Jacey Powers joins Melissa on the mic to tell a story about her favorite fictional woman. Jacey is an actor, writer, mixologist, and the creator of the most amazing YouTube series ever, Feminist Cocktail Hour. Melissa tells the life story of Jacqueline Cochran, a famous female aviator that made history when she broke the sound barrier in 1953. Jacqueline was fierce, talented, and business savvy but many considered her a villain. Jacey tells the insane and hilarious story about the creation of the world’s most popular fashion doll, Barbie. Barbie’s backstory includes themes of sex addiction, fraud, and suicide but her rocky past could never overshadow the entrepreneurial and independent spirit of this perpetually single woman!
In this episode, we talk about:
- Feminist Cocktail Hour YouTube Series
- Jacey’s breast cancer diagnosis in her early 20s
- Women’s health & fertility issues
- Booze Review: Pink Squirrel cocktail and Fiore Rosa Pinot Grigio Rosé
- Jacqueline Cochran’s mysterious childhood full of conflicting truths and stories
- Learning to fly when aviation was considered a male dominated industry
- Mercury 13 program, a group of skilled female pilots that were in testing to become astronauts until Jacqueline Cochran testified against the program
- A wild story about the founders of Mattel and Barbie, Ruth and Elliot Handler
- The creation story of Barbie and her ties to a sex-crazed German doll named Bild-Lilli
- The invention of prosthetic breasts
- Barbie’s 200+ careers, many being way ahead of their time for women in the workplace
RESOURCES:
- Watch Jacey’s YouTube channel Feminist Cocktail Hour
- Follow Feminist Cocktail Hour on Instagram
- Barbie & Nikki discuss racism on Barbie’s YouTube channel
- The history of Bild-Lilli
- Museum of Makeup featuring Wings To Beauty
- Netflix documentary about Mercury 13
- Mimosa Sisterhood website
- Mimosa Sisterhood Instagram
