Episode 10: Women In Our Feelings

Episode 10: Women In Our Feelings

From Everyone Deserves Sunshine: Girls in the Crease - A Heated Rivalry Podcast by Girls in the Crease

March 15, 2026 · 49 min · Season 1 · Episode 10

About this episode

Diana and Anusha discuss the deeper emotional connections women have with the show Heated Rivalry, exploring themes of grief, joy, and the burdens women carry.

In this episode, Diana and Anusha explore why so many women watching Heated Rivalry feel something deeper than simple joy. We talk about the idea of a “trench foot of the heart”—that slow, chronic emotional wear that comes from years of carrying responsibility, grief, and expectations without relief. We share our own stories of burnout, leaving careers we loved, motherhood, politics, and the quiet ways women are expected to hold everything together even when something inside us is breaking. And somehow, this queer hockey love story cracked something open in us—it reminded us what curiosity, joy, and feeling deeply actually look like again. For us, Heated Rivalry doesn’t erase grief; it gives grief and joy a place to exist together, and that recognition feels a lot like coming back to life. Check out the Pink Pony Club cover by Elisa B here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVtcEqjjR3w/?igsh=MTN3aWt0bDIzdDc4Yw==

People in this episode

Hosts: Diana, Anusha

Topics covered

  • emotional wear
  • women's experiences
  • burnout
  • motherhood
  • grief and joy
  • queer love stories

Keywords

  • emotional health
  • women's issues
  • Heated Rivalry
  • grief
  • joy
  • burnout
  • motherhood

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Heated Rivalry, Pink Pony Club

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