A TARDIS of One’s Own

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.
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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.
Our music is by the amazing Scott Buckley. Find him here.
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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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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:
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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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:
Men explain things to me - Rebecca Solnit (Excerpt)
Mansplaining and Illocutionary Force - Casey Rebecca Johnson (Feminist philosophy quarterly) 
Am I mansplaining? - Kim Goodwin (BBC)

Ep 4: Aliens of London/World War Three & physical conformity

Rose's homecoming isn't quite what she imagined, and the moment is well and truly ruined when a spaceship crashes into Big Ben. It's all downhill from there... no, literally, we did not enjoy these episodes. But the whole Slitheen thing did make us wonder about the act of physical conformity, and the different ways the pressure of having to do so impact on people's lives. There are so many ways we have to physically conform in order to fit into society's little boxes.     
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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:
What happens when men don’t conform to masculine clothing norms at work? - Ben Barry (Harvard Business Review)
Pretty in ink: Conformity, resistance, and negotiation in women's tattooing - Michael Atkinson, M (Sex Roles) 
Sized Out Women, Clothing Size, and Inequality - Katelynn Bishop, Kjerstin Gruys, Maddie Evans (Gender & Society)
"I Don't Like Passing as a Straight Woman": Queer Negotiations of Identity and Social Group Membership - Carla A. Pfeffer (The American journal of sociology)

Ep 3: The Unquiet Dead & witchcraft and religion

A visit to Cardiff in 1869 goes awry as the dead go walking and only a woman who can talk with spirits can help. Crack out the ouija board, cause we're taking this opportunity to talk about the double standard between witchcraft and religion.
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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:
Thinking with Saints: Sanctity and Society in the Early Modern World - Simon Ditchfield (Critical Inquiry)
Witches, Saints, and Heretics: Heinrich Kramer’s Ties with Italian Women Mystics - Tamar Herzig (Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft)
A History of Magic and Witchcraft: Sabbats, Satan and Superstitions in the West - Frances Timbers (Book)
A very brief history of witches - Suzannah Lipscomb (History Extra)
The witches they weren't able to burn - Susan Hyatt (Blog)
Season of the witch: why young women are flocking to the ancient craft - Sady Doyle (The Guardian)  
Lessons from the other realm: Being a male witch in 2019 is complicated - Douglas Greenwood (Dazed Digital)
Trans/figuring the witch: On JK Rowling and the TERF mystique - J. Inscoe (Linguistic Society of America)

Ep 2: The End of the World & the future is female

We're off to the year 5 billion to witness the destruction of earth. While Rose is not having a good time, we're wondering if the future is, in fact, female and if that's even something feminism aspires to.
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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.
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Here's the reference list for this ep:
‘The future is female’ began as a 1970s lesbian separatist slogan - Katie Mettler (The Washington Post)
The Future is Female: Revisioning Feminism For/With the Next Generation - Beverley Clack (Feminist Theology)
Between the perfect and the problematic: everyday femininities, popular feminism, and the negotiation of intersectionality - Akane Kanai (Cultural Studies)
Research Spotlight: The Radical Story Behind the Famous “The Future Is Female” Graphic T-Shirt - Anna Burckhardt (Medium) 

Ep 1: Rose & the colour pink

Welcome to A TARDIS of One's Own! In the premiere episode we explain what we're doing with this pod and then get right into things by discussing Rose, the first episode of the new Who revival, and ask ourselves... what's the deal with the colour pink?
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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:
Bad Feminist - Roxane Gay (extract for The Guardian) 
`Not just a colour': pink as a gender and sexuality marker - Veronica Koller (Visual Communication Journal)
Millennial pink is colour of now - The Guardian
Millennial pink: gender, feminism and marketing: A critical analysis of a color trend - Kévin Bideaux (trans. French) (Color Culture and Science Journal)
Pink Truck Ads: Second-Wave Feminism and Gendered Marketing - Ella Howard (Journal of Women’s History)
How the Pink Triangle Symbol Was Repurposed for LGBTQ Pride - Olivia Waxham (TIME) 
Think pink: how the colour is being reclaimed - Priya Elan (The Guardian)