Every parent hates the phrase. Teaching kids about fairness is critical, and we’re here to help. But what is fairness? This episode of All the F Words is a deep dive into the concept. We talk about the demise of the Fairness Doctrine in 1987, which ensured that broadcast outlets covered different sides of issues. Joanne’s convinced its loss has contributed to how polarized the U.S. is today. Fair is different than equal. Hear more with Gabi and Joanne.
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Links:
Fletcher, Dan (February 20, 2009)."A Brief History of the FairnessDoctrine".Time. http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1880786,00.html
Fairness: What Does it Really Mean?
https://www.jcfs.org/blog/fairness-what-does-it-really-mean
Why Does Fairness Matter
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wild-connections/201803/why-does-fairness-matter
The phrase “first time” can refer to all sorts of things – voting, drinking, parenthood, heck, first time on a roller coaster or driving a car. But let’s be honest. When we talk about our “first time”, we’re generally talking about sex. Losing one’s virginity can be a beautiful experience but often it’s a big ugly disappointment. Also, different people define loss of virginity differently. That’s what Gabi and Joanne will be discussing on this episode of All the F Words. Warning. May be TMI.
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On “Late” in Life Virginity Loss
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/03/on-late-in-life-virginity-loss/284412/
The Adults Guide to Losing Your Virginity
https://lifehacker.com/the-adults-guide-to-losing-your-virginity-1709073198
25 Real Women Share How they Lost Their Virginity
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/sex-and-love/a19987840/how-i-lost-my-virginity/
The Purity Myth by Jessica Valenti
https://www.sealpress.com/titleds/jessica-valenti/the-purity-myth/9780786744664
On today’s episode, we dive into fortitude—staying strong in the face of adversity. Some might say it’s a lost art, while others believe we should lean more heavily into vulnerability. The big question we tackle in this episode: are the two concepts mutually exclusive?
LINKS:
https://www.ted.com/talks/anna_kirse_from_fear_to_fortitude_a_journey_through_life_and_the_forest
http://inotherwords.ac/fervent-fortitude/
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/311791
https://www.inc.com/amy-morin/5-simple-parenting-strategies-that-help-kids-build-massive-mental-strength.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/raise-mentally-strong-kids-stop-doing-these-things
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Free love didn’t always refer to a sexually active lifestyle…with many casual partners and little to no commitment. That’s what it meant in the 1960’s and 70’s. In the 19th century, the Free Love Movement promoted the idea of removing the state from decisions about marriage, sex and fidelity. Sounds tame now. Then, it’s advocates were called sex radicals. Tune in for all the juiciness on this episode of All the F Words when Joanne and Gabi talk about FREE LOVE.
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Emma Goldman – Free Love
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/goldman-free-love/
The Encyclopedia of the American Left. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-American-Left-Mari-Buhle/dp/0195120884
Free Love and Women’s History – Free Love in the 19th century and later
https://www.thoughtco.com/free-love-and-womens-history-3530392
Age of consent laws: The ages of consent throughout the country were apparently 10 or 12 throughout much of the 1800s; they then rose to 16 or 18 by 1920, according to Mary Odem's “Delinquent Daughters: Protecting and Policing Adolescent Female Sexuality in the United States, 1885-1920,” and there have been minor fluctuations since then.
https://www.ageofconsent.net/states
When you hear the word “fantasy”, what do you think of? Sex? Romance novels? Harry Potter? In this week’s episode, we discuss the pros and cons of indulging your daydreams. Subplots include manifesting, children’s literature, and celebrity meetings gone bad (and one really good one).
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Links:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-experience/201803/the-fantasy-bond-or-primary-defense
https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/a30244004/how-to-manifest-anything/
https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/28/nyregion/the-good-and-bad-of-indulging-in-fantasy-and-daydreaming.html
https://psychcentral.com/lib/when-fantasy-crosses-the-line#1
https://www.wired.com/2010/09/why-fantasy-matters/
https://theconversation.com/childrens-fantasy-literature-why-escaping-reality-is-good-for-kids-22307
https://slate.com/culture/2005/12/children-s-love-of-fantasy.html
The word “freak”, like the word “queer”, has many different meanings. To someone who came of age in the late 60’, early 70’s, it was a badge of honor. Hippies were what others called the tribe. Members called themselves freaks. Right around the same time, there were Jesus freaks and we’ll talk about them on this episode of All of the F Words too. And then there are freak shows, prominent from the Victorian era in Europe and North America and still today, because, apparently, physical difference is morbidly fascinating to humans.
Freak Took on New Meaning in the 1960’s
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/local-events/chrysti/chrysti-the-wordsmith-freak-took-on-new-meaning-in-the-1960s/article_69ca8c65-c3d7-5e43-8db9-3940c2dcee6d.html
https://hippiedictionary.com/excerpts.php
Who were the Jesus Freaks?
https://www.compellingtruth.org/Jesus-freak.html
History of Freak Shows https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/nfca/researchandarticles/freakshows
Geek Love – novel about a carny family https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PIOMK5G/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
Finnish comic Ismo on the oddities of the English languagehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igh9iO5BxBo
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It’s a common fantasy: I’ll become famous one day—that will show them! But experts (and many former child stars) agree: fame can come at a major price. In this episode, we discuss it all, as well as our respective moments in the spotlight (Joanne as a radio host and TV reporter, Gabi as a food writer and producer of a TV show based on her life), and reflect on what it cost and how it benefitted us.
Links
Fame, Power, and the Cost of a Fantasy (The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1999/11/fame-the-power-and-cost-of-a-fantasy/377856/
The Fame Motive (New York Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/22/health/psychology/22fame.html
The Child Performer (Psychology Today) https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-the-trenches/201106/the-child-performer#:~:text=Child%20actors%20often%20are%20overprotected,socializing%20with%20their%20normal%20peers.
17 Former Child Stars Who Have Opened Up About the Price of Fame (Insider.com)
https://www.insider.com/child-stars-how-fame-affected-them-2021-1
Joanne’s website: https://www.joanne-greene.com/
Gabi’s blog: http://brokeassgourmet.com/
Gabi’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Gabi-Moskowitz/e/B007OXCQ5S
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What does “femininity” mean to you? Pink flowers and Sensitivity or, perhaps, a focus on experience over results? At a moment where gender roles are more fluid than ever, Femininity Coaching is on the rise. Yes, there is such a thing. Why, how and what it all means is the focus of this episode of “All the F Words”. PS. Spoiler alert: Joanne took the femme quiz and learned that she’s a cross between a catwoman and cinderella. Is she flattered? Tune in….
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Femininity or gender, understood as a social norm, shapes behaviors
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/femininity
We Need to Restore Femininity. TED Talk,
Michelle Miller, author of The Underwriting
www.Youtube.com/watch?v=PFYthpdEIU
Femininity is experience orientation
Masculinity is results orientation.
The Femme guide is a community of 40,000 ambitious and feminine women who create the lifestyle they want
www.thefemmeguide.com/university-of-femininity-1
go from good to great in your love life, social circle, business, and lifestyle
When you’re twenty, forty seems impossibly old. The closer you get to that major milestone, the more feelings about hurling toward midlife are likely to come up, as Gabi, whose fortieth birthday looms just on the other side of the publishing date of this episode, can tell you. In this episode, we talk about our relationships to the process of aging, and what, if anything, can be done to do it with grace and relative sanity.
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Links
Fearing Aging: https://www.dailynews.com/2021/12/05/why-we-fear-aging-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/
Turning 40 without the Fear https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2018/07/27/this-is-40-cloe-axelson
https://www.forbes.com/sites/samanthaettus/2012/07/09/what-to-know-about-turning-40/?sh=f209ba134e4b
Millenials are turning 40: https://mashable.com/article/millennials-turn-40
The Happiness Curve by Jonathan Rauch: https://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Curve-Life-Better-After/dp/1250078806
There are few things more painful than not succeeding at getting pregnant when you really want a baby. In this episode, we examine the joys, challenges, timing, science, and some of the newer industries of making babies.
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LINKS
Adam Ruins Everything – Fertility : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9ryP0UyO5U
Rising Workplace Benefit: Fertility Services (Axios): https://www.axios.com/workplace-benefit-fertility-egg-freezing-ivf-5221e4d5-0e76-463f-9afa-b1e0dc8f7e0a.html
How Long Can You Wait To Have A Baby?” Atlantic, July/Aug 2013.
“Can Assisted Reproduction Technology Compensate for the Natural Decline in Fertility with Age? A Model Assessment.”Human Reproduction, Jul 2004.
“Increased Infertility With Age in Men and Women.” Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jan 2004.
“Unplanned Pregnancy Warning to Older Women Over 35.” BBC News, 9 Feb 2010.
More Women Are Freezing Their Eggs, But Will They Ever Use Them?“ NPR, 24 Nov 2015.
Jewish Fertility Foundation: JewishFertilityFoundation.org
Twenty billion hot frankfurters are consumed by Americans every year. That’s an F ton of hot dogs! How did it start? Why did they become so popular and what the heck is in them? That’s the focus of this episode of “All the F Words.” Gabi and Joanne will discuss the history of franks, how they became a ballpark staple, and why they hold such a soft spot in our nostalgic hearts, even when we don’t eat meat. P.S. Joanne has tried and, thus far, has found no acceptable plant-based substitute.
Frankfurter – Sausage
www.brtitannica.com/topic/frankfurter
The Truth About How Hot Dogs Are Made
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3S2rCxgjjk
What Are Hot Dogs Made Of?
https://recipes.howstuffworks.com/question177.htm
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For many people, freshman year of college is their first taste of some semblance of independence, and though it can be thrilling, it is not without its challenges! In this episode, we explore everything about that tender time—classes, new friends, and the excitement (and anxiety) of making one’s own choices.
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Links
The Hardest Test of Freshman Year: Survival (WaPo, 2017): https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/09/10/the-hardest-test-of-freshman-year-survival/
The Good, the Bad, and the Sometimes Ugly (College Parent Central)
https://www.collegeparentcentral.com/2015/10/the-good-the-bad-and-sometimes-the-ugly-of-the-first-year-college-experience/
The Myth of the “Freshman 15”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2532948/#:~:text=Freshman%2015%20refers%20to%20the,lbs%20during%20their%20freshman%20year.&text=Scientific%20study%20results%20are%20divided,others%20report%20minimal%20weight%20gain
https://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/eat-run/articles/the-freshman-15-is-a-dangerous-myth
Covid
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/college-freshmen-pandemic/2020/12/17/b7a5cb00-3659-11eb-a997-1f4c53d2a747_story.html
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/slideshows/what-the-coronavirus-means-for-the-college-experience-this-fall
Apparently, freedom, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. While liberals fought for the right to vote and for women to be able to control their bodies, conservatives, for hundreds of years, have also fought in the name of liberty. On this episode of All the F Words, Joanne and Gabi discuss freedom, including the Freedom Convoy in Canada and the fight against teaching critical race theory in the name of freedom.
The Exploitation of ‘Freedom’ in America – NYT Opinion piece
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/opinion/ugly-freedom-discrimination-racism-sexism.html?campaign_id=39&emc=edit_ty_20220207&instance_id=52394&nl=opinion-today®i_id=14985889&segment_id=81892&te=1&user_id=6ba7c382655abbf2d58168efa1f8026f
Ugly Freedoms by Elizabeth Anker
https://www.dukeupress.edu/ugly-freedoms
What Does Freedom Really Mean?
https://www.libertyproject.com/what-is-freedom-really-mean-2534259476.html
Who’s Freedom is the Freedom Convoy Fighting for? Not everyone’s
https://theconversation.com/whose-freedom-is-the-freedom-convoy-fighting-for-not-everyones-176336
‘Freedom’ Means Something Different to Liberals and Conservatives. Here’s How the Definition Split—And Why That Still Matters
https://time.com/5882978/freedom-definition-history/
Freedom: An Unruly History by Annelien de Dijn
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674988330
SNL “Black Jeopardy with Tom Hanks” (mentioned in the episode)
https://youtu.be/O7VaXlMvAvk
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Our faces communicate so much – contentment, glee, sadness, fear, and excitement. Yet so many of us agonize over the way our faces look. We might wish for a smaller nose, different colored eyes, fuller lips, or a better complexion. There are many industries devoted to preying on the insecurities we have about our face – some that offer invasive treatment, some that are scams. An ever-increasing number of us are taking greater steps to make changes, largely to preserve youth. In this episode of All the F Words, Gabi and Joanne talk about FACES. We’ll tackle the latest treatments that are available and about the history and current prevalence of facelifts.
A Point of View: Does Cosmetic Surgery Really Make People Feel Better About Their Bodies? https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35380469
Why Your Face Ages and What You Can Do
https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/why-your-face-ages-and-what-you-can-do
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Today we’re talking about showing skin (a little or a lot), and what happens when we try to police who—and how much—is okay. We also dive into the issue of school dress codes, and whether they help or hurt the kids they’re inflicted upon.
Links:
Modesty & Faith (NPR): https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126672354
Photos of Yearbook Girls Were Altered to Hide Their Chests (NY Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/23/us/yearbook-photos-st-johns-girls-altering.html
What's Fair and Unfair About Student Dress Codes? (ADL): https://www.adl.org/education/resources/tools-and-strategies/table-talk/whats-fair-and-unfair-about-student-dress-codes
The Sexism of School Dress Codes (Atlantic): https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/10/school-dress-codes-are-problematic/410962/
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Some people have a diagnosed problem with attention. The rest of us just can’t seem to focus. And it makes perfect sense with the amount of distraction bombarding us from all our connected devices. This week on All the F Words podcast, Gabi and Joanne will zero in on how to improve your focus and how to help people, especially kids, who are suffering from distraction.
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Fatphobia, also known as anti-fat bias or fat stigma, is a big problem, and it goes far beyond perception of our own bodies. In this episode, we dig into recognizing and acknowledging our own fatphobia, the impact it has on people in larger bodies, and how to identify it so you can help fight it—both within yourself, and when you encounter it in the world.
Links:
Aubrey Gordon (@yrfatfriend on Twitter: https://twitter.com/yrfatfriend, https://www.aubreygordon.net/)
Maintenance Phase podcast: https://www.maintenancephase.com/
Aubrey Gordon on use of the word Fatphobia in Self Magazine: https://www.self.com/story/fat-activist-fatphobia
Fat is Not the Problem – Fat Stigma is in Scientific American: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/fat-is-not-the-problem-fat-stigma-is/
Why the BMI is Bogus on npr.com: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106268439
In Obesity Research, Fatphobia is Always the X-Factor in Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-obesity-research-fatphobia-is-always-the-x-factor/
Prism Reports on How Fatphobia Impacts Women of Color: https://prismreports.org/2020/06/15/how-fatphobia-impacts-women-of-color/
Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings https://nyupress.org/9781479886753/fearing-the-black-body/
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Food is so damn loaded as a topic. We don’t just eat to sustain ourselves, we eat when we gather, when we celebrate, and we do it multiple times a day. We’re bombarded with suggestions about what we should eat from our mothers and every person with a platform (yes everyone.) So if you have issues with food, life is filled with landmines. Gabi and Joanne share a bit from their own experiences and outline what you need to know about the most common, and dangerous, eating disorders – how to spot a problem in yourself or someone else, and what to say - and what not to say - to be of help.
Links:
Understanding Eating Disorders
www.jedfoundation.org/resource/understanding-eating-disorders/
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders
www.anad.org
Dr. Becky (Good Inside with Dr. Becky) on body confidence: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/body-confidence-isnt-about-appearance/id1561689671?i=1000532950272
Feeding Littles instagram: https://www.instagram.com/feedinglittles/?hl=en
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Are you a flirt? Is that even a good thing? On today’s show, we learn about the basics of flirting, which, according to a Flirtologist we researched (a real title, according to the author!), can be distilled into a science. We talk about how to flirt with a face mask on, and we dive into when flirting goes from fun to inappropriate—and how to avoid crossing that line.
-The Science of Flirting (Ted Talk, Jean Smith): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cQoGNEcc5Q
-Post-Pandemic Flirting: https://mashable.com/article/how-do-i-flirt-in-person-again-post-pandemic
-Is #MeToo the End of Flirting: https://goodmenproject.com/ethics-values/is-this-the-end-of-flirting-as-we-know-it-wcz/
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In both your personal and professional relationships, there’s a time and a way to give feedback. Actually, there are more ways not to give feedback to preserve communication and get the best results. If feedback is supposed to lead to changed behavior, it helps to know how best to give it and receive it. Like, not when you’re hungry or angry, tired or in a rush. Okay, like at rare moments. It’s a skill worth learning, and Gabi and Joanne are here to share some tips and stories.
SIFT is an acronym sited in the NPR link below that stands for:
Source: does the person’s opinion matter?
Impact: is this a big deal or just a minor correction?
Frequency: how often do I hear this particular feedback?
Trend: is this showing up in multiple parts of my life?
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Links:
Receiving Feedback Doesn't Have to Be Scary. Here's How You Can Get Most Out of It
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/24/1030659507/receiving-feedback-doesnt-have-to-be-scary-heres-how-you-can-get-most-out-of-it;
Giving Feedback to Partners https://www.skillsyouneed.com/ips/feedback-to-partners.html;
Relationship Communication: How to Give Negative Feedback to Your Partner https://socalmentalwellness.com/couples-counseling/relationship-communication-give-negative-feedback/;
Giving Feedback. Boosting Your People’s Confidence and Ability
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMM_98.htm;
Is being born first a blessing or a curse? In this episode, we explore what it’s like to be and raise an eldest child. We learn about Austrian psychiatrist Alfred Adler’s 1964 Birth Order Theory and the many studies it inspired, psychologist and author of The Birth Order Book Kevin Lehman’s advice for raising firstborns, and Gabor Maté’s take on siblings’ respective experiences of their parents.
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Links:
Alfred Adler’s Birth Order Theory: https://healthfully.com/adlers-birth-order-theory-4025224.html
Why First Born Children are Better Leaders (The Atlantic, Derek Thompson, 2017): https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/05/first-born-children-better-leaders/526269/
Kevin Lehman: https://birthorderguy.com/
No 2 Children have the Same Parents, Gabor Maté: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbXqSEkwOPo
Good Inside with Dr. Becky https://goodinside.com/podcast/
Exhaustion is no joke. But there’s a difference between being tired and true fatigue. Tired is what you feel after intense activity or a lack of sleep. Sleep doesn’t help true fatigue, which can result from a range of causes. Gabi and Joanne share their own experiences and talk about the fatigue that follows surgery or illness, fatigue that often accompanies grief and the now ubiquitous Covid fatigue, for which there are plenty of antidotes.
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Links:
How Grief Can Make You Sick by Dr. Sanjay Gupta
https://www.everydayhealth.com/news/how-grief-can-make-you-sick/
What is Covid-19 Fatigue
https://www.webmd.com/lung/covid-fatigue#1
Causes of Fatigue and How to Manage It by Krista O’Connell, medically reviewed by Elaine K. Luo, M.D.
https://www.healthline.com/health/fatigue
Are you a lover or a fighter? Related: has being trapped indoors with your partner and/or children made you feel a little more like the latter of late? You’re not alone. In this episode, Gabi and Joanne talk about how we fight, what we fight about, and what—if anything—we can do about it.
Links:
How to Fight Right – In a Pandemic, or After by Allison Hope, September 2021, The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/30/style/how-to-fight-right.html
Esure study: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1389002/Fallout-Couples-argue-average-seven-times-day.html
Dr. Lauren Cook: https://www.drlaurencook.com/
Fighting fair: Adaptive Marital Conflict Strategies as Predictors of Future Adolescent Peer and Romantic Relationship Quality: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3474533/
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Where did I put my phone? What do you call that thing again? Forgetting is normal and, sometimes, it gets worse. Like after you have a baby. Or when you’re in your sixties and older. Forgetting also serves a purpose. Imagine remembering every awful moment in your life? No thanks. Gabi and Joanne discuss the joys and frustrations of forgetting and share tips on how to move beyond lousy or traumatic memories.
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Links:
Why Forgetting is Good for Your Memory by Carla Cantor, Columbia University Psychiatry
https://www.columbiapsychiatry.org/news/why-forgetting-good-your-memory
Why Forgetting May Make Your Mind More Efficient, More Efficient, by Tom Siefgried, Knowable Magazine
https://knowablemagazine.org/article/mind/2019/why-we-forget
The Psychology of Forgetting and Why Memory Fails by Kendra Cherry, updated Jan. 3, 2021
https://www.verywellmind.com/forgetting-about-psychology-2795034
For most of history, “til death do us part” has been the expectation most couples have of one another, and yet cheating has always been a fact of life, usually in secret. While infidelity is still a common occurrence, people are talking about it openly more than ever before. In this episode, Gabi and Joanne discuss the emotional and literal logistics of having an affair, polyamory, and the reason happily married people cheat.
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Links:
Why Happy People Cheat by Esther Perel, The Atlantic, October 2017: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/why-happy-people-cheat/537882/
Cheating statistics: https://comparecamp.com/cheating-statistics/
Polyamory Works for Them, by Alice Hines, The New York Times, August, 2019: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/03/style/polyamory-nonmonogamy-relationships.html
In our first full episode, Gabi & Joanne talk about Friendship. Throughout our lives, we look for different things in our friendships, including ours, which is unique in that we are both moms who are looking at the world from two different generations. We'll also talk about how Covid has impacted and even created new friendships.
"Formalities" is our premiere episode, where Gabi & Joanne introduce themselves and lay the groundwork for this entertaining and interesting series of conversations between two writer friends, 30 years apart.