A TARDIS of One’s Own

E24: The Shakespeare Code & Witchcraft and female collaboration

Double double toil and trouble, join us around our metaphorical cauldron this week as we watch The Shakespeare Code and chat about witchcraft and female collaboration. The patriarchy wins when it keeps us apart! There's also a slight Harry Potter diversion because... unavoidable. 
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We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
Women & Power: A manifesto by Mary Beard - Rachel Cooke (The Guardian)
Power of the Pack: Women who support women are more successful - Shelley Zalis (Forbes) 

E23: Smith and Jones & Competence

Sorry we're a day late! And also sorry about the sound. Don't know what to tell ya. We had a time this week. BUT what a great topic to tackle as we're introduced to the exceedingly competent Martha Jones for the first time! We love her.
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Please be aware that we can be a bit sweary. Soz not soz.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
If you have any feedback or thoughts, please let us know at atardisofonesown@gmail.com 
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
‘Weaponized Incompetence’ Screws Women Over At Work And In Relationships - Brittany Wong (HuffPost)
How Men’s ‘Weaponized Incompetence’ Is Screwing Over Women - Katie Jgln (Medium) 

E22: The Runaway Bride & Manipulation

Christmas spirit is pretty hard to come by in March, but it's also pretty marginal in this Christmas special. Also, in general, this episode has some extra energy which is also what this podcast episode has. A treat for us all! This week, we chat about manipulation - both in the sense of manipulating people and systems manipulating us. But then we also talk about Drive to Survive and NZ quirks like the tendency to physically move houses and being cashless. Make of that what you will.
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Please be aware that we can be a bit sweary. Soz not soz.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
If you have any feedback or thoughts, please let us know at atardisofonesown@gmail.com 
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Thank you for listening and subscribing!
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No reference list for this ep, only vibes.

E21: Army of Ghosts/Doomsday & Grief

Apologies for accidentally disappearing for a month, but we are BACK! And we're wrapping up season 2 in a suitably grim way - we're discussing the two part finale of Army of Ghosts and Doomsday through the theme of grief. And Jen compares The Doctor to some dude on Love Island. Good times.
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Please be aware that we can be a bit sweary. Soz not soz.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
If you have any feedback or thoughts, please let us know at atardisofonesown@gmail.com 
Twitter is here and Instagram is here.
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
Mourning becomes …: The work of feminism in the spaces between lives lived and lives written - Liz Stanley (Women's Studies International Forum, Vol 25, Issue 1) 

E20: Fear Her & Loneliness

It's a new year but not a new us - we're still descending into chaos almost as soon as we start recording. We're discussing Fear Her this week, the one where kids are disappearing off the street cause a young girl is transporting them into her drawings. How? Why? Loneliness! So that's what we're talking about for this ep. Also the value of a good road surface which Kel the Council Worker understands. 
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Please be aware that we can be a bit sweary. Soz not soz.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
If you have any feedback or thoughts, please let us know at atardisofonesown@gmail.com 
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Thank you for listening and subscribing!
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
Loneliness is a femist issue - Eleanor Wilkinson (Feminist Theory Vol 23) 

E19: Love and Monsters & Found Family

We're talking about Love and Monsters this week, the first Who-lite episode of the RTD era. It's a tonal shift, focusing on Elton and the misfits of LINDA. It's that time of year were we're all suddenly faced with pressures around family and togetherness and what that means so we took the opportunity to talk about found family.
We're taking a wee break over the summer and will be back in the new year. Happy holidays!
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Please be aware that we can be a bit sweary. Soz not soz.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
If you have any feedback or thoughts, please let us know at atardisofonesown@gmail.com 
Twitter is here and Instagram is here.
Thank you for listening and subscribing!
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
The Joy in Finding Your Chosen Family (New York Times) 

E18: The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit & Bad Influence

Join us for a journey into the pit of despair! Ok not really but there is definitely chat about a pit and some despair in this episode about The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit. For this one, we thought about what it means to be a bad influence, and how often that's used as a means of keeping non-conforming folks in their place. We also throw in a lot of Parks and Rec references and then go on a tangent about the MCU. As you do. 
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Episodes are published fortnightly.
Please be aware that we can be a bit sweary. Soz not soz.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
If you have any feedback or thoughts, please let us know at atardisofonesown@gmail.com 
Twitter is here and Instagram is here.
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E17: The Idiot’s Lantern & Patriotism

This is the one where people have their faces erased because they bought TVs to watch Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. So of course we spend a large part of this episode talking about The Crown, the Commonwealth and the perils of patriotism.
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Episodes are published fortnightly.
Please be aware that we can be a bit sweary. Soz not soz.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
If you have any feedback or thoughts, please let us know at atardisofonesown@gmail.com 
Twitter is here and Instagram is here.
Thank you for listening and subscribing!
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
No man's island: Feminism and patriotism in times of war - Katie Gramich (Wales Art Review) 

E16: Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel & Striving to improve

In our first two parter of season two, the TARDIS stumbles into an alternate timeline London, Rose and Mickey promply forget everything they know about timetravel, and the Doctor's old foe, the Cybermen, return!  All the chat about upgrading and deleting made us think about how there's this constant push to strive to improve. If the hustle culture doesn't get you, the toxic positivity will! We think this especially impacts women and marginalised people who are under greater pressures to conform, and it's not great for the ol mental health.
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Episodes are published fortnightly.
Please be aware that we can be a bit sweary. Soz not soz.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
If you have any feedback or thoughts, please let us know at atardisofonesown@gmail.com 
Twitter is here and Instagram is here.
Thank you for listening and subscribing!
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
For Women, the Quest for Perfection Can Lead to Depression - Lisa Ryan (The Cut) 
It’s Not You, It’s Science: How Perfectionism Holds Women Back - Jessica Bennett (Time) 

E15: The Girl in the Fireplace & Agency

Do you want a futuristic space drama or a period piece? Both! Both is good! We're off to pre-revolutionary France to dabble in time jumps, time travel, sad times and weird vibes. We have a lot of opinions on Strong Female Characters (TM) in this one so strap in, it's time to talk about female agency in narratives. 
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A Tardis of One's Own is published fortnightly.
Please be aware that we can be a bit sweary. Soz not soz.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
If you have any feedback or thoughts, please let us know at atardisofonesown@gmail.com 
Twitter is here and Instagram is here.
Thank you for listening and subscribing!
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
Kelly Sue DeConnick Talks Captain Marvel, Pretty Deadly, and the Sexy Lamp Test - Joshua Yehl (IGN)