Messy Liberation: Feminist Conversations about Politics and Pop Culture

Becky Mollenkamp and Taina Brown
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Join feminist coaches Taina Brown and Becky Mollenkamp for casual (and often deep) conversations about business, current events, politics, pop culture, and more. We’re not perfect activists or allies! These are our real-time, messy feminist perspectives on the world around us. This podcast is for you if you find yourself asking questions like: • Why is feminism important today? • What is intersectional feminism? • Can capitalism be ethical? • What does liberation mean? • Equity vs. equality — what's the difference and why does it matter? • What does a Trump victory mean for my life? • What is mutual aid? • How do we engage in collective action? • Can I find safety in community? • What's a feminist approach to ... ? • What's the feminist perspective on ...?

  1. 2d ago

    Who Benefits When You Stay Calm? Anger, Power, and Nonviolence

    In this episode of Messy Liberation, Becky Mollenkamp and Taina Brown dig into anger: where it comes from, who is allowed to feel it, and what it’s for. Starting with Taina’s fury over AI scraping of fanfic writers’ work, they use Audre Lorde’s “The Uses of Anger” to talk about righteous anger, tone policing, assertive vs. aggressive, and the difference between being an ally and an accomplice. Recorded the day before the midterm elections. In This Episode, We Get Into:• Why anger is usually a secondary emotion, and how to find the feeling underneath it• Taina’s rage over a site scraping fanfic from AO3 to sell AI audio versions, and why the people with the least protection get hurt first• Why “you could have just said nothing” keeps coming up for us• Whether “righteous anger” is a helpful phrase, and why it lands differently for people raised in religious spaces• How gender and race shape our conditioning around anger• The three ideas from Audre Lorde’s “The Uses of Anger” that Taina keeps coming back to• Who benefits when we never get angry, and what that means for how we talk about nonviolence• Assertive vs. aggressive, and who gets called aggressive in a room full of white people• Why white women often can’t show up for others’ anger until they can feel their own• What to do when you’re uncomfortable with someone’s anger: stay quiet, call in the tone police, or step up as an accomplice• How to wrap up a conversation about anger with a cortisol-lowering shelter dog update Timestamps0:00 Intro, no sleep, and daylight saving time rage0:59 Homophobia, projection, and why it pisses us off2:41 Feelings are data: anger as a secondary feeling3:56 Taina’s fanfic world and AO3 going down9:57 How the people with the least protection suffer the most10:44 The feeling under the anger: a violation of boundaries12:09 Why sharing creative work is so personal13:20 “The choice to say nothing was always there”14:34 White women, proximity to power, and wanting to be liked16:34 Is “righteous anger” the right phrase?19:06 How men and women are conditioned around anger23:06 Religious language and why “righteous” is a red flag25:37 Three ideas from Audre Lorde’s “The Uses of Anger”30:45 Assertive vs. aggressive and tone policing35:08 Internalized norms and hurt feelings vs. injustice39:37 Why you can’t get angry for others if you can’t for yourself41:49 Your choices: stay silent, call in, or join the anger (ally vs. accomplice)49:09 Lowering the cortisol: Taina’s adopting a dog51:07 Iowa Pet Pantry and why pets aren’t products Resources Mentioned• “The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism” by Audre Lorde: https://www.are.na/block/7708912• "Was That Racist?" by Dr. Evelyn R. Carter: https://link.amazon/B0bBC5rJo• "They Were Her Property" by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers: https://link.amazon/B0d3UNpqT• Archive of Our Own (AO3): https://archiveofourown.org/• Our earlier episode on Hasan Piker and violence in movements: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhvxRikUy8A&t=17s• Iowa Pet Pantry: https://www.thepetprojectmidwest.org/programs/pet-pantry/• Messy Liberation Circle: https://messyliberation.com/community/ 🎤 JOIN US IN THE FEMINIST PODCASTERS COLLECTIVE: http://feministpodcastcollective.com/

    Who Benefits When You Stay Calm? Anger, Power, and Nonviolence

  2. Oct 27

    Billy Corgan Says Women His Age Have “Baggage" 🙄 Feminists say he's the problem.

    On this episode of Messy Liberation, Becky Mollenkamp and Taina Brown break down Billy Corgan’s viral NYT Popcast interview. In it, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman explained that he chose his much younger wife because women his own age come with too much “baggage,” and he defended his friendship with Marilyn Manson. They dig into age gap relationships, grooming and power dynamics, and how a culture obsessed with youth teaches men to want younger and younger women. They also go back and forth on whether critiquing big age gaps slides into ageism, and why they don’t fully agree. Content note: This episode discusses grooming, child sexual abuse, and sexual violence, including a host’s personal disclosure. In This Episode:03:39 – Billy Corgan and the myth of the “not political” rock star05:05 – Why the richest people take the fewest risks (Metallica, Ed Sheeran, and golden handcuffs)09:00 – Billy Corgan is 59 and his wife is 33: Becky and Taina split on age gaps10:39 – Youth obsession, “barely legal” culture, and the Epstein files12:59 – They met when she was 19 and he was 45: where power dynamics become grooming15:03 – “I personally didn’t feel he was guilty”: Corgan defends Marilyn Manson17:34 – The “no baggage” clip19:38 – Taina: “They’re adults,” but dating someone that much younger sounds like more work22:19 – Corgan’s theory that Gen X women weren’t feminist enough (we’re not post-patriarchy)25:38 – Becky reflects on her own 7-year age gap at 1726:35 – Hannah Waddingham, Jennifer Hudson, and the safety of dating your own age29:03 – A green flag worth looking for: partners who are attracted to people their own age30:31 – Is critiquing age gaps ageist? “Equals” vs. “peers”35:11 – Where do we draw the line in the Epstein era?37:06 – The stats on age, sexual violence, and street harassment39:43 – Bill Belichick and the “feminist” permission structure41:11 – Our own relationships, ego, and the need for validation44:40 – Ageism, sexism, and who actually holds power (did we just define intersectionality?)48:30 – “Yes, and”: age gap relationships can exist AND reflect a broken system49:53 – Boys and sexual abuse52:05 – Recommendations: go to therapy (and Rec League) Resources Mentioned• Billy Corgan on the NYT Popcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q3_scdiXe4• Hannah Waddingham on The Jennifer Hudson Show: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/isAhnzHkjqI• "Old men dating young women” by Becky Mollenkamp: https://yesandotherwise.substack.com/p/old-men-dating-young-women• Rec League: http://recleague.com/• RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline: 800-656-4673  https://rainn.org 🎤 JOIN US IN THE FEMINIST PODCASTERS COLLECTIVE: http://feministpodcastcollective.com/

    Billy Corgan Says Women His Age Have “Baggage" 🙄 Feminists say he's the problem.

  3. Oct 19

    Lessons from the Abdul El-Sayed vs. Tommy video about calling out bias

    Want to keep the conversation going? Dr. Carter is joining us for a live author Q&A inside the Messy Liberation Circle. Bring your questions, your stories, and your trickiest “was that racist?” moments: https://messyliberation.com/community/ What do you actually do when someone you love says something racist? On this episode of Messy Liberation, hosts Becky Mollenkamp and Taina Brown talk with social psychologist and DEI practitioner Dr. Evelyn R. Carter, author of Was That Racist? How to Detect, Interrupt, and Unlearn Bias in Everyday Life. They dig into why so many well-meaning people freeze instead of confronting racism, why speaking up is everyone’s responsibility (especially white folks), and the deceptively simple question that can disarm bias in the moment. In this episode, we get into:• Why “it’s not my place” is a cop-out, and why people outside a targeted group are often heard more when they call out bias• Treating that pounding heart and churning stomach as a signal to engage, not flee• The gap between the 80% of people who say they’d speak up and the 25–33% who actually do (plus a hand-washing detour on “moral hygiene”)• What Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s viral exchange with “Tommy” teaches us about staying calm and asking questions• Why “What makes you say that?” beats preparing for a debate• Confrontation as a practiced skill, and the difference between being kind and being nice• How white people speaking up can create “places of rest” for people of color• Why 98% of confronting happens with friends, family, and acquaintances, not strangers• “What about racism against white people?” Racial bias vs. racism, explained• Separating personal morality from systemic racism so we can actually do the work Timestamps00:40 – Monthly author Q&As coming to the Messy Liberation Circle01:18 – Why Dr. Carter wrote Was That Racist?02:48 – “Is it my place?” Speaking up when it’s not your lived experience07:07 – Toxic individualism and the “not my business” mindset08:49 – Listen to your body: discomfort as a call to engage11:02 – 80% say they’d speak up; only 25–33% do13:37 – The Abdul El-Sayed vs. “Tommy” video18:44 – Confronting bias is a skill: kind vs. nice21:24 – Confronting is about relationship: the 98% vs. 2% finding24:40 – Why online arguments skew to the extremes28:44 – Racial bias vs. racism30:28 – How anyone, of any race, can uphold white supremacy32:22 – Separating morality from systemic racism Resources Mentioned• Was That Racist? How to Detect, Interrupt, and Unlearn Bias in Everyday Life by Dr. Evelyn R. Carter• Messy Liberation Circle, including the upcoming author Q&A with Dr. Carter• Yes and Otherwise conversation with Dr. Carter• Dr. Abdul El-Sayed responds to “Tommy” 🎤 JOIN US IN THE FEMINIST PODCASTERS COLLECTIVE

    Lessons from the Abdul El-Sayed vs. Tommy video about calling out bias

  4. Oct 13

    Who Gets to Stare? Race, Objectification & Power

    On this Indigenous Peoples’ Day episode of Messy Liberation, Becky Mollenkamp and Taina Brown start with the “where are you really from?” question and follow it into who gets to look and who gets looked at. Taina, who is Afro-Latina with Taíno roots, explains the difference between race and ethnicity, what separates Latin from Hispanic, and why self-identification is a form of resistance. It’s an intersectional feminist conversation about objectification, colonialism, and letting people name themselves. In this episode, we get into: Why “What are you?” is never okay, and how to tell real curiosity from nosinessTaina’s PT appointment, and a lifetime of being mistaken for Egyptian, Indian, Dominican, and Middle Eastern“Clarity is kindness”: why a blunt question can be better than a covert oneIntent vs. impact: how treating someone as a puzzle to solve strips their dignityBecky’s confession about staring at a trans woman in an airport 30 years ago, and what she’d do differently nowWho gets the privilege to look and who becomes the spectacle, from Shane Gillis’s SNL “spandex” joke to the history of slave auctionsOppositional looking: refusing to look away, and why white women should stare at cops, not at the people they’re harassingJordan Peele, Get Out, and horror that doesn’t center whitenessLatin vs. Hispanic, explained through Brazil, Guyana, Mexico, and Puerto RicoRace as a social construct that still shapes real lives, plus the “file folder” metaphor for identity, gender, pronouns, and reclaimed languageTimestamps 00:00 – Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Hispanic Heritage Month & Filipino American History Month02:42 – Being mistaken for everything: growing up racially ambiguous07:00 – “It’s really none of your business”: lessons from college11:40 – Objectification, intent vs. impact, and human dignity17:47 – Shane Gillis, SNL, and who gets to be the object21:00 – Ways of Seeing, Stuart Hall & oppositional looking25:01 – Stare at power, not at the oppressed26:40 – Jordan Peele, Get Out, and horror that doesn’t center whiteness29:41 – Why travel (or a new neighborhood) can radicalize white folks36:10 – Race as a social construct, from slavery to ICE sweeps40:41 – Latin vs. Hispanic: what’s the difference?47:48 – How perception changes race: New York vs. Florida49:17 – The Hyphenated Life, file folders & gender as a construct53:02 – Capitalism and the myth of limited categories56:50 – Refusing the file folder: queer identity & she/they pronouns1:00:05 – Messy Liberation Circle open house (Oct. 15)Resources mentioned: "Ways of Seeing" by John Berger: https://link.amazon/B05cwPa5S“The Whites of Their Eyes” by Stuart Hall: https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.psu.edu/dist/c/4578/files/2015/04/Hall-Whites_of_Their_Eyes_Full_Text.pdf?bid=4578“The Oppositional Gaze" by bell hooks: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/postgraduates/pgmodules/femlit/bell_hooks.pdf"The Hyphenated Life" by Han Ren: https://link.amazon/B03IkAQOrMessy Liberation Circle open house, Thursday, Oct. 15: https://bit.ly/4yjbTVW🎤 JOIN US IN THE FEMINIST PODCASTERS COLLECTIVE: http://feministpodcastcollective.com/

    Who Gets to Stare? Race, Objectification & Power

  5. Oct 5

    The Cornell Seven and Victim Blaming: Train Your Sons, Not Your Daughters

    Content warning: This episode discusses SA and r*pe culture. Becky Mollenkamp and Taina Brown of Messy Liberation unpack the Cornell sexual assault case, the group chat of 50-plus men who joked about it, and the rape culture that made it possible. This intersectional feminist conversation covers victim blaming, fraternity culture, consent, and why staying silent when your friends say harmful things makes you complicit. It also covers how misogyny hurts men too. In this episode, we get into:• Taina's trip to Iceland for the Wicker premiere, and why the film's nameless characters make it a feminist fable without being Barbie-style feminism• The pneumonic plague case in Russia: why panic isn't the answer, and why access to antibiotics should be universal• The Cornell case: what to call it, and why "rapist" sounds like a job title• Fraternity culture, hazing, and why consent under duress isn't consent• Kendall Francis speaking out at LSU, and campus-wide warnings to "stay home" instead of telling men not to rape• Why men need to stop talking about "training their daughters" and start calling out their friends• How misogyny hurts men: male sexual assault, shame, and the cycle of harm• The group chat as a permission structure, and complicity in the Nolan Wells case• Asking vs. demanding: liberal feminism, "hearts and minds," and why willful ignorance is violence• White educators, unconscious bias, and why "no one's paying me to learn" is an excuse Timestamps00:00 – Taina's back from Iceland: the Wicker premiere at the Reykjavik International Film Festival07:01 – Pneumonic plague in Russia: why we'll (probably) be okay15:20 – The Cornell case and what to call it (content warning)21:13 – Fraternity culture, hazing, and consent under duress24:09 – Kendall Francis and the LSU case27:05 – Victim blaming: she's allowed to drink, and she's allowed to say no31:35 – Misogyny hurts men: sexual assault, shame, and silence37:15 – The 50 in the group chat: permission structures41:08 – Nolan Wells and why the getaway driver is complicit44:53 – Asking vs. demanding: MLK, Malcolm X, and liberal feminism51:38 – White educators and unconscious bias53:51 – Why we keep having heavy conversations (and a note on consent from the Hasan Piker episode)55:19 – Join us: the Messy Liberation Circle and our free October 15 event Resources mentioned• "More Salt Than Diamond" by Aline Mello: https://bookshop.org/a/93627/9781524871024• Previous episode: "Is Violence Part of Liberation? Breaking Down Hasan Piker, MSNow, and Palestine": https://messyliberation.com/hasan-piker-palestine/• Free October 15 author event with Aline Mello: https://taina-m-brown.myflodesk.com/messy-lib-open-house • Messy Liberation Circle: https://messyliberation.com/community/ 🎤 JOIN US IN THE FEMINIST PODCASTERS COLLECTIVE: http://feministpodcastcollective.com/

    The Cornell Seven and Victim Blaming: Train Your Sons, Not Your Daughters

  6. Sep 28

    Unlearning White Supremacy and Patriarchy: Our Feminist Origin Stories

    On this episode of Messy Liberation, Becky Mollenkamp and Taina Brown share their feminist origin stories: how each of them came to see the white supremacist capitalist patriarchy, and what unlearning and relearning has looked like since. Taina talks about getting fired from her evangelical church and finding intersectional feminism at a women's college. Becky traces her path from "we don't see color" white feminism to Ferguson, bell hooks, and coming out as pansexual. In this episode, we get into: What "unlearning and relearning" means, and why it looks so different depending on your identitiesGetting fired from a church, and how churches run like any other exploitative workplaceA congregation with "90 nations represented" and white men at the topWhy "my Black friend voted for Trump" isn't a real argument, and how internalized oppression worksTaina's move from evangelical faith to women's studies, and the three readings that gave her language for what she'd livedWhere intersectionality actually came from: Kimberlé Crenshaw's legal scholarshipBecky's mom, colorblind second-wave feminism, and what happened when Becky brought home a Black boyfriendWhite saviorism, campaigning for Obama, and the disillusionment afterwardFerguson, bell hooks, Audre Lorde, and starting a feminist reading groupBeing queer before you know you're queer, internalized homophobia, and no longer feeling like you're co-opting a community that's yoursTimestamps: 01:00 – Origin stories, and why our journeys look different02:53 – Growing up evangelical04:33 – "I didn't think racism was still a thing"07:15 – Holding an identity doesn't protect you from internalizing oppression10:00 – An intense friendship and the first signs of queerness12:30 – The three classes that changed Taina's life16:34 – Leaving the church: "People are flawed, but God isn't"23:21 – Becky's origin story: raised outside religion26:02 – Second-wave feminism and "we don't see color"29:38 – White savior complex and campaigning for Obama32:38 – Ferguson and the murder of Michael Brown36:31 – Our pansexual identities42:37 – You don't need a PhD to belongResources mentioned: Paula Gunn Allen, "Who Is Your Mother? Red Roots of White Feminism"The Seneca Falls Convention and the Declaration of SentimentsThe Combahee River Collective Statement"Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex" by Kimberlé Crenshaw"Feminism Is for Everybody" by bell hooks"Sister Outsider" by Audre Lorde"Pleasure Activism" by adrienne maree brown"White Feminism" by Koa BeckOur interview with Koa Beck 🎤 JOIN US IN THE FEMINIST PODCASTERS COLLECTIVE: https://feministpodcastcollective.com/

    Unlearning White Supremacy and Patriarchy: Our Feminist Origin Stories

  7. Sep 21

    Symone Sanders vs. Hasan Piker: Is Violence Part of Liberation?

    On this episode of Messy Liberation, Becky Mollenkamp and Taina Brown break down the viral Clock It interview where Symone Sanders Townsend pushed back on Hasan Piker for comparing US police-brutality protests to Palestinian resistance. They dig into what violence actually is, including poverty, discrimination, and state-sanctioned deprivation, why the nonviolence stories we're taught about MLK and Gandhi are incomplete, and how holding a marginalized identity doesn't exempt anyone from upholding the system. In This Episode:01:17 – The viral Clock It interview with Hasan Piker02:41 – Hasan's argument: resistance to systemic violence always gets labeled differently03:47 – Holding a marginalized identity doesn't exempt you from upholding the system04:34 – The role of violence in revolutions and liberation movements07:44 – Taina: "I'm tired of talking about this" (and why she's talking about it anyway)08:20 – State-sanctioned violence becomes invisible because it's normalized11:51 – "Have they never read Freedom Is a Constant Struggle?"12:40 – US cops and campus security trained by the IDF — Taina's grad school at Georgia State13:14 – George Floyd and the knee on the neck we all watched14:55 – Liberal ≠ progressive: corporate media and who funds it15:35 – The Hundred Years' War on Palestine and being done with "I don't know enough" as an excuse17:07 – The disconnect between your identity and your understanding of liberation18:13 – Gandhi, MLK, and the version of history taught inside a tiny bubble19:41 – Respectability politics: be peaceful, be presentable, mind your tone22:26 – Why the powers that be always negotiate with the most moderate voice in the room23:30 – The one-hero narrative and how it dissolves collective action27:16 – The myth of the perfect agitator29:01 – Democrats vs. Hasan Piker, and the all-or-nothing loyalty test35:03 – Ask yourself: what do you actually know about Hamas, and who told you?38:36 – Public education as the system's most reliable tool42:22 – To be clear: this isn't a call to violence, it's a call to understand what liberation involves44:14 – Why "why?" is the most important question you can ask46:35 – The rape-culture parallel: why didn't you fight back, why did you fight back49:06 – Wrap-up and a real question for listeners Resources Mentioned• Hasan Piker on Clock It: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4lZ0SwPDEs• Critique of Clock It episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CX3YshKpjE• "The Hundred Years' War on Palestine" by Rashid Khalidi: https://link.amazon/B0bhg6Uic• "Freedom Is a Constant Struggle" by Angela Davis: https://link.amazon/B029YDKo7• "Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism" by Eve L. Ewing: https://link.amazon/B06y22SH7 🎤 JOIN US IN THE FEMINIST PODCASTERS COLLECTIVE: http://feministpodcastcollective.com/

    Symone Sanders vs. Hasan Piker: Is Violence Part of Liberation?

  8. Sep 14

    There Is No 'Neutral': Macklemore, Pink, Ed Sheeran, and the Cost of Speaking Out

    On this episode of Messy Liberation, hosts Becky Mollenkamp and Taina Brown break down Macklemore's public firing from Ed Sheeran's tour after he said "Free Palestine" on stage — and use it to dig into celebrity complicity, white feminism, and the real difference between Zionism and Judaism. From Robert Kraft's stadium pressure campaign to AIPAC's grip on Democratic politics to the actual cost of speaking out against genocide, Becky and Taina unpack what it looks like to choose a side when neutrality was never on the table. In This Episode, We Get Into: Macklemore getting pulled from Ed Sheeran's tour after saying "Free Palestine" to 90,000 people, and reading his response statement liveHow Robert Kraft and other venue owners used stadium access as leverage to force Ed Sheeran's handWhy "I don't take sides" is itself a side, and Macklemore's line: "There is no neutral position between the oppressor and the oppressed"Pink's Instagram statement, her US Open outing with Elizabeth Banks and Amy Adams, and why it's a textbook white feminism case studyWhat celebrities and public figures actually owe their audiences, the parasocial relationship and the responsibility that comes with a platformAIPAC money, the Wesley Bell/Cori Bush congressional race, and how Democrats fall in line on Israel fundingUntangling Zionism from Judaism and anti-Zionism from antisemitism, and why conflating them silences criticsThe 5,000-signature Hollywood letter opposing the word "genocide," and who's cashing checks to stay quietMandy Patinkin, Holocaust parallels, and how dehumanization spreads once a society decides it's permissible for one group"Does Israel have a right to exist?", and a reframe (it exists, so now what?) that matters more than the debate itselfA closing tangent on Jasmine Crockett sharing a stage with Chris Brown, and what it says about who we hold accountableTimestamps: 00:21 – Setting up the episode: Macklemore, Ed Sheeran, Zionism, and genocide02:09 – What actually happened on stage: "Free Palestine" and the fallout03:10 – Pink's response and deleted comments04:45 – Reading Macklemore's full statement: "I am not a victim"06:23 – Robert Kraft, Gillette Stadium, and the stadium-owner ultimatum08:27 – "There is no neutral position between the oppressor and the oppressed"11:22 – Power, privilege, and how the GOP consolidates vs. how Democrats splinter12:36 – AIPAC money and the Wesley Bell/Cori Bush race in St. Louis15:44 – Pink at the US Open with Elizabeth Banks and Amy Adams17:20 – Parasocial relationships and what celebrities owe their audience27:28 – The 5,000-signature Hollywood letter denying the word "genocide"30:39 – Mark Ruffalo, Tatiana Maslany, and who's actually showing up33:54 – Holocaust parallels and how dehumanization spreads39:40 – Zionism vs. Judaism: why they're not the same thing41:36 – "Does Israel have a right to exist?" and why that's the wrong question44:39 – Jasmine Crockett sharing a stage with Chris Brown47:27 – Christian nationalism and the same system playing out in the USResources Mentioned:Pink's statement:  Macklemore speaks out at Ed Sheeran concert: https://www.instagram.com/reels/Dc_bH4_N1FN/Pink's statement: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdKPJsVTvtl/?hl=enMacklemore's statement: https://www.threads.com/@macklemore/post/DdRduI8mxy9/mediaThe 5,000-signature Hollywood open letter: https://www.creativecommunityforpeace.com/blog/2026/09/08/rejectlieMandy Patinkin's empathetic plea: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DMJWZHVsXdH/Abdul El-Sayed on "does Israel have a right to exist?": https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1087558473698955🎤 JOIN US IN THE FEMINIST PODCASTERS COLLECTIVE: http://feministpodcastcollective.com/

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Join feminist coaches Taina Brown and Becky Mollenkamp for casual (and often deep) conversations about business, current events, politics, pop culture, and more. We’re not perfect activists or allies! These are our real-time, messy feminist perspectives on the world around us. This podcast is for you if you find yourself asking questions like: • Why is feminism important today? • What is intersectional feminism? • Can capitalism be ethical? • What does liberation mean? • Equity vs. equality — what's the difference and why does it matter? • What does a Trump victory mean for my life? • What is mutual aid? • How do we engage in collective action? • Can I find safety in community? • What's a feminist approach to ... ? • What's the feminist perspective on ...?

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