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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
  • Bisexual Baddie Draft with Capri Campeau
    Jun 27 2026

    Summary: The Fairy Bi Mother, AKA Capri Campeau, has visited Femme & Furious. Not only are we hanging out with queer royalty and a gem of a human, but Capri & Julia dive into all things bisexual baddie related. There are ten categories, ranging from characters to items, all celebrating what it is to be bi. Happy Pride Month to everyone listening.

    Feminist Follow-Through: For this episode, Capri has requested that all feminist efforts go towards supporting her bestie and co-host, Ashley Whitfield. Ashley is a Black Queer Creator with a passion for making the world better and safer for everyone, especially our Black & Trans community. Capri waxed poetic about her, so i'm attaching a direct link to her venmo, where you can choose to donate if it tickles you! https://linkly.link/2lKvL

    Find & Follow Capri:

    • A Little Queer Podcast: https://linkly.link/2lKvO
    • Find Capri on IG: https://linkly.link/2lKvR
    • Join Capri on Patreon: https://linkly.link/2lKvS

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • 'House of the Dragon' Salt and Sea, Fire and Blood Slay-by-Slay
    Jun 24 2026

    Summary: Welcome back to Westeros on Femme & Furious. We are hopping onto dragonback, eating charred sheep, and upgrading foot fetishes for mother/son incest in this epic, long-awaited season premiere of House of the Dragon Season 3. In this episode of the podcast, we are diving into autonomy, the patriarchy (aka all of Westeros), the way women need to grab at power, and what the vow for the mother actually means in this world as we prepare for the true Dance of the Dragons and cope with the harrowing aftermath of The Battle of the Gullet.

    Chapters:

    00:00 Hot Girl Hot Take: Episode Intro

    00:58 Housekeeping

    03:07 Chic Peek: Episode Overview

    08:49 Slay-by-Slay: Episode Deep Dive

    58:10 The Battle of the Gullet

    01:07:12 Feminist Follow Through: Set Boundaries, Find Peace

    01:10:06 Burn Book: Episode Superlatives

    Feminist Follow-Through: If you're anything like Rhaenyra or Alicent who really need to have conversations with their sons about autonomy and boundaries, you should pick up the book / workbook Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Tawwab. Not only will you be gaining resources to better your relationships, but you'll be supporting the podcast as well as Nedra, a Black Woman Creator who has a myriad of resources derived from her work as a social worker and therapist! --> https://linkly.link/2l4kq

    Resources:

    • Love reality TV? Read The Compound: https://linkly.link/2l4fz
    • Read Fire & Blood: https://linkly.link/2kIaE
    • Listen to Femme & Furious feminist take on A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms: https://linkly.link/2l4jb

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • 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
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