Episodios

  • Ep237. A Giant Pity Party & A Shady Lady

    Ep237. A Giant Pity Party & A Shady Lady
    Jul 22 2024
    We are Gerbil Money Pit and we are here to rock your faces off! First, Kelley tells the story of Penta who, to avoid her pervy brother, cut off her hands, gave birth to a dog, and attended the world's worst pity party. Then, Emily covers Elizabeth 'Baby Doe' Tabor, an ambitious young woman whose meteoric rise and fall is still legendary in Colorado- but what is the truth about this alleged homewrecker/sex worker/gold digger/socialite? Plug in your sauna because we're wining about herstory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 48 m
  • Ep236. Never Come, Never Go & What’s in a Name?

    Ep236. Never Come, Never Go & What’s in a Name?
    Jul 15 2024
    This week's episode is sponsored by unmitigated nonsense! Emily covers Sarah Kidder who wasn't kidding around when she became the first woman President of a (questionably named) railroad! Then, Kelley tells the story of Helen Gardener (the artist formally known as Alice Chenoweth) who was a writer, activist, and intellectual, but DEFINTELY NOT a feminist. Go out there and make your moms proud because we're wining about herstory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 51 m
  • Ep235. Great Expectations & The Far Traveled

    Ep235. Great Expectations & The Far Traveled
    Jul 8 2024
    The ladies are here to drink and validate your beautiful self! Kelley tells the story of Laura Bridgman, a disabled woman who redefined what people thought a blind and deaf person could accomplish. Then, Emily covers Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, a far traveling Viking woman who had bad luck with husbands, but great fortune with traveling the world. Grab a pocket of Oreos and your favorite Karen because we're wining about herstory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 42 m
  • Ep234. No Man is Worth It & Disabled and Happy

    Ep234. No Man is Worth It & Disabled and Happy
    Jul 1 2024
    Swarthy fireman, gaslighting cohosts, and looks that could kill! Emily shares the story of Kate the ghost, a hard working gal who got caught up in men's bullshit and now haunts the location of her greatest tragedy. Then, Kelley tells the story of Eliza Suggs who, despite suffering from brittle bone syndrome, brought short girl energy to everything in her life, including speaking, writing, and telling nosey bitches to mind their own business. Bitch when are you going to start talking because we're wining about herstory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 2 m
  • Ep233. The Roaring Girl & Nice Chinese Girls Don’t

    Ep233. The Roaring Girl & Nice Chinese Girls Don’t
    Jun 24 2024
    It's Dairy Appreciation Month y'all so naturally, we're wining about LGBTQ ladies! First, Kelley tells the story of Mary Frith, AKA Mol Cutpurse, used her affinity for masculine clothes to further her criminal enterprises. Then, Emily talks about Kitty Tsui, a multi-hyphenate living legend who helped to establish the AAPI Lesbian community in California, wrote groundbreaking LGBTQ literature, was a champion bodybuilder, leather educator, actor, and SO MUCH MORE! Pet a rainbow cow and oil up, because we're wining about herstory! Queering the Family Farm: https://www.wpr.org/agriculture/queering-family-farm-despite-obstacles-lgbtq-farmers-find-fertile-ground-midwest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 50 m
  • Ep232. Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women, An Interview With Maggie Mertens

    Ep232. Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women, An Interview With Maggie Mertens
    Jun 16 2024
    Falling uteruses! Epic gore! A vindicated grandma! Author of 'Better Faster Farther: How Running Changed Everything We Know About Women,' Maggie Mertens joins the ladies to talk about these topics and more! Better Faster Farther explores the history of women in running, the myths that were designed to hold women back, and the liberation women have found in running. Get your copy of Better Faster Farther NOW wherever you get your books! Find Maggie on: https://maggiemertens.com/ Instagram: @maggiejmertens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 17 m
  • Ep231. That Time I Adopted My Girlfriend & Girlish Trash

    Ep231. That Time I Adopted My Girlfriend & Girlish Trash
    Jun 10 2024
    With thanks to Li Perez, the ladies are drinking some GORG Stella Pino Grigio to wine about boobs, women, and how history hates women! First, Emily tells the story of author Nobuku Yoshiya, an open lesbian who defined the Shojo and Yuri genres and went to extreme legal lengths to be with her partner! Then, Kelley tells the story of Vasilissa Vasilyenva, a Russian woman who preferred wearing men's clothes, much to the confusion of the Tsar. When the Tsar began going to great lengths to determine Vasilissa's sex (none of which involved having a conversation) things got weird. Prep the adoption papers and bring on the girlish trash, because we're wining about herstory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 7 m
  • Ep230. The Valiant Ladies of Pitosi & In My Present Makeup

    Ep230. The Valiant Ladies of Pitosi & In My Present Makeup
    Jun 3 2024
    If you like obscure LGBTQ+ women from history that you DEF should have heard of, then BRING YA ASS to this week's episode! First, Kelley tells the story of the ultimate odd couple, Ana Lezama de Urinza and Eustaquia de Sonza, who bonded over a love of swordplay and vigilante justice. Then, Emily brings her ass back to Minnesota to tell the story of Cecelia Regina Gonzaga, who was arrested in Minneapolis for the sensational crime of wearing women's clothes and became an icon. Grab some Minnesota sushi and BRING YA ASS because we're wining about herstory! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 6 m