A TARDIS of One’s Own

E14: School Reunion & Women’s Work

We're headed back to school, and back to London, for episode 14. Anthony Head! Anthony Head eating children! Oh no. While Ten gets to go undercover as a teacher, Rose has to play the role of "dinner lady" which made us think about women's work, and the roles women are often forced into. Cue complaining about the gender pay gap!
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
As Women Take Over a Male-Dominated Field, the Pay Drops - Claire Cain Miller (The New York Times)
We should all be feminists - Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche (Book)

E13: Tooth and Claw & Colonisation

BIG theme this week but following the death of Queen Elizabeth II and all that chat about the Koh-i-Noor diamond, we couldn't not dive into the horrors of colonisation. In this episode, we're in 19th Century Scotland with Queen Victoria, a ravenous werewolf, and a band of assassinating warrior-monks. It's a lot.
Also, the office air con is really loud this episode so apologies for the background noise.
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We're shifting to a fortnightly schedule so next episode will be out Wednesday, 12 October.
Please be aware that we can be a bit sweary. Soz not soz.
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
For more on post-colonial feminism, we recommend reading the works of Toni Morrison, Audre Lorde, Chimamanda Adichie, Alice Walker, and Urvashi Butalia. More info here.
Feminism as imperialism - Katharine Viner (The Guardian)
Indigenous Sexualities: Resisting Conquest and Translation - Manuela L. Picq and Josi Tikuna (E-International Relations)

E12: New Earth & Recreation

That's re-creation, as in to remake, not recreation as in a fun time. Don't worry, Jen made that mistake too! This week, we head into the future. The Doctor and Rose arrive on New Earth and meet old friends and enemies in a hospital which can cure every disease. But nefarious deeds are afoot! Lady Cassandra is back, and The Doctor is still figuring out what kind of man he is, so we simply had to ask...what does it mean to remake yourself? And how much room is there for that really, when so much of our identity is tied up in societal perceptions. 
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We're shifting to a fortnightly schedule so next episode will be out Wednesday, 28 September.
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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:
Feminist perspectives on the Self (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 

E11: The Christmas Invasion & Burnout

Ten is in the house! We're back in London just in time for Christmas but the Doctor is not having a great time dealing with his regeneration. This is profoundly unhelpful as Earth is being held for ransom by the mysterious Sycorax. Rose is trying to hold it all together but she is not coping which made us think about all the women burning out and feeling crushed by emotional labour in 2022. Discuss!
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
Women aren't nags, we're just fed up - Gemma Hartley (Harpers Bazaar) 
Why women are more burned out than men - Josie Cox (Unicef) 
Burnout - Emily and Amelia Nagoski (Book)

E10: Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways & Power and control

It's all over for the Ninth Doctor! We're back on Sattelite Five, now the GameStation, where the three space musketeers discover the Daleks are actually behind humanity's woes. The Doctor scrambles to save the day, and Rose ultimately takes things into her own hands. We get pretty philosophical this wee as we ponder the link between power and control.
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
Explainer: The ideas of Foucault - Christopher Pollard (The Conversation) 
Michel Foucault and Feminism (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 
Foucault: Power is everywhere (Powercube)

E9: Boom Town & bi/pansexuality

We're back in Cardiff this week to recharge the TARDIS. The Doctor, Rose and Jack meet up with Mickey and encounter an old foe in the midst of hatching a scheme that could destroy the entire planet. There's also a lot of relationship drama and Jack continues flirting shamelessly with the Doctor... which made us think it's time to delve into his bi/pan/omnisexuality.
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
Background on Captain Jack Harnkess and omnisexuality (Fandom Wiki) 
Social perception of bisexuality - Cory Elizabeth Flanders and Elaine Hatfield (Psychology & Sexuality) 
Greedy: Notes from a bisexual who wants too much - Jen Winston (Book)
Meta‐Perceptions of Others’ Attitudes Toward Bisexual Menand Women Among a Nationally Representative Probability Sample - Lauren Beach et al (Arch Sex Behv)

Ep 8: The Empy Child/The Doctor Dances & motherhood

The Doctor and Rose find themselves seperated at the height of the London Blitz, where a strange boy in a gas mask is making everyone very uncomfortable by constantly asking for his mummy. This naturally made us think of motherhood, and the societal expectations that come with that. Cause let's face it, when it comes to motherhood, you're judged harshly for whatever choices you make. 
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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:
Is motherhood the unfinished work of feminism? - Amy Westervelt (The Guardian) 
Childfree women are still subject to stigma - Chiara Gianvito & Robert T. Muller (Psychology Today)
Women who said no to motherhood - Mary Katharine Tramontana (The New York Times)

Ep 7: Father’s Day & saying sorry

Some really poor decision making happening this week, as the Doctor takes Rose back to 1989 to witness her father's death. She, rightly, apologises for the mayhem that ensues but it made us think about all the times women apologise when they actually have no reason to. So, is it too late now to say sorry? We think it should be. 
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We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand, where we record.
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
Women Really Do Apologize More Than Men - Amy Morin (Inc.) 
Why women say sorry too much and what to say instead - Kate Midena (ABC)
Study Reveals Why Women Apologize So Much - Rachel Rettner  (Live Science) 
Why Women Apologize and Should Stop - Sloane Crosley (The New York Times)
Women Don’t Need To Say “I’m Sorry” Less — Men Need To Say It More - Katie Tastrom (The body is not an apology)

Ep 6: The Long Game & controlling the narrative

We're back! Apologies for the sick leave. This week we're off to the year 500,000 where the human race is a bit behind schedule. What's going on? Turns out when you take control of the narrative, and of people's stories, you can do some serious damage - so that's what we chat about this episode. Featuring discussions about the misuse of Handmaid's Tale comparisons when talking about reprodctive rights, and the tendency to use children as a handy excuse against anything you don't like. Won't somebody think of the children?? 
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
Empress Onyxx on the Handmaid’s Tale (Instagram) 
Blair Imani on inclusive language (Instagram)
Why telling our own story is so powerful for Black Americans (Greater Good Magazine) 
1984 - George Orwell (Book)

Ep 5: Dalek & mansplaining

The TARDIS picks up a weird signal and drops the Doctor and Rose in Utah where a tech billionaire is hoarding knowledge. Pretend to be shocked. Rose is palmed off to an underling who gives her a tour of his workshop that we're fairly sure she didn't ask for, which made us think of all the times we've been told things against our will. That's right, this week we're pondering that old classic, mansplaining. 
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
Men explain things to me - Rebecca Solnit (Excerpt)
Mansplaining and Illocutionary Force - Casey Rebecca Johnson (Feminist philosophy quarterly) 
Am I mansplaining? - Kim Goodwin (BBC)