86 episodes

Intersectional feminism, journalism, mental health, and leftism from a Master's graduate in Gender Studies, Nikita Ramkissoon. Raised in an anti-apartheid activist household, Nikita grew up with a love for human rights and good books. Being a survivor of childhood sexual assault, she developed bipolar disorder and wishes to debunk myths about mental illness and shed light on survivor issues through her writing. Some might call her a raging feminist ... and she is. Guided by bell hooks, Angela Davis, and other black feminists, Nikita wishes to uplift voices of women of colour in media spaces.

The Bipolar Feminist Podcast Nikita Ramkissoon

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Intersectional feminism, journalism, mental health, and leftism from a Master's graduate in Gender Studies, Nikita Ramkissoon. Raised in an anti-apartheid activist household, Nikita grew up with a love for human rights and good books. Being a survivor of childhood sexual assault, she developed bipolar disorder and wishes to debunk myths about mental illness and shed light on survivor issues through her writing. Some might call her a raging feminist ... and she is. Guided by bell hooks, Angela Davis, and other black feminists, Nikita wishes to uplift voices of women of colour in media spaces.

    The global digital intifada

    The global digital intifada

    Social media enables Palestinians to share videos about the realities they experience and they have experienced success in getting the attention of many international communities.

    • 19 min
    Interview with Sundos Hammad of the R2E Campaign

    Interview with Sundos Hammad of the R2E Campaign

    I speak with Sundus Hammad, coordinator of the Right to Education Campaign, who says Palestinian education is under attack but the more aware we become, the more we can resist Israel's occupation and scholasticide.

    • 58 min
    Podcast: GBA Podcast interviews me on Palestine and some other stuff

    Podcast: GBA Podcast interviews me on Palestine and some other stuff

    Nez Reign from the GBA Podcast in Germany and I chat about Palestine, journalism, gender identity, and Abu Obeida. 

    • 58 min
    Genocide, its definition, and characteristics

    Genocide, its definition, and characteristics

    It was more than seventy years ago that United Nations member states approved the Genocide Convention born out of the desire to ensure that “never again” would any person face the horror of genocide. Since then, we have seen that the world is not free from the threat and reality of the “odious scourge” of genocide as laid out in the document. More than 20 genocides have taken place since the convention was signed and there are three that we know of happening currently - in Palestine, the Congo, and Sudan.

    • 18 min
    The New York Times and its credibility problem

    The New York Times and its credibility problem

    If the Times wanted to serve its readers and the world, especially in this volatile time, it would launch a transparent investigation into this botched article, the biggest failure of journalism at the newspaper since Judith Miller’s infamous and discredited articles on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq in 2002 and 2003. Just as Miller regurgitated war propaganda on behalf of the Bush administration, the Times is now serving as a mouthpiece for Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet and Joe Biden as his lapdog. But there’s little chance the Times will come clean about this latest fiasco. 

    • 14 min
    Deconstructing Israel's claims of rape on 7 October

    Deconstructing Israel's claims of rape on 7 October

    I can safely say that while I believe women regardless - sometimes to my detriment - I do not believe the Israeli government, media, and military.

    • 14 min

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