Posts Tagged ‘reverse sexism’

Episode 155: Musicians Doin’ It for the Cause

Posted: December 22, 2016 in Uncategorized
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Melbourne band Camp Cope. Photo by Matt Warrell, from abc.net.au

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On this episode, which marks 5 years of the podcast and the launch of our crowdfunding campaign, the main theme is political music. We discuss Camp Cope and their feminist message in their lyrics and beyond.

We also discuss Akala, hip hop and Shakespeare.

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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Clips:

Akala ‘Comedy, Tragedy, History’, Extras ‘Season 2, Episode 5’, NOFX ‘The Cause’, Camp Cope ‘Jet Fuel Can’t Melt Steel Beams’.

You can listen to a short (7 minute) version of this episode, which features us discussing our Crowd Funding campaign, here: Support us to put out 50 Episodes in 2017. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

Episode 153: Anarchism, Animal Liberation and a Little Bit of Misandry

Posted: December 17, 2016 in Uncategorized
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Lara Drew (left), Jess Ison (centre) and Nick Pendergrast (right). Photo thanks to Leigh-Chantelle: http://www.leigh-chantelle.com/

You can listen to this episode above and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. You can also listen to this episode on Stitcher, Cyber Ears or download it on Archive.org (45mins, 35MB).

This episode features part two and three of a panel discussion on anarchism and animal liberation, featuring Jess Ison, Lara Drew and Nick. You can hear part one of this talk on episode 152 – this episode also has links to all of the talks from the 2016 Institute for Critical Animal Studies conference, where this panel was recorded.

During the panel, Nick discusses the book Free Women Of Spain: Anarchism And The Struggle For The Emancipation Of Women and his article with Dr Theresa Petray on Indigenous and animal activism – you can listen to a talk on this here: Experimental Utopias and Social Change – Examples from Australian Non-Hegemonic Activism.

The episode also includes a little bit of Dinesh Wadiwel’s talk from the Queer Animalities panel discussion, also featuring Jess Ison and Javed.

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”.

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Clips:

Frenzal Rhomb ‘Guns Don’t Kill Ducklings (Ducklings Kill Ducklings)’; Part 2 of Panel discussion on anarchism and animal liberation, featuring Jess Ison, Lara Drew and Nick: Why does Anarchism and Animal Liberation need to be considered?; Dinesh Wadiwel’s talk from the Queer Animalities panel discussion; Part 3 of Panel discussion on anarchism and animal liberation, featuring Jess Ison, Lara Drew and Nick: What does Animal Liberation and Anarchism look like in practice?; Daryl Hall & John Oates ‘Maneater’.

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Photo thanks to Leigh-Chantelle: http://www.leigh-chantelle.com/

You can listen to a short (10 minute) version of this episode, which features a shortened version of the anarchism and animal liberation panel, here: Anarchism and Animal Liberation in Practice. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

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

Posted: September 10, 2016 in Uncategorized
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Image from MrMadness Sotomayor on youtube.com

You can listen to this episode above and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. You can also listen to this episode on Stitcher, Cyber 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.

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Clips:

War on Women ‘Glass City’, The Feed ‘Jon Snow calls out sexism???’, Portlandia Series 5, Episode 7 ‘Doug Becomes a Feminist’, Howard on Menzies, Aamer Rahman ‘Reverse 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.