Femme Undone Leigh & Jackie

“If we’re going to play the game, how much of ourselves are we losing in the process?”

Jackie and Leigh are back and as always, they have a lot to say! During this episode, Jackie and Leigh discuss academia and who has access to educational spaces when certain knowledge is valued over other kinds of knowledge. They provide life updates and discuss how proximity to whiteness—and shifts in this proximity—impact their behavior and expectations. They end with a discussion around the analogy that can be made between intimate partner violence and systems of oppression in academia.

CONTENT WARNINGS:
* DV/IPV (Domestic Violence & Intimate Partner Violence)
* Anti-blackness (by white people & nbpoc aligning themselves with whiteness)
* White people’s fear of black students within public school systems
* Deeply racist hate crimes on college campuses

Here is a pro-tip for white people: close your mouth—if you think it's racist, it is.

CW for racist-ass shit white ppl say. Theme music by Jackie C.

Leigh and Jackie recap 2017 and discuss what it means to try and find hope after Charlottesville, the travel bans, DACA, and a ciscentric, white-washed women’s march.

Content warning for descriptions of gun violence, sexual violence, and manipulation through the use of sexual violence. Theme music by Jackie C.

Leigh and Jackie break down the question: collusion, or survival? They begin by reflecting on the ways femmes are socialized to reflexively apologize for things that don't always warrant amends. Later on, they deconstruct the role of language, culture, colonialism, and immigration in being expected to quiet oneself for others.

Content warnings for discussions of racism and anti-Black hate speech. Theme music by Jackie C.

Jackie called in to Princeton, New Jersey to talk with Leigh about the disparate impacts of traveling on femmes and people of color. Later on in the episode, they discuss #metoo and their struggles with a movement predicated on visibility and white feminism.

This episode was recorded over distance and is better heard using headphones. CONTENT WARNINGS FOR: sexual violence, Arizona SB 1070, and white supremacist attacks in Charlottesville. Theme music by Jackie C.

Leigh and Jackie get REAL about the disconnects and disappointments that can come with interracial relationships. This week, they explore the interplay of colonization, colorism, gender, and the so-called "amalgamated mega-race."

This podcast was recorded in late July 2017. Some content has changed since the original recording date. Theme music by Jackie C.