Episode 144: Reverse Ridiculousness – Cry Baby Men and White Devils

Posted: September 10, 2016 in Uncategorized
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You can listen to this episode above and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. You can also listen to this episode on StitcherCyber Ears or download it on Archive.org (60mins, 46MB).

On this episode we take on the idea that reverse “sexism” (against men) and reverse “racism” (against white people) are real things.

In our discussion of reverse “sexism” and “racism”, we cover Glastonbury Music Festival, Sad Grrrls Fest Melbourne, Becky’s and ‘Study Finds That White Privilege Makes Up For White Guilt’.

Also covered throughout the episode is: Celeste Liddle’s article ‘Fighting for Sovereignty and Treaties over Recognition’, which covers some Indigenous criticisms of Constitutional Recognition, and Katie promotes the app Carousell.

Follow us on Twitter @ProgPodcast to get tweets from Katie about the footy (mate).

Clips:

War on WomenGlass City’, The FeedJon Snow calls out sexism???’, Portlandia Series 5, Episode 7 ‘Doug Becomes a Feminist’, Howard on Menzies, Aamer RahmanReverse Racism’, Married at First Sight ‘Nick’s One Downside’, Lowkey ‘Ahmed’.

You can listen to a short (10 minute) version of this episode, which features a shortened version of our discussion on reverse “sexism”, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

Comments
  1. […] At the end of the episode there is a brief discussion on the importance of prioritising women’s voices, which can lead to accusations of reverse “sexism”. […]

  2. […] Other stuff covered throughout the episode is: homophobic actors, Katie’s reviews on Happy Cow, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Star Wars Rogue One and further discussion on why reverse “sexism” is BS. […]

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