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Femme & Furious: A Feminist Pop Culture Podcast

Femme & Furious: A Feminist Pop Culture Podcast

By: Julia Rose Portela | Feminist Pop Culture Podcast Host
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Femme & Furious is a feminist pop culture podcast for women and LGBTQIA+ folks who want a feminist spin on beloved TV, books, and blockbuster franchises.

If you devour BookTok romances, spiral over Emily Henry releases, and still show up for Marvel while side-eyeing the gender politics...welcome. You’re in the right space, babe!

We ask the big questions:

  • Is this empowering?
  • Why are we still rewarding emotionally unavailable men?
  • Just how many women have to get fridged before we change the trope?
  • Why do stories that mean so much to women and queer folks get dismissed?
  • Why do female characters have to earn complexity while male characters are handed it?
  • And why are we absolutely feral for certain fictional men anyway? (somewhat rhetorical)

If you want smarter pop culture conversations, feminist book discussions, and a space where your obsession makes sense…

Press play.

2025 Julia Rose Portela | Feminist Pop Culture Podcast Host
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Episodes
  • Black Baddie Draft with Eteng Ettah
    Jun 19 2026

    Summary: Femme & Furious links up with Eteng Ettah, host of the Consider This For Comfort Podcast. Eteng and Julia draft their comfort black baddies across five categories: character, theme song, soundtrack, performance, and cultural moment. This is a casual conversation celebrating Black influence on Pop Culture! Happy Juneteenth!

    CHAPTERS:

    00:00 Introducing Eteng Ettah from Consider This For Comfort Podcast

    02:54 Hot Girl Housekeeping

    06:02 Feminist Follow-Through: Holding Space Foundation

    08:18 Introduction to the Black Baddie Draft

    10:17 Comfort Characters

    33:02 Comfort Theme Song

    45:28 Comfort Soundtracks

    58:32 Comfort Performance

    01:19:24 Comfort Cultural Moments

    All The Links:

    • Black Baddie Draft with Imani G: https://linkly.link/2kvJf
    • Feminist Follow Through - Holding Space Foundation: https://linkly.link/2kvKf
    • Go Follow Consider This For Comfort Podcast: https://linkly.link/2kPJx
    • Find Etang on instagram: @etenggg / @considercomfortpod
    • For everything else: https://www.etengettah.com/

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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • 'Stranger Things: First Shadow' Quickie
    Jun 16 2026

    Summary: Here are my slightly incoherent ramblings about Stranger Things: First Shadow on Broadway. We go into the Upside Down to explore conspiracy theories, Henry's origin story, gender politics, and my undying love for Jamie Campbell Bower. This is Femme & Furious signing off with one final look at Stranger Things.

    More Stranger Things: https://linkly.link/2kXNw

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    32 mins
  • 'Every Year After' Episodes 1 & 2
    Jun 12 2026

    Summary: We are back in Barry's Bay, enjoying the scenery, like the picturesque lake, Sam Florek's eyes, and Charlie's abs. I'm just a girl. Sue me. We're exploring episodes one (Every Summer After) and two (Young Blood) in Amazon Prime's newest summer romance series, Every Year After, based on the book Every Summer After by Carley Fortune. We're talking about skeletons in our closets, the ghosts of summer past, rejecting shame about the female body, and the different feminine archetypes that are popping up so far.

    Special Announcement: Femme & Furious is doing a crossover episode with Consider This for Comfort Podcast! We'll be doing a Black Baddie Comfort Draft for Juneteenth! Go give Etang's show a listen! Listen to Consider This for Comfort Podcast: https://linkly.link/2kPJx

    RESOURCES:

    • Join the Femme & Furious Community: https://linkly.link/2juFy
    • Common Threads book club: https://linkly.link/2juG6
    • Every Summer After Book Coverage: https://linkly.link/2kIac
    • Feminist Follow Through - Grants for Creators: https://linkly.link/2kBRO

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    1 hr and 2 mins
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