Pop Culture IS 'That Deep'
A mini episode from Patreon about this fascinating book called Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves by Sophie Gilbert before Wednesday's episode on Sydney Sweeney and her American Eagles jeans/genes ad campaign.
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Barbie, or Life in Plastic
"It’s about a fucking doll!" - Amy Taubin
This week, the Marvelous! crew sets their sights on the hot pink pop cultural phenomenon that is Barbie, a billion-plus dollar (post-)feminist object/Mattel rebrand strategy grappling with the fraught, symbolic legacy of the world's most famous doll by g...
Are we in a literacy crisis? Part 1
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If you read the news or look at social media, you've probably heard that the U.S. is in the throes of a literacy crisis. Are we? And what do we even mean when we say 'literacy?' Join as we unpack this topic in a special two-part episode. In this first part, we discuss the history...
Jackie Oh!
The novelist imagined women enjoying equality in the bedroom and the boardroom. Are we any closer to living in that world?
By Sophie Gilbert
From the October 2026 issue.
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Female Friendships After 40: Why the Right Friends Never Make You Perform
Female friendships after 40 hit different. My friend Brooke showed up for my 30th birthday....that's when we became real friends. Fifteen-plus years later, eleven of us flew to Charleston to celebrate her 50th.
In this solo episode, I'm sharing the real story behind the trip videos you saw on Ins...
The Cornell case exposes a dark reality about college culture
A lawsuit filed by a former Cornell student that alleges she was sexually assaulted by seven fraternity members in 2024 has sparked an outpouring of women sharing their own stories of campus assault. While the case reflects dynamics that researchers have tracked since the 1980s, it also reveals s...
Why some Republicans are getting worried about Texas
Republicans are growing concerned about how Texas will vote in next month’s midterms. The Washington Post’s Teo Armus explains how labor shortages tied to immigration arrests could affect three House races along the border.
Israel will this month hold its first elections since the Oct. 7 attacks...
The Cornell case exposes a dark reality about college culture
From Apple News In Conversation: A lawsuit filed by a former Cornell student that alleges she was sexually assaulted by seven fraternity members in 2024 has sparked an outpouring of women sharing their own stories of campus assault. While the case reflects dynamics that researchers have tracked s...
Have We Reached Peak Testosterone?
Politics has seemed obsessed recently with performing masculinity. If there’s one factor that animated Donald Trump’s reelection and continues to animate the political right in general, it’s “masculinism,” a movement to fight back against the advances of feminism and reassert the primacy of men, ...
Generation: Baby-Sitters Club | Daniela and the Fantastic Phone Call
“The Baby-Sitters Club” has resonated for generations because of the vision of girlhood it presents: one full of autonomy, agency, independence, and community. This episode, author Ann M. Martin tells us how she created the series and the characters, captured the tender years of adolescence, and ...
