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Can You Sound Gay?
Season 7 E 6 • 11/22/2018
Gabe Gonzalez examines three speech characteristics perceived as inherent in gay men that instead they widely embrace.
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05:29
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S6 • E1
Why Do People Say "Ax" Instead of "Ask?"
Franchesca explores why pronouncing the word ask as "ax" is pejoratively associated with Black and working-class people.
01/04/2018
Full Ep
05:38
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S6 • E3
Will Multiracial Kids End Racism?
Franchesca explains why ending racism is going to be more complicated than welcoming a new generation of multiracial babies.
01/18/2018
Full Ep
05:50
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S6 • E6
Racism in Gay Dating? featuring Dylan Marron
Dylan Marron shows how "preferences" are often used to mask discrimination in the world of gay dating apps and LGBTQ relationships.
02/08/2018
Full Ep
05:21
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S6 • E8
Colorism in the Latinx Community featuring Lee Chin
Franchesca enlists Lee Chin to break down colorism, a form of discrimination based on skin color in Latin America and the Latinx community in the U.S.
02/22/2018
Full Ep
05:39
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S6 • E9
Are Mexicans Taking Our Jobs? featuring Maritza Montanez
Maritza Montanez shares what kinds of work undocumented immigrants do in the U.S. and debunks the racist notion Mexicans steal existing jobs from Americans.
03/01/2018
Full Ep
07:14
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S7 • E1
Four Reasons School Dress Codes Are Sexist
Franchesca explains how dress code enforcement at school disproportionately affects girls, polices their bodies and unfairly limits their wardrobe choices.
10/18/2018
Full Ep
06:12
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S7 • E2
Why Are There So Few Asians in Hollywood?
Guests Lily Du and Fareeha Khan examine Hollywood's justification for Asian erasure in big-budget movies and posit diversity in film would be a boon for Hollywood.
10/18/2018
Full Ep
06:01
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S7 • E3
Five Phrases Disabled People Are Tired Of
Guest Danielle Perez reviews offensive comments made about people with disabilities.
11/01/2018
Full Ep
06:30
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S7 • E4
Why Don’t Straight Men Hold Hands?
Guest host Kenny and Franchesca break down homophobic ideas about intimacy and show intimacy between men is not only instinctual, but has mental health benefits.
11/08/2018
Full Ep
07:11
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S7 • E5
Where Does the "Fiery Latinx" Stereotype Come From?
Joanna Hausmann breaks down the history of a Latinx stereotype, from one-dimensional roles in 1920s Hollywood to Sofia Vergara's character on "Modern Family."
11/15/2018
Full Ep
05:30
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S7 • E6
Can You Sound Gay?
Gabe Gonzalez examines three speech characteristics perceived as inherent in gay men that instead they widely embrace.
11/22/2018
Full Ep
06:17
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S7 • E7
The Virginity Double Standard
Franchesca concludes the viginity double standard serves no one and oversexualizing women -- and men -- reduces them into objects.
11/29/2018
Full Ep
05:22
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S7 • E8
Five Asexuality Myths Debunked
Ricky Dillon explores misconceptions about asexual people.
12/12/2018
Full Ep
04:43
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S7 • E9
Three Reasons Being Called Exotic Is Not a Compliment
Franchesca explains why describing female BIPOC as exotic reinforces white beauty standards.
12/19/2018
Full Ep
05:57
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S7 • E10
Are Drag Queens Trans?
Peppermint explains the differences between drag queens and trans women.
01/09/2019
Full Ep
04:31
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S7 • E11
The History of Cholo
Veronica Garza shares the origins of the word "cholo" and how a word meant to be an insult was transformed into a look, attitude and cultural movement.
01/16/2019
Full Ep
04:32
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S7 • E12
Light-Skinned Privilege
Franchesca breaks down the concept of colorism as it exists within racism and explains how light-skinned Black women have had skin color privilege throughout history.
01/23/2019
Full Ep
07:47
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S8 • E1
Why It's Not About Good Cops vs. Bad Cops
Franchesca Ramsey breaks down the myth of the good cop and why the idea fails to address the systemic problems with policing.
07/21/2020
Full Ep
07:46
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S8 • E2
Why Prosecuting Police Is Almost Impossible
Franchesca Ramsey discusses qualified immunity and examines how police officers can call the court system for backup after they've killed or harmed someone
07/28/2020
Full Ep
07:09
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S8 • E3
Three Hollywood Myths About Police
Franchesca Ramsey discusses copaganda, myths Hollywood reinforces about policing and how the defund-the-police movement could help solve societal problems.
08/04/2020
Full Ep
07:16
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S8 • E4
The Racist Origins of Police
Franchesca Ramsey looks at the history of policing and the institutions that provided a blueprint for modern law enforcement.
08/11/2020
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Etiquette Class: Tea
Sabrina Carpenter and The Dolan Twins practice etiquette at an afternoon tea.
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