Cult of Perfect

Jan 24 2024 6 ep. 22 mins 11

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A podcast about the intersection of motherhood, public performance and bodies, from Sara Petersen and Virginia Sole-Smith.

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Cult Of Throw Pillows

Jan 24 2024 2 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit cultofperfect.substack.comHello, and welcome to Cult of Perfect! Today we're investigating the pressure to perform domesticity—and how that leads to the erasure of actual domestic labor, with Angela Garbes, author of Like A Mother and Essential Labor. This is a limited run podcast about the intersection of motherhood,

Let Them Be Beige

Jan 10 2024 71 mins

Hello, and welcome to Cult of Perfect! Today we're talking about the perfect woman as defined by evangelical Christianity, and exploring how evangelicalism has come to define so much of American culture with guest Jeanna Kadlec. This is a limited run podcast about the intersection of motherhood, public performance, and bodies. We are Sara Petersen and Virginia Sole-Smith, two moms

Trad Wives Hiding In Plain Sight

Dec 20 2023 1 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit cultofperfect.substack.comHello, and welcome to Cult of Perfect! Today we're talking about the perfect woman as defined by evangelical Christianity, and exploring how evangelicalism has come to define so much of American culture with guest Jeanna Kadlec. This is a limited run podcast about the intersection of motherhood,

The Myth of the Nuclear Family

Dec 06 2023 2 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit cultofperfect.substack.comHello, and welcome to Cult of Perfect! Today we're exploding a whole bunch of stereotypes about single moms (especially Black single moms) with guest Ashley Simpo, and talking about why the nuclear family was never designed to serve us in the first place. This is a limited run podcast about the

The Fat Mother Narrative

Nov 22 2023 5 mins

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit cultofperfect.substack.comHello, and welcome to Cult of Perfect! Today we're unpacking the intersection of anti-fatness and diet culture during pregnancy.This is a limited run podcast about the intersection of motherhood, public performance, and bodies. We are Sara Petersen and Virginia Sole-Smith, two moms and writers w

Unpacking Our Personal Perfects

Nov 08 2023 50 mins

Hello, and welcome to Cult of Perfect!This is a limited run podcast about the intersection of motherhood, public performance, and bodies. We are Sara Petersen and Virginia Sole-Smith, two moms and writers who are trying to figure out what our addiction to the idea of perfect says about us—and the world we live in.Sara also writes In Pursuit of Clean Countertops, and is the author