10 Times My Favorite Murder Was Super Feminist And We Loved It

LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 30: Actors Karen Kilgariff (L) and Georgia Hardstark record onstage during the ‘My Favorite Murder’ podcast at Entertainment Weekly’s PopFest at The Reef on October 30, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Entertainment Weekly)

The My Favorite Murder podcast is jam-packed with comedy, true crime, and a slew of wonderfully feminist moments all wrapped into one.

My Favorite Murder is a podcast that is very obviously and centrally about murder. I mean, murder is in the freaking title. But, this hit true crime podcast hosted by hilarious ladies Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff is more than your weekly murder fix. No, these ladies weave in topics such as rape culture, institutionalized sexism, victim blaming, the statute of limitations laws, and the injustice of the United States criminal justice system as a whole. Yeah, My Favorite Murder is more than that “murder podcast” you’ve heard about.

Okay, so there’s also a lot of comedy and emotional turmoil over some terrible murders. But I’d argue that what has resonated with the overwhelmingly female listeners of the show is in part the feminist perspective Karen and Georgia bring to the table. As they mention many times on the show, interest in true crime is often viewed as something strange or creepy. But does it not make sense that we are intrigued by our own mortality? And doesn’t it behoove us ladies to know more about murder in order to protect ourselves from being the next murder victims?

So take this journey with us and discuss the times where My Favorite Murder was just super feminist and we loved it.