Episode 94: Lorena Bobbitt

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

News, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.5 • 10.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

The story of Lorena Bobbitt drew media attention in 1993 for being one of the most and disturbing domestic dispute stories to ever hit the news. Lorena was not the first woman to ever fight back against her husband- and she wasn’t the last. But her story was one of the first to demand change in the way the world perceived domestic abuse and sexual assault. On episode 93, Jac, Alexis and Billy are joined by Lorena, as they reexamine the impact of the single cut that forever changed pop culture and sent shivers down the spine of domestic abusers around the world. And thank you for this episode's sponsors: Caldrea = Find your signature scent. Free shipping on orders of $50 or more at Caldrea.com Madison Reed = 10% off + Free Shipping on first color kit. Go to www.Madison-Reed.com and use promo code: FirstDegreePodcast Noom = Go to Noom.com/firstdegree to start your trial today! Daily Harvest = To get $25 dollars off your first box, go to www.DailyHarvest.com and enter promo code: First Native = 25% off your first purchase. www.nativedeodorant.com and use promo code: Degree 🎟 Catch up to FOUR bonus episodes per month plus full video episodes over on Patreon: patreon.com/thefirstdegree 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/thefirstdegree 🕺 TikTok: tiktok.com/@thefirstdegreee 👤 Facebook: facebook.com/thefirstdegree Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	First degree first degree first degree first degree first degree the first degree
0:13.2	These things are supposed to happen in movies not real life
0:16.7	First of all they get it wrong they miss the big opportunity to talk about this crisis of domestic violence and sexual assault
0:32.9	They always talk when it's talked about this sensationalistic and the luri details details about
0:39.2	You know me cutting off my ex-husband's penis off. So it's really sad that the media
0:46.9	You know portray me as a crazy
0:50.0	Haudenosaunee Latina which is basically a racist statement as well
0:54.4	So I wanted to say the record straight that a lot of women who actually wanted to talk about the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault couldn't because
1:05.2	The boss were a man
1:08.5	I
1:12.5	Welcome to the first degree the true crime podcast that you might end up on my name is Jack Viennick
1:16.6	I'm sitting far away from Alexis Lindgletter and farther away from Billy Johnson. It is 11 a.m. and
1:24.6	Miss Alexis. What are you drinking? I'm drinking a rosé and
1:30.4	orange blood orange soda spritzer with blackberries in it
1:35.6	sounds delicious
1:37.3	It's called self-care
1:39.1	It is called self-care and you know, I saw that there was a study about
1:43.7	Well, this is a Sunday so we're not doing working hours
1:46.2	But there was a study done that I think 40% of people are drinking during working hours
1:51.0	So this is just this is our new normal you guys
1:54.4	That we've kind of been living in forever and I just started yeah, that's true
1:58.8	And I started drinking just a slightly earlier than I used to it used to be like seven
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