SEASON 2

Why is the Trump administration so obsessed with rebranding our military? The answer is way weirder, and hornier, than you could have imagined.

Follow along as we unpack a centuries worth of propaganda, from WWI posters to E-Girls on TikTok in order to understand how the military uses sex to define the image of what it means to be a soldier.

S2E3: Betty Crocker the Psy-Op, Rosie the Riveter, and the Feminist Revolution

From flappers to factory workers, and suffrajitsu to cold war kitchens, we track how the 20th century woman was imagined time and again to meet the needs of a nation.

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s2E2: Hollywood Declares War: From WWII Pinup Girls to Playmates in Vietnam

How propagandists getting into bed with Hollywood caused the military to lose control of what women mean to their warriors.

Or: How I learned to stop worrying, and love the military entertainment complex. 

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s2E1: Horny for War: The History of How Sex Became A Weapon

White feathers, red light districts, and the rise of the military edging complex. How governments weaponized horniness to win WWI, and began to reimagine what women represent to a nation at war.

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