Gender Troubles Emma Austin and Eva Espenshade
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Gender Troubles is a podcast dedicated to debunking, demystifying and making accessible the world of academic feminism. Eva and Emma talk through different feminist movements and moments from a critical, leftist lens. Episodes aim to shake up the feminist canon and provide a new spin on feminist history, movements, and icons.
Hosted by Emma Austin and Eva Espenshade
We are a proud member of the Harbinger Media Network
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We're back!
Life has been busy but we came out of hibernation to release this fall reading list! We'll be back in a few weeks with more episodes.
Show notes:
Books-
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl, by Andrea Lawlor
How to do Nothing, by Jenny Odell
Females, by Andrea Long Chu
Once and Future Feminist, edited by Merve Emre
A Certain Hunger, by Chelsea G. Summers
Podcasts-
Novara FM
You're Wrong About - Online Shopping
Articles of Interest
TV Shows-
I May Destroy You, written/directed by Michaela Coel
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, directed by Laura Poitras -
Porn Futures: An Interview with Maggie MacDonald
In the FINAL episode of porn month, we interview Maggie MacDonald, a 4th year PhD student who studies the platformization of porn. We talk porn platforms, deepfakes, and anti-sex work policy in Canada.
To read all the articles discussed in this episode, head to Maggie's website: https://www.internetmaggie.com
Check out the Maggie's Toronto Sex Work Action Project here: https://www.maggiesto.org
Gender Troubles will be taking a little break over the summer to rest and write more great episodes! Thanks for listening and we'll be back in September with lots more content 3 -
The Sex Wars
Emma and Eva talk about the sex wars (also known as the porn wars), a time in the 1980s when debates on sexuality, pornography and kink dominated the feminist conversation.
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reading list:
Diary of a Conference on Sexuality
Pleasure and danger : exploring female sexuality (Gayle Rubin's "Thinking Sex" starts on page 267)
Against Sadomasochism: A Radical Feminist Analysis
Off our backs, "towards a politics of sexuality"
Juggling : a memoir of work, family, and feminism
Explanation of the Dworkin-MacKinnon Ordinance
Dworkin's "Against the Male Flood" and MacKinnon's "Only Words -
The History of Porn
From Pompeii to Pornhub, Eva & Emma discuss the long history of porn.
Show notes:
https://www.filmsite.org/sexinfilms1.html
https://www.proquest.com/openview/31a0431f5269893f8a5632a062bf0a46/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750
https://susannapaasonen.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/01pornification23-32.pdf
https://monoskop.org/images/e/e7/Williams_Linda_Hard_Core_Power_Pleasure_and_the_Frenzy_of_the_Visible.pdf
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/how-the-internet-changed-porn-201674/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/30/internet-porn-says-more-about-ourselves-than-technology
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/06/16/the-shady-secret-history-of-onlyfans-billionaire-owner/?sh=1b1496085c17
Staying power: The mainstreaming of the hard -core pornographic film industry, 1969–1990 Johnson, Stephen Patrick. University of Maryland, College Park ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2009. 3359387.
https://archive.org/details/historyofpornogr0000unse/page/2/mode/1up?view=theater
Pornography: A Secret History of Civilisation. TV Mini Series. 1999. -
Gender Troubles x Pullback: The Ethical Consumption of Porn
We kick off Porn Month with a conversation with Kyla Hewson and Kristen Pue, of the podcast Pullback! Pullback investigates the ethical issues behind everyday goods and services. Kyla and Kristen help us work through the issues around the ethical consumption of pornography. What does it look like to be an ethical porn consumer? What are the best ways to directly support porn creators? Is OnlyFans like farm-to-table cuisine? Listen now to find out.
You can find Pullback here and follow them on Instagram Twitter Facebook
The book we discuss, "Porn Work: Sex, Labor and Late Capitalism" can be found here
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Roe v. Wade
This episode, we talk through our thoughts about the leaked Supreme Court draft decision on Roe v. Wade.
Readings and Recommendations
Interrupting Criminalization, Abortion Decriminalization is Part of the Larger Struggle Against Policing and Criminalization
Reproaction, Understanding and Advocating for Self-Managed Abortion
Plan C, A Guide to Abortion Pills Online
Evan Greer, digital security thread
Caroline Duble, resource thread
Melissa Gira Grant, The Real Fight for Abortion Rights Is Not in the Courts or Congress
Jenny Brown, Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now (free ebook)
Science Vs, The Abortion Underground
5-4 Podcast, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health: The End of Roe
K. Adetoyin, No More Coat Hanger Imagery tiktok
Some lists of Abortion Funds: here, here, here, and here