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Episode 241: Pop Culture and Feminism

Posted: February 24, 2020 in Uncategorized
Tags: Big Little Lies, Bombshell, family violence, feminism, gender, gendered violence, media, pop culture, Riverdale, sexual assault, social media, television, the monster myth, The Morning Show, You

The characters Cheryl and Betty from the show *Riverdale* (Photo: Diyah Pera/The CW).

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 (46mins, 35MB).

We analyse the representations of gender in the TV shows Riverdale, The Morning Show, Big Little Lies and You, as well as the movie Bombshell.

Links for the main topic:

‘The Facts About ‘False’ Rape Allegations’ (article on newmatilda.com).
Crowd Funding Campaign: Women facing defamation case for speaking up by Solidarity Not Silence.
‘Myths of War — Vietnam: the war’s forgotten supporters’ (ABC radio show by Dr Mark Dapin).

Great first show, I look forward to hearing more – check it out everyone! N https://t.co/AxfL2jjjS7
— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) February 20, 2020

Other links:

Nick interviewed about his research on activism on How to Start a Riot podcast and on how animals have been affected by the bushfires for 3CR Monday Breakfast (Nick is on at 45:23 into this show).
Freedom of Species ‘Representing Agricultural Transition in the Climate Movement’ (radio show).
The Vegan Vanguard ‘“Form Over Substance”: Marketing Yourself Under Capitalism’ (podcast episode).
Our audio of recordings from the Climate Crisis: National Day of Action- Melbourne and Melbourne Invasion Day 2020.

Full audio of the opening speeches from the #ClimateCrisis: National Day of Action- Melbourne. Some powerful speeches on supporting Aboriginal people to protect the environment, just transitions for workers in fossil fuel industries etc #ClimateEmergency https://t.co/GYskHddJK3 pic.twitter.com/qYuvTAruXA
— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) February 23, 2020

Clips:

Taylor Swift ‘The Man’, Petrol Girls ‘Survivor’.

If you enjoy the music we play on our show, check out our Spotify playlist ‘Progressive Podcast Australia Music and Comedy’!

Episode 208: Jockey on Fishing Trip Accused of Animal Cruelty to Stingray – Prisons and Animals

Posted: June 22, 2018 in Uncategorized
Tags: animal abuse registries, animal cruelty, animals, Eurydice Dixon, gendered violence, homonormativity, Jess Ison, prison abolition, prisons, queer, sex offender registries, sexual assault, state repression, the monster myth, the state, transformative justice

Jess Ison and her dog buddy Gretchen.

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 (67mins, 53MB).

We’re joined by activist and academic Jess Ison who discusses her research challenging the use of prisons and other punitive measures as a way to counter animal abuse. More specifically, she covers: the criminalisation of animal activism; queer people, the state and homonormativity; the new show The Break on Netflix; problems with focusing on individual acts of animal cruelty eg to a stingray, cow or kangaroo, while ignoring more institutionalised cruelty on a much bigger scale; the importance of looking into structural explanations for gendered violence rather than just putting “bad apples” in jail, particularly in light of the recent horrific murder of Eurydice Dixon in Melbourne; sex offender registries; transformative justice; and prison abolition. If you’d like to look further into the issues of prisons and prison abolition, Jess recommends the book Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis.

All these #whatabouttehmenz and #notallmen derailers in the wake of the murder of Eurydice Dixon and subsequent victim blaming. Just for the record, I care about the men too, and would really love it if they'd stop assaulting and murdering each other as well.

— Celeste Liddle (@Utopiana) June 19, 2018

This episode is replayed from Freedom of Species, an animal advocacy show on 3CR community radio, which Nick now regularly hosts. This show is broadcast live on 855AM in Melbourne 1-2pm every Sunday and if you’re outside of Melbourne you can listen in live 1-2 Melbourne time/AEST on 3cr.org.au – the show is also on iTunes. You can listen to all of the episodes that Nick has been on here.

I'm now a regular host of @FOSradio and I think the show is really important in giving a voice to #animal advocates and pro-animal voices generally, which are so often left out of other media. Please donate to help the show and @3CR generally going! Nick https://t.co/ioy64Y6AQz

— Progressive Podcast (@ProgPodcast) June 10, 2018

Jess Ison is a part of The Institute for Critical Animal Studies (Oceania) collective who are organising a discussion forum for animal activists and academics in Melbourne in August. Connect with ICAS Oceania on Facebook, Twitter or sign up for email updates to be notified of the details of this forum once they are announced.

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Clips:

The Broadways ‘2^nd Grade Cells’; Goldfinger ‘Iron Fist’; Goldfinger ‘Behind the Mask’ – watch the clip here (content warning for graphic images of animal suffering); Petrol Girls ‘Touch Me Again’.

Episode 161: Ideally We’d Care About ALL Victims

Posted: February 1, 2017 in Uncategorized
Tags: Chelsea Manning, consent, consent education, content warnings, crime, Criminology, domestic violence, family violence, feminism, ideal victim, Julian Assange, just world theory, media, Nils Christie, sexual assault, survivors, the monster myth, trigger warnings, Vanessa, victim blaming, victims, victims of crime

Image from: melissahuang.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 (42mins, 33MB).

This time Nick is joined by Vanessa, a forensic psychology doctoral student and one of the hosts of VeganSci podcast. We discuss some of the content we taught in a Criminology unit on victims of crime, focusing on Nils Christie’s ideal victim concept and how it can help in understanding how the legal system, media and community respond to victims of crime. We also discuss: the monster myth, just world theory and what we can to do challenge victim blaming.

Image from: http://www.slideshare.net/BaileyParnell/slut-shaming-and-social-media

Nick also covers content warnings and free speech, as well as Julian Assange breaking his pledge to travel to the United States if whistleblower Chelsea Manning was pardoned.

If you’d like to hear more discussion on similar issues to those covered on this episode, check out our 95^th and 96^th episodes (featuring Kathryn Joy and Katie). You can also hear more from Vanessa on episode 159 – discussing animal activism and her experiences working in prisons. Please help Vanessa out by completing a survey for her doctoral research on investigative journalism!

If you like what you hear, please support the show!

Clips:

The Smith Street band ‘Why I Can’t Draw’, Tea Consent video, Australian government advertisement challenging violence against women, War on Women ‘Say it’.

Episode 95: The Joy of a Man-Free Episode #YesAllMen

Posted: April 20, 2015 in Uncategorized
Tags: allies, Clementine Ford, feminism, gender, gendered violence, Kathryn Joy, male allies, male entitlement, male privilege, men and feminism, patriarchy, privilege, sexism, the monster myth, white privilege

The above image is from the Everyday Feminism Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/everydayfeminism

This episode is a feminism burger (hold the men), featuring Katie and Kathryn Joy. It covers: some feedback on our 89^th episode, men and feminism (see articles by Clementine Ford and Ruby Hamad for more on this), and “the monster myth” about men who commit gendered violence. Katie and Kathryn’s feminist-themed discussion continues on episode 96.

If you like what you hear, please support the show!

Clips:

Le Tigre ‘FYR’, Colour Me Wednesday ‘You’re Not My Number One Bastard’, Bikini Kill ‘Rebel Girl’.

You can listen to a short (8 minute) version of this episode, which features a shortened version of Katie and Kathryn’s discussion on men and feminism, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

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Episode 208: Jockey on Fishing Trip Accused of Animal Cruelty to Stingray – Prisons and Animals

Episode 95: The Joy of a Man-Free Episode #YesAllMen