Unruly is a podcast from the award winning body hair and care brand Flamingo, hosted by writer and producer Anna Wesche. Unruly features conversations that center women – giving them the freedom to discuss unconventional and surprising topics and the opportunity to be their truest, most flamboyant selves. Because the conversations we're having are anything but dull. New episodes drop on Wednesdays.
Latest episodes
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41 min
Girls Trips, Group Chats, and Gal Pals with Jazmine Hughes
This Spring, we saw in White Lotus Season 3 what a nightmare girl's trip can look like: backstabbing, competition, and old, buried social dynamics coming to light. Anyone that’s be…
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41 min
Not Just a Game: What Women’s Sports Are Really Building
With WNBA viewership spiking and new NWSL leagues popping up across the country, it’s safe to say that women’s sports teams are experiencing a wild popularity boom. This is embarra…
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35 min
The Myths and Lessons of Cycle Syncing
Let’s talk about hormones, baby! Turns out your cycle isn’t just about cramps and mood swings. Everyone from CEOs to elite athletes are hacking their periods to level up their perf…
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35 min
Dating: Hard Pass...Or Just Harder?
A recent Pew Research study revealed some truths: there are significantly fewer single women actively looking for partners compared to men. But what happens when you do want love i…
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40 min
Beauty Scams and Secrets: Navigating the Product Sphere with the Lipstick Lesbians
Tired of being sold a “solution” to a “problem” you didn’t even know you had? Welcome to the club. The internet’s obsession with “self-improvement” often just feels like a competit…
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30 min
Tea Time with Tinx!
The people are hungry for love! Recent data shows that every literary genre experienced a decline in book sales with the exception of romance. Today’s romance genre is not what it…
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38 min
Sephora Teens and the Trials of Modern Girlhood
Confused by the twelve year old girl in your life who wanted retinol for xmas? Well, she’s certainly not alone. These days, teens and tweens are lining up outside any neighborhood…
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2 min
Welcome to Unruly Season 2
For as long as women have been recognized as a distinct group, their interests have been side-lined as “Women’s Issues,” “Women’s Topics,” and “Women’s Studies.” Though likely well…
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30 min
Suffering in Silence
Women are often taught to silence themselves and that can have damaging effects. On our last episode of the season, psychologist, writer and speaker Maytal Eyal joins host Kimberly…
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31 min
Don’t Hem Us In
Female athletes have fought uphill battles for equity and respect for about as long as sports have existed. Their bodies and uniforms are under intense scrutiny from the public, th…
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32 min
Menopause and the Media
How is it that menopause, something that can affect half the population, also manages to be among the most understudied and least understood bodily phenomena? This week, journalist…
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31 min
To Freeze or Not to Freeze: High Tech Fertility
Being a person with a uterus means you sometimes face the question of when, how, or if you’re going to have kids. This week, we hear from anthropologist and “The Mating Gap” author…
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29 min
Body Language
Vaginal atrophy, geriatric pregnancy, incompetent cervix- why can medical terminology around women’s bodies be so shaming?! In this week’s episode, “Vagina Obscura” author Rachel E…
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29 min
The Beauty Industry: Diet Culture’s Fraternal Twin
How do we decide which beauty products we use, and are those choices really our own? This week, writer and beauty culture critic Jessica DeFino, author of the Substack The Unpublis…
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31 min
Social Media: The Body’s Big Brother
Welcome to Unruly. We take the quiet ways women’s bodies are commodified, defined, regulated and we name them– out loud. In this week’s episode, host Kimberly Drew talks with Body…
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2 min
Welcome to Unruly
Welcome to Unruly. This season, host Kimberly Drew and a slew of smart guests tackle the quiet ways women’s bodies are regulated every day. From social media to the medical profess…