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The Practical Feminist

The Practical Feminist features Laura Ip and Ruth Unrau digging into politics, education, leadership, community, and everything in between through a feminist lens and from a practical perspective. A g... Read more

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Rape Culture

Rape Culture

In their most serious discussion yet, Ruth and Laura talk about rape culture and how our society has normalized sexual v... Read more

14 Feb 2017

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Let's Talk About Sex

Let's Talk About Sex

In the wake of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements and following the article about Aziz Ansari, Laura and Ruth talk about ... Read more

28 Jan 2018

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#MeToo

#MeToo

Laura and Ruth share some of their first experiences with sexual harassment and assault and discuss the #MeToo campaign.

24 Oct 2017

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Weddings

Weddings

Laura and Ruth discuss their weddings, the wedding industry, wedding traditions, and some of the implications of all of ... Read more

25 Jul 2017

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#TimesUp

#TimesUp

Laura and Ruth discuss the TimesUp campaign and the impact it is having and can have on how women will be treated in 201... Read more

23 Jan 2018

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Emotional labour

Emotional labour

Laura and Ruth talk about what emotional labour is, what it means to hold space for people, and discuss some ways we can... Read more

28 Aug 2017

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Run away from men who can't handle your ambition

Run away from men who can't handle your ambition

Laura and Ruth discuss how frightening ambitious women are to men and how it impacts dating and relationships.

8 Nov 2017

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How do we treat the boys who date our daughters?

How do we treat the boys who date our daughters?

Laura and Ruth talk about dads threatening boys for dating their daughters and some of the problems with making those th... Read more

20 Aug 2017

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Women in Politics - The Abuse Women Take

Women in Politics - The Abuse Women Take

Laura and Ruth talk about the abuse women (and occasionally) men take when they enter the political sphere and how we mi... Read more

7 Aug 2017

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Imposter Syndrome

Imposter Syndrome

The dynamic duo of Laura Ip and Ruth Unrau take on the thinking behind imposter syndrome and how it affects women differ... Read more

13 Mar 2017

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Not all men

Not all men

We know it's not all men. We get it. Ruth and Laura explore how this idea derails the conversation, and ways that we can... Read more

28 Dec 2016

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Where did the middle go?

Where did the middle go?

Laura and Ruth discuss the value of listening to viewpoints that are contrary to your own and trying to reclaim some mid... Read more

20 Mar 2018

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Age difference in relationships

Age difference in relationships

Laura and Ruth start discussing their biases about significant age differences in relationships and end with the episode... Read more

9 Oct 2017

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All the single ladies

All the single ladies

People have a lot of expectations of single women and what their lives should look like in order to be happy. Laura and ... Read more

4 Oct 2017

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On-line resting bitch face

On-line resting bitch face

Laura and Ruth abandon their 'clean' rating for an episode to discuss how social media has fucked with the on-line equiv... Read more

17 Jul 2017

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Reproductive rights with Pati Habermann

Reproductive rights with Pati Habermann

Laura and Ruth sit down with Pati Habermann to discuss the fight for access to safe, legal abortion.

6 Mar 2018

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Let's Talk About Sex...some more

Let's Talk About Sex...some more

Laura and Ruth had more to say about the Let’s Talk About Sex episode, and Trevor was still recording....

5 Feb 2018

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Women in Politics

Women in Politics

Ruth and Laura discuss why having more women enter political careers is vital to both feminism and democracy. They explo... Read more

19 Dec 2016

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Cutesy titles

Cutesy titles

Laura and Ruth delve into the use of titles like "She-EO," "girl boss," and "boss babe" for women who are in leadership ... Read more

5 Sep 2017

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The Enemy Within

The Enemy Within

Laura and Ruth discuss how our struggle isn't only outward: it's also battling our inner voices.

7 Feb 2017

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