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Mar 2025
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Not everyone can be a feminist! (bell ho...

Renaissance & Sunny
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Thank you to Clair for sending us a hot take about the madonna/whore complex lesbians are subjected to re: feminism. A reminder that you can send us a hot take about anything to thelavendermenacepodcast@gmail.com for us to discuss in a future episode!

Contents of this episode include: bell hooks is a pick me, being a lesbian doesn't make you a better feminist, Michelle Tea is a genius, Sunny recommends We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin, & Renaissance recommends sudoku & I Am Divine (2013).

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