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Beyond Horizyns EP 004: Divine Feminine, Divine Masculine and Their Toxic Counterparts

How toxic are you? Seriously, sit with that question for a moment. Because we live in a world that has been having the wrong conversation about masculine and feminine energy for decades. The loudest voices online have turned it into a culture war. Wellness culture has turned it into an aesthetic. A…

Seneca Falls and the Limits of “Universal” Womanhood

We love to treat the Seneca Falls Convention as the moment feminism began. A group of women gathered, declared that “all men and women are created equal,” and kicked off the fight for the vote. Simple. Inspiring. Done. Except… not quite. In this episode, we take a closer look at what actually happe…

Gerda Lerner and the Invention of Women’s History

History didn’t forget women. It decided they didn’t matter. In this episode, we dive into the work of Gerda Lerner—the historian who helped build women’s history as a field and, in the process, exposed how traditional history erased half the population while pretending to be objective. From The Cre…

Ep 3: Why Some Lives Matter Less — The Origins

ON PATRIARCHY, GENDER, AND THE ORIGINS OF OWNERSHIP Gerda Lerner, The Creation of Patriarchy (Oxford University Press, 1986). Riane Eisler, The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future (Harper & Row, 1987). Paul Farmer, Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor…

The Masculinist Revival: Christian Nationalism, Patriarchy, and the Politics of Regression

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is about a movement that has spent years operating on the political and cultural fringe, but is increasingly influencing mainstream conservative politics, religious institutions, online radicalization spaces, and even parts of the federal government. It’s often call…

What Every Woman Deserves to Know with Quinn Otrera

Episode 110: Hello, hello, babes! 💕 Oh my goodness, my heart is so incredibly full because the beautiful Yin to my Yang—the gorgeous, brilliant Quinn—is officially BACK! 🥰 It feels just like the good old days, vibing out together and diving straight into the deep end. For this episode, Quinn and I …

74. All about Eve with Special Guest, Dr. Jana Byars (S6E1)

One cannot really understand how stories have shaped women’s lives without taking on the story of Eve in Genesis. This episode is the start of our All About Eve season, and this one is close to our hearts:  we’ve wanted to explore the Eve story since the genesis of the pod. Our special guest is m…

Why Men Get to Succeed and Women Get Exhausted with Quinn Otrera

Episode 111: Hey loves! Welcome back to the podcast. Today, Quinn and I are wrapping up our two-part series on historian Gerda Lerner, and we are diving deep into her incredible book, The Creation of Feminist Consciousness. We’re unpacking exactly how women have spent the last 1,500 years fighting …

Why Brazilians Have Better Sex?

Discover the secret behind Brazilian sensuality in the latest episode of Brazilian Pleasure Diaries: 'Why Brazilians Have Better Sex'. Host Paula Aparecida takes you on a journey through history, culture, and the body, exploring how Brazilian sexuality has been shaped by African, indigenous, and Eu…

The Hidden History of Women's Desire: Why So Many of us Struggle to Know What we Want

Why do so many us struggle to answer one simple question: What do you really want? Join me in this episode as I explore the hidden history of women's desire through the lenses of anthropology, neuroscience, feminist history, embodiment and sexology. Together we'll trace how culture, patriarchy, r…