354. Greatest Hits with Mary's Cup of Tea: The Virgin/Mother/Whore Paradigm & How to Stop Giving a Shit

UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone

Kara Loewentheil

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

As women, we're often placed in prefabricated boxes that come with their own roles and expectations -- also know as the virgin/mother/whore paradigm. But what if you don’t want to be stereotyped into these roles? Is it even possible to just stop giving a shit and live your life the way you want?

In this re-release of one of my favorite interviews I've done in the last year, I sat down with top-rated self-love podcaster and author Mary Jelkovsky on her podcast, Mary’s Cup of Tea, to break down the sexist roles and expectations placed on women. We dive into the virgin-whore dichotomy and the maiden/mother/crone paradigm, explore the constantly shifting expectations women face (including a very spicy discussion about Botox), and discuss how to stop giving a shit about other people’s opinions. Hit play to listen now!

Get full show notes and more information here: https://schoolofnewfeministthought.com/354

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0:00.0	Good morning, y'all. I am just back from my honeymoon and being out of the office,
0:05.7	and I am gearing up with some amazing new episodes for you. For this week, I want to share an interview I had, a conversation I had with my friend
0:15.8	Mary from the podcast Mary's Cup of Tea because I thought it was a really important
0:21.9	conversation and it definitely kicked up a lot of
0:25.5	thoughts and feelings when she shared it on her social media, especially my thoughts about
0:30.1	Botox. People had a lot of opinions. So I want to share it with you today. This
0:35.9	episode is all about the Virgin Mother Horror kind of paradigm that we get from
0:41.8	patriarchy and about how to stop giving a
0:44.9	shit about social beauty norms especially so I think that you are gonna enjoy it
0:50.9	or certainly it's gonna be thought-provoking either way and I'll be back next week with a new episode.
0:58.6	Welcome to UnFuck Your Brain. I'm your host Kara Lowenthile, master certified coach, and founder of the School of New Feminist Thumb.
1:07.0	I'm here to help you turn down your anxiety, turn up your confidence, and create a life on your own terms, one that you're truly excited to live.
1:16.0	Let's go.
1:20.0	Hi Kara, welcome back to the show. Thank you. I'm glad to be back. It's nice to revisit old friends on this podcast tour.
1:27.0	How fun is it to say welcome back after you've been like
1:30.4	podcasting or doing something for a while right? Yeah it's like your old
1:34.6	friends come back around. Yeah I'm old news but you're even older it is in the
1:39.0	best way possible because I've been listening to you. That's true.
1:44.3	And rightfully so, because I've been listening
1:46.4	to your podcast for seven or eight years now.
1:48.7	Like I remember where I was in life
1:51.0	and how I found your show and just really eating up everything that you'd say
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