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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
  • '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
  • 'Every Summer After' Chapters 11-Epilogue
    Jun 9 2026

    Summary: Jump into the lake at Barry's Bay, where we're wrapping up our exploration of Carley Fortune's Every Summer After. On this episode of Femme & Furious, we dive into anxiety, mistakes, regret, and trek through the emotional underworld of summers past, where the Florek Boys are surely waiting for us.

    CHAPTERS:

    00:00 Hot Girl Hot Take: Episode Intro

    01:23 Housekeeping

    04:23 Quickie: Key Feminist themes & moments

    34:37 Burn Book: Episode Superlatives

    RESOURCES:

    • Email: femmeandfuriouspod@gmail.com
    • Freeport Water Taxi: https://linkly.link/2kIa2
    • Join the Femme & Furious Community on Patreon: https://linkly.link/2juFy
    • Join Common Threads Book Club on June 17th at 7 pm EST: https://linkly.link/2juG6
    • Listen to the reimagining era episode: https://linkly.link/2juq6
    • Read Fire & Blood (House of the Dragon): https://linkly.link/2kIaE
    • Read Charlies Book, One Golden Summer: https://linkly.link/2kIaK
    • Tv & Book Coverage Playlist for Every summer / Year After: https://linkly.link/2kIac

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    37 mins
  • 'Every Summer After' Chapter 1-10 Quickie
    Jun 5 2026

    Summary: On this episode of Femme & Furious, we're taking a field trip to Barrys Bay to hang out with the Florek Boys and one Persephone Fraser. This episode explores the rich themes of identity, self-acceptance, friendships, and romantic relationships in Carley Fortune's 'Every Summer After'.

    Chapters:

    00:00 Hot Girl Hot Take: Episode Introduction

    03:33 Chic Peek: Episode Overview

    04:26 Quickie: key feminist themes

    34:56 Feminist Follow-Through: Grants for Creators Newsletter

    37:00 Burn Book: Episode Superlatives

    Feminist Follow Through: Calling all creatives! Don't give up on your dream like Percy did! Just go an follow Grants for Creators: https://linkly.link/2kBRO

    Resources:

    • Read Every Summer After: https://linkly.link/2jTBL
    • Join Common Threads Book Club on June 17th at 7pm EST, theme - PRIDE: https://linkly.link/2juG6
    • Join the Femme & Furious community on Patreon: https://linkly.link/2juFy

    Key Words: Romance novels, beach read, summer romance,

    friends-to-lovers, second chance romance, Every Summer After, Carley Fortune, Bookstagram, BookTok, Feminism, Feminist analysis, Persephone myth, self-acceptance, friendship, love story, coming of age, summer read

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    39 mins
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