On this episode, Irina and Michelle welcome UC Davis psychology professor Dr. Paul Eastwick who is the author of the recent book "Bonded by Evolution: The New Science of Love and Connection". Paul debunks the idea that there is such a thing as an "alpha" man or woman and emphasizes the importance of compatibility in romantic relationships. He explains how the manosphere has distorted ideas from evolutionary psychology and why online dating has detracted from the values that actually make relationships work. If you want to learn more about how people who date casually a lot are no worse marriage material or why Paul thinks men benefit from female friendship, listen in!

Paul Eastwick’s faculty profile

Paul’s website

Paul’s book “Bonded by Evolution: The New Science of Love and Connection”

Paul’s movie podcast “Love Factually”

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In this episode, Irina welcomes Temple University law professor Dara Purvis for a lively conversation about tradwives. Who are tradwives and to whom do they target their social media content? What do we know about their lives, and do they nostalgically portray a past that perhaps never existed? Dara explains why tradwife content isn't just superficial entertainment and represents part of a larger cultural and legal movement to erode women's rights and desire for equality. She also delves into how the attack on trans rights not only victimizes trans individuals but is rather also a move to enforce rigid gender stereotypes for everyone. Warning: this episode may make you laugh at times and rage at others!

Prof. Dara Purvis's faculty profile

SOTI ep. 89: Having It All with Dr. Corinne Low

NYT piece on how tradwife content is actually for men who want submissive wives

Mother Jones article about how tradwives are thriving in the post-Dobbs era

NPR essay asking what tradwife content says about feminism today

The Cut piece about how tradwives represent a fake past

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Melinda Wenner Moyer's book on how to raise kids who aren't assholes

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On this episode, Irina speaks with author Karen Palmer whose recent memoir "She's Under Here" has left people gasping. To protect her two daughters and herself from her abusive and dangerous ex-husband Gil, the California native went into hiding with her family for two decades. Essentially creating a do-it-yourself witness protection plan, Karen used her graphic skills to create new identities several states away from the man who threatened to kill her. Follow her tale from her Catholic upbringing that resulted in having to give up her first baby after birth in the same place where her birth mother had done the same, to her wild Vegas trip at seventeen with much older boss Gil, to a life filled with joy with the love of her life Vinnie. You won't want to miss the story of a woman who has had to fight for everything she has!

Karen Palmer’s website

Karen’s book “She’s Under Here”

Article in The Guardian about Karen’s story and book

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