A feminist podcast critiquing heterosexual love, sex, politics, and culture.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 43 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 12 days ago |
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One year of Dire Straights ✅
Thanks so much for supporting us—let us know what you want from Season 2!
Can you believe that we have been delivering timely, deeply researched, hour-long episodes to your inbox twice a month for a whole year? We’ve been blown away by the...
Are feminists "anti-family"?
JD Vance’s perfect and not at all unstable family, which he says is “the most important thing” in his life
Today we’re digging into an age-old question along the lines of has feminism ruined the workplace? and has feminism pushed men into...
The sexual awakening that ends a marriage
Dire Straights Live: Tracy Clark-Flory and Myisha Battle talk about kinky tradwives, the myth of 'spontaneous sex,' and how straight men need to wear condoms and stop complaining about it.
Thanks to everyone who tuned into our Substack L...
They sent my mom away to become a good wife
Tracy’s new book, which you should buy!
Tracy’s newest book, My Mother’s Daughter: Finding Myself in My Family’s Fractured Past, is out May 5th! It’s a memoir about how a DNA test connected Tracy with her sister Kathy, who her mom placed f...
Why is feminism being blamed for everything?
We're in the midst of a backlash. Right-wingers and liberals alike are claiming that feminism has gone too far—especially when it comes to women’s relationship to marriage, motherhood, and men.
It’s not just the manosphere, MAGA, TERFs, or...
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A feminist podcast critiquing heterosexual love, sex, politics, and culture. Hosted by Tracy Clark-Flory and Amanda Montei.
Author of TOUCHED OUT. Words at New York Times Mag, Guardian, Elle, The Cut, Ms. PhD in literature, MFA in writing. Usually more madwoman than mad woman.
Tracy Clark-Flory is the author of the memoir MY MOTHER'S DAUGHTER. Also: WANT ME. She is a journalist, essayist, and co-hosts the podcast Dire Straights. Her weekly newsletter, TCF Emails, covers sex, pop culture, and feminism.
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