Re-Feminist History (aka Bitchstory)

Listen to the Podcast on Spotify Listen on Apple Listen on the web  (via Podcast Addict - NO APP NEEDED)  Email me:   kelly@thebitchwhisperer.me Continuing what I started last week, this week I am beginning a list of some seriously badass female athletes . These women blazed trails, broke down barriers, overcame various "isms", and set new records. Such overachievers! I didn't look up their astrology charts, but I promise there is some strong Capricorn and Aries in this list! There are many, many other women who deserve a mention. If you have an athlete shero, email me and tell me who she is! I will be posting a few more of these ladies every week on this blog for a couple more weeks.  These women deserve more spotlighting than they've received thus far. 1. Kathrine Switzer (marathon runner) Kathrine Switzer's experience serves as a poignant testament to the obstacles confronted by pioneering women athletes and the remarkable strides made by girls and women in...

This week Re-feminist History covers female athletes, particularly women who have set records, broken down barriers, and carved a way forward out of invisibility.  Without meaning to, we set a record of our own and recorded our longest podcast to date! So this will be split up into two 1-hour segments.  Honestly it could have been 3-4 hours because there is a lot going on in women's athletics right now.   This week I'm going to cover the disgusting wage gap that exists between professional male and female athlete salaries, and next week I'll give you an impressive list of 14 super badass women who have paved the way for many others.  From the 1920's, to a surprising number of bullshit limitations broken in the 1990's, to a 13 year old...there are so many amazing stories. But for now, set your gaze upon the bullshit in this table... Average Athlete Compensation by Gender Sport Men Women Basketball (NBA & WNBA) $10,776,383 $113,295 Golf (PGA & LPGA) $1,04...

Listen to the Podcast on Spotify Listen on Apple Listen on the web  (via Podcast Addict - NO APP NEEDED)  Email me:   kelly@thebitchwhisperer.me In last week's blog, I left you with a cliffhanger about who was the other woman in the funny ladies episode. Ha. I kid! My teasers are not very teasy...like at all. It's Moms Mabley. Never heard of her? Yeah I hadn't either.  As I have mentioned a thousand times, comedy is important to me.  Musing about it once, someone asked me where I thought comedy comes from in a person's experiences. Without hesitation I said "Pain". Many famous comics make this point clear, and Moms was no exception. She was one of the very first female stand up comedians. She navigated a world that was dominated by white men as a black woman who had been through ...well just SO much...particularly as a child. So who was the super woman of comedy? If you watched the TV series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel  on Amazon, you were introduced to her ...

  Listen to the Podcast on Spotify Listen on Apple Listen on the web  (via Podcast Addict - NO APP NEEDED)  Email me:   kelly@thebitchwhisperer.me This week on episode 64, we cover two ladies who have helped shape the comedy industry. I believe comedy is group therapy for society. It forces us to laugh at how stupid we are sometimes. Comedians take pain, often their own, and turn it into laughter.  Many of the famous comedians we know and love came from very difficult circumstances and pull from that pain to create their comedy.  That is  some kind of alchemical fuckin' magic, that's what that is! Good comedy punches UP at systems and power and patriarchy and assholes.  Good comedy never punches down at the disenfranchised, marginalized, or suffering. Good comedy encourages us to look at ourselves and check...am I the asshole?  I think comedy serves an important service among the arts in society.  The first woman from this episode is...