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Welcome to Yes and Otherwise, the new name (and new season) for what was Feminist Founders. In this launch episode, hosts Becky Mollenkamp and Faith Clarke pull back the curtain on why they rebranded, what's changing, and what stays the same.
They talk about choosing storytelling over coaching-and-content, why "feminist founders" no longer felt like the right container (and its exclusionary history), and how "yes and otherwise" reflects their improv-rooted, both/and approach to conversation.
They also introduce a new paid supporter tier, kicking off with a bonus audio offering called "The Collective Exhale," on releasing invisible and emotional labor, the "lead bird" burnout pattern, and what it means to let storytelling and community-building be valuable work in their own right.
• (00:16) Welcome to Yes and Otherwise — introducing the rebrand from Feminist Founders
• (01:16) Why the change: two years of experimenting, evolving, and having hard conversations as partners
• (01:42) Becky's journalism background and missing storytelling for its own sake, not for a "corporate overlord"
• (03:03) Faith on centering human stories amid a chaotic, shifting external environment
• (05:29) The "life-giving" test: choosing storytelling and curation over what felt sticky or forced
• (07:00) The new website, yesandotherwise.com — searchable topics, curated "story bundles," and stories in conversation with each other
• (08:15) What's changing about the newsletter: less frequent, more substantive, connecting past and present conversations
• (08:18) Introducing a paid supporter tier and what it funds (labor, not just content)
• (10:42) Why they changed the name: the meaning behind "Yes and" (improv, expansiveness) and "Otherwise" (the other, the why, who's missing)
• (13:18) Why not "Feminist Founders" anymore — the term's exclusionary history and who it repels
• (17:12) Faith on identity, framing, and building a shared story from different starting points
• (18:17) Reclaiming storytelling and community-building as labor that deserves compensation
• (20:02) Introducing "The Collective Exhale" — releasing invisible labor and the "lead bird" analogy for burnout
• (22:44) Emotional labor, burnout, and the weight women are conditioned to carry
• (23:53) Looking back at recent conversations: period care with Mariah Brewer, colorism with Dr. Sarah Webb, and hair
• (25:50) Faith's invitation to become a paid subscriber, practice over knowledge
• (26:53) Closing thoughts and what's coming next
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