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Strong Opinions Loosely Heldinactive

Publisher |: Refinery29

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Feminist,; Interview,; Society & Culture,; Sports & Recreation,; Women's Stories

Categories Via RSS |: News,; Society & Culture,; TV & Film

Refinery 29's award-winning podcast is back for season 4! In this five-part capsule collection, host Elisa Kreisinger dives into the world of the professional female athlete to explore how they've survived and thrived in a sports-loving country that doesn't alway love them back. Did you know that the highest grossing sport for women is tennis? Or that the US exports many of our best female athletes to China and Russia because they pay them a livable wage? This season we talk with soccer legend Abby Wambach, WNBA superstar Swin Cash, world renowned ballerina Isabella Boylston and sports journalists from around the country to unpack what it means to be a female athlete representing a country that doesn't support women.

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People |: Elisa Kreisinger (@popcultpirate)
Country Of Origin |: USA
Produced In |: Brooklyn, NY
Premiere Date |: 2016-04-29
Related Hashtags |: #SOLH
Frequency |: Periodic
Explicit |: No

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36 Available Episodes (36 Total) / Average duration: 00:20:42

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36 Available Episodes (36 Total)Average duration: 00:20:42

Dec 22, 2018

00:31:08

Ballet, figure skating and gymnastics are sports with some of the most vigorous physical and psychological training regimes and yet they’re often dismissed because the star athletes are young women in leotards with big smiles and sparkles, striving for perfection. What does our lack of respect for these athletes say about how our culture treats young women? To get some answers, I talk to award winning sports journalist, Joan Ryan, and American Ballet Theater principal dancer, Isabella Boylston.

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Instagram: @popculturepirate

Twitter: @popcultpirate

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Dec 22, 2018

00:22:03

There was one event this year in particular that put the topic of what it means to be a "good sport" into the cultural conversation: the women's singles final at the US Open between Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka. The match put the question of women’s anger and specifically, black women’s anger, on the national stage. I talk to Louisa Thomas, New Yorker sports contributor, to unwrap what happened and how the story of Serena and Naomi impacts all female athletes.

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Dec 22, 2018

00:17:42

Here's my conversation with soccer legend Abby Wambach on how the US Women's National Soccer Team became fair-pay role models and the unique terror female athletes face when they retire.

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Instagram: @popculturepirate

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Dec 22, 2018

00:29:14

Despite bringing in more money and winning more games (including four Olympics and 3 World Cups), the U.S. women's national soccer team was paid nearly four times less than the men’s team. But two years ago, the team made headlines when they started a very public fight for equal pay. Since then, they’ve emerged as a role model and a valuable resource for other women’s teams like US Hockey and the WNBA. Why are female athletes paid less, even when they perform better? And how much better could they be if they had basic accommodations like extra leg room on flights to games (especially for players over 6 feet tall?). I asked sports writer Britni de la Cretaz and WNBA icon, Swin Cash.

Have strong opinions? Let's hear 'em:

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Dec 22, 2018

00:26:16

College football has everything: devoted female fans, camaraderie and game day rituals. But the players aren’t paid, the coaches make millions and there’s a pattern of disregard for sexual assault allegations. Why do young women gravitate to college football and what feelings are they negotiating in order to stay fans? I talk to Burn It All Down co-host and investigative reporter, Jessica Luther and 3 female fans of college football to find out.

Hey BTW: Welcome to Season 4 of Strong Opinions Loosely Held! This season is dedicated to professional female athletes and how they've survived and thrived in a sports-loving country that doesn't always love them back.

Have strong opinions? I want to hear 'em!

Instagram: @popculturepirate

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Mar 30, 2018

00:26:06

Quinta Brunson became obsessed with comedy as an undergrad at Temple University. She initially felt like the internet wasn't for her until her friend uploaded what would be Instagram's first viral video, "Butt Won't Clap". From there, she went on to BuzzFeed to make memes on a large scale. Quinta tells us what it's like when your face is a meme- and how she's crafting a career out of it.

Follow Quinta:

youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/quintabvideos

Instagram: @quintab

Twitter: @quintabrunson

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Twitter: @popcultpirate

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Mar 30, 2018

00:18:30

Memes in China are silly, they're based on puns, and they're driving the government crazy. Chinese memes are flourishing under the country's censored internet and, despite the risks, memes are used to communicate political dissent. Harvard researcher and technologist An Xiao Mina explains how the more censored the internet is, the more important the meme, and how the internet in the US isn't that much different than China's.

What are your Strong Opinions? Let me know!

Instagram: @popculturepirate

Twitter: @popcultpirate

Hashtag: #SOLHpod #StrongOpinionsLooselyHeld

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Mar 30, 2018

00:20:07

Chelsea Fairless and Lauren Garroni run the very popular Every Outfit on Sex and the City Instagram account. But after rewatching SATC for the clothes, they realized how the show focused mainly on the stories of privileged white women. So they created Woke Charlotte - a meme within a meme account that allows Charlotte to call out the problematic moments in the iconic show. The duo pair real scenes with re-written dialogue from Woke Charlotte, so that whenever Carrie, Miranda or Samantha say something offensive, Woke Charolette is there to hilariously point out how behind-the-times they are. Carrie referring to her jewelry as "ghetto gold"? Yeah, not cool.

Follow Woke Charlotte:

Chelsea and Lauren:

@everyoutfitonsatc

What are your Strong Opinions? Let me know!

Instagram: @popculturepirate

Twitter: @popcultpirate

Hashtag: #SOLHpod #StrongOpinionsLooselyHeld

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Mar 30, 2018

00:20:28

Peaches, a young woman of color, uploads a video of herself to Vine. She's impressed with her eyebrows. They're on fleek. The Vine goes viral. Everyone from Ariana Grande to Kim K starts using the word. IHOP uses it to sell pancakes. Denny’s uses it to sell hash browns. Peaches doesn’t make a cent. She doesn't hear from beauty companies. In an era of influencers, Peaches has to start her own Kickstarter to fund a cosmetics line. Who determines who makes money off of memes? And if memes are meant to be remembered, will anyone remember Peaches? Elisa talks with Wired reporter and digital producer, Emma Gray Ellis to find out.

What are your Strong Opinions? Let me know!

Instagram: @popculturepirate

Twitter: @popcultpirate

Hashtag: #SOLHpod #StrongOpinionsLooselyHeld

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Mar 30, 2018

00:22:33

Even though Tiffany Pollard's appearance on VH1's Rock Of Love was 12 years ago, GIFs of her grandiose reactions are still used to respond to everything from an email about the broken copy machine at work to a group text about bad Tinder dates. GIFs that feature the reactions of black women from reality TV shows seem to be especially popular with white and non-black users. Elisa talks with cultural critic Lauren Michelle Jackson and UC Berkeley Center for Technology Fellow, Kate Miltner about why that might be.

What are your Strong Opinions? Let me know!

Instagram: @popculturepirate

Twitter: @popcultpirate

Hashtag: #SOLHpod #StrongOpinionsLooselyHeld

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 22 | 00:31:08

S4E5: The Problem With Perfect

Dec 22 | 00:22:03

S4E4: WTF Is A "Good Sport"?

Dec 22 | 00:17:42

S4E3: State of Pay - Part 2

Dec 22 | 00:29:14

S4E2: The State of Pay - Part 1

Dec 22 | 00:26:16

S4E1: Future of the Fan

Mar 30 | 00:26:06

S3E5: Mind Behind The Meme: Quinta Brunson

Mar 30 | 00:18:30

S3E4: The Great Firewall of China

Mar 30 | 00:20:07

S3E3: Minds Behind The Meme: Woke Charlotte

Mar 30 | 00:20:28

S3E2: Peaches On Fleek

Mar 30 | 00:22:33

S3E1: Digital Black Face

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