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Jesse Taylor joins the show to talk about Trayvon Martin and dealing with the irrational fear of black men and boys that leads to violence. Samhita and Amanda are peeing-their-pants happy about "Mad Men", but much less enthused about beauty pagaents. 

Samhita has a cold and Amanda is recovering from laryingitis, giving her voice a one time only huskiness, special for devoted listeners. Your hosts believe the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case is a pretty obvious travesty of justice. Samhita offers some background on the Dharun Ravi conviction. Plus, more questions from listeners directed at #femquery, including one about CATS.

Samhita and Amanda are at South By Southwest Interactive! They're both presenting and absorbing and have lots of exciting news to share about technology, identity, sex, gender, and race. Plus: booze and breakfast tacos, and Samhita has an unfortunate encounter with the cat of the people they're crashing with.

Amanda and Samhita don't like Rush Limbaugh, not one bit. But they appreciate his willingness to just come out with it and label 99% of American women sluts, because that sort of thing is galvanizing. Besides discussing the fuckery of Limbaugh, your feminist hosts also discuss the awesomeness of women (and men) rising up to defend women's rights, and even getting arrested to do so. 

Samhita and Amanda ponder the mystery that is men who want to touch vaginas, want to punish women who use their own vaginas by probing their vaginas, but cannot say the word "vagina". The Oscars go unwatched but we are still sure they suck, except when Melissa McCarthy is on stage. Also, we answer more of your questions, and confirm that Liz Trotta is, in fact, an asshole.

Samhita and Amanda explain, in great detail, what a douchebag Ross Douthat really is. It's educational, and not just about Douthat! Interracial marriages are on the rise, but what does it mean? Why sports wives are constantly bagged on. Additionally, Samhita and Amanda answer your questions at #femquery.

Amanda and Samhita are not on Team Chris Brown. Shocking, I know. An explanation of how thoroughly Obama punked the Republicans on contraception access, with a side discussion of the stupidity of CPAC. Whitney Houston is dead and we are sad.

Samhita and Amanda talk Super Bowl, partying on Valentine's Day and the unpopular opinion that "Parks and Rec" is starting to suck. Sady Doyle comes on for two segments, to talk about a piece she wrote about emotional abuse for Rookie and to help answer your Twitter questions directed at #femquery. Also discussed: David Bowie's hard-to-ignore junk.

Samhita and Amanda talk about Occupy Oakland and Occupy Valentine's Day. Marc Faletti explains why the NFL is so sexist and racist, but why people love football anyway. And now for the first edition of Fem Query, where you can ask the Presidents of Feminism whatever you want. Address future questions on Twitter to hashtag #femquery.

Samhita and Amanda talk about why Republicans love Newt Gingrich despite his immense and hypocritical baggage. Why is it that once people get into their 30s, they somehow completely forget what it was like to be a young teenager fascianted with sex? Plus, the introduction of #femquery, where you can address your burning questions about feminism.

Samhita and Amanda depress themselves talking about the racism on display at the Republican debate in South Carolina on King Day. To cheer themselves up, they make fun of this poem about the word "bitch" that's purportedly written by Jay-Z and discuss why it's perfectly fine to be a feminist with a closetful of shoes. 

The Tea Party is a lot more than angry white dudes. It's also angry white ladies. Amanda and Samhita investigate why. Jamilah King comes on to discuss the new movie "Pariah", and why coming out should be a party. Boston Magazine publishes a story about single people that is surprisingly positive.

Samhita and Amanda discuss the most recent flare-up of sexist tantrum throwing in the online atheist community. Is there a reason to believe that little kids' gender preferences are nature or nurture, or is the story more complex than that? And at the top of the hour, our feminists make fun of the Iowa caucus and Ron Paul in particular. Amanda predicts who the winner of the caucus will be; download this podcast and find out if she's right. 

Samhita and Amanda discuss some of the ugliest developments this year in both reproductive rights and sexual violence. Republicans spent 2011 losing their minds, and "Community" looks like it's going to be cancelled. But the news wasn't all bad! A full half of the podcast is spent loving on stuff that made us happy this year, and gives us reason to look forward to 2012. 

Samhita and Amanda discuss the legacy of Christopher Hitchens. The Egyptian military cracks down on protesters with a special sadism towards women. American police continue to single young black men out for abuse in ways that tend to be routinely ignored. John Waters has important advice for everyone: Don't sleep with anyone who hasn't written a book. Books are very important. 

Samhita's out of town, so Katie Halper steps in to make fun of Newt Gingrich in her place. Gingrich pledges on to cheat on his wife in exchange for voter support. Andrew Breitbart suddenly claims to have developed a single moral belief, which is bizarrely that you shouldn't out gay men who support homophobic propaganda. Abortion doesn't make you crazy, though anti-choicers might. Brits can't tell the difference between rapists and men's magazine writers, but then again, neither can Amanda.

Amanda and Samhita discuss the French approach to prostitution and how it may change, what makes online dating so bemusing, and why the people on Twitter love to make Charlie Sheen jokes while the people on Yahoo just want to look at pictures of Kim Kardashian's butt. 

Jenn Pozner comes on to discuss the question: Can reality TV do any good after feeding us years of rich bitches and drunken bimbos? Herman Cain reassesses his campaign in light of new allegations, this time of the consensual variety. A couple of unkissed virgins marry on TLC and embarass the nation on their behalf, and an 18-year-old high school student uses Twitter to reveal to Kansas what a douchebag Sam Brownback really is. 

Samhita and Amanda give advice on how to survive your family this Thanksgiving when they badger you about still being single. Amanda Hess from GOOD tells us why the porn industry needs to cater more to women. Newt Gingrich fantasizes about a time when you could make 10-year-olds clean chimneys.

Samhita and Amanda introduce themselves, and discuss the feminist politcs of Occupy Wall St., the Herman Cain sexual harassment debacle, and Katie Roiphe's strange defense of sexual harassment in the workplace. Also, cats. There is no escaping the talk of cats.