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Witches, Bitches, and Sluts

Xtina Rose 10 Episodes Oct 12, 2026

Witches, Bitches, and Sluts is a twice-weekly podcast hosted by Xtina Rose about the labels women have been given throughout history and today. Each episode examines how women get discredited by words like witch, bitch, and slut, and why the false version of their story often outlives the real one. Some episodes focus on a single woman's story — the accusation, the truth, and why the myth stuck — while others dig into the research behind the pattern. The tone is rigorously researched but casually told, more like a conversation with a well-read friend than a lecture.

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Rebecca Nurse: "Innocent as the Child Unborn" Oct 12, 2026 2883 In June 1692, a Salem jury found 71-year-old Rebecca Nurse not guilty of witchcraft. The court refused to accept it, and three weeks later she was hanged.In the second of three Salem episodes, host Xtina Rose follows the respected church grandmother who proved that no one in Salem Village was safe. We cover the girl who saw a ghost she couldn’t name, the examination where Rebecca was judged for he

LABELED: THIS WEEK - October 8, 2026 Oct 8, 2026 522 Labeled: This Week — A weekly roundup of women who got labeled in the news, because my database can’t keep up.THIS WEEK:Inconsistent. Monster. Doesn’t belong. Liar. This week, those labels were applied to a sexual assault survivor, a mother on trial, two Senate candidates, and a group of women in Hollywood.In the first Labeled: This Week, host Xtina Rose catches up on two ongoing cases: the Cornel

Tituba: "The Devil Came to Me" Oct 5, 2026 2911 "I have done nothing." That's the first thing the 1692 court record says Tituba told the magistrates. By the end of the day, she'd confessed to meeting the Devil, and the Salem witch trials had begun.In the first of three Salem episodes, host Xtina Rose separates what the records actually say about Tituba from three centuries of invention. We cover the enslaved "Indian wom

Stevie Nicks: "I'm not a witch. Get a life!" Sep 28, 2026 2918 It's SPOOKY Season! ...Aaaaand I'm sick, so pardon my nasal voice. This is the first of our Spooky Season Witch episodes, and I am starting with an ICON. Although most of my episodes focus on women who were damaged by their labels, occasionally I'll occasionally feature a woman who triumphed over her label. I'm going to call those Icon episodes, and our first one is Stevie Nick

The Trap of Mammy, Jezebel, and Sapphire Sep 21, 2026 2837 The fastest way to misunderstand a Black woman is to reach for a familiar label. We start with the one Michelle Obama names so plainly: how easily Black women get tagged as “angry,” then we pull the thread back through history and forward into research that shows what those snap judgments can do.I walk through three stereotypes that work together like a trap: Mammy, Jezebel, and Sapphire. Mammy is

Hattie McDaniel: Not Your Mammy Sep 14, 2026 2937 "I have never apologized for the roles I play." Hattie McDaniel wrote that in 1947, seven years after becoming the first Black person to win an Academy Award, for playing Mammy in Gone with the Wind.In this episode of Witches, Bitches, and Sluts, host Xtina Rose looks at how that role came to cover up the woman who played it. Before Hollywood, Hattie was a singer, songwriter, radio star,

Dragon Lady, Lotus Blossom, and Asian Women Aug 31, 2026 3235 A character shouldn’t be able to haunt an actor on the sidewalk, yet Lucy Liu’s fear after playing Ling Wu points to something bigger than celebrity. We’re digging into the Dragon Lady and Lotus Blossom stereotypes and how they teach audiences to read Asian American women as either dangerous and hypersexualized or sweet, passive, and disposable. These labels didn’t start with one actress and they

Anna May Wong: A Thousand Deaths Aug 24, 2026 2477 "When I die, my epitaph should be: I died a thousand deaths." Anna May Wong was Hollywood's first Chinese American star, and the industry kept killing her off.In this episode of Witches, Bitches, and Sluts, host Xtina Rose follows a third-generation Angeleno from sneaking onto film sets as a kid to becoming the actress whose early roles shaped the "Dragon Lady" and "L

Dumb or Deadly? Examining the Dumb Blonde and the Femme Fatale Aug 16, 2026 1988 A single look can get a woman filed as sweet and harmless or cold and dangerous, and the switch can happen in seconds. We start with Dolly Parton’s iconic joke about the “dumb blonde” label (and the way Marilyn Monroe and Britney Spears echo the same pressure), then trace where these stereotypes came from and why they keep returning in new forms.We walk the long history of blonde hair as a Western

Marilyn Monroe: "You have to be smart to play dumb" Aug 10, 2026 3019 "I've often been asked, does it bother you when someone refers to you as a dumb blonde? It never has. You see, I've always known I wasn't." Marilyn Monroe said that in 1954, and the world still didn't believe her.In this episode of Witches, Bitches, and Sluts, host Xtina Rose traces how 20th Century Fox built the "dumb blonde," from the femme fatale role in

"Are Women Human?" Aug 10, 2026 2138 Content note: this episode discusses slurs, sexual shaming, racism, and harassment.Are women human? Obviously. So why do we have so many words that turn women into categories: the b*tch, the sl*t, the witch, the gold digger, the crazy ex?In this first episode of Witches, Bitches, and Sluts, host Xtina Rose starts with Dorothy L. Sayers's 1938 question, "Are Women Human?" and explore

TRAILER: Who Wins When A Woman Becomes A Slur? Aug 3, 2026 164 Trailer for the podcast Witches, Bitches, and Sluts. A podcast that investigates when women are labeled and why.Join the conversation on Instagram @the.wbs.pod, or share your story with me at thewbspod@gmail.comFind the sources for every episode on the website: wbspodcast.comFor collabs, sponsorships, and business inquiries: info@wbspodcast.comLove the show? Help keep it going by buying me a coffe

Witches, Bitches, and Sluts

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