The Everyday Feminist
By Stephanie Heck and Lois Volta
Let the hosts of “The Everyday Feminist” show you how being mindful of the simple acts of daily life can change your relationships for the better!
With: Lois Volta, owner and operator of the feminist domestics firm Volta Naturals, and author of “Confessions of a Cleaning Woman” -and- clinical psychologist, teacher, mentor, and executive advisor, Dr. Stephanie Heck.
"The Everyday Feminist" airs live weekly on Sundays from 5-6pm on G-town Radio in Philadelphia. It can be heard on the air at 92.9FM, online at gtownradio.com, and on most podcast platforms.
The Everyday FeministAug 10, 2023
The Cycle of Experience: Use Your Awareness to Make Change
Gestalt theory offers a way of looking at how people can change through their interactions with their environment: the cycle of experience. In this episode, Lois explains how this model can be used to change how we experience housework and caring for our homes and relationships. She and co-host Stephanie explore the stages people go through as they see what is, imagine what could be, and integrate new actions. If you are feeling stuck or unmotivated, this episode is for you!
Men Should Smile More
Want an Equal Marriage? Get a Divorce.
Nothing To Say
In this episode, hosts Stephanie and Lois explore the meaning of non-responsive silences, often by men toward women, by asking, what is someone really saying when they say they have nothing to say?
Valentine's Day
Keep Going, with Feminist Singer-Songwriter, Shilpa Ray
Connecting with song lyrics can be both powerful and healing. In this episode, Lois and Stephanie talk to NYC-based singer-songwriter Shilpa Ray about the fiercely resonant lyrics of the songs in her album "Portrait of a Lady." Shilpa describes the inspiration for the album, the stories behind each song, the critical role of truth and honesty in social change, and the necessity of pressing on.
*be advised this episode contains explicit language
Words We’re Sick Of: The Feminist Pessimist Killjoy Episode
Unconditional Love
Is unconditional love a basic emotion, a sweet fantasy, a birthright, or a spiritual achievement? And how does the expectation of condition-free love show up in our relationships, for better or worse? In this episode, hosts Stephanie and Lois explore their thoughts on unconditional love, asking whether or not love should, if fact, have conditions.
Single, Dating, Married, Divorced (or None of the Above)
Leftovers
Gratitude, Toxic Positivity, and Denial: How To Be Truly Thankful
Quitting the Blame Game
The Problem with Individualism
Redefining Masculinity, with author JJ Bola
“Mean” Girls?
Relinquishing Privilege
A Good Man
Speaking Up
Barbie and Ken
(Spoiler alert! This movie is described in detail, so you may want to watch it before you listen.)
Playing the Victim
Multitasking
Help Her!
The Impossibility of “Making Time”
How Do You Define “Femininity”?
“No.”
Managing Clutter!
What Women Could Do (...if they weren't so busy taking care of you!)
Healthy Seduction: How to Get -and keep- Your Girl
Close Encounters with "The Art of Seduction" (Valentine's Edition)
Talking: Don't Leave the Chat
A Walk in the Park (...but not after dark)
The majority of women don't feel safe walking after dark. And on short winter days, when the sun sets early, women tend to feel even more vulnerable. In this episode, hosts Stephanie and Lois discuss women's fears and their right to basic safety--both outside and inside the home. They also offer up some ideas about how male allies can help women feel (and be) more secure.
Just Do It: Overcoming Excuses
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year?
Investing Effort
Strategic Incompetence
Do you sometimes feel cursed by your own competence? Can you get things done when no one else seems able to, leaving you doing all the work? If so, then this episode is for you. Lois and Stephanie deconstruct strategic maneuvers of incompetence that people use to keep competent, conscientious women overworked, tired, frustrated, and feeling invisible. They also explore some ways out of this dynamic and into more harmonious and balanced relationships.
#NotAllMen
"Not ALL men don't do the dishes." What makes men need to be the exception to the rule when women share their experiences of men? In this episode, Stephanie and Lois attempt to sort out the quandary of what makes male self-reflection seem so hard to come by. Check it out!
"Masculinity"
"We have begun to raise our daughters to be more like sons. But few have the courage to raise our sons to be more like daughters." -Gloria Steinam
Under a patriarchal system, as boys develop, they are encouraged away from warmth, relating, and emotional awareness/expression, and equality, and are instead encouraged toward power, dominance, anger, and hierarchy. In this episode, hosts Lois and Stephanie use bell hooks' book "The Will To Change" to frame a discussion the damage patriarchy does to both men and women...and what we can all do to stop it.
Rethinking "Self-Care"
Feminizing Forgiveness
Women’s Hermaneutic Labor Goes Far Beyond the Mental Load
Hear Me: The Power of Understanding
Women’s Freedom
Helping With The Chores: Domestic Support At Home and Beyond
We all need to be supported in different ways and to different degrees. In this episode, hosts Lois and Stephanie discuss relational & domestic support -- including how to give it, how to get it, and how it can benefit us all. If you need more support in your life, if you want to learn more about how to be a support for someone else, or if you want some tips for building a supportive community--then this is the episode for you!
No Woman Should Be Forced Into Motherhood - with Author and Women's Liberation Organizer, Jenny Brown
The Everyday Feminist cannot ignore the current threat to legal abortion in America, not even on Mother's Day. In this special episode, hosts Lois Volta and Stephanie Heck speak with guest, abortion policy expert and author of "Labor Strike" and "Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now," Jenny Brown. They discuss the history, future, and role of abortion in America, as well as the collective power we have to change course. If you want to know the behind-the-scenes story of what the abortion debate is really about, and what you can do about it, then you don't want to miss this powerful episode.
Domestic Equality Takes On "The Angel of the House"
Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Everyday Feminist! Press "play" to meet your hosts, Domestic Consultant and Entrepreneur, Lois Volta, and Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Stephanie Heck...and to learn what the show is all about. Who is The Everyday Feminist? What does she stand for? And how can we all learn from her? Listen in and let her give you permission to speak out!