What if there were a single word powerful enough to counter centuries of misogyny — and most of the world had never heard it? In Episode 7 of Owning Your Voice, host Angela Irwin sits down with author Augustine Blaisdell, the writer behind The Philogyny Project, who is on a mission to bring the word philogyny — the love and admiration of women and girls — into the global vocabulary.

Together they explore why naming something gives it power, how the absence of a word like philogyny has quietly shaped the way women are seen (and see themselves), and what it means to choose admiration over criticism — starting from within. True to the show's core thesis, the conversation connects philogyny to self-concept: you don't force a higher opinion of yourself; you expand what feels normal to believe. When a woman raises that internal thermostat, her co ...