50th Episode Giveaway Reminder
Bootie and Bossy are popping in to remind you that the deadline of October 7, 2025 for our 50th episode giveaway is fast approaching! We are giving away two Skellie kits (two winners) from the fabulou...
4 Okt 20251min
A Giveaway because we thought that would be Fun!
We made it to our 50th episode, so what keeps us going? In a word, YOU. From our listeners to invited guests, to family members who helped with tech and made suggestions--to everyone who graced us wit...
23 Sep 202538min
Bare Female Shoulders, Oh My!
Bare Female Shoulders, Oh My! Flapping through the 1920s in Bootie and Bossy's Episode 49!Why, why, why do men care so much about what women wear? Oh right, because they want to control women, but Ire...
30 Aug 202539min
Is knitting an Anti-feminist act?
Let's set the scene: America at the beginning of the 20th Century, and despite their suffocating corsets that created the prized Gibson Girl physique, women are on the move, literally--they are fishin...
20 Jul 202545min
Fun with Michele Lee Bernstein
How do you eat Cheetos safely while knitting so everything is not covered with a fine neon orange dust? Chopsticks! How do you keep your balls of yarn from doing the Tango in your knitting bag while y...
4 Jul 20251h 7min
Quiet, Everyday Magic
Here's something we love: Hunter Hammersen's "quiet, everyday magic that's easy to overlook. But it's magic nonetheless." She is talking about her "Noteworthy" pattern for a little pouch that looks li...
18 Jun 202543min
Where is Napoleon's Penis?
Inquiring minds want to know: where is Napolean's penis these days? We will give you a hint: it's not with the rest of his body, but it's a cautionary tale for today's despots that we think should be ...
16 Mai 202538min
The Cult of True Womanhood? We think not!
Piety! Purity! Submissiveness! Domesticity! These are the four pillars of the "Cult of True Womanhood" in 19th-Century America according to Anne Macdonald in No Idle Hands: The Social History of Ameri...
2 Mai 202540min
