Why waste a good passport marrying a fellow citizen? Is love strong enough to withstand deportation? Journalist and author Anna Lekas Miller shares what happened when she "proposed marriage fraud" to a Syrian refugee and how borders, visas and passports decide who gets to be together. Her book is <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/62874314-love-across-borders">Love Across Borders: Passports, Papers, and Romance in a Divided World</a>.  . . .Follow Unladylike: <a href="http://instagram.com/unladylikemedia">IG</a> and <a href="http://tiktok.com/@unladylikemedia">TikTok</a>Join the <a href="http://patreon.com/unladylikemedia">Unladies' Room</a>Shop <a href="http://unladylike.co/shop">merch</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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Beyond 90-Day Fiancé

Why waste a good passport marrying a fellow citizen? Is love strong enough to withstand deportation? Journalist and author Anna Lekas Miller shares what happened when she "proposed marriage fraud" to a Syrian refugee and how borders, visas and passports decide who gets to be together. Her book is Love Across Borders: Passports, Papers, and Romance in a Divided World.  
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Green Card Marriage (ENCORE) 

With the rise of the "<a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-151981556">perfectly imperfect</a>" veneer ideal, it's the perfect time to revisit how beauty culture got here. (And subscribe to <a href="https://jessicadefino.substack.com/">The Review of Beauty by Jessica Defino</a>!) Why are more young women trading in their natural teeth for cosmetic veneers? What does it say about beauty standards, class perceptions and the dental healthcare gap? Writer <a href="http://www.jessicamgoldstein.com/">Jessica Goldstein</a> drills down on the rise of cosmetic dentistry, aesthetic veneers, head-to-toe "hotness creep" and her brilliant Washington Post feature, "<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/interactive/2023/teeth-celebrities-veneers-tiktok/">Have you noticed that everyone's teeth look a little too perfect</a>?" . . .Follow Unladylike on <a href="http://instagram.com/unladylikemedia">Instagram</a> and <a href="http://tiktok.com/@unladylikemedia">TikTok</a>Join the <a href="http://patreon.com/unladylikemedia">Unladies' Room</a> Shop <a href="http://unladylike.co/shop">merch</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

<description>With the rise of the "perfectly imperfect" veneer ideal, it's the perfect time to revisit how beauty culture got here. (And subscribe to The Review of Beauty by Jessica Defino!) Why are more young women trading in their natural teeth for cosmetic veneers? What does it say about beauty standards, class perceptions and the dental healthcare gap? Writer Jessica Goldstein drills down on the rise of cosmetic dentistry, aesthetic veneers, head-to-toe "hotness creep" and her brilliant Washington Post feature, "Have you noticed that everyone's teeth look a little too perfect?" 
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what happened to regular teeth?

With the rise of the "perfectly imperfect" veneer ideal, it's the perfect time to revisit how beauty culture got here. (And subscribe to The Review of Beauty by Jessica Defino!) Why are more young women trading in their natural teeth for cosmetic veneers? What does it say about beauty standards, class perceptions and the dental healthcare gap? Writer Jessica Goldstein drills down on the rise of cosmetic dentistry, aesthetic veneers, head-to-toe "hotness creep" and her brilliant Washington Post feature, "Have you noticed that everyone's teeth look a little too perfect?" 
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Too-Perfect Teeth (ENCORE)

Good men aren't hard to find. What's "good" is where it gets complicated. Sociologist Emily Carian returns to the pod to share what she learned interviewing male feminists and men's rights activists for her new book <a href="https://nyupress.org/9781479821013/good-guys-bad-guys/">Good Guys, Bad Guys: The Perils of Men's Gender Activism</a>. Highlights include: privilege renegotiation, women's roles in cishet men's paths to feminism and/or the manosphere and why a leftist Joe Rogan doesn't exist. Follow Unladylike on <a href="http://instagram.com/unladylikemedia">Instagram</a> and <a href="http://tiktok.com/@unladylikemedia">TikTok</a>Join the <a href="http://patreon.com/unladylikemedia">Unladies' Room</a> PatreonGet your new favorite <a href="http://unladylike.co/shop">sweatshirt</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

<description>Good men aren't hard to find. What's "good" is where it gets complicated. Sociologist Emily Carian returns to the pod to share what she learned interviewing male feminists and men's rights activists for her new book Good Guys, Bad Guys: The Perils of Men's Gender Activism. Highlights include: privilege renegotiation, women's roles in cishet men's paths to feminism and/or the manosphere and why a leftist Joe Rogan doesn't exist.

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What happens when men realize their gender? 

Good men aren't hard to find. What's "good" is where it gets complicated. Sociologist Emily Carian returns to the pod to share what she learned interviewing male feminists and men's rights activists for her new book Good Guys, Bad Guys: The Perils of Men's Gender Activism. Highlights include: privilege renegotiation, women's roles in cishet men's paths to feminism and/or the manosphere and why a leftist Joe Rogan doesn't exist.

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Good Guy Feminism

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What documentaries on Martha Stewart, a yoga girlboss and a maybe sociopath have in common?

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Martha Stewart, Guru Jagat and a 'Grey's Anatomy' Fraudster (TEASER)

They're trending, unfortunately. Sociologist <a href="https://emilycarian.com/">Emily Carian</a> explains what the men's rights movement is, who it attracts and why. Cristen also talks to Emily about the mental and scientific challenges of interviewing anti-feminist men for her research.This episode originally aired in November 2022. Follow Unladylike <a href="http://instagram.com/unladylikemedia">Instagram</a> and <a href="http://tiktok.com/@unladylikemedia">TikTok</a>Join the <a href="http://patreon.com/unladylikemedia">Unladies' Room</a> Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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This episode originally aired in November 2022.

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What turns men into men's rights activists?

They're trending, unfortunately. Sociologist Emily Carian explains what the men's rights movement is, who it attracts and why. Cristen also talks to Emily about the mental and scientific challenges of interviewing anti-feminist men for her research.
This episode originally aired in November 2022.

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Men's Rights Activists 101 (ENCORE)

A feminist lifestyle podcast on a mission to stay curious, build empathy and raise hell. Hosted by Cristen Conger.

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