Episode 26: Appropriate Emoji

Call Your Girlfriend

Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2015

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

We discuss Ann's visit to RuPaul's DragCon, men and housework, women in flats, the gross faux food Soylent, how white people are using the new multiracial emoji and the amazing life (and death) of Sandra Bem.
Watch The Fall on Netflix: it's so feminist
Men and housework
Cannes Flatgate
Ugh soylent
How the other half lives
Sandra Bem, extraordinary woman
Shine Theory: Serena Williams: “Let’s just put an end to this myth that women players cannot be friends.”
This week in menstruation: The Period Fairy

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0:00.0	Welcome to Call Your Girlfriend! A podcast for long-distance besties everywhere.
0:05.0	I'm Amina Tusso, and I'm Anne Friedman.
0:08.3	This week on Call Your Girlfriend we'll be discussing men and housework,
0:12.1	awards shows, and heels, the racial politics of emoji,
0:17.1	the case for Soiland or not so case for Soiland,
0:20.7	rich ladies on their upper east side,
0:23.0	the amazing story of Sandra Bem,
0:26.0	a shine theory update, and obviously a menstruation.
0:53.8	What's going on?
0:55.6	Not much, not much, the read the read the read the read week.
0:59.6	Um, yeah.
1:01.4	I went to RuPaul's Drag Conference last weekend,
1:03.8	which told me everything.
1:06.3	I mean, I know I texted you when I had eyes on the trees
1:09.3	because there was like a 20 people deep line around her on all sides,
1:14.8	but she looked incredible.
1:16.8	And I don't know, I mean it was just kind of great to
1:21.6	to stroll among so much glitter and the highest hair
1:25.3	for a couple of hours.
1:27.3	I didn't go the whole time.
1:28.4	I also stayed for Ru's keynote,
1:30.7	which featured a disproportionate number of references to Jiggly-Caliante.
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