The Ladyweb

Call Your Girlfriend

Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

There's so much to female friendship, and it extends far beyond a single bestie bond. When best friend is a category, a whole web of relationships develops. We discuss how to navigate the challenges that can arise between your friend and her friends. Plus, Kayleen Schaefer on the history of female friendship, her book Text Me When You Get Home, and policy changes that can better recognize powerful platonic relationships.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Call Your Girlfriend, a podcast for long distance festies everywhere.
0:05.0	I am Oprah Winfrey and I'm Gail King.
0:08.0	I'm so glad we finally sorted that out.
0:12.0	I feel a new sense of serenity with our Oprah Gail,
0:16.0	like having like fully locked down our Oprah Gail role dynamic.
0:21.0	Gail, am I running for office?
0:24.0	You know, I think that's up to you, but knowing you intimately as I do,
0:29.0	I think what you really want is to stay home and supervise other people tending your garden.
0:34.0	Honey Graham, hold on please.
0:37.0	Oh my god, this just becomes like an Oprah Gail cosplay.
0:40.0	I know.
0:43.0	Anyway, hi Anne, how's it going?
0:47.0	Hi Amina, what are we talking about today?
0:50.0	Today, we are going to talk about what we affectionately refer to as our Lady Web and Friendship.
0:57.0	Is this a very special episode?
1:00.0	This is a very, very special episode of a very, very special episode of Call Your Girlfriend.
1:05.0	Don't do drugs, kids.
1:08.0	Don't do drugs. Go through with the abortion.
1:10.0	We support you.
1:13.0	Definitely leave your like abusive household, like all the very special episode tropes apply.
1:27.0	And the talk, give your reasons.
1:32.0	Say it's not her fault.
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