THE F WORD limited series podcastEPISODE 1, “Who do you think you are?”HOST: Tamara Kaye SellmanDROP DATE: 8/14/26This is an MCR Media production©2026 Tamara Kaye Sellman. All Rights Reserved.

00:07 Welcome/Introduction

00:35 Today’s Episode (#1)

01:08 What is The F Word?

02:21 How to listen to The F Word

02:51 FEATURE, segment 1: “Who Do You Think You Are?”

12:05 FEATURE, segment 2: “A Brief Feminist Economics Lesson”

16:01 FEATURE, segment 3: “Unpacking the M.R.S. Degree”

22:17 Trust Fall Book Club

22:48 Contact information

23:31 Time Capsule 1974

26:30 Anti-AI & free speech declarations

27:34 Spread The F Word

28:05 Next time on The F Word

28:43 Credits & more information/Conclusion

Links

—Duotrope—Olympia Zine Fest—Equal Pay Act (1963)—Gender wage gap statistics (2026)—Fair Housing Act [as part of the Civil Rights Act] (1968)—Equal Opportunity Credit Act (1974)—Women’s Business Ownership Act (1988)—Roe v. Wade (1973)—Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022)—Gender statistics, college enrollment (2026)—Autofiction, defined—“The Flea” by Giambattista Basile (1634)—“M.R.S. degree,” defined—“Soccer mom,” defined—“Trad Wife,” defined—“The glass ceiling” coinage (1978)

Time Capsule 1974

—1974 Sentinel event: The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (1974) —Music: “The Way We Were” by Barbra Streisand, KISS debut tour—Food culture: Stay-on pop can tabs, Pop Rocks—TV: All in the Family and The Six Million Dollar Man —Headlines: Richard Nixon resigns; ancient underground Terracotta Army discovered—Births: Alex Jones, Jenna Fischer—Deaths: Karen Silkwood, Agnes Moorehead (Endora, from Bewitched)—Trends: Rubik’s Cubes; Dungeons & Dragons

Contacts

—Gnashing Teeth Publishing, general inquiries or Trust Fall Book Club (https://gnashingteethpublishing.com/our-info/)

—The F Word feedback, questions, general inquiries (https://substack.com/@rhymeswithcamera)

—Author Tamara Kaye Sellman, general inquiries (https://tksellman.com/contact/)—Rhymes With Camera: Substack (https://substack.com/@rhymeswithcamera), website (rhymeswithcamera.com), Linktr.ee (https://linktr.ee/TamaraSellman)

—artist Chelsea Baker van Drood, Instagram (@chelstonbakenshire)

—analog musical artist OTE (https://www.epidemicsound.com/artists/ote/)