”Great in the Sack”: When Misogyny Leads to Mayhem

Nicole Davenport

Don’t let the name of the podcast fool you...it’s a passive-aggressive poke at the way women seem to be viewed by society: expendable objects to be utilized and quite literally ended, if a perpetrator so chooses. That’s the message that I get from the lack of action over the entire world, & within our societies to protect women and girls. But it’s not just women and girls...it’s also marginalized groups & those deemed less. And as you’ll come to see, this growing problem is a symptom of misogyny, and ultimately, patriarchy. After all, patriarchy has many faces. If you’re anything like me, then you, too, feel it’s important to witness the stories where patriarchal values have contributed...or downright caused destruction or even death. To be able to identify patterns of misogyny in our own lives is empowering and can also make us feel more prepared...and here’s the thing, as most of you know: the patriarchy hurts us all. We will be discussing crimes that include honor killings, intimate partner violence, war crimes, anti-abortion violence..all things caused by patriarchal societies & misogyny, throught history and up to the present day. My hopes are to educate everyone on what the patterns of misogyny look like in each case, because history has a way of repeating itself. I’m neurodivergent af and am doing this podcast alone. Sometimes episodes are late, but I’m doing my best to get them out every other week!

  1. 20h ago

    The man who fooled the world: How the anti-vax movement came to be

    Helloooo! I decided to do a small sidequest about the antivax "movement". I mean...how did a fabricated 12-person case study published in the medical journal called The Lancet kick off decades of modern vaccine panic?! In this episode, we take a deep dive into the history of inoculation, from early variolation and state-enforced mandates to the erosion of institutional trust in late modernity. We discuss the investigative reporting behind disgraced doctor Andrew Wakefield’s 1998 study, uncovering undisclosed legal financing, patent schemes, falsified patient data, and unnecessary invasive testing performed on children. From there, we talk about how Wakefield leveraged medical populism and targeted maternal guilt, setting up a trajectory that loops through modern wellness culture, conspirituality, and the extreme retreat into the tradwife lifestyle. Framing the episode through the sociological ideas of Ulrich Beck and Anthony Giddens on the Risk Society, we look at the reality of navigating institutional risk without abandoning critical thinking.   SHOW NOTES Podcast theme music by Experia – "Fighting the Tears”  Socials~ ⁠greatinthesackpod@protonmail.me⁠ ⁠www.instagram.com/g.i.t.s.podcast⁠ ⁠www.tiktok/@greatinthesackpodcast⁠  ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/greatinthesackpod ⁠ Sources: History of Anti-Vaccination Movements ⁠https://historyofvaccines.org/vaccines-101/misconceptions-about-vaccines/history-anti-vaccination-movements/⁠  Who is Andrew Wakefield ⁠Who is Andrew Wakefield and what did the disgraced MMR doctor do? | The Independent | The Independent⁠ Ulrich Beck: A Critical Introduction to the Risk Society  ⁠https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt18fs3c4⁠ The Strange History of the Anti-vax movement ⁠https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250905-the-strange-history-of-the-anti-vaccine-movement⁠     The Secrets of the MMR scare, parts 1, 2, & 3 ⁠https://briandeer.com/solved/bmj-wakefield-1-1.htm⁠  ⁠https://briandeer.com/solved/bmj-wakefield-2-1.htm⁠  ⁠https://briandeer.com/solved/bmj-wakefield-3-1.htm⁠  Wellness communities and vaccine hesitancy ⁠https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1329878X241270526⁠  The wellness pipeline: Tracing far-right health narratives on X ⁠https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448251385082⁠  Behind the Bastards: Andrew Wakefield ⁠https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=Awr.ildhrYRqbQIAd5Q_Ogx.;_ylu=Y29sbwNpcjIEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1788289634/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fwatch%3fv%3dMciU9UMBumY/RK=2/RS=BPKSG.J10A4faFVL6ii6lE5exbI-⁠  Behind the Bastards: The birth of the antivaccine movement ⁠https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-the-birth-of-the-30580537/⁠  Risk Society ⁠https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/risk-society⁠  Wellness is turning people into right-wing conspiracy theorists – here’s how ⁠https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/wellness-right-wing-conspiracy-conspirituality-b2752650.html⁠  Weaponising motherhood: How anti-vaxxers target moms to sell their message ⁠https://www.canberra.edu.au/uncover/news-archive/2022/april/targetting-mothers-anti-vaxxers-insidious-strategies⁠  How anti-vaxxers target grieving moms and turn them into crusaders against vaccines ⁠https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/how-anti-vaxxers-target-grieving-moms-turn-them-crusaders-n1057566⁠

  2. Aug 6

    ​"Throw reason to the dogs..": Gender Apartheid and the Erasure of Afghan Women, pt.3

    Was the 20-year U.S. occupation a humanitarian rescue mission for women, or was it just a lie to push an agenda of military interventionIn? Hint: Embedded Feminism.  In part 3, we look at the 2001 US invasion up through the 2021 fall of Kabul...contrasting the lives of rural women surviving drone strikes in Helmand and Wardak with urban women fighting for education and aid in Kabul. We also examine the reality of "ghost soldiers," NGO failures, and the story of Rukhshana. In this episode: The urban vs. rural divide under U.S. occupation The hypocrisy of “Operation Enduring Freedom” ANA (Afghan National Army) & warlord factions Taliban resurgence The collapse of Western-backed NGOs post-2021   SHOW NOTES: Links to the 2 different petitions to recognize gender arpartheid in Afghanistan: https://secure.avaaz.org/community_petitions/en/united_nations_human_rights_council_united_nations_un_human_rights_council_recognize_gender_apartheid_in_afghanistan/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPNTY3MDY3MzQzMzU    https://c.org/xYVpXB5b6c   Afghan Women's Mission: Donate | Afghan Women's Mission    Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan: https://www.rawa.org/rawa/2025/12/10/human-rights-are-attainable-through-dismantling-the-chains-of-imperialism-and-fundamentalism.html      Socials~ greatinthesackpod@protonmail.me www.instagram.com/g.i.t.s.podcast www.tiktok/@greatinthesackpodcast  https://bsky.app/profile/greatinthesackpod    Sources:     The Afghan Women Left Behind | The New Yorker https://share.google/5xUh0LPs1nE8okhZR    The Other Afghan Women  https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/13/the-other-Afghan-women    The New Afghanistan, Through The Eyes of Three Women https://open.spotify.com/episode/6pmLsep15NRgxPy7XMp9VO?si=PMA23Uh0RDSvX7_zbGGjQQ&utm_source=copy-link&sci=spotify%3Acard-config%3A6OlxRDhuxQhnah8XIpLaOB    ‘The Decision of my Life’ https://open.spotify.com/episode/4T3gtrC9o8oNFu8N9hmOIB?si=SqLUOpHcTeWP0aigoR4NUw&utm_source=copy-link&sci=spotify%3Acard-config%3A0QIUOED5yunfLxGdtINccm    Afghanistan Unveiled  https://share.google/oaGGdV15jjjPYHscf    RAWA article http://www.rawa.org/rawa/2021/10/07/afghan-women-s-fight-for-freedom-and-democracy-will-never-fail.html    Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving https://www.jstor.org/stable/3567256    The US War in Afghanistan https://www.cfr.org/articles/us-war-afghanistan

  3. Jul 23

    ​"Throw reason to the dogs..": Gender Apartheid and the Erasure of Afghan Women, pt.2

    In this episode, we take a look at the reality of life in Afghanistan under the Taliban's first reign from 1996 to 2001, through a historical and feminist lens. Moving past the savioristic and imperial themes, we look at human cost through the archives of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) and investigative reporting like Beneath the Veil, and Unholy War. The rise of the Taliban is discussed, along with their war crimes and alliance with al-Qaeda, the devastating scorched-earth campaigns across the north, and the super- risky acts of everyday resistance by women fighting to survive. Finally, we examine the immediate, grim fallout of Ahmad Shah Massoud’s assassination and the chilling warnings RAWA issued right as the world changed on September 11, 2001. Tune in as we break down what daily life looked like under a totalitarian theocracy.   SHOW NOTES: Links to the 2 different petitions: https://secure.avaaz.org/community_petitions/en/united_nations_human_rights_council_united_nations_un_human_rights_council_recognize_gender_apartheid_in_afghanistan/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPNTY3MDY3MzQzMzU   https://c.org/xYVpXB5b6c   Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan: https://www.rawa.org/rawa/2025/12/10/human-rights-are-attainable-through-dismantling-the-chains-of-imperialism-and-fundamentalism.html    Afghan Women's Mission     Socials~ greatinthesackpod@protonmail.me www.instagram.com/g.i.t.s.podcast www.tiktok/@greatinthesackpodcast  https://bsky.app/profile/greatinthesackpod    Sources:     Beneath the veil https://youtu.be/FNfpi91RVaw?is=kBx_D0Cr_XsyoVOd    Unholy War https://youtu.be/AgHd9i6UEO0?is=8CCjT6-a8QX_7wcI    rawa.org    Gall, Sandy (7 September 2021). Afghan Napoleon: The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud. London: Haus Publishing. ISBN 9781913368234     https://share.google/grfSYIxLLcQfTzvUG    https://share.google/MpzAnQxl2x0Xo9ezV    “500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars” by Kurt Eichenwald | Democracy Now! https://share.google/du7PRbPQvnvWRcczI    https://share.google/5vMuZCMrYeUYl20rC   https://www.britannica.com/topic/mujahideen-Afghani-rebels     CESifo-Forum-2022-1-albrecht-et-al-afghan-women-january.pdf https://share.google/mcrcasm8nfuxeh5Vn    ​Kandiyoti, Deniz. (1988). Bargaining with Patriarchy. Gender & Society, 2(3), 274–290. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/190357.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A5cb00a81af83422be947f680c9b318b5&ab_segments=&initiator=&acceptTC=1     https://share.google/C7hItrCfAuDhGyTIu   https://share.google/jtPGkz20W6tiGbKwh    https://www.hrw.org/report/2005/07/06/blood-stained-hands/past-atrocities-kabul-and-afghanistans-legacy-impunity

  4. Jul 9

    ​"Throw reason to the dogs..": Gender Apartheid and the Erasure of Afghan Women, pt.1

    We’ve all seen those viral internet photos from the 1960s and ’70s, amiright? Afghan women in mini-skirts…walking freely in the streets. But what do those photos actually say…who actually got to experience that level of freedom? ​In Part 1 of our deep dive into Afghanistan, we are going back into history. We track who holds power at what time periods, and which way the pendulum swings according to those two things: more towards freedom…or rural uprising? From the rise of ancient tribal codes all the way through to the very beginning of the Taliban’s rise, we talk about what all this meant for women all over Afghanistan.  ​Along the way, we discuss the different groups of people living in Afghanistan, Islam & Sharia Law, and the ways women have shown resistance throughout different time periods.  Both episodes, part 1 and 2, will take a look at how misogyny, class divides, and anti-intellectual populism at the hands of the Taliban has affected Afghanistan, and the women living there.    SHOW NOTES:   Links to the 2 different petitions: https://secure.avaaz.org/community_petitions/en/united_nations_human_rights_council_united_nations_un_human_rights_council_recognize_gender_apartheid_in_afghanistan/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPNTY3MDY3MzQzMzU   https://c.org/xYVpXB5b6c   Afghan Women's Mission: Donate | Afghan Women's Mission   Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan: www.rawa.org    Socials~ greatinthesackpod@protonmail.me www.instagram.com/g.i.t.s.podcast www.tiktok/@greatinthesackpodcast  https://bsky.app/profile/greatinthesackpod    Sources:  https://share.google/CKipRDj87O15lmxJV  https://share.google/xyh9RbvJedSlD3Q0Z    https://www.radiuslit.org/2011/05/16/afghan-womens-poetry-collected-by-sayd-bahodine-majrouh/#:~:text=Majrouh%20had%20collected%20these%20verses,these%20landays%20in%20English%20translation.    https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/articles/70007/landays    https://www.afintl.com/en/202606068472    https://unama.unmissions.org/en/press-releases/unama-alarmed-by-arrests-of-women-in-herat-afghanistan-and-excessive-use-of#:~:text=UNAMA%20is%20also%20alarmed%20by,to%20protest%20the%20arbitrary%20detentions.    https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/afghan-girls-accuse-taliban-of-sexual-assault-after-arrests-for-bad-hijab#:~:text=The%20UN%20say%20that%20many,toe%2C%20revealing%20only%20their%20eyes.    https://zantimes.com/2026/06/18/taliban-order-ban-on-smartphones-as-officials-shown-destroying-devices/#:~:text=What%20happened%20in%20Herat%3F,girls%20for%20%E2%80%9Cimproper%20hijab%E2%80%9D.    https://feminist.org/our-work/afghan-women-and-girls/afghanistan-since-the-taliban-takeover/?hl=en-Us    https://zantimes.com/2026/06/15/what-happened-in-herat-2/    https://zantimes.com/2026/06/17/we-have-been-buried-alive-herat-woman-describes-talibans-hijab-crackdown/    https://open.spotify.com/episode/2VWlykFguJExRLpaNtsNZo?si=a8b3d11ed349415e    https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Kfr74zc6HFwVDOrtv27bU?si=a30da6086d5d48ce    https://grokipedia.com/page/Amanullah_Khan#:~:text=In%20May%201919%2C%20Amanullah%20launched,territories%20and%20assert%20full%20sovereignty.    https://share.google/RiImKXMssnvJ9pr16    https://share.google/lJmri7e0AmphwHwbo

    ​"Throw reason to the dogs..": Gender Apartheid and the Erasure of Afghan Women, pt.1
  5. Jun 16

    The Evolution of Exploitation: The cases of Marita Verón & Kristen Galvan

    Human trafficking has a long history. It began with what we know as slavery, but as the world changed, the structure of exploitation evolved to fit that environment. When most people think of modern sex trafficking, they might pictture the movie Taken, where a victim is physically snatched off a public street by strangers...and in real life, it can look exactly like that. But thanks to the things like social media, it has also adapted. Decades ago, the internet existed, but it wasn't literally in our pockets, and the predatory behaviors of social media apps hadn't yet been born.               In this episode, we look at 2 distinct  eras and 2 cases from those eras to compare and contrast the traditional and modern faces of sex trafficking. First, we examine the traditional method, through the lens of adult sex trafficking in Argentina, where Marita Verón was kidnapped in broad daylight by a powerful, mafia-run syndicate. Then, we pivot to the adapted, digital version of child sex trafficking in Texas, exploring how fifteen-year-old Kristen Galvan was  targeted and coerced through her Instagram feed. ​     While the entry points are completely different - one a physical car on a street, the other a smartphone screen - the internal realities are terrifyingly identical. We discuss the techniques of sex-trafficking, from drugging and isolation to physical, psychological, and emotional abuse.   Show notes:   ​Resources & Global Directives: Safe, confidential support is available worldwide. ​Global Directory (190+ Countries): GlobalModernSlavery.org ​European Network & Safe Housing: La Strada International (lastradainternational.org) ​US National Hotline: 1-888-373-7888 (Text "HELP" to 233733)   Sources:   https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/documented-gang-member-sent-prison-sex-trafficking  https://gahtmo.org/unseen-bonds-the-link-between-past-slavery-and-modern-human-trafficking/  https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/24/meta-new-mexico-jury  https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/06/investigation-exposed-child-sex-trafficking-on-facebook-and-instagram-meta  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07sjgr1  https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pablo-Escobar https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/argentina-jewish-white-slavery  https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2012/04/120402_argentina_caso_marita_veron_una_decada_vh  https://charleyproject.org/case/kristen-marie-galvan  https://www.unidiversidad.com.ar/la-periodista-sibila-camps-repasa-la-trama-oculta-del-caso-marita-veron  https://www.fiscales.gob.ar/criminalidad-economica/caso-marita-veron-declaro-la-chancha-ale-en-la-causa-por-lavado-y-asociacion-ilicita/#:~:text=Caso%20Marita%20Ver%C3%B3n%3A%20declar%C3%B3%20%E2%80%9Cla,por%20lavado%20y%20asociaci%C3%B3n%20il%C3%ADcita  https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/houston-rapper-aryion-jackson-sex-trafficking-17786263.php

  6. May 26

    Online "rape academies" & the digital age of misogyny

    In this episode, we investigate the wild intersection of systemic  violence against women & girls, and modern technology. We begin with the landmark Gisele Pelicot case in France, breaking down the court proceedings involving the 50 co-defendants and analyzing the digital hunting ground & website used to facilitate mass abuse. From there, we make the connections of just how these patterns repeat across emerging tech frontiers. We examine the weaponization of everyday consumer tech like smart glasses, the alarming rise of AI-generated non-consensual deepfakes, and the targeted global mechanics of online grooming & sextortion. Finally, we zoom out to a sociological perspective to talk about how the pop culture of the last few generations primed society for this current digital age of misogyny.   Show notes: greatinthesackpod@protonmail.me www.tiktok/@greatinthesackpodcast  www.instagram.com/g.i.t.s.podcast  https://bsky.app/profile/greatinthesackpod    SOURCES: #341: Korea’s Nth Room: 260k Men Paying to Violate, R*pe, and Torture Middle School Girls On Telegram - Rotten Mango | Podcast on Spotify #342: Korean College Student Forces 100 Girls To Mutilate Themselves On Camera LIVE For His Chatrooms - Rotten Mango | Podcast on Spotify #386: New Nth Room: Middle Schoolers Deepfake Videos Of Mom, Sister, Classmates In "Humiliation Room" - Rotten Mango | Podcast on Spotify 'A rapist can be in the family': how Dominique Pelicot became one of the worst sexual predators in history | Gisèle Pelicot rape trial | The Guardian 'Girl on Girl' explores pop culture's impact on women | PBS News Weekend" (URL: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/girl-on-girl-explores-pop-cultures-impact-on-women  'Meta glasses are being used to secretly film women and girls – my app is fighting back' | The Independent How's Life for Children in the Digital Age?, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/0854b900-en  "90s Bitch: The Paradox of Progress and Bitchification" (Book Excerpt: 90s Bitch: Media, Culture, and the Failed Promise of Gender Equality by Allison Yarrow, Harper Perennial, 2018) "A French woman whose husband is accused of inviting men to rape her testifies in court | KPBS Public Media" https://www.kpbs.org/news/international/2024/09/06/a-french-woman-whose-husband-is-accused-of-inviting-men-to-rape-her-testifies-in-court  "AI-GeneratedDeepfakesandGender-BasedViolenceExploringtheTechno-FeministChallenges.pdf" (Citation: Benjamin, Matthew. AI-Generated Deepfakes and Gender-Based Violence Exploring the Techno-Feminist Challenges, 2025) "Amouranth Goes After Companies Supporting Abusive Deepfake Sites"  https://www.thegamer.com/amouranth-calls-out-deepfake-abuse-sites/  "Cho Ju-bin: South Korea chatroom sex abuse suspect named after outcry" (BBC News) Deepfake Porn Empire | E1: The Dawn of Fake Porn - Understood: Artificial Intimacy | Podcast on Spotify Deepfake Porn Empire | E2: So You’ve Been Deepfaked - Understood: Artificial Intimacy | Podcast on Spotify Deepfake Porn Empire | E3: The Notorious D.P.F.K.S. - Understood: Artificial Intimacy | Podcast on Spotify Deepfake Porn Empire | E4: The Fake Porn Pharmacist - Understood: Artificial Intimacy | Podcast on Spotify Digital Misogyny: From Grok Producing CSAM to Meta Glasses as Spyware | Redbrick Slider (Life&Style) "Digital Rights as Human Rights: The Fight Against Cybersexism" (OHCHR) Dominique Pelicot tells French trial: 'I am a rapist,' as he returns to dock | France | The Guardian France launches probe into website that enabled mass rape of Gisèle Pelicot | Gisèle Pelicot | The Guardian "Gisèle Pelicot lifts her sunglasses and chooses to fight back" (BBC News) "How_do_we_study_misogyny_in_the_digital_age_A_syst.pdf" (Citation: Fontanella, L., Chulvi, B., Ignazzi, E. et al. How do we study misogyny in the digital age? A systematic literature review using a computational linguistic approach. Humanit Soc Sci Commun, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-02978-7)  "Jag blev groomad online som 13-åring" – Gäst: Myra Petersdotter - Spöktimmen | Podcast on Spotify" "Le Monde The Fall of Coco.fr: Justice for an Online Predator’s Den"  https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/01/10/france-charges-founder-of-adult-website-linked-to-mass-rape-trial_6736899_7.html)  "Meta's 'pervert glasses' fuel trend of creeps filming women, posting videos online" (New York Post) "Online misogyny and its impact on girls" | Plan International UK "STOPPING THE SURGE OF DIGITAL MISOGYNY" | EESC "Sleeping with the Enemy: A W5 investigation" [Youtube] "Smart glasses: 'I was secretly filmed and trolled online'" (BBC News) "Taking Down the Dark Web Killer | The Case of Amanda Todd | UNSEEN - Unseen | Podcast on Spotify Article Title: 4 Ways Men Are Taught to Objectify Women From Birth - Everyday Feminism Article Titles: Popular Female Twitch Streamers Targeted In Deepfake Pornography Scandal / Deepfake Porn Creator Deletes Internet Presence After Tearful ‘Atrioc’ Apology - Kotaku / Vice) "The Gisèle Pelicot rape trial shines a new spotlight on consent" | Courthouse News Service "The New Age of Sexism!, with Laura Bates - YouTube (The Conduit) "The Retro Backlash: 90s Nostalgia and the Anti-Feminist Resurgence"  https://theconversation.com/the-return-of-90s-culture-echoes-a-backlash-to-feminism-that-weve-seen-throughout-history-238162)  "UK schools blackmailed with sexualised AI deepfakes of pupils, experts warn" | The Independent "When Misogyny Goes Viral: The Digital Roots of Modern Sexism! – UAB Institute for Human Rights Blog "Women filmed in secret for social media content - then harassed online" (BBC News) En hyllning till livet : skammen måste byta sida av Gisèle Pelicot and Judith Perrignon, Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2026 https://etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/10412/7/Whiteman2020PhD.pdf  Whiteman, Julie. ENDURING NOTIONS OF HETEROSEXUALITY: A STUDY IN CONTEMPORARY SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS, University of Birmingham, 2020  "music-and-misogyny-a-content-analysis-of-misogynistic-antifeminist-forums.pdf" (Citation: de Boise, Sam. Music and misogyny: a content analysis of misogynistic, antifeminist forums, Cambridge University Press. 10.1017/S0261143020000410) "pelicot case" (Text excerpt: France charges founder of adult website linked to mass rape trial - Le Monde) "‘I’ll never call him dad again:’ Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter says she suspects her father also drugged her for sexual abuse" (CNN)

  7. May 6

    The CIA's Iran-Contra Affair, the crack epidemic, & the women who paid the price

    The War on Drugs didn’t start in the streets; it started in the shadows of the offices of the CIA. This episode traces the timeline from the late 70s up through the late 90s, connecting the dots between anti-communist funding in Central America, the Middle East, & the sudden influx of crack cocaine into black communities in America. We’re also peepin' the exact moment the Second Boland Amendment went into effect..and how, as the CIA searched for alternative funding for the Contras, the streets began to change. We are discussing the crimes of Oliver North, Gary Webb's brave af reporting, and the biological warfare of "pseudoscience". We also talk about the extremely damaging articles that manufactured the "bio-underclass" myth to justify the lack of resources and the systemic abandonment of the very communities the state helped destabilize. By the time we get to the late 90s, the trap was already set, and waiting to be triggered. When you look at the outcomes of the crack epidemic, it becomes clear who was at fault, who was targeted, and who won.   This is the final episode to the witch-hunt series...for now ; )   **SHOW NOTES**   Socials:  https://www.tiktok.com/@greatinthesackpodcast  https://www.instagram.com/g.i.t.s.podcast  https://www.bsky.app/profile/greatinthesackpod.bsky.social    Sources: Behind the Bastards Cracktoberfest episodes:  https://youtu.be/MT6lnjIVWOE?si=-psWolEJFyTZib2H  https://youtu.be/UoqC9av2DcA?si=yN9uFQIDQuFm9pRo  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DKko0WCOgI&t=18s  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjOnWFLq_Os https://youtu.be/4F3IwLDZ1ss?si=vI5T9UopMoCf41x8    https://webhelper.brown.edu/cheit/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/    https://allthatsinteresting.com/gary-webb    https://www.britannica.com/topic/intersectionality    https://www.britannica.com/event/Iran-Contra-Affair    https://fair.org/extra/the-myth-of-the-crack-baby/    https://www.jstor.org/stable/48750576?seq=1    https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19920114/1470264/new-research-explodes-crack-babies-myth    https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/ferguson-v-city-charleston-2001    https://www.splcenter.org/about/    https://www.aclu.org/news/reproductive-freedom/victory-regina-mcknight-case    https://scienceinsights.org/what-is-a-crack-baby-the-term-the-myth-and-the-truth/    https://feminist.org/news/woman-convicted-of-stillbirth-remains-in-jail/#:~:text=On%20Monday%2C%20the%20United%20States,to%2020%20years%20in%20prison.    https://www.britannica.com/topic/crack-epidemic  https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/Women/WG/DeprivedLiberty/Others/Human_Rights_and_Gender_Justice_Clinic_at_CUNY_School_of_Law_and_others-3.pdf

  8. Jan 22

    Witchhunts pt. 4c - FBI EXPOSED by leftists!

    So, how did COINTELPRO finally come undone? In this episode, we trace the program’s collapse through the interconnected movements of the late 1960s and early 1970s...from the New Left and anti–Vietnam War protests, all the way to women’s liberation, the Catholic Left, and the American Indian Movement. By examining all that went into the FBI's cointelpro operations, such as surveillance, infiltration, and internal fractures, the episode shows how state appointed crimes created lasting harm both externally and within activist spaces themselves, culminating in the Media, Pennsylvania burglary and later, the Church Committee’s revelations.   Socials: www.instagram.com/@g.i.t.s.podcast.com https://bsky.app/profile/greatinthesackpod.bsky.social www.tiktok/greatinthesackpodcast.com    Sources:   Medsger, Betty. The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret F.B.I. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.    https://www.aclu.org/    https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/democratic-national-convention-1968    https://www.goethe.de/prj/geg/en/sni/27039550.html#:~:text=International%20Solidarity:%20Comparing%20Germany%20and,point%20for%20today's%20sociopolitical%20movements.    https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro/hoodwink/COINTELPRO%20Hoodwink%20Part%2001%20%28Final%29/view    https://archives.nd.edu/CPF/CPF_1967-12.pdf    https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-cool-people-who-did-cool-96003360/episode/part-one-burglars-vs-the-fbi-112088184/    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-two-burglars-vs-the-fbi-how-the-catholic-left/id1620562792?i=1000607460184    https://www.jstor.org/stable/20459215?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents  https://tribalcollegejournal.org/survival-schools-the-american-indian-movement-and-community-education-in-the-twin-cities/

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Don’t let the name of the podcast fool you...it’s a passive-aggressive poke at the way women seem to be viewed by society: expendable objects to be utilized and quite literally ended, if a perpetrator so chooses. That’s the message that I get from the lack of action over the entire world, & within our societies to protect women and girls. But it’s not just women and girls...it’s also marginalized groups & those deemed less. And as you’ll come to see, this growing problem is a symptom of misogyny, and ultimately, patriarchy. After all, patriarchy has many faces. If you’re anything like me, then you, too, feel it’s important to witness the stories where patriarchal values have contributed...or downright caused destruction or even death. To be able to identify patterns of misogyny in our own lives is empowering and can also make us feel more prepared...and here’s the thing, as most of you know: the patriarchy hurts us all. We will be discussing crimes that include honor killings, intimate partner violence, war crimes, anti-abortion violence..all things caused by patriarchal societies & misogyny, throught history and up to the present day. My hopes are to educate everyone on what the patterns of misogyny look like in each case, because history has a way of repeating itself. I’m neurodivergent af and am doing this podcast alone. Sometimes episodes are late, but I’m doing my best to get them out every other week!

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