Laurie and Eleanor Penny discuss free speech and trigger warnings, and how these ideas are misunderstood and misused.Follow us and send feedback on Twitter @ns_podcasts and on facebook.com/nspodcasts.The theme music is "It feels good to be aliv

5. On Abortion

Jan 15th, 2018 23m 55s

Laurie and Eleanor Penny discuss the crackdown on legal abortion around the world, and look at how the issue intersects with race, workers' rights and women's agency over their own bodies.Follow us and send feedback on Twitter @ns_podcasts and

4. On Sexual Violence

Jan 8th, 2018 34m 2s

Laurie and Eleanor Penny discuss the recent wave of "revelations" about sexual violence across different industries, and explore what justice should look like when a crime has so many perpetrators.Follow us and send feedback on Twitter @ns_podc

3. On Robots

Jan 1st, 2018 22m 38s

Laurie and Eleanor Penny discuss the coming of the robots, and why AI assistants like Alexa and Siri are always given female characteristics. Follow us and send feedback on Twitter @ns_podcasts and on facebook.com/nspodcasts.The theme music is

2. On Witches

Dec 18th, 2017 29m 38s

Laurie and Eleanor Penny discuss the cultural significance of witches, and explore why today's feminists are keen to identify themselves with the trope. Plus, why Fake or Fortune is the best show on TV.Follow us and send feedback on Twitter @ns

1. On Sisterhood

Dec 11th, 2017 32m 15s

Laurie and Eleanor Penny debate the personal and political meanings of that overused word in feminist discourse, sisterhood. Plus, they reveal why Chicken Run is the most important radical feminist film to come out this century.Follow us and se

Trailer

Welcome to The Sisterhood

Dec 4th, 2017 50s

Laurie and Eleanor Penny have a lot in common. A love of politics, feminism, fiction and philosophy. An obsession with Blackadder, Rocky Horror and red pandas. Oh, and — parents.Each week on their new podcast The Sisterhood they will unpick one