44 min

Barely Gettin Feminism Barely Gettin' By

    • Society & Culture

From Elena Ferrante to Roxane Gay, in this episode Chloe and Emma talk about the many women who inspire them … and a few who enrage them. They take a historical tour of feminism from the first wave to the second, through the 1980s when feminism became *very comfortable with capitalism*, and up to the present day of #MeToo. After talking about feminist heroes of old, they ask: who should we be reading and listening to, to understand what feminism means today? (hint: it’s not Julie Bishop).


[Note: Emma was pregnant at the time of recording ... but we are now delighted to welcome the newest, littlest feminist, and the reason for any future delays in releasing episodes, Baby Viv 3 3 3]


Must reads:


Mary Beard, ‘The Greer Method’, London Review of Books, 24 October 2019.
https://www.lrb.co.uk/v41/n20/mary-beard/the-greer-method





G.D. Dess, ‘Elena Ferrante: The Mad Adventures of Serious Ladies’, LA Review of Books, 29 July 2017.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/elena-ferrante-the-mad-adventures-of-serious-ladies/


Monica Lewinsky, ‘Shame and Survival’, Vanity Fair, June 2014.
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/society/2014/06/monica-lewinsky-humiliation-culture


Alana Schetzer, ‘Friendly Reminder: Julie Bishop Is Not Your Woke Feminist Bae’, Junkee, 27 September 2018.
https://junkee.com/julie-bishop-not-woke-bae/176531


Kimberley Truong, ‘AOC Has Finally Dropped Her Skin-Care Routine’, The Cut, 28 January, 2019.
https://www.thecut.com/2019/01/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-skincare-beauty-routine.html


Marci Robin, ‘Why it Matters That Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wore Hoops to Her Swearing-In Ceremony’, Allure, 5 January 2019 [Note: AOC was modelling her look on Sonia Sotomayor, not RBG!]
https://www.allure.com/story/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-red-lipstick-hoops-swearing-in-sonia-sotomayor-nail-polish


Hannah Ryan and Gina Rushton, ‘The Leaders Of Australia's "Time's Up" Movement Made Big Promises They Couldn't Keep’, Buzzfeed, 18 October 2019.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahryan/metoo-movement-now-australia-tracey-spicer


Roxane Gay and Dr Tressie McMillan Cottom, Hear to Slay (but seriously, read everything! - E.S.)
https://luminarypodcasts.com/listen/roxane-gay-and-dr-tressie-mcmillan-cottom/hear-to-slay/b52dbaee-2243-4230-ac20-8dc36ca6a453




Constance Grady, “Why Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood is facing #MeToo backlash,” Vox, 17 January 2018 (as a follow up to our discussion in the previous episode).
https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/1/17/16897404/margaret-atwood-metoo-backlash-steven-galloway-ubc-accountable


Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control, and Domestic Abuse, Black Inc, 2019.


Ruby Hamad, White Tears/Brown Scars, MUP, 2019.


Alison Whittaker, ‘Get Krack!n's season finale was the most nourishing despair I have felt in a long time’, Guardian, 28 March 2019.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/mar/28/get-krackns-season-finale-was-the-most-nourishing-despair-i-have-felt-in-a-long-time



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From Elena Ferrante to Roxane Gay, in this episode Chloe and Emma talk about the many women who inspire them … and a few who enrage them. They take a historical tour of feminism from the first wave to the second, through the 1980s when feminism became *very comfortable with capitalism*, and up to the present day of #MeToo. After talking about feminist heroes of old, they ask: who should we be reading and listening to, to understand what feminism means today? (hint: it’s not Julie Bishop).


[Note: Emma was pregnant at the time of recording ... but we are now delighted to welcome the newest, littlest feminist, and the reason for any future delays in releasing episodes, Baby Viv 3 3 3]


Must reads:


Mary Beard, ‘The Greer Method’, London Review of Books, 24 October 2019.
https://www.lrb.co.uk/v41/n20/mary-beard/the-greer-method





G.D. Dess, ‘Elena Ferrante: The Mad Adventures of Serious Ladies’, LA Review of Books, 29 July 2017.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/elena-ferrante-the-mad-adventures-of-serious-ladies/


Monica Lewinsky, ‘Shame and Survival’, Vanity Fair, June 2014.
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/society/2014/06/monica-lewinsky-humiliation-culture


Alana Schetzer, ‘Friendly Reminder: Julie Bishop Is Not Your Woke Feminist Bae’, Junkee, 27 September 2018.
https://junkee.com/julie-bishop-not-woke-bae/176531


Kimberley Truong, ‘AOC Has Finally Dropped Her Skin-Care Routine’, The Cut, 28 January, 2019.
https://www.thecut.com/2019/01/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-skincare-beauty-routine.html


Marci Robin, ‘Why it Matters That Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wore Hoops to Her Swearing-In Ceremony’, Allure, 5 January 2019 [Note: AOC was modelling her look on Sonia Sotomayor, not RBG!]
https://www.allure.com/story/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-red-lipstick-hoops-swearing-in-sonia-sotomayor-nail-polish


Hannah Ryan and Gina Rushton, ‘The Leaders Of Australia's "Time's Up" Movement Made Big Promises They Couldn't Keep’, Buzzfeed, 18 October 2019.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahryan/metoo-movement-now-australia-tracey-spicer


Roxane Gay and Dr Tressie McMillan Cottom, Hear to Slay (but seriously, read everything! - E.S.)
https://luminarypodcasts.com/listen/roxane-gay-and-dr-tressie-mcmillan-cottom/hear-to-slay/b52dbaee-2243-4230-ac20-8dc36ca6a453




Constance Grady, “Why Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood is facing #MeToo backlash,” Vox, 17 January 2018 (as a follow up to our discussion in the previous episode).
https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/1/17/16897404/margaret-atwood-metoo-backlash-steven-galloway-ubc-accountable


Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control, and Domestic Abuse, Black Inc, 2019.


Ruby Hamad, White Tears/Brown Scars, MUP, 2019.


Alison Whittaker, ‘Get Krack!n's season finale was the most nourishing despair I have felt in a long time’, Guardian, 28 March 2019.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/mar/28/get-krackns-season-finale-was-the-most-nourishing-despair-i-have-felt-in-a-long-time



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