Pinkpill Rx

Episode 75 - AI Gender Bias

NOTE: This episode is a discussion and critique of AI, not an endorsement of its use. In this episode, we’re taking a look into gender bias in AI. We discuss how AI can

Episode 74 - Pinkpill Mini: “Natural” Womanhood

In this episode, we look at the rules that have been imposed on women and then disguised as nature, morality, religion, or social order. From unpaid domestic labor and th

Episode 73 - The Cost of Silence

Where did the idea that women are “gossips” come from? In this episode we explore the origins of gossip, the gossip bridle (how it was used to punish outspoken women), an

Episode 72 - Pinkpill Mini: Four Rabbit Holes

Our first mini-episode. Short format, four quick-paced topics. We talk about where the “wife beater” tank top name might have come from (the folklore), if men really are

Episode 71 - Authority, Obedience, and Who Gets to Lead

For most of history, women were denied education, denied leadership, and told the reasons “why” were “natural facts” instead of rules someone wrote down. In this episode,

Episode 70 - We Don’t Talk About This Enough

A wide-ranging conversation on the burdens women carry and the narratives that sustain them. We discuss a listener’s story about invisible labor as well as fear and safet

Episode 70 - We Don’t Talk About This Enough

A wide-ranging conversation on the burdens women carry and the narratives that sustain them. We discuss a listener’s story about invisible labor as well as fear and safet

Episode 69 - Pinkpill, Redpill, Blackpill

In the first half of this episode, we examine questions like why is sleeping with men considered something that lowers a woman’s value…but the ultimate insult to a man is

Episode 68 - The Surprising Costs of Being Female

It’s Katie’s birthday, and her best friend is joining us for the episode—who also happens to be Jay’s twin sister. The result is laughs, tangents, sibling stories, and un

Episode 67 - A Grab Bag of Commentary

This week’s episode is a true grab bag of commentary and internet rabbit holes. We react to trending TikToks, including women’s educational attainment and the decreasing

Episode 66 - Why Is Dating So Hard?

In this episode, we unpack the deeper social shift transforming modern relationships: for the first time in history, large numbers of women no longer need marriage for fi

Episode 65 - Unladylike: Ambition

In this episode, we unpack tall poppy syndrome and why ambitious women are still seen as unlikeable, intimidating, or “unladylike.” Using themes from Off With Her Head by

Episode 64 - The Truth About Coercion

TW: details about sexual assault are discussed in this episode. This episode explores sexual coercion, purity culture, and marital rape. Katie shares some of her person

Episode 63 - When Women Enter The Chat

In this episode we discuss language and labor trends. From terms like emasculate and bachelor to the documented pattern of wages dropping as professions become female-dom

Episode 62 - Quick-Fire Topics

In this episode we are diving into a smorgasbord of quick-fire topics from cultural double standards to the narrative that boys are “falling behind,” to the criminalizati

Episode 61 - Life Hacks & Hormones

In this episode, we talk about our life “hacks”. We also explore how understanding a partner’s hormonal cycle can improve empathy, reduce misunderstandings, and strengthe

Episode 60 - Patriarchy, Parenting & Positive Discipline

Most of us were raised to believe discipline meant obedience, silence, and control. In this episode, we sit down with Megan Campbell, LCPC and host of I Have Shit to Say,

Episode 59 - Perimenopause & Menopause: Why Are We Still Not Talking About It?

This episode came out of Katie’s recent spiral over realizing perimenopause and menopause are ahead, and how wildly unprepared most women are for it. We get into symptoms

Episode 58 - When The News Breaks Us

In this episode we discuss the recent deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, explore how current political narratives divide us, and confront our own privilege in interpre

Episode 57 - Mental Health & Patriarchy: Our Journey

In this episode we open up about our own mental health journeys: the breakdowns, the misdiagnoses, the burnout, and the slow, painful process of unlearning what the world