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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 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Little Caesar's mom has got it goin' on!!!! In this episode, Autumn takes you on another adventure. This time we're headed to ancient Egypt to spend some time with Cleopatra and friends. Hear all about her love of rugs, pranks, and wine. Our kind of lady! Also, in true SAD pod fashion, we forgot to tell you to follow us on Instagram at @shesadisasterpod, follow on Twitter @realSADpod, follow on TikTok @shesadisaster, and send your disaster relief questions to shesadisasterpod@gmail.com.  Sources:  https://www.businessinsider.com/10-historical-figures-you-dont-know-enough-about-2014-5 https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/cleopatra https://www.history.com/news/10-little-known-facts-about-cleopatra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy_I_Soter https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/1843/when-the-greeks-ruled-egypt-after-alexander-the-great https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julius-Caesar-Roman-ruler https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pompey-the-great-assassinated https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ptolemy-XIII-Theos-Philopator https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ptolemy-XII-Auletes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsinoe_IV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Antony#Antony_and_Cleopatra --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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: Gaslight (1944) The movie https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/gaslighting#:~:text=Political%20gaslighting&text=Examples%20include%20downplaying%20or%20hiding,divert%20attention%20from%20important%20events. https://www.thehealthy.com/family/relationships/gaslighting-examples/ https://www.aconsciousrethink.com/6766/gaslighting-examples/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Saddle up and get ready. In this week's episode, learn about Cat's favorite virus, rabies. If you are the type of person that's like 'rabies isn't that big of deal, you just get the vaccine and you're gucci, right?' BUCKLE UP, BUTTERCUP. You are NOT gucci. You won't have a good time if you get rabies, but hopefully you will have a good time listening to this pod. Sources: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/rabies/symptoms-causes/syc-20351821 https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/transmission/body.html https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/rabies/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20351826 https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/jgv.0.001269 https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/312245-rodney-versus-death https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171011091847.htm#:~:text=%22The%20rabies%20virus%20only%20has,spread%20through%20the%20dog's%20saliva.%22 https://microbiologysociety.org/blog/rabies-virus-can-we-treat-the-untreatable.html https://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/viruses101/is_rabies_really_100_fatal/ https://www.tuckahoevet.com/post/a-history-of-rabies https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6082082/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3444995/#:~:text=Louis%20Pasteur%20developed%20the%20earliest,6%20July%201885%20%5B13%5D. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies_in_popular_culture --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Yvie takes you through recycling in America and why it's a full-on disaster. But don't worry, we fix it! The solution involves repurposing the police and us going to the homes of litterers to...spank them? Unconventional, but effective! Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/arts/design/recycling-packaging-new-york.html#:~:text=Is%20a%20Mess.-,A%20New%20Bill%20Could%20Clean%20It%20Up.,tab%20could%20offer%20a%20solution.&text=The%20recycling%20business%20in%20America%20is%20in%20a%20heap%20of%20trouble. https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/paper-packaging-extended-producer-responsibility-approaches/paper-packaging-extended-producer-responsibility-approaches/ https://www.history.com/news/recycling-history-america https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/16/business/local-recycling-costs.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/climate/recycling-wrong-mistakes.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/climate/recycling-landfills-plastic-papers.html https://www.npr.org/2020/10/12/923066232/reuters-reporter-on-the-rise-of-single-use-plastic-during-the-pandemic https://www.npr.org/2019/08/20/750864036/u-s-recycling-industry-is-struggling-to-figure-out-a-future-without-china https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/21/us/coronavirus-ppe-masks-gloves-environment-hazard-trnd/index.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/25/climate/covid-masks-discarded.html https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/08/more-masks-than-jellyfish-coronavirus-waste-ends-up-in-ocean https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/03/13/fix-recycling-america/ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/13/war-on-plastic-waste-faces-setback-as-cost-of-recycled-material-soars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, Autumn takes you through the destruction of Pompeii, and oh boy is it a disaster. Two words: pyroclastic surge. What is that, you're asking? Why is it freaking terrifying? Listen to find out. It's safe to say that the SAD pod gals are going to be avoiding living near volcanoes for the rest of our lives. Sources: https://interestingengineering.com/pompeii-and-the-eruption-of-mount-vesuvius-a-timeline https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/pompeii http://www.pompeiitaly.org/en/pompeii-ruins/daily-life-the-ancient-city-of-pompeii/ https://www.britannica.com/place/Pompeii/History-of-excavations http://www.pompeii.org.uk/s.php/tour-the-discovery-of-pompeii-history-of-pompeii-en-239-s.htm https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/resurrecting-pompeii-109163501/ https://www.ancient.eu/pompeii/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Cat has been waiting to tell the world about how much she loves CATS for a long time, and now has the platform to do it! Unfortunately, however, the movie adaption of CATS was a....nightmare. So let's get into it! You have never heard a musical theater nerd go hard like this before, so prepare yourself. Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats_(musical)#:~:text=Cats%20is%20a%20sung%2Dthrough,Eliot.&text=The%20musical%20includes%20the%20well,Memory%22%20as%20sung%20by%20Grizabella. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/12/tom-hooper-cats/604147/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

There were many things we wanted to name this pod: 1. One day you too will be slapped 2. New Year's Resolutions: Don't forget that you die! 3. Go Get Slapped, Tear Up a Little Bit, Cry The list goes on. In this episode, Yvie takes you through the surprisingly hilarious history of the origins of New Year's Resolutions, and the data behind why people typically don't keep their promises each year. You'll laugh, you'll cry (probably from being slapped), and you may be moved to form better habits. Sources: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashiraprossack1/2018/12/31/goals-not-resolutions/?sh=32ae48da3879 https://www.history.com/news/the-history-of-new-years-resolutions https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/new-years https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-wise/201612/the-science-why-new-years-resolutions-dont-work https://vitagene.com/blog/most-popular-2019-new-years-resolution/ https://www.liveabout.com/popular-new-years-resolutions-2708154 https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-general-human-origins-religions/babylonian-akitu-festival-and-humbling-king-002128 https://www.npr.org/2012/12/29/167905308/watch-nights-honor-emancipation-proclamations-anniversary https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gneBUA39mnI --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, Autumn takes you through the disaster of toxic positivity. Are you letting yourself feel your feelings?? You better! Or we're coming for you! Learn the signs of toxic positivity and how you can help maintain a healthy "mind neutrality." Theme song by the cutest gem you ever did see, Reuben Foley! Sources: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-man-cave/201908/toxic-positivity-dont-always-look-the-bright-side https://thepsychologygroup.com/toxic-positivity/ https://www.wellandgood.com/running-gear-bose/ https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/toxic-positivity-during-the-pandemic#So,-how-do-you-deal-with-toxic-positivity --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, Cat breaks down her thoughts about an alien invasion: would we be able to communicate? What would aliens look like? Would you maybe....do the deed? (For science!) Learn about the Fermi Paradox and maybe get a little bit in your feels thinking about how alone we are as a species. Good times! Theme song by the completely out-of-this-world Reuben Foley! Sources: https://www.vox.com/videos/2018/3/15/17126340/science-fiction-aliens-vfx-seti https://www.history.com/topics/paranormal/ufos-and-alien-invasions-in-film https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrials_in_fiction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHvfxFCumkk&feature=emb_title https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/the-chance-events-that-led-to-human-existence/zdjd382 https://www.sciencealert.com/what-is-the-likelihood-that-you-exist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNhhvQGsMEc&t=6s https://www.seti.org/seti-institute/project/fermi-paradox --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, Autumn takes you through all of the magic (and mess) of Disney. You maaaaay go into an existential crisis over how problematic your childhood faves are. So fun! Theme song by the sexy and cute Reuben Foley! Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney https://www.vulture.com/2013/12/walt-disney-anti-semitism-racism-sexism-frozen-head.html https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jan/16/abigail-disney-meryl-streep-racism-sexism https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/11/13/disney-plus-warns-outdated-cultural-depictions-some-films-thats-not-enough-experts-say/ https://www.insider.com/moments-themes-in-disney-movies-that-havent-aged-well-problematic#in-the-little-mermaid-ariel-gives-up-her-voice-and-entire-life-for-a-man-shes-never-officially-met-13 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/disney-characters-moms_n_5825428?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACXifJJrm-v2_75RZiSi_cqQlXK0_KAtxdpmrfLaaMXhgi48AkQSWlt5V3uMy33OZrleHdmNQe1qxIdSLkagfHzhGdcNaEQWUv56s8aPPmHsxr5hDwD_jfHjJuJQi2Un9NJkFUKRbW0PRqQqOHXci4Xtlic-AlGEBa24mdWmTjAU https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/11/13/disney-plus-warns-outdated-cultural-depictions-some-films-thats-not-enough-experts-say/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/was-meryl-streep-correct-calling-669589 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

I'm sorry, who are we thanking? Yvie takes you through why Thanksgiving is a disaster! Some reasons include: the murdering of turkeys, the consumerism of Black Friday, the history of murder and displacement of Indigenous people.....and parades! Theme song by the incredibly hot and talented Reuben Foley! Sources: showingupforracialjustice.org/indigenous-solidarity https://www.beaconbroadside.com/broadside/2018/11/unpacking-the-invisible-knapsack-of-settler-privilege.html  - Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack of Settler Privilege, November 08, 2018, By Dina Gilio-Whitaker https://www.beaconbroadside.com/broadside/2016/10/surfing-and-indigeneity.html -- Surfing and Indigeneity, October 04, 2016, By Dina Gilio-Whitaker https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/24/us/native-americans-national-day-of-mourning/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/24/us/native-americans-national-day-of-mourning/index.html http://www.uaine.org/ https://www.ncai.org/about-tribes --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Put down that witch cake and listen to Cat tell you all about the Salem witch trials in the first-ever episode of She's a Disaster! But seriously...put down that witch cake. Intro jingle made by the incredible Reuben Foley! Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2018/jan/18/crystals-potions-and-tarot-cards-the-mystical-rise-of-new-age-businesses https://qz.com/quartzy/1411909/the-explosive-growth-of-witches-wiccans-and-pagans-in-the-us/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/salem-witch-trials https://www.fastcompany.com/40410406/is-there-a-crystal-bubble-inside-the-billion-dollar-healing-gemstone-industry https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/04/11/42552/#:~:text=According%20to%20a%202017%20Pew,little%20like%20psychoanalysis%20once%20was. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app