Call Your Girlfriend

We answer listener questions about group travel, how this podcast came to be, and which TED Talks are worth it. (Hint: POWER POSE).  Watch list: Less stress, more confidence Music: Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend Tom Aspaul - Good Together Hannah Rad edit of Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend

We discuss the books, movies, TV and music we loved this year! Full recs at CallYourGirlfriend.com Music: Tinashe - Pretend ft. A$AP Rocky Jenny Lewis - Just One of the Guys Kelis - Jerk Ribs Phantogram - Fall in Love Drake - The Catch Up Bobby Shmurda - Hot N*gga Remy Ma - I’m Around Sinkane - How We Be Perfume Genius - Queen

We discuss period cramps, being the creepy journo lady at college parties, Solange's amazing wedding, white people will not shut up about the booty, Taylor Swift is so good at shine theory, and OMG SQUATTY POTTY. Reading List: Solange wedding columbusing the booty shine theory in the wild squatty potty Music: Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend Speelburg - Kline Janelle Monae ft. Solange - Electric Lady 2 Live Crew - Too Much Booty in the Pants Hannah Rad edit of Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend

We discuss the midterm elections, Taylor Swift and Beyonce, ebola and Jian Ghomeshi, and menstruation superpowers. Plus we answer questions about iPhone snobs and our favorite podcasts. Links: Ugh, the midterm elections Beyonce rumors Tay Swizzle will not be bullied. "I knew about Jian Ghomeshi" Menstruating women boxers Music: Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend I Just Can't Wait to Be King Taylor Swift - Shake it Off Cut Copy - Hanging on to Every Heartbeat Phantogram - Black Out Days remix ft Danny Brown and Leo Justi

We advise listeners on how to deal with an ex-bestie who keeps popping up years later. And a sticky situation involving love, debt, marriage as a potential economic tool, and lasagna. Email your questions to callyrgf@gmail.com. Music: Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend ZZ Top - Viva Las Vegas Hannah Rad edit of Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend

We answer your burning questions about annoying coworkers, when to confront a long distance bestie who's let you down, and tips for surviving high school. Can women still love football? Can pulling out be sexy? What if it's a tampon? Plus, Chanel "empowertising" on the runway and why Karl Lagerfeld is evil. Music: Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend Roxane Polvin - I'm Too Sexy Caribou - Silver Lorde - Team (Autograf remix) Clean Bandit ft Jess Gwynne - Rather Be The Chainsmokers - KANYE (Kasum remix) Call Your Girlfriend (Hannah Rad edit)

We discuss babies and why some people just don't know if they want them, how to not get fooled by fake body positive anthems, shero Shonda Rhimes, the brave & wonderful college ladies leading the anti-rape movement and this week in menstruation. Reading list: What if you just don't know if you want kids?  Ban Meghan Trainor Don't mess with Shonda or Viola Meet the College Women Who Are Starting a Revolution Against Campus Sexual Assault "Carry that Weight" Tampon run! "Oh God, he's done period-sex taste tests. Oh God. Oh God.”

We discuss digital detoxes, Ferguson fallout and what it takes to get white people to care about police brutality, summer camp for adults, and our ideal retirement situation. Reading list: A year-long digital detox Different rules apply if you're white The white mom of a black son gets a rude awakening On the likelihood of bumping into a police officer Adult summer camp, not as sexy as it sounds "we watch an early-sixties blonde seduce a mid-thirties male"

In a special listener mailbag edition, we answer questions about starting a long-distance friendship, women who are mansplainers, a Shine Theory dilemma, work self vs. internet self, an office style dilemma, and why iPhone read receipts are terrible.  Music: Beyoncé - Irreplaceable QT - Hey QT Snakehips - Days Without You ft. Sinead Harnett Kacey Musgraves - Follow Your Arrow Phantogram - Fall in Love Hannah Rad edit of Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend

On this week's agenda: a Beyonce sighting, how to make friends, Pope Francis's internet, male aggression on public transit, baby feminists, black immigration and white perception, plus this week in menstruation. Reading list: How to make friends as an adult The pope is so wrong about the internet A story about defusing hyper-masculine aggression Awesome baby feminists Black people, white perception lol at the phrase "accused of menstruation"

We discuss weekend trips to the wine country and geodesic greenhouses (dude! Bio-Dome!), Kanye's struggle against the creative class system, plug-and-play celebrity fragrances, how to contact your professional crush, and another genius trend story from the New York Times: wedding weed concierges.  Reading List: Kanye’s GQ cover story Beyonce fragrances What happens when women and minorities try to promote diversity at work OMG POT AT WEDDINGS

We discuss 42-year-old women, the potato salad Kickstarter and our dream food-truck ideas, how to break up with a bestie, uteruses for rent, and free PR advice for LeBron. Reading list: In "praise" of 56-year-old men "praising" 42-year-old women The infamous potato salad kickstarter LeBron takes his talents to South Beach and back again The LeBron profile Nike didn't want us to read Apparently you can get paid to gestate a baby Sponsored shout-out to Heraty Law!

We discuss the terrible terrible Hobby Lobby decision, how much we love RBG, why annual lady exams are garbage, our predictions for song of the summer and we answer all your pressing topic requests. Happy 4th of July! Reading List Everything Irin Carmon Has to Say About Hobby Lobby is The Truth Annual pelvic exams are useless FIRST MOON PARTY!

We discuss wedding survival tips, innovation, (not) watching the World Cup, and dressing for success. Plus our pal Cord Jefferson tells us about the glamorous life of a Hollywood screenwriter. Reading List: "Disrupting" everything Hillary's style Racism fatigue

Welcome to a transatlantic edition of Call Your Girlfriend! Amina is in Brooklyn and Ann is in London. On the agenda: Techie backlash, caftan appreciation, why America is the best country for black people, Kardashian family values, faking it, myths of chillness, self-loathing straight people, and hippie remedies. Plus! A defense of rom-coms from Vulture writer Lindsey Weber. Reading List: Caftan-ready bodies Reparations You didn’t read that reparations article and here’s how we know The plural of beef Faking cultural literacy Devastating “Blended” review LOL