Academic Aunties

I LOVE this podcast. Ethel and the guest aunties are so brilliant, insightful, and authentic. They really work to disentangle the intersections of power, privilege, labor, neoliberalism, white supremacy, colonialism, and patriarchy in academia. Their analysis is nuanced and often revelatory. Much of their content is so affirming while other episodes help me see through the veil of my privilege and recognize more ways I have benefitted from my whiteness. A great listen for intersectional feminist academic activists and those engaging in DEI work. As is usually the case, those who would benefit most from this work—administrators and folx with the most institutional power—probably won’t listen. 🙄

This podcast should be a graduate curriculum/faculty-admin training requirement. It makes me feel simultaneously seen and validates all of my own academic trauma, as well as enabling me to see all the different intersectionalities of oppression in the system I'm a part of. It makes me feel stronger and more capable of pushing against it knowing all the aunties are out there too.

Just discovered this podcast and I’m really enjoying it. Was feeling overwhelmed before the start of the semester so great to have these supportive voices reminding me of what’s important!