The Thirst correspondent Edition, I'm Christina.

Hello and welcome to the waves for Thursday, May 23rd, the Thirst Correspondent Edition.

I'm Christina Codrucci, a staff writer at Slate,

and host of The Slate Podcast Outward.

Hi, I'm Nicole Perkins, a writer and co-host of Thirst-Aid Kit.

And I'm Marsha Chatelan, a history professor

at Georgetown University.

So this week, we have a special guest.

We are going to talk to Josh Levine,

who's my very own slate editor. He's got a new book out about

Linda Taylor, the con artist who inspired the vicious stereotype and myth of the so-called

Welfare Queen. That book is called The Queen. It's out this

week. Then we'll talk about the romanticizing of women's bodies versus the

medical condition of pregnancy with regard to both the way Republican

legislators have been talking about abortion rights and the fact that professional

athletes often lose their income from endorsement deals when they get pregnant.

And finally, we're going to review the new Netflix movie Wine Country and talk about what one

writer has called Mom Gene movies. films about women over 45 having fun with their friends.

And Marsha, what are we doing for our Slate Plus segment this week?

So for this week, the question is, is it sexist how Game of Thrones decided to render its female

characters in its final season?

And here's a little snippet of that discussion.

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