Ladies First

Podcast
Title:	Ladies First
Created by:	The Fandomentals
Date(s):	2016-2023
Focus:	Femslash and Sapphic Fandoms
Fandom:	Multifandom
External Links:	https://www.thefandomentals.com/tag/ladies-first/
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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