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Five Asexuality Myths Debunked

Season 7 E 8 • 12/12/2018

Ricky Dillon explores misconceptions about asexual people.

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S6 • E9
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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
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S6 • E10
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Are All Asians Rich? featuring Lily Du

Lily Du topples the myth of the model minority.
03/08/2018
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S6 • E11
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Can You Choose Your Own Pronouns? featuring Patti Harrison

Guest Patti Harrison explores gender pronouns, and why asking and using someone's preferred pronouns is a sign of respect.
03/14/2018
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07:14

S7 • E1
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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
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S7 • E2
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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
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S7 • E3
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Five Phrases Disabled People Are Tired Of

Guest Danielle Perez reviews offensive comments made about people with disabilities.
11/01/2018
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S7 • E4
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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
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07:11

S7 • E5
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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
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05:30

S7 • E6
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Can You Sound Gay?

Gabe Gonzalez examines three speech characteristics perceived as inherent in gay men that instead they widely embrace.
11/22/2018
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06:17

S7 • E7
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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
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05:22

S7 • E8
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Five Asexuality Myths Debunked

Ricky Dillon explores misconceptions about asexual people.
12/12/2018
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S7 • E9
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Three Reasons Being Called Exotic Is Not a Compliment

Franchesca explains why describing female BIPOC as exotic reinforces white beauty standards.
12/19/2018
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05:57

S7 • E10
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Are Drag Queens Trans?

Peppermint explains the differences between drag queens and trans women.
01/09/2019
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04:31

S7 • E11
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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
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04:32

S7 • E12
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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
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07:47

S8 • E1
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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
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07:46

S8 • E2
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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
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07:09

S8 • E3
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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
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07:16

S8 • E4
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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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08:06

S8 • E5
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The War on Drugs Is a Lie

Franchesca Ramsey breaks down the history and falsehoods behind the war on drugs and explains how it has fueled some of the worst aspects of modern policing.
08/18/2020
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08:20

S8 • E6
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How to Defund the Police

Franchesca Ramsey explains how reallocating police funds to community programs will save taxpayers money and allow specialists to handle situations police officers are not equipped for.
08/25/2020
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