The sine qua non of this podcast: Matriarchy. What is it and why is it desirable. Dawn "Sam" Alden and Sean Marlon Newcombe have an open and frank discussion on the topic of "matriarchy." A defining episode for this series.

Marvelously acted, written and director, the film Tár was a critical darling. But this will not be a film review, but rather an appraisal of how Hollywood handles strong women in leading roles. We will examine the movie from different perspectives--feminist, cultural, personal-- and give our own take on what this kind of movie says about how strong women are handled in popular entertainment.

Sean Marlon Newcombe, Lauren Torres and Kimberly Rockwell host.

Kimberly Rockwell and Dawn "Sam" Alden discuss the Female Gaze - is there such a thing? How does a film camera typically "look" at a woman vs how it "looks" at a man? We've been discussing movies a lot this season, so we thought we'd zoom out (pun intended) and think about how filmmaking controls the way we perceive characters in the movies we watch.

Right now, the world needs goddesses, so there's no better time to give an encore presentation of our episode on the Titanides with Max Dashu! Tune in and enjoy!

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It is our pleasure, once again, to present a fascinating conversation with Max Dashu!

Max Dashu has championed the various lost histories of women and championed female-centric civilizations for decades. Max Dashu founded the Suppressed Histories Archives in January of 1970 to research and document women's history on a global scale.

In today's episode, we discuss chapter one of Max's new book Women In Greek Mythography. Focused on the Titanides, the pre-Olympian goddesses, chapter one explores their original stories and the later patriarchal revisions. Female-centric, the mythology of the Titanides explained how the universe came into being, with goddesses central to that understanding.

Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.

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Join us for a wonderful, foundational episode: we're making matriarchy great again!

Laura Hirch is a filmmaker, writer, artist and a scholar of matriarchal studies. Her six-part documentary, From The Goddess, explores the concept of the Great Goddess and how matriarchal societies, centered around Goddess worship, thrived in peaceful coexistence for millennia until the emergence of patriarchy 5,000 years ago.

We discuss her series and other aspects of matriarchal herstory along with our own matriarchal scholar and inspiration, Vicki Noble. Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.

The full series is available to watch on Vimeo here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/fromthegoddessdocuseries

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The Thracians - Once the most numerous people of Europe, but, now, lost amidst the fog of history.

They were known as formidable and warlike-- and some even said that they were the people who spawned the Amazons. (Amazon queen Penthesilea was thought to be Thracian by the ancients.)

It's this potential Amazonian connection lead us to the fascinating goddesses in their pantheon.

Join Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden as they talk about what is known about the goddesses of this almost forgotten but once influential people - the Thracians.

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Co-hosts Dawn "Sam" Alden and Kimberly Rockwell discuss the works of author Kate Quinn and the women characters in her WW2 novels. Most based on actual women, these stories of spies, pilots, investigators, and drunks with dark secrets are compelling and fun reads. Join the discussion, and leave a comment if you have read these novels as well!
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The last in our series, this might actually be what a true Female Revenge Film looks like! Dawn “Sam” Alden and Kimberly Rockwell talk about this brutal gem of a movie. Content warning: because the film contains implied castration, implied pedophilia and the aftermath of the murder of a minor, we talk about these topics as they arise in the movie. Skip this episode if that's outside your comfort zone.