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Lori and Leila get personal and seek advice from two experts — including the mother of all guests Special guests: Dr. Jennifer Nash, author of Birthing Black Mothers https://twitter.com/pornoscholar https://www.dukeupress.edu/birthing-black-mothers Dr. Katherine Fennelly, author of Family, Declassified (AKA Leila's mom) https://www.katherinefennelly.com/ Buy their books! Topic: Motherhood/Unmotherhood Leila is binging The Guardian's series on Black women and infertility https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/series/the-great-fertility-divide Loris is cringing at foster parents who don't want to give back the baby https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/23/foster-family-biological-parents-adoption-intervenors Support us on Patreon www.patreon.com/cringewatchers Sign up for our newsletter: tinyletter.com/cringewatchers Credits: Rue Spence edited this episode https://www.sonivia.com/ Judith Walker created our logo and cover art Dallas DL Engram created our theme song https://soundcloud.com/dadollars

Renee invites us to visit Shondaland. Special guest: Renee Bracey Sherman www.reneebraceysherman.com Topic: Abortion on TV a year after the fall of Roe v. Wade Shows Discussed: Grey's Anatomy Love is Blind Ramy Leila is cringing at the closing of abortion clinics Lori is binging Glamorous on Netflix Suggested Links: New York Times feature on clinics closing https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/22/us/abortion-clinics-dobbs-roe-wade.html Renee's abortion storytelling organization, We Testify https://www.wetestify.org/ Support us on Patreon www.patreon.com/cringewatchers Sign up for our newsletter: tinyletter.com/cringewatchers Credits: Our editor is Karen Y. Chan www.karenychan.com Judith Walker created our logo and cover art Dallas DL Engram created our theme song @dadollars

Maytha is giving main character energy. Episode watched: Ramy season 3, episode 2 “Egyptian Cigarettes” Special guest: Maytha Alhassen https://maythaalhassen.com/ Leila is binging Pale Male content and bird Twitter Lori is cringing at people not properly appreciating brides and comparing bad things to much worse things Suggested links: Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cringewatchers Sign up for our newsletter: tinyletter.com/cringewatchers Credits: Our editor is Karen Y. Chan www.karenychan.com Judith Walker created our logo and cover art Dallas DL Engram created our theme song @dadollars

Khiara for President. Support this podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/cringewatchers Special guest: Professor Khiara Bridges Leila is cringing viral clips of fake podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H-_CwFeTag Lori is binging full body orgasm discourse https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-04-30/la-phil-concert-orgasm-twitter-tchaikovsky Suggested reading/links: "Deploying Death" https://www.uclalawreview.org/deploying-death/ The Witch Trials of JK Rowling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmT0i0xG6zg Credits: Our editor is Karen Y. Chan www.karenychan.com Judith Walker created our logo and cover art Dallas DL Engram created our theme song @dadollars

Chloë invites us into the cone of trust. Episode watched: The Diplomat, Season 1, Episode 5, "The Dogcatcher" Lori is binging Workin' Moms Leila is cringing think pieces bashing work from home Suggested links: Chloë's viral essay on pandemic parenting https://gen.medium.com/parents-are-not-ok-66ab2a3e42d9 Lesbians react to Blue is the Warmest Color https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIjJ_VtU9PA Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cringewatchers Sign up for our newsletter: tinyletter.com/cringewatchers Credits: Our editor is Karen Y. Chan www.karenychan.com Judith Walker created our logo and cover art Dallas DL Engram created our theme song @dadollars

Cleo will not be silenced (but she wouldn’t mind sitting down once in a while) Show (Not Really) Discussed: Netflix' Dave Chapelle: The Closer Support this podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/cringewatchers Special guest: Cleopatra Kambugu www.instagram.com/xulaye/ Binging/Cringing: Lori is cringing at that NYT article on interracial dating www.nytimes.com/2021/11/11/style/…acial-dating.html Leila is binging God Loves Uganda and Call Me Kuchu www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3_hKv4pEM4 callmekuchu.com/ Ad: Ruth's Refuge ruthsrefuge.org/ Credits: Our editor is Karen Y. Chan karenychan.com Judith Walker created our logo and cover art Dallas DL Engram created our theme song @dadollars Our ad music is by Sidhartha Corses siddharthamusic.bandcamp.com/

Ashley is owning her widow privilege. Lori is binging and cringing at Money Shot: The Pornhub Story Leila is binging and cringing at Stolen Youth Episode discussed: Shrinking Season 1, Episode 7: Apology Tour ** Spoiler warning, we talk about plot points in the series so far** Special guest: Ashley Reese https://twitter.com/offbeatorbit https://www.instagram.com/offbeatorbit https://www.tiktok.com/@offbeatorbit Suggested reading: Vogue's coverage of Ashley and Rob's wedding https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/ashley-reese-and-rob-stengel-wedding The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century by Amia Srinivasan https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-right-to-sex-feminism-in-the-twenty-first-century-amia-srinivasan/16204360

Rachel wants #JusticeForAlfie Show watched: Emily in Paris, S3 Ep 1, "I have two lovers" Special Guest: Rachel Fleit https://www.rachelfleit.com/ Introducing, Selma Blair (directed by Rachel) https://www.rachelfleit.com/films Support this podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/cringewatchers Leila is binging French podcasts (Laisse-moi kiffer, Kiffe ta race, JINS) Lori is cringing the dwindling number of new podcasts https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/01/where-did-all-the-new-podcasts-go/#:~:text=Even%20so%2C%20the%20margin%20is,1%2C109%2C000%20new%20podcasts%20were%20launched And binging the podcasts Shameless Acquisition Target; and Bone Valley (CONTENT WARNING: contains graphic content around gender-based violence) Suggested TikTocking: Same shirt prank https://www.tiktok.com/@kiaa_m1297/video/7119934590927654187 Sign up for our newsletter: tinyletter.com/cringewatchers Credits: Our editor is Karen Y. Chan www.karenychan.com Judith Walker created our logo and cover art Dallas DL Engram created our theme song https://soundcloud.com/dadollars

Bassey Hops Across the Pond Film watched: Love Actually Support this podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/cringewatchers Special guest: Bassey Nyambi https://www.instagram.com/bnyambi/ Binging/Cringing: Leila and Lori share binges and cringes of the year Ad: Support your local abortion fund https://abortionfunds.org/funds/ Credits: Our editor is Karen Y. Chan www.karenychan.com Judith Walker created our logo and cover art Dallas DL Engram created our theme song @dadollars Our ad music is by Sidhartha Corses www.siddharthamusic.bandcamp.com/

Senti remembers that feeling. Show watched: The Sex Lives of College Girls, season 2, episode 1 “Winter is Coming” Special Guest: Senti Sojwal https://www.sentisojwal.com/ Support this podcast on Patreon! www.patreon.com/cringewatchers Leila is binging Wednesday Lori is binging Stromae Suggested reading: What Everyone Gets Wrong About Gen Z and the Sex It’s Allegedly Not Having https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/04/gen-z-generation-sex-abstience-puriteen-research-studies.html Sign up for our newsletter: tinyletter.com/cringewatchers Credits: Our editor is Karen Y. Chan www.karenychan.com Judith Walker created our logo and cover art Dallas DL Engram created our theme original song https://soundcloud.com/dadollars