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Welcome to the Double X Gab Fest for Thursday, August 24th, the 1800 Patriarchy Street Edition.

I'm Hannah Rosen, a host of NPR's Invisibilia.

I am not alone in the studio today. I am joined by our special guest, Christina Cotarucci, who is a writer for Slate. Hi,

Christina. Hi, thanks for having me. It's so exciting to be with a human in a space. How flattering.

Any human would do. Anyone just, you know, warm body. And June Thomas in New York managing producers lead podcast. Hi, June. Hey, Hannah. I'm really lonely because I'm here all on my own. It's terrible. I don't know how you do it. I'm so sad. I know. It's really sad. I did enjoy listening to the podcast that I was not on, by the way.

You guys did a great job. It was great. I loved it. What a great show. Yeah, except it kind of like

kept me watching the bold type is the problem, which is really not a show you should keep watching.

And every week it becomes more like a safe space and so every week I have to tell

my children the workplace is not like this your boss will not invite you to her home and pet

you and hug you every time you look a little distressed it does that is not what work is like

people unless you work at Slate.

Exactly.

Oh, my God.

Anyway, well, we have a very, very special show.

This is my perhaps favorite show of the year. It's the show where you are listeners have called in and left us questions, asking us if certain things that you've heard about in the news and the culture or in your own life, you are wondering if they are sexist, and we, the feminist goddess, experts of the universe, get to decide whether they are sexist or not.

So we are going to get that going.

We'll play some of your messages, maybe not all of them. A

couple of you wrote in. We may do those as well. And then a little about Slate Plus, June.

And if anybody doesn't know what Slate Plus is, it's Slate's membership program where fans of the magazine and our podcasts help to support us. And if you enjoy this podcast and find it valuable, joining Slate Plus is a great way to support us.

For just $35 for your first year, you can help cover the cost of producing these shows.

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