In this week's episode, the disaster squad discusses the clothing industry....again! But this time we are talking about gendered clothing, misogyny in clothing design, and POCKETS. Why does women's clothing cheap out on the pockets?? Is it a conspiracy from the handbag industry? (Yes). As always, Cat has a lot of feelings and is gonna share them.

Sources:

https://medium.com/verve-up/the-bewildering-and-sexist-history-of-womens-pockets-1edf3a98117

https://www.vox.com/2016/9/19/12865560/politics-of-pockets-suffragettes-women

Raise your hand if you've been personally victimized by Forever21. In this episode, Cat takes you through some of the tomfoolery that is the women's clothing industry. We talk about the racism, classism, and fatphobia that are so integral to the industry, and biiiiiiiiiii you KNOW we talk about sizing and how jacked up that is. This episode is an ode to you and those jeans that you agonized over ordering only for them to not fit even a little bit.

Sources:

https://www.seamwork.com/magazine/2016/01/the-origins-of-clothing-sizes

https://earth.org/fast-fashions-detrimental-effect-on-the-environment/

https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/plus-size-fast-fashion-sustainability

https://time.com/3532014/women-clothing-sizes-history/

https://medium.com/sizolution/a-brief-history-of-sizing-systems-aee6bd066834

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/08/11/the-absurdity-of-womens-clothing-sizes-in-one-chart/

https://www.today.com/style/jeans-don-t-fit-here-s-explanation-inconsistency-women-s-t100419

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2016/may/10/survey-finds-that-78-of-models-in-fashion-adverts-are-white

https://featurefemale.com/one-size-fits-small-fatphobia-in-the-fashion-industry/

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/news/a18375/plus-sized-models/

https://fashionista.com/2016/06/what-is-fast-fashion

https://anzasablog.wordpress.com/2019/05/27/department-stores-and-the-black-freedom-movement-workers-consumers-and-civil-rights-from-the-1930s-to-the-1980s/

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22229054/department-stores-black-america-marshall-field

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/jan/18/racial-profiling-minorities-shop-online-in-stores

https://www.racked.com/2018/6/5/17405732/inclusive-sizing-plus-expanded-sizes

Hey besties, do you have a hard time saying no? Do you feel pressure to always default to what other people want? Well, you may be a people pleaser. Is it good? Is it bad? How about you listen to find out. Autumn takes you through people-pleasing tendencies, their consequences, and ways that you can break the people-pleasing pattern in your own behavior. Turns out this pod consists of three people pleasers (in recovery, obvi). That in itself is a disaster, honey.

Sources:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/peaceful-parenting/202011/the-underpinnings-people-pleasing

https://thriveglobal.com/stories/are-women-pressured-into-unhealthy-people-pleasing/

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_it_doesnt_pay_to_be_a_people_pleaser

https://www.jmu.edu/counselingctr/self-help/relationships/people-pleasing.shtml

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/what-mentally-strong-people-dont-do/201708/10-signs-youre-people-pleaser

https://theoverwhelmedbrain.com/plight-people-pleaser/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-truth-about-peopleple_b_8333166

Woohoo! We are back, baby! Season 2: new season, same disaster content. To kick off this brand new season, Yvie is breaking down the history of contraception (mostly in the US) and how our society is a bit of a disaster when it comes to sexual and reproductive health. Those ancient birth control methods though?? As Yvie would say: WILD.

Sources:

1.  https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/contraceptive-justice-why-we-need-male-pill/2012-02

2.  https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pill-anthony-comstocks-chastity-laws/

3.  https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1038/comstock-act-of-1873

4.  https://embrywomenshealth.com/history-of-contraception-its-evolution-in-america/

5.  https://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/1514/3518/7100/Pill_History_FactSheet.pdf

6.  https://www.pandiahealth.com/resources/birth-control-throughout-history/

7.  https://law.jrank.org/pages/24655/New-York-v-Sanger-Door-Opened.html

8.  https://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book-excerpts/health-article/a-brief-history-of-birth-control/

9.  https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control

10.  https://www.singlecare.com/blog/male-birth-control-options/

11.  https://www.healthline.com/health/birth-control/male-birth-control-options

12. https://www.vice.com/en/article/pax95m/the-husband-stitch-real-stories-episiotomy

Have you ever thought about how dangerously close we are to a dystopia? No? Well, you're gonna! In this episode Cat takes you through some of the most common dystopian tropes and shows how we see them in our society today. I know what you're thinking...yes, this will relate back to capitalism. Get psyched!

Sources:

https://allthetropes.fandom.com/wiki/Dystopia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopian_and_dystopian_fiction#:~:text=Half%2DLife%20series.-,History%20of%20dystopian%20fiction,a%20response%20to%20utopian%20fiction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four#Plot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid%27s_Tale#Plot_summary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games

https://www.bustle.com/p/the-history-of-the-dystopian-novel-actually-begins-with-a-book-about-the-perfect-society-7554444

https://electricliterature.com/the-rise-of-dystopian-fiction-from-soviet-dissidents-to-70s-paranoia-to-murakami/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451#Plot_summary

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uglies#Plot

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/beauty-products/a33395427/cosmetic-procedure-hoarding-during-coronavirus-pandemic/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Black_Mirror_episodes#Series_1_(2011)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_Player_One#Plot

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200430110321.htm#:~:text=The%20implant%20system%20for%20the,osseointegration%20(osseo%20%3D%20bone).

https://massivesci.com/notes/smart-contact-lens-google-glass-eyes-eyewear/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giver#Plot

In this episode, Yvie talks about gaslighting, what it looks like, and how it came to be. If you ever wanted to hear Yvie give a dramatic movie monologue, this is the episode for you! And as a bonus, you get to learn more about different kinds of gaslighting and how to recognize them in your own life. 

Sources:

1. Gaslight (1944) The movie
   
2. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/gaslighting#:~:text=Political%20gaslighting&text=Examples%20include%20downplaying%20or%20hiding,divert%20attention%20from%20important%20events.
   
3. https://www.thehealthy.com/family/relationships/gaslighting-examples/
   
4. https://www.aconsciousrethink.com/6766/gaslighting-examples/
   

Let's get batty! In this episode, Autumn informs us all about how bats are kind of a disaster (especially when one gets trapped in your bedroom). Learn about some cultural bat beliefs, a few of the diseases they carry, and experience Autumn retelling a traumatic event. All in all, a standard episode.

Sources:

https://www.doi.gov/blog/13-facts-about-bats

https://www.britannica.com/animal/bat-mammal#ref252421

https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/bats/index.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/bats-evolution-history-180974610/#:~:text=Some%20of%20the%20oldest%20known,dinosaurs%2066%20million%20years%20ago.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/whats-so-bad-about-bats-1958985

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_virome

https://www.batworlds.com/bats-in-popular-culture/#:~:text=Bats%20in%20Human%20Culture,back%20very%20far%20in%20history.&text=In%20a%20tricky%20situation%20the,at%20night%20in%20the%20dark.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat#Cultural_significance

https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/animals/bats.shtml

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_uses_of_bats

https://www.bu.edu/cecb/bat-lab-update/bats/bat-facts-and-folklore/