Welcome To The Clambake

Emily Wanserski knows the news. She knows it so well she hosts a show to try to make sense of it every week called We Rebel. This week we talk political friends, foes, and, yes, interpretive dance with the brilliant Wanserski.

Cancer sucks, but these ladies sure don’t.

Lindsay gets plump! Well, her lips do.

Tessa Slovis talks the sexism that surrounds life at a women’s college.

Angela tries the Go-Girl and Lindsay laughs at her.

Lindsay and Angela reflect on their journey with Welcome to the Clambake.

Praise Be Celia Finkelstein! Our Lady of Clambakery guest hosts with Lindsay while Angela is out sick. As for our guest… Stevie Nelson is in the house! You may know her from her killer podcast: I Burn Everything. We’re talking soulmates, love, romance, and feminist dating. Oooh la la!

There’s an app for that. Or there will be soon. But despite the wild tech boom we find ourselves in, only 5% of tech start-ups are run by women… and that is some major bologna. This week, we talk with the uber-smart and multi-talented Kelly Browne about what it’s like being a woman in the male-dominated tech industry. We also talk her side-hustle turned main squeeze: the Kitchen Table App -- a new social dining app that connects people around the kitchen table. Kelly’s got an incredible story.

The entertainment industry is in content overload. From smartphones to iPads to OG television sets, there are more ways to consume content than ever before. And with the explosion of Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, YouTube Red, Seeso, Go90, and so on… there are more places to find that content than ever before. It’s a super exciting time -- anyone can be a creator, and the rules are out the door.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… Sarah Frazell! This badass social worker is tackling our country’s biggest problems head on. Currently working at a primary care clinic for low income adults in D.C., Sarah’s had the unique experience of battling racism, sexism, and classism in the eye of 45’s political shitstorm.

Classical stage actress Lenne Klingaman is currently playing the title role of Hamlet for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Not only is she playing this historically male role, she’s playing Hamlet as a woman -- something that is rarely done, and more than a tad controversial. Lenne’s been making waves all over the country for her bold and “unconventional” (read: female) portrayal -- and was even featured in the New York Times.

Writer, actor, and creator of YouTube sensation Classic Alice joins us to talk women in literature. From her favorite feminist books, to the conception and implementation of her incredibly successful show, Kate Hackett is a woman to behold. She’s bringing nerdy back, clams -- don’t miss out. This hour is a total blast!

Dedeker Winston is a relationship coach, a podcaster, a public speaker, and the author of The Smart Girl’s Guide to Polyamory. She joins us to talk about her journey with polyamory, and the ABCs of alternative relationship models. Polyamory, Ethical Non Monogamy, Open Relationships -- these concepts can be daunting, but Dedeker helps us navigate them with insight and grace.

This week, it’s all about self love, clams! Sex specialist and Pleasure Chest national copywriter Chelsea Steiner and filmmaker Megan Brotherton team up to give us the ABCs on female masturbation, and discuss the still-pervasive stigmas around getting down with yourself. We discuss Megan’s short film, EVERYBODY DOES IT, based on her own relationship to masturbation, and why solo sex is a radical feminist act! Grab your vibrator -- or hurry up and buy one. This is a ‘do not miss’.

Alexa Curtis is many things: a “teen influencer”, an anti-bullying advocate, a Today Show guest, a founder of a non-profit, a fashionista. Alexa is dedicated to helping young people navigate the increasingly complicated and dangerous world of social media, and advocating for a more honest cultural conversation about mental health. She’s also the author of Rolling Stone article “Does ‘13 Reasons Why’ Glamorize Suicide” -- and we dive head first into all of the above, and more!

Representation in film has been a hot hot topic as of late, and today’s killer guests are smack in the middle of the conversation. Thuc Nguyen is the creator of THE BITCH LIST, that ranks the town’s most exciting Bechdel Test-passing screenplays. Jay Thames is a writer and producer in development on the feature film TEXAS CITY, which deals with representation of a different kind.

What’s better than one feminist podcast? That’s right, two feminist podcasts! It’s podcast mash-up time again, clams, with the killer feminists of the Act Like a Girl podcast: Traci Walker and Suzee Dunn! We get down and dirty about each of our feminist journeys, and what we’ve learned hosting our respective podcasts. These women are smart, hilarious, and fighting the good fight -- don’t miss out!

This week we're talking about the Big P -- Privilege, that is. Our youngest guest to date, Natalie D'Amico, talks growing up white, rich, and connected -- and how her desire to check that privilege resulted in a killer web series. It's not easy to lampoon yourself, but Natalie does it with humor, irony, and grace. She's a mover and shaker, a talent on screen and off, and she could teach us all a thing or two about taking ourselves a little less seriously. Enjoy!

Oof, online dating, just kill me, amirite? NOT FOR LONG. Aysha Wax and Rebecca Leib are the co-founders of FEELING IT DATING -- a service that helps women (and men!) have a better experience navigating the wild wild west of online dating. From grounding your expectations, to posting better photos, to knowing (and getting) what you want, these hilarious and heartfelt women are committed are changing what it means to online date. Sign. Us. UP.

Amy Ferguson gets down and dirty about her unexpected pregnancy, and life as a new mom. We talk her crazy year, and the short film her experiences inspired: 'Til Death Do Us Part, co-created, written, and directed by our very own Lindsay Stidham. Motherhood is HARD, pregnancy is messy, and breastfeeding is normal, goddamnit! Call your moms! Happy Mother's Day, all you bad ass bitches. From the bottom of our clams, we salute and appreciate you.