We have a very special guest who was kind enough to help Natalie determine her definition for “the female gaze” once and for all. Morgan is the host of the podcast, Female Gaze: The Film Club, where she and her guests discuss films directed by female filmmakers. Natalie and Morgan will discuss the nuances and differences they see when female filmmakers are the ones capturing women’s experiences. Directors of note will be Greta Gerwig, Sophia Coppola, Natalie Morales, Chloe Zhao, and more! Are you able to sit in a movie theater and determine if a movie is directed by a woman just by the tone and choices made?

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This week’s guest is Brianna McCabe, author of the book The Red Flags I've (Repeatedly) Ignored. Natalie and Brianna will share some instances from their past relationships and dating expectations where they knew they were definitely ignoring the red flags the other person was presenting loudly and without question. The two women will also discuss why women may feel pressured to ignore red flags, how loving yourself and having clear expectations helps combat settling for subpar partners, and what red flags became deal breakers as they grew more experienced in dating. Help us get to the root cause of ignoring red flags by telling us why you’ve found yourself dating someone who was a walking red flag!

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To All the Men I’ve Tolerated Before is on summer vacay!  In the meantime, we will be posting episodes of our livestream collaboration with Pop Culture Makes Me Jealous. Still Comfy? is an in-depth look at our favorite comfort shows and movies. After a conversation about the themes presented in the selected movie, we discuss how the movie holds up against our Tolerator and Jelly Pops morals and viewpoints. Enjoy our review of Mrs. Doubtfire starring Robin Williams and Sally Field!

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Happy Holidays! We are on our seasonal holiday break until 2023. Please, enjoy this teaser from one of our Patreon Episodes that is a Still Comfy? episode with Juls Washington from Pop Culture Makes Me Jealous. The episode is reviewing Hocus Pocus and Hocus Pocus 2. In order to listen to the full episode, you can join our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/menivetoleratedpod.

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This is a very special season 2 finale episode of To All the Men I’ve Tolerated Before! We are joined by some of our favorite guests from past episodes. Annie Sieg, Caitlin Grant, and Julia Washington are back and we’re all talking about all the different ways women keep themselves safe from harm. Whether it is physical safety during the night, at home, or literally anywhere a woman has to be alone or in a vulnerable position, there are a lot of tips and tricks that young women have been taught for decades on how they take ownership of making themselves safe. Why are women so responsible for getting home alive and well instead of living in a world where they can count on everyone respecting their right to safety? Come discuss it with all of us!


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Kelly Winget is on the podcast this week to speak on managing wealth, whether it is yours or you’ve been employed to manage someone else’s, and what that world looks like for women. Kelly is a financial entrepreneur and founder of Dallas-based private equity company Alternative Wealth Partners. She has built her career with a fierceness that demanded respect from men in the wealth industry and oil industry. There’s more reflections on how women are spoken to about money, what happens when men are confronted with a woman who knows how to manage wealth, and who is making moves to make sure women’s voices are being heard in the world of money. The best piece of advice given during the episode? When being talked down to about your money, ask if there is a woman who is able to help you that is hired by the company.

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Stacey Simms, host of Diabetes Connections and author of The World’s Worst Diabetes Mom, is Natalie’s guest this week to talk about her career in morning news. Natalie and Stacey have a conversation about women being overlooked for promotion, proving their worth in the workplace, and how to have honest conversations with your co-workers about what it means to be a woman in the workplace. They also dissect what it means to use your knowledge about your audience to your advantage when presenting topics that may be out of their comfort zone or what happens when your audience’s comfort zone dictates what you get to present to the public. The episode rounds out with a discussion on building a community around diabetes and how important it is to understand someone else’s experience in a community you take space within. It is an episode that brings together two women from different generations who have a lot in common, even if their approach to their place in the general media takes different notes or tones.

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Natalie wanted to take a moment to celebrate when To All the Men I’ve Tolerated Before reached one year of podcasting! This is a pre-recorded live episode on the platform Fireside. We will be diving into reality tv, relationship tropes we fall into, creepy dates, and more. Thank you to everyone who celebrated with us and those who are still celebrating our show! If you would like to watch us live on Fireside, please follow us at fireside.com/nataliekatona.

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 Natalie had the pleasure to talk to Laura Danger after being a huge fan of her social media presence on the idea of “weaponized incompetence”. Laura will go over how fair play has a role in healthy expectations and boundaries within your marriage and relationships. Natalie and Laura will also discuss distinct examples that they have witnessed of this idea of weaponized incompetence where your partner gets to just not know how to do something and you pick up that emotional/physical/mental labor. Not only do they find that as a really petty excuse to not be involved in a laborious activity, but they also discover that weaponized ignorance is also at play when it comes to how women are treated within their homes, society, and the world.

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Natalie is joined by Ellen Moore, host of The Slut Show With Ellen Moore. Natalie at 33 years old and Ellen just almost at 23 years old have something in common, they have a hard time being taken seriously. Whether it be at work, with their families and friends, or when it comes to money and finances, each woman will discuss how they knew being a young woman played a role in how they were unable to be taken seriously or be heard. They will also call out the systems that make it easy to disregard young women and what happens when women are unable to use their voice and power.   Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and https://www.patreon.com/menivetoleratedpod on Patreon for bonus content! All ways to support the show, including our merchandise, can be found at https://linktr.ee/menivetoleratedpod.   “Still Comfy?” Can be found live on Instagram and YouTube. Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well!   Find Ellen: Instagram: @theslutshowwithellenmoore and @byellenmoore Linktree: https://linktr.ee/theslutshow

Natalie is joined this week by Shohreh Davoodi, author of the weekly newsletter The Queer Agenda, self-trust coach, and host of Conjuring Up Courage. The women have a heartfelt conversation on all the ways women were conditioned to not listen to their guts or trust what their bodies were thinking, their hearts were feeling, or their brains were thinking. Shohreh will go through her experience with discovering her sexuality and identifying as a lesbian. This hits home with Natalie as she grapples with what dating and her own romantic life may look like in the future as she re-examines who it is she is actually attracted to and interested in, The women will dive deep on how it is okay to experiment, what it means to take chances even if they may be wrong, and how we deserve a society that gives us a safe place to try new things if that’s what we need to do.   Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and https://www.patreon.com/menivetoleratedpod on Patreon for bonus content! All ways to support the show, including our merchandise, can be found at https://linktr.ee/menivetoleratedpod.  “Still Comfy?” Can be found live on Instagram and YouTube. Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well!    Find Shohreh: Instagram: @shohrehdavoodi Website: https://shohrehdavoodi.com/ Podcast: Conjuring Up Courage

Don’t miss the fun when Natalie Katona looks back at how the ‘90s male TV heartthrobs she grew up watching. Her and guest Elizabeth, from former episodes 90s Male Protagonists Made Me Codependent and Turns Out I Do Have Religious Trauma, will put on trial the two male protagonists they think set them up for the worst relationship patterns. Who was the worst heartthrob to be attracted to? Was it Shawn Hunter? Dawson Leery? Or a surprise write in vote? Find out on this live Fireside episode that features live audience participation! Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and https://www.patreon.com/menivetoleratedpod on Patreon for bonus content! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well! You can follow the live show and see video of this episode at firesidechat.com/nataliekatona. Find Elizabeth: All socials: @finalgirlscout and finalgirlscout@gmail.com Other Guest Spots: Plug it Up (@plugituppod), Bloody Good Horror (@bloodygoodhorror), Zombie Grrlz (@zgpodcasts), and Thor’s Hour of Thunder

Natalie was honored to be joined by Katie Ploss as she shares the story of the relationship that had the most hurt within it. Katie and Natalie talk about what it means to be in a relationship you know is hurting you and what happens in the days after the relationship is over. The women come together to both laugh and reflect on how they’ve changed since their hurtful relationships and the growth they are grateful to experience.    Content warning: Episode makes mention of both sexual assault and abortion. Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and https://www.patreon.com/menivetoleratedpod on Patreon for bonus content! All ways to support the show, including our merchandise, can be found at https://linktr.ee/menivetoleratedpod. “Still Comfy?” Can be found live on Instagram and YouTube. Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well!    Find Katie: Instagram for Bitch You Need to Hear This: @byouneedtohearthis Katie’s Instagram: @kayplossy Website: https://www.katieploss.com/

To All the Men I’ve Tolerated Before is on summer vacay!  In the meantime, we will be posting episodes of our livestream collaboration with Pop Culture Makes Me Jealous. Still Comfy? is an in-depth look at our favorite comfort shows and movies. After a conversation about the themes presented in the selected movie, we discuss how the movie holds up against our Tolerator and Jelly Pops morals and viewpoints. Enjoy our review of Return to Me starring Minnie Driver and David Duchovny!

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This week, Natalie sits with director and producer Jon Lee Brody to tackle conversations on why representation in media matters and the experience one has when you fight for representation in that field. The pair will discuss moments in their careers where they became the voice in the room speaking for people that needed additional backing to make sure they were given the respect and treatment warranted to them. They also dive into how you represent yourself during tough situations or humbling moments is also a really great indicator to how you’ve grown or another indicator that we still have a long way to go when it comes to tackling topics such as diversity in film, education in our schools that includes everyone’s story, and what happens when your ego is dealt a blow.  Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and https://www.patreon.com/menivetoleratedpod on Patreon for bonus content! All ways to support the show, including our merchandise, can be found at https://linktr.ee/menivetoleratedpod. “Still Comfy?” Can be found live on Instagram and YouTube. Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well!  Find Jon: Instagram: @jonleebrody Reel Psychology: https://firesidechat.com/reelpsychology

This week Natalie is joined by friend of the podcast, Annie Sieg. Annie and Natalie will be diving deep on one of their favorite guilty pleasures, reality tv. From the Bachelor Franchise to the Kardashians, Nat and Annie walk listeners through how reality tv can be trashy but it can also reflect on how certain people in our society are viewed and holds a mirror up to our culture and beliefs. Reality tv may not be a classy artform, but it does provide a lot of people the chance to reflect on themselves while also getting to laugh at some trainwrecks. Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and https://www.patreon.com/menivetoleratedpod on Patreon for bonus content! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well!  Find Annie: Instagram: @aksieg Tiktok: anniemakesart and peachbanstudios

This week, Natalie is joined by Caroline Addington from the Co-Create Podcast! The two women will be talking about how tricky it is to trust male enlightenment and the tell tale signs that someone is missing the mark on how accepting and loving they are for the collective energy, Another prevalent topic in the episode is the vulnerability that comes with a journey to being more caring, healed, or accepting. The resounding message is it takes a lot of learning, stumbling, and empathy to heal and to learn how to be an enlightened force in this world.   Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and https://www.patreon.com/menivetoleratedpod on Patreon for bonus content! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well!    Find Caroline: Podcast: Co-Create can be found on Apple Podcasts

This is one of our Fireside productions. To see the recording with video, please visit firesidechat.com/nataliekatona. Katie Majka is on the Fireside companion show and her expertise is romance novels. Natalie combed the internet for dating profiles that Katie and her could build some steamy literature around. Enjoy the women’s improvisational skills as they build characters, plot devices, and comedy through what people think is okay to list on a dating app! Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and https://www.patreon.com/menivetoleratedpod on Patreon for bonus content! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well!  Find Katie: Link to buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B097S6YN4R/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1626370452&sr=8-1 Link to the Jailbait playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6aV0lzqVU73pnTelN0D7tR?si=U7QZHnUDQd2tmhFlr7WJaA Facebook: facebook.com/mimiduncanbooks Tumblr: Mimiduncanbooks.tumblr.com Twitter + Instagram: @thebabblingmaj Cover designer Meg’s Twitter: redbelles

This week, Natalie is joined by Julianna Coughlin. Julianna is the host of the Puffcast but is taking a break from her Hufflepuff lifestyle to do a deep dive on the misogyny within the Twilight films and movies. The two women chat about toxic relationship dynamics, weird story arcs the series took, and how literature can affect the way you feel about dating and forming relationships. Edward and Bella get to be the spotlight on romance gone wrong this week on To All the Men I’ve Tolerated Before! Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and https://www.patreon.com/menivetoleratedpod on Patreon for bonus content! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well!  Find Julianna: Podcast: Puffcast and Into the Fold: A Grishaverse Podcast Instagram: @puffcastpod @intothefoldpod and @jellyanna_runs

Natalie is joined once again by Trina Ross. You’ve heard Trina commiserate with Natalie about how unemployment changed their mindsets on the workforce in Unemployment Broke My Brain. Now, Trina is back to share her passion about how you remove the mental and emotional stress that is working on your finances. Trina goes over the importance of goal setting and other tips while Natalie focuses on the issues she sees within our society that makes finances so hard to grapple with. Here’s hoping everyone feels a little less alone in their money stress after this episode! Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and https://www.patreon.com/menivetoleratedpod on Patreon for bonus content! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well!  Find Trina on Instagram @easynawesome

Natalie is joined this week by Shehla Faizi.Shehla produces and hosts the podcast, "I'm A Muslim (And That's Okay!)", which is her take on creating a counter-narrative to popular media perceptions about Muslims. The women come together to talk about the parallel misogynistic practices experienced through their two different cultures. The resounding truth is when these faiths and political systems do not evolve to meet the needs and changes of the population, then the people will distance themselves from those systems. Join the women as they have a cathartic and honest conversation about women’s oppression within these religious and cultural systems and what needs to change.  Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and https://www.patreon.com/menivetoleratedpod on Patreon for bonus content! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well!  Find Shehla: website: www.imamuslimpodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iamatopodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imamuslimpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf6SWb1o1tZTHNd09HaUEfg

This episode was recorded live on Fireside. This week Natalie asks the Fireside audience to help answer her eternal question: “How am I supposed to date?” She revisits themes presented in episode four and reflects on how she feels about dating and her sexuality one year later. Her and members of the live audience share examples of their dating patterns including Natalie’s pattern of losing herself the moment she enters a relationship. Girded with her mission to end her imposter syndrome, this episode was Natalie’s first step in rewriting the story of her dating life. Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and https://www.patreon.com/menivetoleratedpod on Patreon for bonus content! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well! 

This week is a special episode with guest Wendi Cooper! Wendi Cooper is the Founder and Creative Director of C Spot Run Productions and the host of The 5 with Wendi Cooper and The Wendi Cooper Show- StoryViews Humans Over 50. Wendi is going to dish with Natalie about the men she has tolerated, whether it was men she had to consult, clients of her boss, or any other man who came into contact with Wendi’s brilliance. She’s a happiness warrior and didn’t let misogyny dampen her spirits when it came to creating a career based around her expertise. Also, she just happens to be your host’s fairy godmother. Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and https://www.patreon.com/menivetoleratedpod on Patreon for bonus content! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well!   Find Wendi: Podcasts: The 5 with Wendi Cooper and The Wendi Cooper Show C Spot Run Productions: https://www.wendicooper.com/cspotrun-creative-marketing Instagram: @wendicreates

In this week’s episode, Natalie is joined by Julia Washington from Pop Culture Makes Me Jealous to discuss all things blaming and shaming in Hollywood. The women were inspired to process how women are shamed by our society by taking a look at how our culture revolves around judging celebrities. Topics of discussion will be celebrity divorce, court cases, and why we feel such ownership to celebrities’ lives that we get to decide when they make the correct choices or if they deserve the hurt they experience. Listen to explore how if we’re so comfy talking trash about celebrities for making mistakes, then we’re also really comfortable with judging people we know! Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and firesidechat.com/nataliekatona on Fireside for the live show! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well!  Find Julia:   On instagram: @popculturemakesmejealous @huesbyjuls and @thejuliawashington Website: https://lnk.bio/popculturemakesmejealous

To All the Men I've Tolerated Before is officially on its summer break! You'll be seeing posted on our feed bonus content like guest spots I've had on other shows, Still Comfy? episodes, and more! This week I am featuring a guest spot that I did with Julia Washington on her podcast Pop Culture Makes Me Jealous. PCMMJ is the podcast that delves into pop culture through the lens of race, gender, or sometimes both. During this episode Julia and I discuss whether or not this scary, sexy movie was really ever meant for children. And of course I go hard on the misogyny represented within the character arc for Esmerelda and how she's viewed by her male counterparts. What was Disney's goal with this movie?

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This week, Natalie has Natalie New on to help her process something that has been bothering her. Natalie and Natalie have a huge love for the cast of Critical Role. With that love, came the heartbreaking realization that the community that surrounds the cast can sometimes bully, harass, or even threaten the female cast members just because they play Dungeons and Dragons a little differently than the audience would prefer. This week will uncover the world of gatekeeping within the gaming community. Your host is tired of geeks getting a pass and being called “too nerdy to be mean” when she has witnessed firsthand how women+ players are treated within the community. This is her stand and she’d like to dedicate it to all the DMs who are doing their best to make their tables a safe place for everyone who wants to play.   Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and firesidechat.com/nataliekatona on Fireside for the live show! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well! You can also find all of our platforms, ways to support the podcast, and Patreon at https://linktr.ee/menivetoleratedpod   Find Natalie New: Instagram and Tiktok: @newtoyouuu Join the Discord Server: The Mushroom Menagerie https://discord.gg/k8BGw9r2S8

Annie Sieg joined Natalie on Fireside to revisit themes of episode 32 “Making Bodies Art”. Natalie and Annie revisit some of their artwork that reflects how they were feeling about their bodies, their mental/emotional state, or how they felt about their art at the time of creating the piece. Filters being rampant on social media, body image changing over time, insecurities, and how our mental health affects our creativity are all topics presented in the episode. Want to see the art that was presented on the episode? You can find the video for the episode on Fireside at firesidechat.com/nataliekaton.   Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and firesidechat.com/nataliekatona on Fireside for the live show! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well! You can also find all of our platforms, ways to support the podcast, and Patreon at  https://linktr.ee/menivetoleratedpod Find Annie: Instagram: @aksieg Tiktok: anniemakesart and peachbanstudios

To All The Men I’ve Tolerated Before, the weekly podcast where host, Natalie Katona, invites guests on the podcast to chat about living in the world of men. The podcast delves into different male tropes the world has had to endure like the sports guy, the toxic boss, or the needy boyfriend. It also allows the guests to delve into how men have affected their comfort levels in the communities they take up space in like the horror genre, professional wrestling, or the military. After the honest, comedic venting, the guest and Natalie will offer up their biggest growth moment from having to tolerate the men they’ve discussed and offer everyone up some great manifestations. Let’s work on a better, inclusive, and safer future for everyone with some radical honesty and less tolerating! To All The Men I’ve Tolerated Before can be downloaded wherever you listen to podcasts! (Use link https://linktr.ee/menivetoleratedpod in our bio!) And follow us on Fireside for our live shows at firesidechat.com/nataliekatona!

Natalie is joined this week by Marissa Meizz, founder of No More Lonely Friends. The challenge for this episode is diving deep on what it means to maintain friendships once you are an adult. The two women discuss roadblocks to healthy friendships such as wanting to fix everything for friends, the fear of rejection, only having enough time to work and not socialize, and the toll toxic friendships can take on your mental health. There is also an examination of how misogyny and other oppressive systems affect our ability to make lasting friendships. Marissa has done an amazing job bringing people together for No More Lonely Friends and helping her participants believe that quality friendships are out there waiting for them. Natalie is hoping to take the energy from this episode and continue building the Team Tolerator community. What are your friendship green flags? What about your friendship red flags?   Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and firesidechat.com/nataliekatona on Fireside for the live show! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well! You can also find all of our platforms, ways to support the podcast, and Patreon at  https://linktr.ee/menivetoleratedpod   Find Marissa: Instagram: @marissameizz and @nomorelonelyfriends Find No More Lonely Friends Events: https://www.nomorelonelyfriends.com

Natalie is so excited this week to be talking to Brianna Peters from Sad in the City and Gotham Production Studios! Brianna has grown up in Ohio and  begun her adventure out of the Midwest by moving to New York City. The two women talk about the point in which they knew the Midwest and the areas they’ve grown up in no longer fit their dreams or aspirations for themselves. They also reflect on how sometimes they grapple with that being difficult for the people in their lives and how to navigate those feelings of guilt or shame. The resounding message of the episode is no one is alone when it comes to feeling out of place in the environments you take space in. Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and firesidechat.com/nataliekatona on Fireside for the live show! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well! You can also find all of our platforms, ways to support the podcast, and Patreon at  https://linktr.ee/menivetoleratedpod Find Brianna:  Instagrams: @brianamaypeters and @sadinthecitypod Gotham Productions Studio: https://www.gothamproductionstudios.com/ Discord for Sad In the City Podcast: https://discord.gg/kPQ5kZFc

This week, Natalie was honored to have a conversation with youth activist, Anusha Singh. Anusha is associated with Period.org, an organization that raises awareness on period poverty and fights to end the stigma against menstruation. Anusha and Natalie chat about her experiences going in front of Ohio legislators to speak against pink taxes on feminine products. They also do a deep dive on how period stigma plays a role in everyone’s lives and how the culture needs to change around menstruation so we can further everyone’s comfort in our society and within the workforce.   Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and firesidechat.com/nataliekatona on Fireside for the live show! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well! You can also find all of our platforms, ways to support the podcast, and Patreon at  https://linktr.ee/menivetoleratedpod   Find Anusha and Period.Org: Instagram: anusha_sing Anusha’s Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqy4yKLcVxc Instagram for Period.Org: periodmovement

This week, Natalie is joined by one of her favorite coworkers, Marchea Wiley. Natalie immediately felt a connection with Marchea because they have something very important in common. Both women are on the path to taking their creativity and talents and making their brands lucrative. The friends have a very honest discussion on why 9-5’s and working for someone else isn’t working for them at all. They also go deep into what entrepreneurship meant to them when they were younger and how it affected their dreams for the future. They touch on why traditional workplaces go against their best interests and how they want to support one another in their endeavors. Whether it is through podcasting, content creating, modeling, or fashion design these women have what it takes to make a business built on their talent alone. Tune in so you can be one of the first witnesses to these two making it big!   Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and firesidechat.com/nataliekatona on Fireside for the live show! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well! You can also find all of our platforms, ways to support the podcast, and Patreon at  https://linktr.ee/menivetoleratedpod Find Marchea: Instagram: @biglady_dimpless2 TikTok and Twitter: bigladydimples

On To All the Men I’ve Tolerated Before’s premiere live episode on Fireside, Natalie is highlighting some of the amazing guests from season 1! Join the panel as they walk you through how each episode will help you face what you’ve tolerated, reflect on how you grew, and be a source of positivity by manifesting a better future. Already on Team Tolerator? You may notice that this show runs differently than the episodes you’ve been enjoying so far! There is audience participation in many forms. Have you ever wanted to give your take on a topic we covered? Now you can by either jumping onto our livestage and talking to TATMITB’s guests personally or sending in a text question during the show! There’s also fun reactions you can use to laugh along with the show, send some love, or applause for the awesome content you’re experiencing live. Make sure you’re following firesidechat.com/nataliekatona to join in on the live experience!   Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and firesidechat.com/nataliekatona on Fireside for the live show! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well! You can also find all of our platforms, ways to support the podcast, and Patreon at  https://linktr.ee/menivetoleratedpod   Find the Panel on Instagram: Annie Sieg: @aksieg Caitlin Grant: @plugituppod JD Ross: @dudeistweirdo

Natalie is joined this week by a very special friend, Karlee. Karlee came into Natalie’s life and she immediately saw herself in the big personality that Karlee wears with pride. The two women are going to talk about the pitfalls they fall into when they try to bring their large demeanors and make them fit into dating spaces. One question they continue to ponder is whether or not they will always have to bend their egos, behaviors, or exuberance to make the people around them comfortable. How does your personality grow or diminish when you’re in a relationship? Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and firesidechat.com/nataliekatona on Fireside for the live show! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well! You can also find all of our platforms, ways to support the podcast, and Patreon at  https://linktr.ee/menivetoleratedpod

This week Natalie is joined by Caitlin Grant to talk about the ins and outs of how our society views single people. The women get real about the financial strain and emotional landscape it takes to be single in today’s world. Whether it is getting questioning glances from loved ones, feeling like everything in your life is on you and you’re without support, or wondering why your achievements aren’t as celebrated just because they look a little bit different than others…being single in today’s culture is still not as accepted as you would think. Caitlin helps Natalie have a cathartic moment of reflection on how you can really enjoy being single and the life you have built for yourself, but still be aware that society may not value your contributions as much as they do the good ol’ family norm. Do you feel like an “other” compared to your partnered friends who have started families? This episode supports you and your choices!   Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and firesidechat.com/nataliekatona on Fireside for the live show! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well! You can also find all of our platforms, ways to support the podcast, and Patreon at  https://linktr.ee/menivetoleratedpod.   Find Caitlin: Plug It Up’s instagram: @plugituppod Bloody Good Horror’s instagram: @bloodygoodhorror Film’s at First Sight’s instagram: @filmsatfirstsight

To All the Men I’ve Tolerated Before is on summer vacay!  In the meantime, we will be posting episodes of our livestream collaboration with Pop Culture Makes Me Jealous. Still Comfy? is an in-depth look at our favorite comfort shows and movies. After a conversation about the themes presented in the selected movie, we discuss how the movie holds up against our Tolerator and Jelly Pops morals and viewpoints. Enjoy our review of Addams Family starring Anjelica Houston and Christina Ricci.

You can watch Still Comfy? By subscribing to the playlist!Make sure you have subscribed to us on Patreon! Every tier has a 7-day free trial and it is the only place to find our free blog posts, Tolerator Check-In episodes, and The Misogyny Meltdown. 

Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram! All ways to support the show can be found at https://linktr.ee/menivetoleratedpod. Join the newsletter so you never miss any update we have on Team Tolerator!

This week Elizabeth Kyle is back and she helped Natalie realize she didn’t escape religious trauma. The goal of this episode was for Elizabeth to talk about Southern Bible Belt culture and it immediately shifted. The women have a cathartic hour where they let themselves express all the ways that the beliefs that were imposed on them in their youth through Christianity actually had a lasting effect on them. They discuss the way women are treated and represented in the religions they were made to practice. Natalie also has a realization that assimilating to Christian Doctrine robbed her of the opportunity to explore things like queerness, sexuality, and some other big themes that she has an entire different view on in her adult life. This one gets deep and it gets real. What did it make you think about? Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and firesidechat.com/nataliekatona on Fireside for the live show! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well! You can also find all of our platforms, ways to support the podcast, and Patreon at  https://linktr.ee/menivetoleratedpod. Find Elizabeth: All socials: @finalgirlscout and finalgirlscout@gmail.com Other Guest Spots: Plug it Up (@plugituppod), Bloody Good Horror (@bloodygoodhorror), Zombie Grrlz (@zgpodcasts), and Thor’s Hour of Thunder

This week, Natalie is getting some extra help on how to spot narcissism and abuse in relationships from Dr. Natalie Jones. Dr. Jones is the host of the podcast A Date with Darkness. Her goal is to take her experience and turn painful experiences of narcissistic abuse into healing nuggets. She is going to help Natalie wrap her mind around the true definition of narcissism and someone with narcissistic personality disorder. She will also listen to a few relationships Natalie has assumed were with people who were narcissists and help answer the question “Was this person a narcissist or a jerk?” Do you have assumptions about narcissists? See if we can help clear them up this week! Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and firesidechat.com/nataliekatona on Fireside for the live show! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well! Find Dr. Jones: Instagram: @drnataliejones and @adatewithdarknesspodcast Website: https://www.drnataliejones.com/

Natalie is joined by the lovely Julia Washington from Pop Culture Makes Me Jealous for this week’s episode. Julia has experienced a thrill that Natalie has only dreamed of, dating musicians. They talk about the ins and outs of what makes musicians so magnetic to the two of them. The stage presence, the big hair, the raw talent, and the extreme eye contact are the things that make Natalie and Julia feel like they’re in the middle of a movie and on the verge of a destiny that is filled with glory and passion. And yet, Julia will make Natalie realize a thing she is still coming to terms with: that the adrenaline of the highs of dramatic relationships with a volatile artist can get you only so far. What about musicians makes you all tingly inside?   Find Julia: On instagram: @popculturemakesmejealous @huesbyjuls and @thejuliawashington Website: https://lnk.bio/popculturemakesmejealous Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and firesidechat.com/nataliekatona on Fireside for the live show! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well!

Natalie is joined this week by Lindy and Stephy from Turn of the Millennials! They will be chatting about everything millennials have lived through when it comes to dating. Grinding in a dark school gym, limited text messages, no phone calls until after 9:00pm, and group hangs were the hallmarks of how Millennials had to navigate dating in their teens. Then, the world shifted and Millennials were introduced to online dating and they had to deal with the shame of signing up for “one of those websites”. Live in nostalgia with the women as they have some great laughs about all the trends they’ve had to witness when it comes to romance. What do you remember about dating in the early 2000s that just doesn’t happen anymore?   Find Stephy and Lindy:   Instagram: turnofthemillennialspod Website: https://www.millennialspod.com/ Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and firesidechat.com/nataliekatona on Fireside for the live show! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well!

Natalie and her guest, Elizabeth, do not love themselves enough to ignore a bad boy in a leather jacket! Why? Because of the Shawn Hunters and Dawson Leerys of the world! Elizabeth is going to help Natalie dive deep into how the 90’s Male Protagonists that they grew up watching set them up for some awful dating mindsets. Why does Natalie love to caretake her partners and fix men? Probably because Joey Potter had to. Join the two women as they give the tv shows of their youth a review and come to terms with all the ways they were set up to put men first and to downplay their needs for their partners. What did 90’s media teach you about relationships? Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and firesidechat.com/nataliekatona on Fireside for the live show! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well! Elizabeth’s Plugs: All socials: @finalgirlscout and finalgirlscout@gmail.com Other Guest Spots: Plug it Up (@plugituppod), Bloody Good Horror (@bloodygoodhorror), Zombie Grrlz (@zgpodcasts), and Thor’s Hour of Thunder

This week, Natalie has the distinct pleasure of interviewing one of the first supporters of TATMITB, Delanie Fischer. Delanie is the amazing host of E-Ficionado and the co-host of Self-Helpless. She is going to walk Natalie through her minimalist lifestyle and how relationships, capitalism, and the patriarchy play a role in her choice to live minimalistically. Her motto “I’m going to do only the things that bring me the most happiness” is inspiring and she even tries to convince Natalie she is more than her maximalist manic spending and collecting in order to feel a moment of adrenaline. Minimalism is more than the stuff Delanie chooses to buy, it is being intentional with her time and her energy. How has our society conditioned you to not put yourself and priorities first and instead be distracted by everything available to us in the modern age? Take a few tips from Delanie from this episode! Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram and firesidechat.com/nataliekatona on Fireside for the live show! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well! Delanie’s Plugs: Instagram for Self-Helpless: @selfhelplesspodcast Delanie’s Business Simplicity Coach website: https://www.delaniefischer.com/ E-Ficionado can be found on Apple Podcast and Spotify

This week is an especially exciting week for Natalie! She is joined by Remy Kassimir, comedian and host of the podcast How C*m, to talk about their experiences trying to communicate about orgasming and pleasure with partners! Remy was a fantastic mentor for an hour as her and Natalie maneuvered through their past partners and how talking to them about pleasure has gone. Natalie lets Remy into her headspace when it comes to being passive and almost mechanical when it comes to trying to achieve the Big O in the bedroom. The hour is spent chatting about sleeping with men who don’t like you, body image coming into play when asking for what you want, and how everyone’s body deserves to be worshiped in the bedroom. What did Remy inspire Natalie to try out? And who else has tips about getting partners to help you c*m? Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well! Remy’s Plugs:   Instagram: @remykassimir and @howcumpodcast YouTube:https://youtube.com/user/remyvk Website: https://www.remykassimir.com/

This week, Natalie is joined by a new friend, Taryn. Taryn began her nursing career on the brink of the COVID-19 Pandemic. She will walk Natalie through the struggles that nurses went through while we were honking our horns to celebrate them. The two women will also have an honest conversation about nurses’ perceived cost to a hospital compared to doctors’ worth to the hospital as well as what happens when lawmakers create laws where a medical practitioner has the power to use their prejudice to delegate what kind of care a patient deserves. We’re all affected by misogyny and the patriarchy and the medical world is no different. Support Taryn and the rest of our nurses by being more aware of how these systems affect their profession.    Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well!

This week, Natalie has the amazing Sarah Casper on the podcast to talk about her work with teaching students about comprehensive consent. What do acroyoga and consent have in common? They revolve around having the communication skills to pull off having a conversation about what makes you comfortable and what your boundaries are whether its in a yoga pose or in a sexual relationship. Sarah helps Natalie process some of her communication mishaps in the bedroom and allows her to let go of some of the pressure to always get it perfect when it comes to talking about sex. How were you taught about consent? Have your sexual boundaries been asked about or honored?  Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well! Sarah’s Plugs: Instagram: @comprehensiveconsent Website: https://www.comprehensiveconsent.com/

Unemployment Broke my Brain: Natalie has her friend Trina Ross come on and talk about their experiences with unemployment. While their unemployment came in different ways, Natalie due to a pandemic and Trina due to unfair supervisors, the result was very similar. The two women have no interest working 9-5’s with the same values and lack of boundaries they experienced before they were unemployed. Natalie and Trina dive into the types of toxic rhetoric they’ve been taught about being apart of the workforce and even worst experience they’ve experienced in their jobs. Dolly Parton wrote a whole song about how day jobs were bullsh*t and now Natalie and Trina are ready to listen! Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well! Trina’s Plugs: unstable.unicorn on TikTok

To All the Men I’ve Tolerated Before is on summer vacay!  In the meantime, we will be posting episodes of our livestream collaboration with Pop Culture Makes Me Jealous. Still Comfy? is an in-depth look at our favorite comfort shows and movies. After a conversation about the themes presented in the selected movie, we discuss how the movie holds up against our Tolerator and Jelly Pops morals and viewpoints. Enjoy our review of Ever After starring Drew Barrymore and Anjelica Houston.

You can watch Still Comfy? By subscribing to the playlist!

Make sure you have subscribed to us on Patreon! Every tier has a 7-day free trial and it is the only place to find our free blog posts, Tolerator Check-In episodes, and The Misogyny Meltdown.

Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram! All ways to support the show can be found at https://linktr.ee/menivetoleratedpod. Join the newsletter so you never miss any update we have on Team Tolerator!

Natalie had the pleasure of talking to Isabel Firecracker about her choice to be childfree. Isabel is the founder of Uprising Spark which allows Isabel to coach women into being proud, shamefree, and guiltless about the choice to be childfree. Natalie went completely honest about the recent revelation of how she has chosen to remain childfree and why that is the right choice for her. Isabele during the conversation breaks down her work and some of the stigma that comes with being a woman who chooses to be childfree. Are you a childfree woman looking for connection with other women who don’t want children? This is the perfect episode for you! Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well! Isabel’s Plugs: The Uprising Spark: https://www.theuprisingspark.com/ Instagram: @theuprisingspark and @thehonestuproar

This week, Natalie is joined by one of her fairly new friends, Sarah Kate. The women will discuss how their ideals on relationships have changed since the COVID-19 Pandemic. For Sarah Kate, she found an assertiveness to her personality and now has a “this is how it is, I don’t care what you think it is” mindset. For Natalie, she needed to verbally process how odd it is to go back into a society and into relationships where you’re not sure if you still fit in. Natalie and Sarah Kate can agree, there’s definitely a change in the way relationships look now they’ve reflected on themselves and become more certain in who they are as people. How did your relationships change after you were forced to shelter in place? Let us know! Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well!

Women and Wrestling: Natalie is getting to explore the world of women’s wrestling with guest Darcie Darko on this week’s episode of To All the Men I’ve Tolerated Before! Darcie will get you pumped up about the pageantry and flair that comes with being a woman wrestler. Then, the two women will get into how Darcie was made to feel uncomfortable for wanting to be a wrestler and how it eventually led her to quit training. Now that she’s back to training later in her life, she’ll let listeners in on if the world of wrestling is kinder or if she is more secure in herself and can tolerate a few men in order to achieve her goals!   Follow us at @menivetoleratedpod on Instagram! Make sure to like, subscribe, and review so Natalie can send some good vibes and positive manifestations your way as well! Darcie’s Plugs Instagram: @darciedarko and @thesuperkickpartymassacre Twitter: Junglegirl666