Ladies First

Ladies First is a podcast from The Fandomentals focusing on femslash and sapphic fandoms and characters. The hosts discuss different sapphic fandoms and characters, as well as wider fandom and representation topics.
Hosts over the years include Kori, Elizabeth, Gretchen, Seher, Alejandra, Taylor, and Dayana.
On 22 September 2023, the official description read: Ladies First is a podcast dedicated to any wlw who enjoys discussion of their favorite shows, ships, as well as analyzing trends within our communities and discussing our histories.
===Episode List===
====2016 Episodes====
Episodes of Ladies First
Episode Number	Release Date 	Title 	Fandoms and Fannish Topics 	Direct Link
1 	November 6, 2016 	Supergirl and Queer Coding (under the podcast name Femslash Following)	Supergirl, Queer coding 	X
2 	November 23, 2016	San Junipero 	Black Mirror 	X
3 	December 1, 2016 	Supergirl and Super Ships 	Supergirl, Sanvers, Supercorp	X
4 	December 14, 2016	Ladies First talks Problematic Femslash Tropes 	Tropes 	X
==== 2017 Episodes ====
Episodes of Ladies First
Episode Number	Release Date 	Title 	Fandoms and Fannish Topics 	Direct Link
5 	January 4, 2017 	Ladies First Discusses Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds 	Carrie Fisher 	X
6 	January 11, 2017 	Ladies First Discuss Problematic Relationship Tropes in Femslash	Tropes 	X
7 	January 25, 2017 	Ladies First Look at One Day at a Time 	One Day at a Time 	X
8 	February 8, 2017 	Ladies First Looks at The 100 Season Four 	The 100 	X
9 	February 22, 2017 	Ladies First and a Glee-ful Trip Down Memory Lane 	Glee 	X
10 	March 8, 2017 	Ladies First Recap ClexaCon 	ClexaCon 	X
11 	March 22, 2017 	Ladies First Interviews TGIF/F 	TGIF/F 	X
12 	April 5, 2017 	Ladies First Presents DCTV SuperLadies 	DCU, Iris West, Sara Lance, Kara Zor-El 	X
13 	April 19, 2017 	Ladies First Slays Buffy 	Buffy the Vampire Slayer 	X
14 	May 3, 2017 	Ladies First Reminisces on Xena: Warrior Princess 	Xena: Warrior Princess, Xena/Gabrielle, Femslash tropes	X
15 	May 17, 2017 	It’s a Mass Effect Bonanza! 	Mass Effect 	X
16 	June 9, 2017 	How Well are We Supporting Diversity in our Community? 	Sense8, Racism in Fandom 	X
17 	June 28, 2017 	A Sense8 Retrospective 	Sense8 	X
18 	July 12, 2017 	Celebrity Culture and Community Consumption 	 	X
19 	July 26, 2017 	Say it Ain’t So, Girl of Steel 	Supergirl, SDCC 2017 	X
20 	August 10, 2017 	No, We Don’t Need another L Word 	The L Word 	X
21 	August 24, 2017 	Why are Queer Women so Bad at Dating? 	 	X
22 	September 7, 2017 	Sanvers Palooza 	Alex Danvers/Maggie Sawyer, Supergirl 	X
23 	September 21, 2017	Queer Women in Dystopias 	The Handmaid’s Tale, V for Vendetta, The 100 	X
24 	October 3, 2021 	When We Rise: The History of the Queer Rights Movement Part 1 	 	X
25 	October 27, 2017 	When We Rise: The History of the Queer Rights Movement Part 2 	 	X
26 	November 10, 2017 	Let’s Talk about our Favorite Ships! 	 	X
27 	December 22, 2017 	It’s a Ladies First End of Year! 	 	X
====2018 Episodes ====
Episodes of Ladies First
Episode Number	Release Date 	Title 	Fandoms and Fannish Topics 	Direct Link
28 	January 25, 2018 	A Ladies First Look at Black Lightning 	Black Lightning, Anissa Pierce 	X
29 	February 8, 2018 	Ladies First Talks One Day at a Time Season 2 	One Day at a Time 	X
30 	March 15, 2018 	Three Burned Out Fangirls Talk About Fandom Burnout on Ladies First	Burnout, 	X
31 	March 29, 2018 	What Does Queerbaiting Even Mean Anymore? 	Queerbaiting 	X
32 	April 23, 2018 	Pros and Cons of Fan Conventions 	Conventions, ClexaCon, Universal FanCon 	X
33 	May 21, 2018 	Bad Fandom Fanfic Patterns 	Fanfiction 	X
34 	June 4, 2018 	Pride Month WLW Character Review 	 	X
35 	June 21, 2018 	It's a Superfinale of Supergirl 	Supergirl 	X
36 	July 5, 2018 	Fandoms and the Breakdown of the Fourth Wall 	Parsocial relationships, Toxic fandoms, Breaking the Fourth Wall 	X
37 	July 19, 2018 	Ladies First Explores Steven Universe 	Steven Universe 	X
38 	August 2, 2018 	Exploring Bi-erasure in Media 	Bisexuality and Fandom 	X
39 	August 16, 2018 	Ladies First Explores South Asian Dramas 	 	X
40 	August 30, 2018 	The Call is Coming From Inside the Rainbow House: Part One 	Batwoman, Ryan Wilder, Race and Fandom, Toxic fandoms 	X
41 	September 10, 2018	Katniss, that's Gay: Queer Subtext of The Hunger Games 	The Hunger Games, Queer Subtext 	X
42 	September 27, 2018	Ladies First Explores Telenovelas 	Telenovelas 	X
43 	October 25, 2018 	Queer Muslim Representation in Media 	Islam and Fandom 	X
44 	November 8, 2018 	Ladies First Looks at WLW Film 	Tipping the Velvet, Fingersmith, Appropriate Behavior, Relationship tropes	X
45 	November 22, 2018 	It's All About She-Ra! 	She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 	X
==== 2019 Episodes ====
Episodes of Ladies First
Episode Number	Release Date 	Title 	Fandoms and Fannish Topics 	Direct Link
46 	January 10, 2019	It's a New Year, A New Doctor, And Some of the Same Fandom Unpacking	Doctor Who 	X
47 	February 7, 2019	Plotting a WLW Tele-Serial 	 	X
48 	March 28, 2019 	Code 307 for Coronation Street 	Coronation Street 	X
49 	August 13, 2019 	Ladies First Returns to talk Backlash! 	Charlie's Angels, Misogyny in Fandom, Review bombing, Race and Fandom, Homophobia in Fandom	X
==== 2020 Episodes ====
Episodes of Ladies First
Episode Number	Release Date 	Title 	Fandoms and Fannish Topics 	Direct Link
50 	March 21, 2020 	We're Back and Talking All Things DC 	DCU, Harley Quinn 	X
51 	April 16, 2020 	Cultural Expectations on Coming Out 	 	X
52 	May 14, 2020 	So About That Flag Design... 	 	X
53 	May 28, 2020 	The She-Ra Episode 	She-Ra and the Princesses of Power	X
54 	June 11, 2020 	Exploring Queer Spaces in the Music Industry 	Angel Haze 	X
55 	June 25, 2020 	The Bisexual Community: A Conversation With Three Generations 	 	X
56 	July 16, 2020 	Return of the Tele-Serial: Part One 	 	X
57 	July 30, 2020 	Fashion Choices in the Queer Community 	 	X
58 	August 20, 2020 	The End of the Tele-Serial... and Some Other Stuff 	 	X
59 	September 10, 2020	Celebrate Bisexuality 	 	X
60 	September 24, 2020	Ladies First is Obsessed with Warrior Nun 	Warrior Nun 	X
61 	October 24, 2020 	The Owl House Episode 	The Owl House 	X
62 	November 30, 2020 	We Finally Get Around to Discussing Motherland: Fort Salem 	Motherland: Fort Salem 	X
63 	December 29, 2020 	Fluid, Ambiguous, Subversive — Ladies First Interviews Bisexual Activist Lani Ka'ahumanu	 	X
==== 2021 Episodes ====
Episodes of Ladies First
Episode Number	Release Date 	Title 	Fandoms and Fannish Topics 	Direct Link
64 	January 7, 2021 	WynonnaPalooza 	Wynonna Earp, Wayhaught 	X
65 	January 28, 2021 	Examining Toxic Fandom Behavior 	Misogyny in Fandom, Toxic Fandoms 	X
66 	February 11, 2021 	Ladies First Talks Community Building 	 	X
67 	March 30, 2021 	Transmasc: Ladies First Talks 101 	 	X
68 	April 29, 2021 	It's a Warrior Nun Fanzine! 	Warrior Nun 	X
69 	May 19, 2021 	Let's Talk Ballroom 	 	X
70 	June 15, 2021 	Let's Talk About Sex! (And Queer Patriarchal Purity Culture)	Purity Culture in Fandom, Femslash	X
71 	June 29, 2021 	Women's Wrath and Double Standards 	 	X
72 	July 22, 2021 	Queer News for June-July 2021 	 	X
73 	August 31, 2021 	Go Touch Grass! 	Social Media 	X
74 	September 28, 2021	Ladies First Interviews Cartoonist Signe Wilkinson 	 	X
75 	October 26, 2021 	Taylor Swift: A Millennial Icon 	Taylor Swift 	X
76 	November 30, 2021 	Season 6 Summary of Supergirl 	Supergirl (TV series) 	X
77 	December 21, 2021 	Supergirl's Cultural Legacy 	Supergirl (TV series) 	X
==== 2022 Episodes ====
Episodes of Ladies First
Episode Number	Release Date 	Title 	Fandoms and Fannish Topics 	Direct Link
78 	January 25, 2022 	Film and Friendship 	Ghostbusters (2016), Charlie's Angels 	X
79 	February 22, 2022	Gals Actually Being Pals 	The Cheetah Girls, Josie and the Pussycats	X
80 	April 19, 2022 	The Batwoman Episode 	Batwoman (TV series) 	X
81 	November 16, 2022	We Live... For Warrior Nun	Warrior Nun, Avatrice 	X
==== 2023 Episodes ====
Episodes of Ladies First
Episode Number	Release Date 	Title 	Fandoms and Fannish Topics 	Direct Link
82 	February 27, 2023	The Streaming Business of Warrior Nun	Warrior Nun 	X
83 	March 30, 2023 	WLW Media and Viewer Behavior 	Sapphic Show Cancellation Pattern of the 2020s	X
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