In this episode of We Talk to Really Smart People, Carol Anderson, Prof. of African American Studies and author of White Rage explains what white supremacy has to do with the Trump movement and how to avoid believing that fascism is the same as politics as usual. Whether you voted in 2024 or decided to sit it out, listen to this episode! Whether you’ve lost all hope or you look to heroes of the Civil Rights movement for inspiration, listen to this episode! And then like it and share it with friends and enemies.
We all know part of Project 2025 and the Trump regime is trying to increase the birth rate. But it’s not just the far right that wants you to have babies. It’s the tech brogeoisie who run this world. In this episode we talk to researchers who have been unraveling the bizarre connections between pronatalism, tech billionaires, and the far right.
In this episode we speak with Professors Isis Nusair and Bayan Abusneineh about reproductive justice in Gaza and learn that we can only have reproductive justice in Gaza if we acknowledge the reproductive genocide of the Israeli state, not just against Palestinian reproduction, but the reproduction of non-white Jewish bodies as well. In this episode, we invite you to consider not just the starvation of women and children now in Gaza, but the effect that can have for generations to come. We also invite you to consider how transnational feminism, the kind of feminism that links women dying in parking lots in Texas because they can’t access reproductive care, is linked to the reproductive genocide in Gaza.
In this episode, we talk to activists and academics working in the field of reproductive justice. We're trying to find out how to keep working for the feminist future we want even as the US is increasingly fascist when it comes to the basic right of being able to have- or not have- children.
In this episode, we travel to Argentina to interview the feminist academics, activists, and artists who are fighting fascism and building a future for all of us. Having a fascist autocrat in power is not stopping people there from creating a better world for all of us. So if living in Trump's America is getting you down, take a listen and get inspired to get into the streets and fight like a madre!
Loretta Ross is an acclaimed professor, author, feminist, activist, and founding advocate of reproductive justice. In this interview we delve into Professor Ross’s new book, Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancel. Learn what it takes to build a better world… and how to have fun doing it!
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Have you been out there protesting? Well...you should be! In this bonus episode, we explore the importance of protest. Participating in a protest isn't just a cute look - it's a statistically effective way to make change. So, let's get out there and fight fascism together!
Tenure is supposed to protect professors to teach what they know. That stops political idealogues like Donald Trump or Joseph McCarthy from controlling knowledge. Unfortunately, it's no protection for professors in this political moment as Moira Finkelstein found out when she lost her tenured job as an anthropologist at Muhlenberg College over an Instagram Story that was critical of Zionism. Zionism is an ideology, not a religion, and many Jews, including Dr. Finkelstein, are critical of it. But that didn’t stop her from being labeled antisemitic.
In this episode we talk about the BIG LIE: that any criticism of Israel is anti-semitism. The GoP and even some Dems have been using this lie to attack professors, often feminist scholars who are themselves Jewish. In this part of the episode, we talk to Nicole Morse, former head of gender studies at Florida Atlantic University, and Jessica Pabon, who taught gender studies at SUNY New Paltz. Both were punished by their institutions for criticizing Israeli policy in Gaza.
This episode is the second part to Episode 4: The Anti-Gender Movement in Mexico City. This time though, we have a lot more hope to offer. Dive into these exciting interviews to learn about the feminist resistance happening in Mexico City and all the ways we can fight back!
Note: the interviews for this episode were done in Spanish, so the interviewees you hear aren’t really them - it’s an English voiceover.
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In this bonus episode, we talk to Suzanne Cope about her new book, Women of War: The Italian Assassins, Spies, and Couriers who fought the Nazis. We get inspired to fight harder by looking back in time at the women who risked their lives to build a better world.
In this episode, Daisy and El ask whether or not the Trump regime is fascism and the answer is... Well you have to listen to hear all the expertise they bring to the question. And in the end, it doesn't matter whether Trump is technically a fascist or fascist adjacent, our rights and our worlds are at risk.
The sound quality is not as good as we like it to be because it was done on Zoom and El was out of the US- but we promise it's worth a listen.
In this episode we talk about some new, important research, namely the book Transnational Anti-Gender Politics: Feminist Solidarity in Times of Global Attack featuring an interview with the authors, Tomás Ojeda, Billy Holzberg, and Aiko Holvikivi.
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In this episode we talk to Prof. Clare Hemmings of the London School of Economics. Prof. Hemmings, who helped to start an international research group on the anti-gender movement. Prof. Hemmings puts a lot of what's going on into historical perspective for us by linking white supremacy, transphobia and the colonial imagination together.
As another term under Tr*mp looms before us, let us turn to a Really Smart Person - none other than Professor JUDITH BUTLER! In this episode we hear about Butler's new book, Who's Afraid of Gender? and all the ways they offer hope, inspiration, and wisdom during these hard times. As fire spreads, literally and figuratively, we cannot give up! Take care of yourself, take care of each other, and keep dancing!
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On this episode of FFF, we travel to see how the anti-gender movement has played out in post-Roe Texas and, of course, how people are resisting! After all, we might all be Texas now…
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By now we’ve all heard (cried, screamed, etc.) about the election. So now we ask… what tf is going on??? To some, this was a shock. How could so many people, people who are neighbors, peers. and family, vote for what is clearly a fascist trajectory? To us, however, it’s no surprise. Politicians like Trump are part of a larger global anti-gender movement - and that is precisely what this podcast is focused on. Listen to this bonus episode for a short reaction to the election.
Take care of yourselves, take care of each other, and now.. we CONTINUE to organize !!!
By now you’ve heard that Trump and Vance are weird. But are they really? Are they weird or are they just part of the anti-gender movement? Listen to this short and sweet bonus episode to hear our take on it.
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Grab your passport and an oat milk latte and join us at the Transnational Anti-Gender Movements and Resistance Conference! This past February, Laurie and Harper travelled to the London School of Economics to engage with other thinkers, activists, academics, and feminists fighting the anti-gender movement across the globe. What a time we had! Hear all about it and maybe learn a thing or two in our first mini episode!
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In this episode we travel to Mexico City, exploring the anti-gender ideology movement on a local level. We encounter a lot hope and feminist joy along the way. Join us in exploring anti-gender politics and queer and feminist resistance in Mexico City.
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