Sarah and Katy discuss Courage to Soar by Simone Biles along with Taking Flight by Michaela DePrince. Email us your comments and concerns at bicoastalbestie@gmail.com. Our next episode will be Founding Mother's by Cokie Roberts.

Body Image?

Mar 8th, 2017 40m 18s

This week the besties discuss the "culture of thinness" as well as Lindy West's Shrill. Next week we'll be discussing Courage to Soar by Simone Biles as well as Taking Flight by Michaela DePrince.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bicoastalb

Is Romance Dead

Feb 14th, 2017 33m 48s

In this episode, the besties talk about the book Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari as well as Galentine's Day from the show Parks and Rec, the mid 2000's NBC sitcom. In two weeks we'll be back discussing Shrill by Lindy West.Just Between Us par

Thanks Secretary Clinton

Feb 1st, 2017 44m 54s

This episode the besties talk about the experiences at the LA and DC Women's Marches and the book Living History by Hillary Rohdam Clinton. They will always be #stillwithher.

Better, Better, Worse

Jan 18th, 2017 37m 28s

This week Katy and Sarah talk about the representation of LGBT+ characters on TV and the book, Don't Touch My Hair by Phoebe Robinson.GLAAD report 2005:http://glaad.org/files/WWAT/WWAT_GLAAD_2016-2017.pdfGLAAD report 2016:http://www.glaa

Happy(?) 2017

Jan 4th, 2017 35m 13s

This week be discuss our top feminist things of 2016. Then we talk about Rebecca Traister's 2016 Book, All the Single Ladies, which investigates the situation of single and late married women in 20th and 21st century America.Check out all of

Real American Girl Holidays - Part 2

Dec 21st, 2016 37m 21s

Happy Holidays! For our holiday episode, we discuss our childhood historical fiction favorites from the American Girl novels. Last week in Part 1, we focused on the stories of Molly, Kaya, Addy, and Samantha. This week in Part 2, we talk about

Real American Girl Holidays - Part 1

Dec 14th, 2016 36m 43s

Happy Holidays! For our holiday episode, we discuss our childhood historical fiction favorites from the American Girl novels. This week in Part 1, we focus on the stories of Molly, Kaya, Addy, and Samantha. Next week in Part 2, we will talk ab

Crazy in Love

Dec 7th, 2016 25m 37s

Fangirl alert! This episode we discuss our love of the CW's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and our four favorite songs from season 1: Put Yourself First, I Have Friends, Settle for Me, and Heavy Boobs.LINKSPut Yourself First: https://www.youtube.com/w

Flower Power

Nov 30th, 2016 35m 28s

We take on the entire Pink Carnation Series by Lauren Willig. We talk our favorite books in the series as well as our least favorite.Check out the family trees here: http://laurenwillig.com/diversions/pink/familytrees.phpSuggested Reading O

Montagues, Capulets, and Gilmores

Nov 16th, 2016 51m 10s

In this episode Sarah and Katy discuss their favorite Gilmore Girls episodes from the show's original run as well as Sex with Shakespeare by Jillian Keenan. In two weeks we'll be back with our thoughts on "The Secret History of the Pink Carna

The West Wing Election Day Special

Nov 8th, 2016 28m 52s

It's election day! We take a break from real world politics to focus on fictional politics as we discuss our favorite episodes of the TV show the West Wing.Next week we'll be discussing Jillian Keenan's Sex with Shakespeare.

Jetset Journalism

Nov 2nd, 2016 35m 5s

Discussion Article: http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/09/heres-how-obamas-female-staffers-made-their-voices-heard.htmlThis week it’s all about women in the Obama administration. First we talk bout how women working in the White House used the tac

Sex and Power

Oct 19th, 2016 36m 17s

This episode we discuss choice feminism and whether or not stripping is a feminist choice. We continue our discourse on choice feminism as we dive into Holly Madison's memoir Down the Rabbit Hole. For our next episode we will be reading The Sec

Fandom Adopted

Oct 5th, 2016 39m 13s

Here are links to the articles that inspired us this episode :https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jul/25/geeks-women-gender-parity-comic-conhttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/oct/10/superhero-girls-action-dolls-sexism-toy-ind

Clicking On

Sep 21st, 2016 41m 32s

This week we discuss Click: When We First Knew We Were Feminists, which is a series of essays edited by J. Courtney Sullivan and Courtney E. Martin. We also discuss about the moment that each of us first realized we were feminists. https://www

From Clear to Eternity

Sep 7th, 2016 37m 56s

Why I Left Scientology: http://gawker.com/why-i-left-scientology-1703997050Check out next episode's book Click: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7063652-clickIf you're a Scientologist and know we got everything wrong, we'd love to hear f

Pulling Heists at the Summer Olympics

Aug 24th, 2016 42m 30s

Heist Society: When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her on a trip to the Louvre…to case it. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her Uncle Eddie traveled to Austria…to steal the crown jewels. When Kat turned fifteen, she planned a

Suit Up

Aug 10th, 2016 53m 32s

First up, we talk about one of our favorite new books, Super You by Emily V. Gordon. Then we talk about the female superhero TV shows we love.Next episode will be all about Scientology, we’ll be reading Troublemaker by Leah Remini. Birds o

Being Headstrong in Space

Jul 27th, 2016 40m 30s

This book is an introduction to the women throughout history who made contributions to the traditionally male dominated fields of science, math, and technology. This book contains vignettes on 52 women who made impact in fields of science, tec

The Sex of Politics

Jul 13th, 2016 47m 1s

This episode we talk about some of our favorite royal ladies throughout history. Then we talk about how we see the presidential candidate's spouses are effecting the race.

Episode 1- You're Never Weird on the Internet

Jun 24th, 2016 47m 13s

The Besties, Sarah and Katy, talk about Felicia Day's book- You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) and the Young Feminist movement.Felicia's Book:https://www.amazon.com/Youre-Never-Weird-Internet-Almost/dp/147678566X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&

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